Author: waakiye

Theatrical representation of Lihaaf….

After not being able to get to the venue twice, I finally got a chance to witness the theatrical performance of a story that I heard oh so many times through audiobooks-

A play that was presented by Tamasha on stage group…!

I couldn’t leave work early but I had to get my phone repaired from CP(Connaught place, Delhiites will understand…);

For those who don’t know it’s a business hub within Delhi, and it’s wrapped around by roads that lead to various places;

Another way to see it would be that all of the places lead here…🙈

After getting my phone repaired which I thought would take longer, it didn’t because they didn’t have the part…(Yes it was Oneplus and I left as my time to reach there was coming near…)

So I drove to the venue guided by Siri,

I reached the place within a few minutes and parked my scooty and got the receipt for that…

It was a calm find because I reached approximately 10 minutes after it was supposed to start, but it didn’t;

So I checked in, got my seat confirmed and sat in the first row;

Yes I got the frontmost seat and it was easy to find because I booked it months back when none of the seats were even booked…!

I was a bit preoccupied with one of the other short stories that I was writing and glancing over some other work looking for errors as usual…!

Until it began….

Honest to G0d,

I have seen a few plays but this was by far one of the best theatrical demonstrations of a piece of text that I’ve ever seen;

The director, Chand Khan she did such an amazing job guiding all of the actors who shined like stars and played their roles beautifully…!

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The play Lihaaf which revolves around an aristocratic woman Begum jaan, who is lonely because she gets neglected by her husband Nawab, who is interested in men/boys…

She finds solace in the arms of a masseuse Rabbu, that supposedly comes in her life to alleviate her body pain, and the massage leads to another thing until they’re in a bed together…;

Looked at by others in a shameful way,

Until the narrator, Begum’s niece sees what was happening, scaring her to her core, an all hell breaks loose when the she is abused by begum during the absense of Rabbu…

The story doesn’t explicitly confirms the relationship between rabbu and begum or nawab and any other man…!

An open ending story that gives us the reigns to steer the conclusion according to what we see fit…!

And until the very end all of it seems like a never ending script either twists and turns;

Forcing us to keenly listen and hear and draw our conclusions to the end…!

I’ll attach some images that I captured which really won’t do any justice; but all we can do is try until we become the best at it…!

Acting here begum jaan in red and rabbu her masseuse in black

Other two maid(both of did a very good job will tag their names once I have them)

Nawab and begum jaan

Another angle of nawab and begum jaan

Begum jaan and in red an impersonation of her feelings…!

The director Chand Khan, in black

Ending scene

Final scene in monochrome

11/01/2026
A stranger guiding your life…!

Come up with a crazy business idea.

Hey…!

It’s a Sunday,

Let that realisation set in…!

Yup, the fun is over and it’s the day that you procrastinate that having just the weekend is not enough , we need at-least three days as a weekend,

No, I don’t mean having 4 working days,

I mean there should be 8 days in a week, I know it’s a crazy idea but, imagine you logged of at work and went to a pub or planned to hang out with your friends, meeting them over drinks,

And if you’re sober A better option would be going with them to explore a new restaurant or visiting an art gallery with them…

You do that on a Friday evening and do all the chores on a Saturday; if you’re not hammered enough (then you can do that on a Sunday…)

And now, instead of crying that you weren’t able to do anything; you have a whole another day, to do what you actually wanted to do…!

As I’m typing this, it seems like an outrageous idea for daily workers and those working in hospitality or behind counters because an additional day that they have to work would for sure break their backs…!

So, for now this seems like an impossible idea but not for long…!

Coming back to the prompt

A crazy business idea here

You know how people are dependent on technology, like you’re reading this on a device, maybe a pc, laptop, tablet or even your phone…!

And you’re hooked on it for hours upon hours, and no one can get you off it, maybe your parents have already dozed off but you aren’t able to so you get up, leaving your phone and stare at the night sky,

And there aren’t any stars even the moon like you used to see when you were a little kid, maybe the level of pollution is too high and you don’t have anyone to talk about how you’re feeling…!

So you call us on our number where a person who will discreetly come within a few minutes, and take you to out for tea or coffee no matter what the time is and they will drive you too…!

Have tea with you and hear all of your problems and try to find optimum solutions;

It would not be a subscription based because not all the time you need this sort of support, but that system would be available for long term users…!

I hope I have cleared most of the people who were here to copy the idea or used ChatGPT to generate their ideas…!

Additional filter

It would be complex and crazy at the same time, a person or a guide would take you back in time to your childhood or some time before(this is a critical piece of information…)

And you’d see the life of your parents before you were born, and how they lived their lives,

And for an extra charge they’d let you explore your hereditary path, letting you trace your origin back to maybe a 3 or 4 generations(nothing more than that…)

Anything more than that and it becomes an anomaly that all of the scientists who are looking for a single being that started all of our origin…

And they are there to give you an experience that you could never ever achieve because after a lot of consideration this idea comes to you that you need to be aware of your lineage…!

I know it’s a crazy idea for now, but we are not far from the time by that ai explodes exponentially and lets us form technology that can help us achieve this dream in our near future…!

Well that’s it for a Sunday morning because it’s 7:30 in the morning for me and I started to think about writing this at 6 in the morning…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

11/01/2026
Are possessions worth your attachment…?

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

It’s a Saturday and I hope you are waking up a tad bit early and completing all of the work that you planned(not your usual work-work) but some bank work(oh no you can’t do that because it’s a second Saturday…)

Maybe you have some plans to buy clothes or do laundry today or something that will take a good chunk of your time,

And you should do it early and be free later,

Maybe explore a cafe or a new restaurant today late this evening…!

(I’m out here helping people find new people…)

Coming back to the prompt

An item that I was really attached to…

Let me come clean out, I never was and never will be attached to anything that is of material possession, I don’t know if there’s something in me that permits material possession, but I believe that I was born hardwired not to…

There was something that I bought with my saved money when I was halfway through my teenage, literally 16 years old;

I bought a Garmin watch and that thing was like ₹10k…

But, even for that I got it’s use, because it lasted me at least 5 maybe 6 years…!

If we see that way it only cost me like ₹2k per year so it was a good investment back then…!

What happened to it; I’m pretty sure it sits somewhere in my drawer within in my room, once a cherished possession, it becomes misplaced within this room of mine once its life is technically over…!

Well, I think there is something about material possession that makes me think is wrong to attach yourself to it;

It had a date that some part of it was supposed to go bad, as soon as it was manufactured by giant corporations(that’s how they are made…!)

In my case it was the battery and it lost the power to retain its charge and I found myself charging it every other hour, rendering it useless;

and it went out of stock and company stopped manufacturing its part as it was phased out…!

But,

Other than that, nothing has come close to make it attached to my heart…!

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Remember to do your chores early on so you can enjoy your evening later…!

Maybe take a few pictures of the scene or the general environment, maybe take a few of your pictures too; to remember this day…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

10/01/2026
Something that makes you uncomfortable…!

What is your mission?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

It’s a finally a Friday,

And we are officially in the second week of the year, I hope all of you are still sticking to your goal and aspirations that you have/had or promised yourself before this year began….!

I know it’s cold, I’ve seen a few people in my group bail on their dreams but I am still trying not to; well tbh my dreams are much different from why they have and that makes me move differently than they do…!

Some of them aren’t able to get out of their beds to hit the gym or their fitness goal each day, but I have set my dreams in such a way that I’m keeping myself motivated enough to move towards their direction bit by bit each day…!

Coming back to the prompt

What is my mission…?

It basically is to portray you a world that exists beyond your vision…!

I want you to imagine that a clean slate, really means a clean slate and anything/everything is imaginable and nothing exists that is beyond the scope of this mind…!

No matter how gruesome or pure the concept of the idea is,

It has to be written, maybe portrayed in such a way that might not be appealing, but it should send a message that often things that happen around you are uncomfortable…

And such content should force you to question yourself including your ways and how you treat others(yes all others including men women children and elderly…)

What makes me even more motivated to bring to your eyes something that makes you uncomfortable is when that discomfort is felt in your consciousness it sparks a change somewhere within yourself…!

That’s my mission…

To spark a change that forces you to be a better version of yourself…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

09/01/2026
A Good and Short life instead…

What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well..!

As soon as I woke up today it felt like my room was freezing, I remember watching a YouTube video just before going to sleep about geological formations that shouldn’t exist…

It was such an amazing video that I dozed off watching it, do try it if you find geographical anomalies amazing…

https://youtu.be/efLSqRb-GqA?si=7FOc4tEZAF0Z3T4Q

Also this week got the coldest day of the year reaching 15.7 max and 7.6 minimum on Tuesday (in degree Celsius)…

Coming back to the prompt

Well, most of us who are in their mid 20’s, see how everything is eventually going to ruins due to poor management and the government’s repeated failure to even provide us, all of us with basic living standards…!

Taking into consideration the capital of our country, Delhi…!

It’s safe to say that all of us want a good life, Because long life isn’t a sustainable goal anymore…!

The deteriorating way everything is adulterated and reaching us after being heavily treated; at most all of us should be praying for a good and short life…!

Essentially all of us are on the brink of being replaced by Ai and it will force us to either be hyper competitive to each other to secure a place or it will make our lives better by making things and essentially our lives better…!

Either way;

Our hopes are up that we want a good life surrounded by people who make it much better, maybe a loved one, maybe the parents and siblings…!

But,

Living a long life comes with consequences too; With old age this body starts to deteriorate and that causes us to be weak and frail and dependent on someone to take care of us,

Answer me honestly,

Would you bear to live that day where you see someone get angry at you for surviving and cleaning or bathing you up each day when you yourself can’t do it…?

After a point of time when all of the feelings and emotions subside, it becomes a pain for someone…

Doesn’t it…?

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

08/01/2026
Different perspectives and goals that affect us…!

What could you do differently?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

First thing it’s scary that it’s only Wednesday today when this could have already been a Thursday for me,

And we are already first week into the new year as we speak…!

Another lie that I cannot seem to believe at all…!

Well I’ve felt that time flies past quickly these days; but I’ve never ever felt such haste…

Coming to the prompt because thinking that makes me go crazy…!

What could I do differently…?

Another one of those broad questions of you ask me,

I mean what i could to differently in life, at work, at relationships or what; the horizon is so broad…!

Well for beginning,

I want to be up early and stay awake for the some time and complete work that I’ve taken upon myself (writing short stories and some skits…)

Second would be to have enough energy left to join a gym after work because that is something I want to involve myself in…

Third would be to be more active and great at conversation and keeping up either my friendships and relationships that I have with people (both in and outside of work…)

The last would be to be a better person than who I am right now, because there is suffering that I see around me, but I’m not that loaded that I can help everyone that I see;

So I just want to be in a better place so that I can help those around me, well if not strangers I’d be happy to help those who are a part of my family by helping them get up on their feet and give them a much needed boost that will pull them out of their slow and stagnant life…(only if they need my help…)

There are many things that can be done differently, much of it depends on the perspective of self and those who is affected by the change isn’t it…?

Well to a better future shall we tread…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

07/01/2026
A billboard promoting mental health…!

If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

Hey…!

I hope all of you are doing well …!

There’s something that I want to try,

I don’t know what time zone all of you are in but, my last post which I made by sheer accident late at night got many likes and views,

So I’m trying something that makes absolutely no sense right now, but nothing hurts if it gives the content that I write a boost…!

Well,

When it will be uploaded,

Most of my day would be already over,

And I’d be home probably trying to have dinner or already in my bed that I cleaned this morning trying to sleep…!

Coming back to the prompt,

A freeway billboard(first time I’m hearing this because there are no such things here in India…)

But I guess it would be either promoting my business or this writing work that I do;

I know there are many billboards that also play videos;

Maybe I could make an advert to promote safe driving by making an ad that tells to not drink and drive;

Or,

Another one would be to be on a proper sleep before driving because that causes a lot of accidents ;

It wouldn’t truly be mine without having something in writing that separates my content from others;

So it would be catchy;

Like-

One of my Instagram posts

Like this one (⬇️)

View this post on Instagram

And this would be in an auto shuffle if it’s a working billboard or it would be collapsed into a single one when it is needed…!

I know it wouldn’t be an immediate hit,

But it would linger enough to make people search it,

Maybe click on the link and watch the whole post…!

That’s exactly how I feel…!

With that being said it would be a great thing to see and look at,

And I’d click my photo standing under it too,

And it’s going to make people around me proud too…!

A whole billboard belonging to me,

I’d call it a dream come true…!

Until next time…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

06/01/2026
An unusual coffee date…!

Extremely tiresome it was as I was returning home,

Gruelling hours put in a job that made my life miserable,

And I hate myself for being stuck in a rut,

That made me question the choices that left me in such a place;

Home was still a few hours away,

As I stood at that light waiting for it to turn green,

So that I could drive to an empty home,

Eat the food and maybe try to sleep in early,

But I knew I was kidding myself;

As I looked around,

I found a rustic cafe,

And from the see-through partially tinted windows I saw,

I saw a set of eyes,

Those eyes scanned the world running away from it;

As I stared into those,

They looked like pools of honey in the warm light of the cafe,

After a while,

Our eyes matched and she stared back at her cup,

After looking at the empty seat she stared back outside;

A stranger’s eyes were better than staring at an empty seat they thought,

So, I made a U-turn,

Parked my car and went into the cafe,

As our eyes met,

She looked at the chair in front of her and those eyes told me to take a seat;

As I sat,

And placed an order of flat white while she sipped on her coffee,

It was supposed to be a date but he ditched me,

Something came up,

“Of course it does…”

But I’m grateful for that;

A few things came to our office too,

That’s the sole reason I stayed late and left at such an odd hour,

As she took another sip,

The waiter brought me my flat white;

Before I could,

She told me to wait a moment,

Because they serve it extremely hot,

On sipping I burnt my lip and tongue,

But I played it off;

As she stared at me,

Thinking it didn’t hurt,

But deep down she knew it did,

And enquired about it,

I tried to refuse but my face told her the truth;

In that moment of laughter and cheerfulness,

She told me,

“It feels good that she was ditched now..”

As I let out a little laughter,

And told her,

“Maybe things do happen for good…”

Like me returning from my 9-to-5 job at 8:30 at night;

“You still have it well,

I used to work where they forced us to work overnight” she told me

There we were,

Trauma dumping,

laughing at each other’s miseries,

Letting out a few laughs,

And then sipping on our coffees;

As it was our last sip,

Out of nowhere I wanted to do a toast,

As I raised my cup,

And held our fate hostage;

“Cheers on being ditched, Yet finding someone to have a coffee with so late at night…!”

A laughter then another,

As she shed a few tears thinking about her fate,

And thanked me for making her night one to remember…

As we walked outside,

A ride waited for her that was supposed to take her home,

She shared her number and told me to call her when I reached home,

And after G0d knows how many years,

I waited,

And waited to reach home…!

-Fin-

A short story I witnessed and expanded on today as I sat at the coffee table…!

06/01/2026
A vision that extends both ways

Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

I know it’s late,

But skipping my daily prompt would never happen,

At least that’s what I’m trying to do these days;

Well I’ll tell you the entire reason,

My staff bailed on me last moment and I had to finish some grinding job this morning,

So I woke up around four thirty in the morning, fell asleep and woke up again at 6 and left the house and reached at work around 6:30;(Indian standard time)

He job took longer so I left a bit of it for tomorrow, but I left at around 10:30 in the morning and that’s that;

I left some of it and I will deal with tomorrow and complete it an hour or so;

Enough chitter chatter about work 🤷

I hope your day wasn’t as stressful as it was for me;

Well it was, because it was filled with me running around whole day and expenses kept piling up one after another;

But,

It was another day that brought me closer to my family, my nieces and nephews too;

Who are staying over tonight and I’m playing carrom board with them right now…!

Yes we are…!

And guess what my team lost by 100 points…!

Hahaha(cries in loser 😭🥲)

Coming to the prompt

I spend time thinking about my future most of the time,

Because that gives me perspective and what I have to achieve in a said amount of time;

And constantly thinking about the future gives me a path to tread on which makes it clear what to make of the time that comes ahead;

But,

I also look at the past to see what improvements I’ve made and what places I have to take and avoid;

And what was the place that I came from to keep me grounded at times at all of it feels unreal…!

That’s it for the night;

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

05/01/2026
In a Loud World, Find Someone Who Listens

What is the greatest gift someone could give you?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

It’s another Sunday and I hope you went to bed sooner than you expected;

You won’t believe the response that I got from people they believed that it would be better to just stay in, spend some time with their family or stay indoors maybe with a friend after grabbing a bottle, sharing it and crashing at their place or letting them crash at your place;

This was more of a response I got;

Some were like my parents aren’t home so I will spend the night with my boyfriend/girlfriend and there were a few who decided to go out to drink or have food…!

A wild change has been brought by the year 2026 into the lives of people that live around us;

Maybe a change was indeed needed, to be self introspective and knowing who is right and who to keep alongside you and people are doing that this year;

Filtering and cutting their circle to a few good people instead of a bunch of people who show up just because they get a free treat out of you…!

Coming back to the prompt;

What would be the greatest gift someone could ever give me…?

For me it would be their Trust and Genuine presence;

Imagine knowing someone and you fully trust them with your secrets, your life and anything that goes on in it;

And when something goes wrong they show up to put you in your arms and gently bring you from a scary place back into this world;

I really have to thank the almighty for putting someone like that in my life;

They have been a sort of pillar in my life that I can take support of when nothing else is going right and they also guide me when nothing is going right in my life;

One of the most important things;

They become a place where I can freely say out things without being judged and they let me know when I’m in the right headspace or not;

And they always listen to me keenly whenever or whatever I have to speak about;

The last part is extremely important;

And there aren’t many who just listen to you, because this is a fast paced world and everyone has their priorities,

But can you imagine having someone like that…!

I’m extremely blessed…!

Also this goes both ways,

If you want to be with a person who has all of this qualities, you will have to be one such person beforehand;

By being someone like that before you will find yourself in a place where you will help people out too by hearing them and providing them with comfort and then you will find yourself in a place where you are surrounded by many such people who are like that…!

With that being said,

Their trust and genuine presence in your life would be the optimum answer for this prompt…!

Take it slowly it’s a Sunday morning, I know you are going to wake up late and then contemplate your day maybe your life later;

But,

Find someone to talk to, a genuine connection;

The comments box are free here…! 😁

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye

04/01/2026