I guess today’s prompt would work the best with those who are passing their 12th grade exams after which they’ll be going to attend the college of their choice that supports their streams. or entering into 11th grade where they have to make a choice between choosing their major, It would be between science, commerce or humanities…;
As for me, my story is a really weird one, a commerce major, who scored in low eighties, and the type of education system we have, they cherish marks more than the individual’s abilities more, being a pass out of one of the better schools in my area, everyone had more expectations, BUT, Something that isn’t stressed is the family’s (WANTS AND DREAMS) to be on with their child’s….
Choosing an unorthodox career path, and getting next to no support from them, not as a new found adult, but, monetary too, when I was promised it too, just because our dream didn’t align…
SO, long story short, taking open courses, where i was handed out the syllabus and exams happened once a year without any classes to go to, And, on securing a bachelor’s degree in commerce all the while working in a family-owned industrial business, where working by hand was of utmost importance, (TO learn the basic things Because i wasn’t from the field…)
Alongwith that I found this precious skill of being capable to pen down my thoughts and feelings, which has been growing ever since i started…
So much to career plan, this and that… 😂
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
The feeling that this photo sparks is something that can’t be recreated, being there in a place that exists on this earth, but even heaven won’t be a match of it. My village Panjab, the greens of trees and still budding crops, The gold of fully ripe wheat takes my heart away, the pure white sunlight blessing all of these and helping them in reaching the right color and their ripeness, so, they shall be ready for harvest… A dream comes true all of it…
Having a keen interest in writing and with that, It becomes a necessity to have a broad horizon, & that only happens when you go out, explore things, watch live shows, Theatrical performances, Or even when you meet new people and hear their side of the world…
There’s a beautiful group that does plays in Delhi, they go by the name, “ROBROO THEATRE GROUP”, though heavily underrated but their performances have been out of the world, i was blessed enough to witness, their enactment of a folk tale in our history, “HEER RANJHA”…
I became their fan from that day onward, I met the person in-charged, Kajal Suri Ji… The person who is a literal magician when it comes to acting herself, and portraying a picture so clear and vivid that even after half a year I still remember it all with great detail…
It was such a beautiful performance, heer ranjha folk goes on from such a long time in our culture that there are many songs made on it, and even references in some of these new songs that come out today;
The folk says the story is set in what is now Panjab, and it revolves around a beautiful girl named heer, and a handsome boy named ranjha, who fell in love, but, Due to family’s opposition they were separated;
heer now being forced to marry someone else, ranjha becomes a wanderer and roams places to places, until the day they unite, But heer’s uncle opposes this and poisons her food on the wedding day, which leads to her death, and on seeing that the person he cherished the most is no more, Ranjha consumes the poised food too, leading to their tragic and untimely death, as their bodies are laid to burial together…
The story revolves around tragic nature and facing a caste-based opposition, At the end which results in both of them being deceased in the process, but the tale lives on reminding us all of the atrocities that were there and lovers still have to face…
I saw the performance in late ’24, But i remember it like yesterday, the last and the best performance that i saw till this date…
(they have an upcoming performance on 11th of May 2025, Called SAMANTAK TEERTH IN DELHI) if you are in town do check them out, bookings are open right now…
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
The beautiful medley, A pattern that’s appealing to these eyes, colors pink and white, A photo that depicts, the love that we feel, but, when they’re in our hands away from each other, they tend to spoil and rot;
A beautiful medley, That’s appealing to these eyes, why don’t we see their beauty when they exist, the way they were meant to be…?
A sense of direction; it has been weird enough that i have been chasing what i have had in my mind for such a long time, I really don’t have anything that gives it in an essence a direction…
Chasing money has been an all-time top five of the things that give me a direction, to work hard for my family and their survival, and to have what they need, or something that’s new and helps us live a life better than yesterday…!
This writing is one such thing, where I can freely be expressive of who I am, no matter what type of lifestyle i come from, I am and have free reigns of how and what i write here, and for me to be a better writer/storyteller, a better person in general, who loves what he does, this has been an eye opener and helped me to find thing out much earlier than others, like the traits people have, and, how and when they use a situation, or a happening for their advantage…
But all in, things have been there to keep me pulled into the race that help me motivated enough to continue and keep me working hard…
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
Clicked this random station, it was a long journey, but returning home was the best thing ever, I took a seat and breathed with ease, as my destination wasn’t far, the serene peace and love, with monochrome and the late night empty halls , just made me think of things, conversations, the stories the tales that these walls were a witness of…
There are a few sentences that i live by, they aren’t necessarily quotes, but they’re self-drawn rules that I live by, Well, I think each and every one of us should have some, rules or something that helps you set, what is right or wrong, in a situation…
Quotes are those who are written by a writer and such, and when you are one in the making, what’s better than looking at something that you wrote, to keep yourself in check, during times that you thought would be the end of you…
The said quote(s)…
1)
THE FALL TAUGHT ME TO GET UP AND MOVE FORWARD,
IT DIDN’T TELL ME TO STOP AND SIT DOWN,
IT TOLD ME THE REASON FOR THE FALL,
AND I DIDN’T STOP LEARNING,
NOR I’M STOPPING,
DIDN’T STOP YESTERDAY,
WILL NOT STOP TODAY,
WONT STOP TOMORROW,
BECAUSE,
I DIDN’T STOP LEARNING…
★Didn’t stop learning★
2)
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
CAN’T CRASH OUT
✅CAN THUG MY WAY OUT OF THIS ONE, SO
I WON’T CRASH OUT
These two are the ones I often check out, there are more but those are some other ideas, prompting some other feelings…
For the time being, you can read them, save them, make them your quotes too…
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
This is exactly how it feels when some prompt like this comes in… (Ai generated image…)
The use of social media has changed significantly for me in the past couple of years. From the outside perspective, it would look like a drastic change.
Earlier I used to spend a lot of time on social media. I was just scrolling away from one app to another. but, these days it’s the polar opposite…
Any spare time I have is spent jotting down ideas. I feel these ideas will hit the right bone, or they will help develop my consciousness. This will give me a better insight into someone’s life…
Initially, I used it just to chat my time away. But this social media has helped me meet beautiful souls who aren’t just expressive. They are also much better writers than I am. Because of social media, we managed to connect with each other.
I would be here writing, editing, and making images just for my social media handles. Also, I would also be working on my blog. It was like shooting arrows in the dark…
I still haven’t got used to the type of change it has brought. I have had to undergo many changes to become a better version of myself. All for the best, isn’t it …?
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
What we see here is an effort to grow from a point where even the mere thought of existence is a threat, but here we still are, still trying to make the best out of the situation that this life throws us in, and just like this bud growing from a crack in the wall, this seed has had a life too, and, I wish to hear his side of the story too…
The prompt of this day, forced me to think the duality of the life I am living…
One where I manage and run a business, another one where I do all of this writing, it has been a chaotic mix of feeling thing and tirelessly working my b|_|tt off..
All of us know that living two lives within these 24 hours isn’t possible but we all have to manage right…?
The most productive I am during work is the afternoon hours, i.e. 12 pm to 3 pm, but, it’s the exact opposite for this writing between 12 am to 3 am;(IST)
Waking up early to set things in order, and then working on them including this blog, and Instagram post before I have to leave for work, the fine line between night and day blemishes, and for weeks it feels like I haven’t taken a day off, but, the show must go on…
So, I think you get a gist of the type of broken schedule I live on, necessarily the dependent on caffeine is hard and takes a toll on this mind and body too…
But, both parts of my life requires different strengths, different capabilities, very drastic shifts in focus, and, with that I need to have a very cool, calm and a composed mind…
But, from the chaos that I’m in, generates a world so vivid and well versed, that it feels almost surreal..
And, this is the type of blessing I seeked all along, to live a vivid, beautiful life with, hard work too so i can get a good nights sleep…
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
That’s how I am staring at nothingness some of these days…
Um, my favorite restaurant? I’m not that expensive or bent over for a fact that i have an expensive restaurant on my list but, trying and finding those who make good food at a rate that is not dirt cheap that you have to question their ways…
One of the okay-Ish one is this place where they make affordable Asian food, (specifically Chinese) and their rolls are worth dying for, they have been in business for more than 20 years and they still serve customers till date…
(Do you think its a good place if their food runs out faster than they can fill it back up again…?)
One of the middle quality ones is located in a posh locality, literally on Lodhi road… (i guess you got the clue) Their essence is hidden by a big building and tall structures so most of the people don’t even know that this place exists…
They serve a variety of cuisine from Chinese to south Indian (Also everything in the middle..) They have a vast variety of breads cakes pastries and their coffee>>> worth dying for with their New York cheesecake… (UFF i have my mouth watering this early…)
Have yet to find a good high end one that lives upto their name, the go to ones are Kwality in cp for their iconic dishes and their ambiance; for coffee you’ll find me at devan’s (lodhi colony🤍); louis for their burger…(Its a cloud kitchen so i prefer delivery of it over anything)
And to many more that I’m forgetting;
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
Had a really Good evening yesterday, The chai that broke all the tiredness that I had last evening after leaving work after a tedious 12+ hour shift; just this one(or two cups) that gave me a new will to live…
Even though I’m quite a reserved person, there are some things that give birth to nervousness within me….
Being the person that I am, I’m not that open to new experiences and if I want to experience new ones, it feels like my mind already has planned all of the outcomes even before I am to undergo the “Said” experience…
For example;
I once went to a theatrical play and I was running late, I had a fixed seat which I booked a few weeks in advance.
On reaching there a little late, the host had already opened with the introductions.
…….
As I entered and looked for my seat and saw someone else sitting in mine, on telling them this was my seat,
He told me he had a seat in the middle somewhere which he booked outside the hall, can I take that one..?
On telling him that I couldn’t because I booked this seat weeks prior and I will sit here;
Nervousness creeped in as he didn’t get up even after asking politely, and after that in a stern voice, after a few moments the staff came in as he stated to raise his voice against me.
Knowing this was a public place, and they reserved the right for our admission, as I showed them the ticket and he was politely told to go to his seat, which he refused.
On pausing the play for a moment all the lights were lit, and the said person was told to move to his seat or to be escorted out of the venue by security.
The smug look on his face now wiped clean as he murmured something in his mouth and squeezed himself to his seat in the middle..
That thing made me quite nervous.
But thankfully I booked in advance and the staff were really helpful…!
Overall, A good day that was.
Apart from me losing my sh|t there.
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye
The first pic I took as I reached the destination after transversing through roads that were small and had a great abyss on the other side; the hazy memories of those times stay just like these pictures in my mind!!!
Theres a reason I don’t go without a face mask outside my house, I might not be popular in any way but I have a lot of people that recognize me from way back, and to be honest being disregarded for being myself for the last two years, I chose to cut everyone but two, they’re my brothers and i shall till the end of time be available for them because they were too…
This is something that happened 8 years back and i still remember it crystal clear as it happened just yesterday…
There was a program that was supposed to take place in our high school and being one of those who was supposed to be a part of the management (student board), it was mine and this one girl’s duty to manage the smooth flow of the entire program without any complications;
Tbh I have been the type of person who loves to work alone, that way I can control all the variables and get the work done faster than having to spend time discussing and waiting for a half-baked response that would have no base or wouldn’t even have any concrete base…
Thats the type of person i was back then still am…
It was the schedule of this program we were told four weeks in advance that it was supposed to take place, and we were to work however we could within the school provided budget, so there were these 3 weekends that were in between the date we were told it was supposed to take place thinking we had enough time i took it to myself to budget, thinking of equipment that we’d require and had to acquire and all the technical things…
During our lunch break a girl from the board visited me being from the other stream, on enquiring about what was needed she told me to come to the cafeteria area during the last period if it was free, coincidentally it was free as the teacher that we had was on leave during that time;
On finding her waiting, the cute face, cat eyed glasses, grey and white school dress, and simplistic watch on her left hand in which she held an apple which she was gnawing on every other minute;
Being the socially awkward person I was back then, I just came up to her and put my bag down in front of her, we exchanged greetings and i asked “if the was something that she needed from the cafeteria?”
On hearing my offer,she thought to herself a bottle of apple ocean would be nice…! I said okay and got up and went to the stall that had what we needed…
As i returned with two coffees and a bottle of electrolyte water, she was surprised of sorts, no-one brought her things she said on a whim, but she did thank me for it…
As we began discussing the plan, how and what we would need for the smooth flow of the plan, before any other thing could leave her mouth, I handed her the document requiring all of the stuff needed, all the people that we needed to contact and along with it their contact details, and minimum budget required for all of the things and with them the alternatives if the one mentioned weren’t available;
Reading the document of 10 pages and in awe of me she asked “if i knew this was supposed to take place weeks before because all of us were told yesterday only…?
Yeah i told her slyly as i already knew something like this was supposed to happen around this time watching it from last 3 years and all of our seniors butchered it ruthlessly…
So I prepared it weeks before and finalized it yesterday, … There was silence for a few minutes as she scanned the document, and in awe she looked at me the moments after as I had cracked open my cold coffee and began sipping it;
How…? How do you already have things ready on which we have to spend the next week and a half…? We have all that we want and need, for the entirety of the plan, all that remains is going to the places, negotiating and buying the things that are needed, which could be done over this weekend…!!!
How did you manage all of this that too all on your own…?
That’s how it has been from the past 1.5 years, I’ve given my very best and you know how smooth the fest has taken place the last year too…
Before coming to you, I submitted a copy to the president of the student board and the teacher in charge too…
Is there something else that you needed…?
NO, I mean yeah, I thought we’d spent time jotting down things needed and spend actual time buying and arranging all of the items and such…
That is something that can be left on the teachers and upper management, the final negotiation and things are to be approved by them only..!
I pushed the other coffee that I bought towards her and as she opened it her face sulking as she took a sip out of it…
Having zero clue what has happened and what was supposed to happen, as the last bell rang, marking the day to be over…
I started to pack my things, As I told her, “there’s an afternoon class that I am supposed to take, and if i didn’t leave within 10 minutes I’d be late to that…”
Having no clue what has happened, she also packed her bag and started to stand up and walk towards the gate with me…
And on reaching outside the gate, my path went to the left and Her’s to the right,
In a low voice she hummed, “If you wouldn’t have done all of that we could spend the weekend discussing and planning all of it over the weekend at each other’s place or some cafe…”
HUH?, I asked, is there something that you’d like to add or remove from the list, maybe we can discuss it over call or something…?
Her mind running haywire that her plans were spoiled, She ignored my last line.. (My mind thinking she was trying to leech off my work just by being seen with me working on something…)
As we parted ways, She began walking down her and I went down mine, She met one of her friends and I met one of mine, Looking back at each other our eyes met…
NEVER TO MEET AGAIN..
(How stupid it was of me…)
Cheers🥂 (To the fool I was back then…)
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Love Waakiye
This is exactly how I walked my way back home that day and whenever I remember how much I fumbled back then….
Waakiye 