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  • Finding people you can connect to when travelling…!

    Finding people you can connect to when travelling…!

    What’s the best way to meet new people while traveling?

    08/10/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It was a good day until I woke up around 4:30 in the morning after something happened to me in my dream…!

    Which becomes a post for the night later today…!

    Well—

    Talking to them would be a start…!

    For example,

    If you make a pit stop,

    Maybe refueling your car/bike if you are travelling in your own vehicle,

    And,

    You come across some people who are local,

    You can hit up a conversation and ask them about the local traditions and some place that they would recommend which you can check out while you’re in the vicinity…!

    You can meet someone that you know from your friends or family…!

    Imagine you plan on exploring India,

    And extended family of yours lives up north—

    You can visit them and get to know your roots and talk to them about how your family ended up here…!

    Also,

    You can talk to them about traditions and what are things that an outsider should be aware of when they explore the town…!

    But, don’t be a burden on them by staying with them all day you don’t know how they are doing and you don’t want to barge in on someone’s privacy…!

    Now,

    Imagine you are using public services like plane,train,bus or any other transport that exists like ferry near water bodies…!

    You will have to talk to strangers,

    If you plan on hitchhiking like asking strangers to drop you off wherever they are going…!

    But,

    For that,

    You will have to be humble and expect to be rejected until a saviour comes and takes you near to the destiny that you have in your mind…!

    You can strike up a conversation with people who are sitting on the berth next to you,

    And,

    If you find someone who shares the same destination as you,

    You can ask them to give you some heads up and be prepared for what they might have to face once you land or arrive at your destination…!

    You can join groups or travel in one of you don’t feel comfortable travelling all alone,

    This way you can meet strangers and talk to them as much as you want…!

    Which is supported by people who will take care of you but for that you will have to pay the amount upfront…!

    These would be some ways in which I would find companionship while travelling,

    Well some of them can be my relatives too…!

    Can’t they….?

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Morning walks under sun and decluttering life…!

    Morning walks under sun and decluttering life…!

    What are some life hacks that you practice?

    26/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    There are a few life hacks that I practice to keep myself sane tbh…!

    Even these things that get labelled as monotonous help me live my life to the fullest…!

    Well firstly,

    I pen down anything that I have on my mind the first thing in the morning as soon as I wake up before going to the washroom or during the time I’m sitting on the can…!

    Secondly,

    The morning walks that help me declutter my mind,

    And,

    It helps me get a fresh perspective into life while looking at these flowers, leaves and people who surround us…!

    Thirdly

    I think I sit on a lot of things and believe the fact that everything that comes to me doesn’t necessarily has to be an inspiration that I can work on at that very instant,

    But some of them are a fragments that I can conveniently place in a story line later or somewhat of a life lesson which helps me picture a piece later..!

    Fourth

    When something hurts me,

    I turn to writing about it from both gendered perspectives which gives me an insight to work on later…!

    This thinking from both ways has given me an insight into how it feels to the feminine character too…!

    Lastly

    I manage my time a whole lot,

    I try to fix my hours at work and not overwork myself because that gives me less and less reason to continue it the next day…!

    And,

    But,

    All of the things come to a halt when I’m writing…!

    I guess these four hacks are the top most of the things that I do,

    Honestly—

    To live this life in a fuller way and better way than to rot in my bed…!

    An activity that is somewhat of a fixed thing that happens on my day off…!

    🫪😂

    What are the life hacks that you have which let you life a better life…?

    Do let me know in the comments…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • All paths that lead to a reader’s heart…! ♥️

    All paths that lead to a reader’s heart…! ♥️

    How do you write what people actually want to read?

    24/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Well,

    To be honest when a person sits to write, it’s not always that they write for the world…!

    Sometimes a piece of text is written to get that heavy feeling of your chest,

    And,

    Sometimes a scenario is prepared that happened to them or someone they know…!

    To me some pieces come in short bursts like a perspective here and there,

    Or,

    An ending of a story or a scene that came to my mind and I have to create a story behind it all…!

    It really differs from person to person,

    The writing process too—

    Some people like to tweak it to look professional and provide the reader with a sense that the author is refined;

    Some leave it rough and that is something i like an abrupt ending here, which gives me a sense that the author didn’t stretch a thought longer than they had to…!

    I mean,

    Sometimes you have to write something that is not normal—

    Something that is attention grabbing and keeps people hooked,

    Or,

    Something spicy…!

    Well,

    The things we do to grab the attention of our readers…! 🥲

    Khair

    The process of writing differs from person to person,

    And,

    That is what makes each writing unique—

    Unique to a point where people steal each others stuff too and present it to be theirs…!

    And that is where clash happens…!

    There are a lot of things that get plagiarised and often writers come under heat and somehow the issues are quashed sometimes they float on forever like the case of

    Rupi Kaur and Nayyirah Waheed

    Well,

    People who write—

    Write;

    What are you going to do about it,

    Some write without uploading or worrying about how world will perceive it at all…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Being spontaneous and planning a trip to Shimla…!

    Being spontaneous and planning a trip to Shimla…!

    What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?

    23/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Well,

    The most spontaneous thing that I ever did was to leave…!

    To be honest I left home in the late hours before my day off i.e. A Sunday and travelled…!

    Well,

    I ended up exploring Delhi that day…!

    I went without a thought just my phones and a wallet with some money in it…!

    That’s it…!

    I ended up talking to a friend of mine who lives in old Delhi and told him that I was in the vicinity and if he was free and to my coincidence he was…!

    It was paranthas at first which we shared and later it was Karim’s where we worded butter chicken and mutton mughlai with plain rice and butter naan…!

    My mouth feels like it’s watering right now remembering the flavor…!

    🤤🤤

    Another one was crashing at a friends place after I called him out of blue and asked him about his well being…!

    We hung out for a while, had coffee and decided to crash the night after getting dinner and this guy was a pure vegetarian so we grabbed some snacks chaap and paneer and the ol reliable black dal and a kadai panner with butter naan…!

    Lastly,

    I’d call the most spontaneous thing that I ever did was the trip to Shimla…!

    Yes,

    I just got paid and decided to spend the time with a friend who shifted to America..!

    We planned the trip and were out of our homes with a bag and another one with the booze that we carried on ourselves…!

    We reached Shimla, booked a spot and went out during the day and drank at night with company,

    Snacks and a light dinner later…!

    Even if it feels like I’m not that spontaneous,

    I’ve had my share of romance too…!

    I mean I surprised my now ex who lived an hour away from my residence where I surprised her with a cake and a plan for a night out which was refused by her because her parents being strict and all…!

    And we spend the few hours that we had with each other and after grabbing coffee and cutting the cake I dropped her off at her home and she invited me in which I refused because we weren’t a thing at that point…!

    Khair

    Let bygones be bygone…!

    What about you…?

    Did you do something that you would consider spontaneous…?

    Well it doesn’t have to be every day, these instances were months apart to be honest…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • How I found my longest read ever collecting dust in Chandni Chowk…

    How I found my longest read ever collecting dust in Chandni Chowk…

    What’s the longest book you’ve ever read?

    16/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Well,

    None of the books are big in any sort until you fear by seeing the number of pages that it has…!

    I have read a whole lot,

    Well not just in English or Hindi but Panjabi too…!

    But,

    These days all I can do is hear the audiobooks because of my tight schedule which forces me to have less than usual time to read a physical book even though I have a lot of them that need my attention…!

    And whenever I see a book that I like,

    Or have it saved in my notes app I buy from where ever I see it,

    To be honest I got one which was a switch of pace for me,

    Which was Maus…!

    I found this book deep within Chandni Chowk as I was out on buying some industrial equipment which I could carry on person…!

    (It was two 0-25mm outside micrometers…!)

    And,

    As I was returning on the main Chandi chowk road from Nai Sarak(translates to new road)

    I found this khokha that had newspapers and behind him were these metal cages and I found the title that I wanted and it was the maus…!

    So I set that book free from the cage and put it in my bag and brought it home with me…!

    And it became one of the longest read because earlier I read only through lines and paragraphs and this was a comic style book instead of a traditional type and the pictures gave me an insight into how things were and made my life easier and difficult at the same time…!

    Because the ability to imagine the state in which a character is— is taken away when you have pictures to prove it…!

    That is why maus was a longer read than usual for me…!

    Plus,

    It explores holocaust survival and how people developed after facing it all in the form of a comic book and how relationships built when people and their loved ones offed themselves to save themselves from the wrath of the oppressors…!

    A book that tells us how a person and personality develops when they are forced and they have to watch their race eradicated…!

    Song of the day is here

    My go to artist dropped another one of the gems…!

    Mood enhancer

    Literally a mood enhancer how Gagg-e spits and paints a picture of how people are these days…!

    And he talks about how people compare him to others but he’s someone you can’t compare with anyone ever…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍🤍

  • A girl who changed my perspective…

    A girl who changed my perspective…

    What’s the kindest thing someone has ever done for you?

    31/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well..!

    Yes,

    I wanted to write and I am beginning to write this prompt at exactly 00:02 hours;

    A few minutes before I submitted the daily prompt which I had to on 30th…!

    I think it will be a good day, because I have a whole lot planned and I will try to complete it by the evening…!

    Returning to the prompt…!

    The kindest things that someone has ever done for me would be to tell me that I was worthy of love and I deserved it as much as any other person did…!

    I lost that girl a few years back because I was not in the right place for a relationship or even marriage…!

    And to be honest I was never in a place to reject someone but,

    I did,

    And that moment still haunts me to this day,

    Because I haven’t found someone who would love me like her…!

    But,

    There’s nothing that I can do, because she is happy in a relationship with someone who deserved and treated her in a much better way than I ever could…!

    Khair…

    It was her,

    And,

    Even when life was not kind to her she was kind to me,

    And that is something that I learnt from her and tried to incorporate in my life by looking happy and carrying a smile on my face;

    And wishing everyone with much more love and respect which I used to do before…!

    Khair again

    She taught me it was possible to love someone even when you are broken and trying to mend yourself…!

    And I genuinely wish,

    Whenever my heart cries out—

    I wish this life was a bit less cruel to her and she could have found the person who loves her before those people came into her life…!

    I think this will be a right place to end…!

    Song of the day is here

    Nseeb

    A name that rang with respect, admiration and a voice that makes even the established people weak in their knees…!

    Freestyle 21 brings out the aggressiveness that hides within and how people move in the shadows and show their true intention when they come face to face with their problems…!

    And it’s the end of either one of them…!

    That is who

    Nseeb is and will be forever…!

    #604L

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Business owners and their fight each day…!

    Business owners and their fight each day…!

    If the salary was the same, what job would you be doing right now and why?

    30/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Yeah,

    It’s late at night right now and I have to give you a perspective,

    A peek into my mind and what it thinks right now…!

    It was a good day,

    A bit hectic and pushing a few deadlines to the day after tomorrow I.e. Tuesday; we packed up today…!

    Coming back to the prompt…!

    Well,

    If it ever became me chasing money then this business would collapse the very next day…!

    Because,

    It would genuinely be better to work any other job that paid consistently every month…!

    No matter what package you chase;

    Seven figures, eight figures, in the matter of a year

    Or

    a matter of a few months,

    Or

    Each month…!

    I heard there are some who are flipping bricks and making their bosses the same amount that you and I spend an year chasing;

    In a single day…!

    But,

    You cannot ignore the risks that come with doing that kind of work…!

    Let’s stay on the legal path for now…!

    If I were ever in any job that has the inconsistency that a business owner faces,

    You’d start kicking the managers and other top level executives before talking and settling things…!

    It could be that you can achieve your monthly salary today,

    And,

    You are sitting in a few ten thousands figure the rest of the week and that is how it remains…!

    If I were to be paid my monthly salary and pushes into a field that is different from this,

    It would most likely be teaching or working as a supervisor in some other place,

    Or,

    Be a better writer who writes how he likes and people gobble it all up,

    But,

    How does that even happens before we leave this earth for good,

    And,

    Someone accidentally stumbles upon our stuff one day…!

    (Khair…)

    Not to sound so negative,

    But,

    That’s how life is…!

    You might think not for you—

    But,

    It’s important that you know life is like that for all of us,

    We have to take rest in death’s embrace and we won’t be able to share what it feels like to anyone ever..!

    Let’s be a good person before our life comes to an end…!

    Answer prompt,

    Read them,

    Comment how they mad you feel and let me

    Know if there is a need to improve…!

    Song of the day/night is here

    Iykyk

    I know you heard it in cassette or cds and now they exist in your Spotify or YouTube playlist…!

    When you feel like nothing makes sense in love life,

    Or,

    You’re generally upset in life…!

    You’ll find vibing with Mughal-e-Azam songs a whole lot…!

    Watch/listen to ponder life or someone who left you…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Deciding what my first tattoo would be—

    Deciding what my first tattoo would be—

    If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be and why?

    24/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well..!

    I know my post is late today as it was a day off for me,

    And after what felt like an eternity I tried to sleep longer than my routine—

    Importance on the tried… 😂🥲

    I was awoken by my sister’s plan to go to gurudwara Bangla Sahib…!

    And,

    I was charged with a task,

    A task to watch and tell the cleaning lady to clean the house properly…!

    And after being woken up at 6 in the morning,

    She didn’t arrive until 1,

    And guess what,

    Thanks to her,

    I lost the chance to complete my sleep…!

    So yeah,

    I’m feeling well and not have even a single shred of anger or sleeplessness right now…!

    😞👀

    Let’s finish this prompt so I can go and sleep in and wake up well rested which I know is a joke that I tell myself…!

    👹

    Yeah,

    So my first tattoo would probably be,

    A string of numbers…!

    Like the number

    369

    Another choice would be the number

    143422

    The above number is the name of the album by an artist that is up and coming and has been outperforming everyone that has come up ever again…!

    His name is Gagg-E…!

    But,

    That is something I feel which I will reheat later on in life…!

    But,

    Something that I have created,

    Or,

    Someone who I have become,

    That is what I will continue to be until the end of my life,

    Which is Waakiye…!

    So,

    My first tattoo would probably be,

    Something like the letter W,

    Surrounded by a circle with leaves,

    And those circle are interrupted by semi colon…!

    Something like this

    Yes,

    I do have it saved in my photos app just in case…!

    So my first tattoo would be the above one…!

    Song of the day is here…!

    G.O.D

    Grind or die…!

    If you know SMG aka Sardari Music Gang, you are already an elite listener;

    The trio has been on the rise so much that it’s hard to miss…!

    The song forces us to grind hard or die trying…!

    The music video is also available which displays how much money was spent on it and made to perfection…!

    Accurately capturing how Majhail are…!

    The video will be below for all of you to check it out…!

    And they don’t miss…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Making decisions before we turned adults..!

    Making decisions before we turned adults..!

    What’s a moment when you realized you were officially an adult?

    16/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Well,

    It wasn’t something like I turned 18 and realised I was an adult,

    But it was way before that—

    It was when I chose not to opt for a foreign trip which my school sponsored to go to America;

    Because I knew my family couldn’t afford it…!

    I knew I had to make a decision even before I presented this trip that my school was making to a foreign nation…!

    I had to stop myself from perusing a girl that I deeply loved,

    Even though I had a massive crush on her and I would have tried to give her the best life I could—

    I already knew things wouldn’t turn out the way it did because I know how they are right now,

    I had to make a choice even before I had the opportunity to choose someone for myself…!

    My parents told me that they wouldn’t be able to fund my dreams and aspiration after I passed my school and an exams which gave me a seat into my dream college;

    I knew I had to make do with what was possible within my budget,

    Before I was pushed into this field which I hated at first,

    But later built attachment to…!

    Each and every time I had to make sacrifices, even before the news reached the ears of my guardian and most of the time I blamed my fate and my life for being born here…!

    To be honest most of these happened before I turned 18,

    Most of my adult life I was prepared for things to go south all the time and preventive measures were just a few thoughts away…!

    It wasn’t a good life,

    Well it isn’t a good life even now—

    But,

    You can never ever be too prepared…!

    Can you…?

    Sometimes we had to make decisions even before we turned adults,

    But that is a conversation we aren’t ready for…!

    Are we…?

    Not forgetting the song of the day…!

    Shikri to my rescue

    These ears have never rejected any artist that brings peace and straight away the message that the artist wanted to portray…!

    Shikriwal

    An already established name from Garhwa, Jharkhand,

    He brings to us flows and an entirely different way to communicate the idea that exists in his mind…!

    And I’d recommend you to check him out just this once and he’d for sure be on your mind…!

    And he’s famous for his Ajay devgn’s look with the specs(which turned into this meme…)

    This one…! 😂😂

    Cheers 🥂

    Happy Sunday to all of you…!

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Famous restaurants in Delhi…!

    Famous restaurants in Delhi…!

    Which is the best restaurant in your city?

    15/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Happy independence day to those who are celebrating…!

    Maybe you are planning to host a get-together, or you will be joining someone who invited you…!

    Or maybe you are going outside with your family to eat and this prompt couldn’t come at the right time…!

    Even if you would like to stay at home and order in that would be perfect because of delivery services like zomato/swiggy…!

    Or,

    Maybe you’re like me munching on some matar or some matthi straight out of the box like some caveman…!

    I guess this box will end by the evening and I’ll need to buy some more for later…!

    And I don’t take any questions about the box because it was thoroughly cleaned before I put matar in those…!

    Why do we call it matar you ask,

    Because it’s in the shape of a matar or a pea pod 🫛, well without the peas of course…!

    Also,

    Can you call it a day off when you don’t wake up early and everyone who is at home wants you to work early on in the morning…?

    I was woken up by the maid cleaning our house and mom having a loud conversation about her life, her daughter and how her son is going out of her hand…!

    And to someone who just woke up, it felt like they were having a full blown fight and I ran into my living room,

    And guess what,

    They were having a normal conversation and I tried to go back to sleep,

    Emphasis on the tried to…!

    So guess what,

    I had to help my sister put up curtains and our ladder broke and after fixing it my sister decided to make breakfast..!

    And after considering a while and deciding on poha which I love,

    She decided to make vermicelli…!

    😅🥲🥲

    So I guess we will be having vermicelli after all…!

    Back to the best restaurant in my city…!

    Well none of these are in order and they will give you want you want and how you want it to feel…!

    First would be Pukhtaän

    If tou know what I’m talking about you already are familiar with the flavor of the Padma shri awardee chef Imtiaz Qureshi’s son Ashfaque Qureshi…!

    I was able to enjoy once in Rajouri Garden and taking home delivery more than four times in Karol Bagh(which was recently closed down due to them not being able to secure enough well paying crowd here…!)

    Everything slaps here,

    Even its black dal or red meat…!

    You are paying good amount for the food and your expectations will be exceeded for sure…!

    Second would be New Tera hotel

    Situated right next to where the pukhtaän was in Karol Bagh,

    You will be greeted by a handsome Sardarji with a warm welcome and a big smile where you can either place your order or dine in at any given time of the day…!

    I’d recommend the paneer bhurji and their double fry dal along with parantha or naan I’d recommend to try to garlic one…!

    A pure veg restaurant which uses ghee for cooking all of the dishes,

    They can swap out garlic too but you’ll have to confirm that yourself…!

    Third would be Panjabi Angeethi

    A place that I get delivered my food from every now and then,

    Even if it’s only for you or a party that you’re hosting, they have awesome deals like paneer, daal, chaap, pulao,rolls etc…!

    You can have food and never get tired of it…!

    Last would be Prem Dhaba…!

    From veggie options to all non veg options you can have food at their venue, infront of the restaurant in your car or get it delivered…!

    I have been having their food ever since I was a kid and you cannot match that they serve because it’s mixed with nostalgia for me…!

    You can check them all out one visit at a time, if you plan to visit Delhi or Karol Bagh any time in the near future…!

    Let’s not forget the song of the day

    Die young

    Don’t we wish to rush and earn big money and die fast…?

    Well,

    Not if you want to leave a legacy and live a long life and set an example that the people around you can look upto…!

    The obsession that some of us have with gangsta rap is something we cannot explain to others, while we drive to our desk job or office…!

    Gagg-E and Deep Dhaliwal…!

    Happy Independence Day to those who are celebrating…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍