Waakiye

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  • Accepting the uncertain nature of everything around us…!

    Accepting the uncertain nature of everything around us…!

    How do you deal with uncertainty?

    17/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Life is uncertain,

    And everything in it too…!

    You wouldn’t believe it but we cremated a cousin brother of mine a week ago…!

    RIP to the a brother who loved everyone and had a lasting effect on who ever he ever met…!

    The uncertain nature of life is something that we have to come to terms with one day,

    There might be few cases in which life goes through how you want, whereas most of the time it’s the complete opposite…!

    The same is applied to our work life—

    Not everything proceeds as smoothly as we picture in our mind,

    Deadlines are not always met because of the human factor that comes in the process of creating and delivering…!

    Even if you have multiple workers at hand,

    The production drops once a few people are missing, maybe they are under the weather or they have some work that needs immediate work and they ask for a leave…!

    Delay happens and that is something which is inevitable until and unless we take a few days as backup in it…!

    And that is how we work…!

    The uncertainty,

    Or the fear of having it makes us worry and think about it all the time…!

    And the day we accept the fact the uncertain nature of life and its aspects;

    We will start living better life by atleast being prepared for it, instead of worrying about it…!

    Just accept the uncertain nature of life, of people and everything around you, only after that you can live freely,

    Truly freely…!

    And that also means coming to terms with the fact that you might not have the next breath;

    Or,

    The person who you love the most might not…!

    Talk to them now,

    Tell them what you want now or forever hold your peace,

    Because even the next moment is uncertain…!

    Before going a way let me give tou the song of the day…!

    It’s been 3 years since this gem was dropped by Tanisha…!

    I found her out of the blue when I was on shuffle and have been hooked on her ever since…!

    Be the reason…! 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

    Her last drop

    Never notice is even more beautiful…!

    I love how she has grown within a span of three year and I hope she grows even more bigger than what she is right now🔥🔥🔥

    Be the Reason by Tanisha

    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 🤍

  • Before you become me read this…!

    Before you become me read this…!

    If you had a time machine and could send just one message to your past self, what would it say?

    14/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Well,

    Didn’t we answer a prompt like this before…??

    Or maybe I think I’m confusing this prompt with something that was along the same lines…!

    The message written on a piece of paper would be—

    You are not going to understand everything that will happen in the near future, keep the curious nature of yours just the way it is and keep on answering questions even if they are to yourself…!

    Keep on penning those strange ideas that you think won’t belong anywhere, not on the internet or someplace public but store them in your notes app and give them a space in your phone instead of your mind…!

    You aren’t born in the wrong place or the wrong time, you are born perfectly that too in a place where people need truth to their face and how life is different from person to person…!

    Remember to spend time with your dad and your friends who will leave you one day and you won’t be able to see them ever again…!

    Also,

    Cherish those who are around you when they are around you…!

    You will spend most of it thinking how you were pulled from what you were supposed to become and what you became…!

    You will learn that you will not be able to control it so for backup in the corner there will be a few winning lotto numbers which will help you in life…!😂

    Also don’t go to but each lotto ticket yourself buy it through people and share a portion with them if those numbers win…!

    (Buy a few duds too so no one thinks you got this letter from me…!)

    😂😂😂

    Khair

    Keep on living, surviving and being who you are…!

    Let’s not forget the song of the day…!

    Wazir patar to the world..!

    Khamakha a song that tells us how a pair separated but when they think of a reason now it feels that, that reason wasn’t valid or feels childish now…!

    You probably know him by the popular songs that he has released like notorious…!

    Or one of the biggest songs he produced for Sidhu Moose wala,

    GOAT OR MALWA BLOCK..!

    He also sings and bring to us songs that fill us to the brim with feelings and emotions and makes us wonder about those who were with us when we had nothing…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A table for four…!

    A table for four…!

    Which author would you love to have dinner with?

    13/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    A dinner would be a nice time to discuss the things and aspects about life, relationships and all the interpersonal conversation and relations that we have or try to have in our daily life…!

    Well instead of choosing a single author why can’t I have something like the last supper where we discuss things and arrive at conclusions together…!

    First would be Fyodor Dostoevsky

    A dinner that would destroy me mentally but I wouldn’t give in anytime soon and ask a follow up question after questing my sanity and processing a reply Of course the food would get cold as I think and ponder in my imaginative world and form a reply or another question…!

    Second would be Jorge Luis Borges

    We would discuss(well argue) about the time and its constrains,

    And if the time or the passage of it is made up just to extract more from us…!

    And we would discuss the infinite traps that we are currently experiencing as we try to wiggle through each day…!

    We would end up creating a person in an imaginative world and give them all of the problems that we deal with on the daily and try to revive them each time they fall or aren’t left with any more hope…!

    A complete science experiment within our heads that’s what it would become at the end…!

    Third would be Khalil Gibran

    As you know my obsession with the author and the type of work where everything is answered in a poetic fashion which would become lame after the first hour and I would beg them to talk normally—

    We would discuss love, grief, human nature and its complexities, and by the end we would probably be swirling wine/drinking whiskey neat with some ice as it cools the glasses as we process every problem that exists and will exist in the near future…!

    Last would be Rabindranath Tagore

    Yes,

    A bit of a polar opposite,

    But,

    We would discuss poetry, love, spirituality and love for our country that we share…!

    Well,

    For once my thoughts and ideas would be heard and ideas would flow in our native language rather than taken as critical comment and handled with hostility—

    I’d have room to learn and explore my own self and a chance to expand my horizon too…!

    A dinner well staring with appetisers and leading to main course which happens all of us are done grabbing at each others throats and maybe end with a cold dessert which would bring some cool and calmness into us after which all of us would leave after bidding our goodbyes to each other…!

    Before going check out the song of the day…!

    Gagan kooner and my obsession with Panjabi language…!

    One of the best upcoming artists who loves to create his own music and write his own lyrics,

    And brings the listeners to the brim of emotion and cause them to feel very much once the song ends..!

    Hijra de saal…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • People who saved me from who i was becoming…!

    People who saved me from who i was becoming…!

    What’s a moment when a stranger completely restored your faith in people?

    12/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Well,

    There have been some people who walked into my life as strangers and made their special place in my heart…!

    There are a couple of people that I got in contact from hood…!

    (This was an anonymous app which shut down a year ago and we could make updates and post whatever we like there, many people used it to catfish other people but I guess that happens when you are on an anonymous platform…!)

    The people who I found there were a mixed bunch,

    Many from different parts of our country which made me very happy knowing that I was getting to know cultures and people,

    And how they used to live their life and how they live it now…!

    From them I found a coder friend, a psychologist and many upsc aspirants who are still studying and working hard to achieve their dreams to this day…!

    And before that,

    I rarely contacted anyone it was mostly my friends and a few business owners apart from work who I was in contact with…!

    But,

    They came and saved me from committing something very drastic with my life, well the entire app came at the right time and I expressed myself very well there,

    Giving me a head start to be who I am today…!

    They always motivated me and pushed me to be better and kept me motivated to write even better and in more quantity than what I did the last time,

    And that was the time I became very attached to the site and people there…!

    Until all of it shut down…!

    Khair

    I do have the people who are important to me, in contact with me to this day…!

    No matter where they stand or from which aspect of life they come from…!

    I’m very grateful that I found that app and as part of it at the right time,

    Which help me get connected to the right minded people at the right time…!

    Let’s not forget the song of the day…!

    Jassa Dhillon

    The artist is one of a kind and people compare his work to Amar Singh Chamkila…!

    Because of the double meaning songs he creates once in a while…!

    But,

    The song Spain is as good as it is, and the extended version slaps even harder…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Three words that signify that all of our efforts paid off…

    Three words that signify that all of our efforts paid off…

    If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say?

    11/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    If I were on the receiving end of the message that my future self sent us,

    I hope it would go like this—

    “We made it…”

    I know what our goals are and how long term both of us think when we are trying to achieve these short term goals which become a stepping stone to achieve those bigger dreams of ours…!

    And,

    I know from what point are we talking about-

    It’s either everything or nothing that’s sorted,

    And if i receive these words from my future self, i know they had a meaning and the purpose is sufficed once they reached me…!

    We know the person we are today and what all is happening around us and how it changes who we will become today but the dreams that we have in our mind,

    They won’t change….!

    And I don’t tell my dreams to anyone because they end up spoiling once they reach ears that shouldn’t…!

    I hope that I receive these words soon because it has been a long while since I’ve been putting in efforts tho,

    But,

    I know I need to amp it up more and deliver on the promises that I made to myself and those around me…!

    Song of the day is here…!

    Shamoon Ismail is here guys

    One artist who is like a blessing to my ears is from the other side of our Panjab…!

    Shamoon Ismail finds his place in my playlist every now and then,

    But a lot of content is hidden due to India not allowing Pakistani content and content creators access to Indian subcontinent due to disrupted ties amongst us…!

    Khair

    I wish these borders could vanish one day and we could go and have chikkad chanay for breakfast and they come here to have amritsari kulche and lassi for breakfast with us…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Discovering delicacies as we step out from our homes…!

    Discovering delicacies as we step out from our homes…!

    What’s the best local dish you’ve ever eaten while traveling?

    Hey…

    I know it’s a late update but I had guests that came on my day off at 7 in the morning so,

    And I planned to sleep in but you already know that’s not possible once I have people over especially if they’re from Panjab…!

    And let me tell you they brought a sweet that my father used to love,

    And by love I mean he absolutely devoured them whenever he got them and also bought them himself whenever he got a chance to go to Ludhiana…!

    It’s called besan(Literally gram flour) because that’s the major portion of the sweet burfi…!

    The single piece on the bottom left is gone because I just inhaled it..!😋

    Well,

    I do explore wherever I go,

    Because the type of food that each places bring us is different from each others,

    Well there can be similarities like the same dish being cooked but the flavor profiles cannot be matched…!

    This mornings breakfast was kachori, bedmi puri and bread pakoras

    The place that sells the best kachoris in Rehgar pura…!

    They sell absolutely lip smacking samosas in the evening which people com from a a far to eat daily timing for the Samosas are from 4 pm onwards to the time they close at 9 at night…!

    Last week I got an update from the brownie point that they started selling Russian honey cake(also called Medovik)

    I can share a pic but the top layer of it has been eaten by the kids at home and I am sure they are waiting to eat it once they come back after visiting my brother in law’s house…!

    There were two in the box originally, the residue suggesting it..!

    Let’s have some Chinese grapes for the time being which I bought this morning as I was out to buy the Kachoris…!

    550 a kilo and I died a Little when that rate reached my ears,

    Khair

    I bought it and I have to enjoy it…

    While shedding some tears 😭

    Whenever I visit the states where my family lives or even if we go someplace on a whim;

    (Well not so much these days but when I was younger…)

    We used to find places to crash in and move on the next day..!

    We once event to narkanda and enjoyed siddu there…!

    Which we absolutely hated from our guts…!

    I don’t know why but maybe it wasn’t properly cooked or something else,

    And I’m willing to try it again…!

    A year back I got a chance to go to Jalandhar and I visited lucky dhaba…!

    What I would give to go there once again and eat parantha with a small cube of butter, curd and after a while tea which they make all day…!

    My mouth is salivating right now…!

    And the grapes are long gone now…!

    Do eat and drink(if you do and within your limits) when you go and explore a new place/city or even a country…!

    Song of the day is here…!

    🙇🏻

    Shirkiwal, Anamika and Yashraj Mishra powered by Shakti studio sounds here in noida..!

    All of them are hit and making music for the culture instead of going for commercial success(I know they dabble in that too but that is essential for an artists survival because the rent is due too…)

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Who we were and who were shaped into…?

    Who we were and who were shaped into…?

    What’s a thing you wish schools actually taught?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Isn’t there something that all of us wanted to learn in school which we weren’t taught…?

    I mean we were taught to have a good memory and throw up everything that we were taught all year on a piece of paper that held our fate of being successful and getting into the next standard…!

    We were told to be obedient, follow rules and ultimately be responsible workers instead of being ourselves…!

    And that is where I think Indian education system lacked and still lacks…!

    We weren’t taught to be creative and have an explorative mindset,

    Although we had options but we were forced by our parents and we did what our peers did and that made us feel compatible with them…!

    And guess what,

    Where did most of them end up..?

    Working in a 9 to 5 or running a family business…!

    A few were there who had a chance and escaped the scene and left India as soon as year 18-19 and struggled outside of India for their and their family’s betterment…!

    Never were we taught to be who we are,

    Who we were,

    But,

    Being workers for a company,

    That we were taught…!

    I really wish we were taught and had a chance to explore who we were instead of sticking to a curriculum and being graded on that;

    Because I see people stuck in a job or a life that they didn’t plan or want, they are still becoming that is what they know…!

    If we were taught and learned what we were good at earlier we would have started to hone it earlier than shaving time from our regular life before and after work…!

    It was never what we were taught or not,

    It was about who we were before and who we were transformed into after going through the gears of the curriculum…!

    Let’s not forget the song of the day

    Nai Barghouti the name is enough

    Even if you don’t listen to any other language I recommend this song…!

    She is someone who gives me goosebumps because of the skill she possesses

    Even though i don’t understand the language i feel myself very blessed to be able to hear her voice and the skill she has gradually honed over the years..!

    A Palestinian singer who mixes Arabic and Palestinian with classical and jazz music…!

    You can find the rest in the link below… 👇

    Blessing to our ears

    Cheers 🥂

    Happy Sunday to all of you..!

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Stress busters who wait for us, around us…!

    Stress busters who wait for us, around us…!

    Share a photo of your pet and tell us one thing that makes them uniquely them.

    08/08/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…!

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    After battling a tiring day yesterday where I was challenged with grinding two shafts which had multiple sizes and different tolerances,

    After killing that task I was handed a cam,

    Well four actually and I had to grind them to size and they were built in such an odd way that any way I tried to hold it they were 0.40mm or 15 thou out from the centre…!

    I’ll share a pic under here

    The cam in question
    The complex four in question

    Coming back to the prompt…!

    Coco
    And our pet Mithu…!

    Well you know how beagles are,

    Curious and interested in everting that comes across them and he is such a chaotic mess that he steals our hearts all the time…!

    Apart from marking our home where he has lived all his life with pee, he can’t seem to get enough of it ever..!

    He’s like “you clean it and remove the proof that I live here” and he pees yet again…!

    And Mithu

    She’s an indie we rescued from the streets and nursed her back to good health…!

    She has a maggot infestation in her neck and they were spreading fast,

    So we brought her back to good health and decided to adopt her..!

    And now she sits and sleeps on our beds and sofas…!

    A little jealous,

    Yes I am but look at her,

    She’s such a curious one and learns things fast,

    Right now she’s looking at me and asking me to give her food which I am going to right now…!

    Before going let me share the song of the day…!

    The language of my understanding goes beyond the type of beat that goes on behind the lyrics

    So be it…!

    Yes,

    More than a song but a masterpiece from the album, the music video is a cherry on the top…!

    Clipse-So be it

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍