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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 🤍🤍

  • 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 🤍🤍

  • 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 🤍

  • 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 🤍

  • किसकी गलती…?

    किसकी गलती…?

    उस भूखे बच्चे को तड़पते देख,
    एक सवाल आया मेरे मन में——

    “क्या उस रब्ब ने चाहा होगा उसका ये हाल…?”

    क्या गलती थी उसकी,
    भूक से लड़ जो रहा था आज वोह,
    अपनी माँ को पुकार कर,
    रो जो रहा था उसकी तालाश में;

    उस रब्ब ने चाहा होगा कि एक अच्छी ज़िंदगी मिले,
    पर,
    देखने पर लगता है की,
    कोई गलती की होगी कोई उसने;

    गौर करने पर लगा,
    होगा वह महज़ २-३ साल का;

    अगर उस बच्चे ने नहीं की थी कोई गलती,
    एक ऐसी उमर में जिसमे उसने अपनी सुद-भुद भी ना संभाली हो,
    तो गलती किसकी…?

    उस रब्ब की जिसने उसे भेजा इस धरती पर,
    या,
    माँ-बाप का दोष जो लाए उसको इस दुनिया में और ना कर पाये उसकी देखभाल;

    जानता होता अगर रब्ब-
    “के मैं भेज रहा हूँ अपने इस अंश को ऐसे लोगों के पास जो देखरेख ना कर पायेंगे,
    और कुछ सालों बाद भूक से तड़प-तड़प कर,
    अक्सर मौत को गले लगा कर,
    मेरे पास वापस आ जाती है ये नन्ही जानें;

    तो गलती किसकी,
    उस रब्ब की,
    जिसकी पूजा हम बेतहाशा करते है,
    माँगते है उससे अपना भला-

    वोह जानते हुए भी,
    भेज देता है इन बच्चों को बली चड़ने,
    इस इंसान के जूनी में;

    या,

    गलती उन माँ-बाप की,
    जो लाए वोह जान को इस डूबती दुनिया में,
    कुछ पल,
    उन चंद पलों के लिए जिसमे वह देखरेख ना कर पाये उस जान की,
    और गया बैठे वह खिलखिलाती हसी को,
    जो आई थी उनके नसीब में——

    चाहा तो ना होगा हाल उसका किसी ने भी,
    पर ये भूक,
    और ये पैसे पर चलने वाली दुनिया,
    ठोकर मार कर आगे निकल जाती है,
    हर उस इंसान को,
    जो उसके हिसाब से नहीं कमाता;
    गलती हम सभ की,
    और हम में से किसी के भी नहीं;

    अगर औलाद पाल नहीं सकते तो सोचना चाहिए था,
    उसको इस दुनिया में लाने से पहले,
    और अगर आ ही गई है,
    तो अपने आप को बदल लेना चाहिए;

    पर आसान थोड़ी होता है अपने आप को बदलना,
    एक झटके से,
    किसी का आपके ज़िन्दगी में आने से;

    खैर——

    बदलना या बदल पाना अपने आप को,
    वह बातें दूर की;

    ना चाहा मैंने उस बच्चे का ये हाल,
    ना ही उस रब्ब ने,
    ना ही उसके माँ-बाप ने;
    बस,
    यू ही,
    रह जाते है कई,
    जो नज़रों मैं होकर भी नज़र नहीं आते;

    इतने में,
    मैं वह चीखे सुनता हुआ अपने राह पर वापस चल दिया;

    लव Waakiye 🤍

    English translations

    Whose fault was it…?

    Seeing that hungry child suffer,
    a question arose in my mind,

    “Did God ever intend for his life to be like this?”

    What was his fault?

    There he was, fighting hunger,
    calling out for his mother,
    crying as he searched for her;

    Perhaps God wished for him to have a good life,
    and yet, looking at his condition,
    I found myself wondering how he had ended up here;

    Then it struck me——
    he could not have been more than two or three years old.

    If a child so young has done nothing wrong,
    at an age when he cannot even care for himself,
    then how does he find himself in such circumstances?

    I wondered about many things;

    About the world he was born into.
    About the people responsible for him.
    About the systems around him.
    And about the role fate, chance, or God may play in lives such as his.

    No one would likely wish such a life upon a child.

    Not God.
    Not his parents.
    Not the strangers who pass him by.

    Yet hunger exists.

    And in a world that often measures worth through money and survival,
    many people are left struggling through circumstances they never chose.

    Some would say the responsibility lies with parents.
    Others would point to society.
    Others still would question God.

    I do not know the answer.

    I only know that suffering like this does not appear from a single cause,
    and rarely belongs to a single person.

    Perhaps there are choices that could have been made differently.
    Perhaps there are circumstances beyond anyone’s control.

    Either way, the child continues to suffer.

    And that was the thought that stayed with me.

    Many people remain unseen,
    even while standing right before our eyes.

    And as I continued on my way,
    the sound of those cries stayed with me.

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Finding your soulmate; A quest

    Finding your soulmate; A quest

    Do you believe in soulmates? Why or why not?

    05/06/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It’s a good day today as I woke up around 7 in the morning and the weather was nice,
    the morning walk gave me a boost and pulled me out of this rut by giving me many ideas which I penned down in my notes app,
    on which I will be working on this week and next one too…!

    As I’m driving to my physio session running a bit late,
    as my brother took my bike to buy some essentials;

    I’ve arrived here and my session is on;

    Coming back to the prompt

    My belief in soulmates

    I have been working on myself steadily and trying to find peace with myself rather than finding it out in someone outside;

    But,
    That doesn’t mean I don’t believe in the concept of soul mates;
    or,
    bonds that were made some where in heaven and sent on earth to find themselves;

    Transversing through this world,
    to find each other,
    Someday,
    one day…!

    And when they do,
    it feels like they were meant to be with each other and a thought looms around their minds,
    why weren’t they able to find each other sooner…!

    It’s somewhat of a mystery itself that there is someone who is made for you and they are looking for you the way you are looking for them;

    But,
    in all of that time being there are numerous flings and people who you meet and click,
    but the things subside after a while which makes you feel like a lost cause;


    while you were thinking they were someone who were made for you…!

    Even this concept is foreign to me and feels like there is no one made for me at times,
    but,
    like a normal person there is a tad bit hope,

    There is a little hope in my mind that there is someone who is made for me too…!

    Until then,
    there will be a lot of things that I have to do,
    a lot more which I have to achieve,
    to be worthy of a soulmate that I deserve…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • From a reader’s perspective to a writer’s…!

    From a reader’s perspective to a writer’s…!

    What’s the first book you ever finished and still remember to this day?

    Hey..

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I thought it would be a slow Sunday,
    Thinking I’d go to sleep around 10 at night,
    but,
    I had to take my dog on walk,
    and that 10 minute walk turned into an hour long chat with a friend and before I could look at the time it was already 11:20 at night…!

    So,
    I rushed home and cleaned my bed and fell asleep as I was tired,
    waking up at 7 in the morning with a knee pain that surged as I went out on my morning walk…!

    And after having muesli with milk for breakfast,
    I took my multivitamins and it’s about time to go take a bath and then leave home for work…!

    I got an idea of a story and I think I’ll be making part 1 of it this evening;

    it’s about a guy who meets a girl under circumstances that aren’t ordinary and it makes her conscious about how she dressed as she was in a hurry and it began to rain,
    but,
    he knows that she might feel that way so he avoids her at first but things happen and they meet once again under different circumstances and they talk their heart out as strangers who won’t meet ever again…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    First book I read…!

    The first book I ever read was complete works of Khalil Gibran..!

    The first book which I bought after I read a few lines from the prophet which was handed over to me by my cousin sister as she was being married and her entire collection ended up with me which still to this day stays with me…!


    I often found many answers that i had in life in this book and his was one of the first things i read which gave me perspective and opened my horizon;

    Everything that I am today,
    this thinking, even existing and the way I experience things it’s because of how I perceive this world which was in a way shaped by who I became after I read this collection…!

    People around me told me that this was too much for me and what does reading gives me to them my answer was the same that it was back then;

    It teaches me the way to live me life better by perceiving how the world revolves around me and how I can understand another person better by putting myself in their shoes…!

    They were unknown to that fact back then and they are still unknown to it now…!

    Khair..!

    you cannot make someone understand something that their mind tells them is a waste of time…!

    until then…!

    keep you head high and try to incorporate atleast a few books in your life each year…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • What happens when your own desires try to eat you alive?

    You’re sitting there,
    In the comfort of your own room,
    And,
    You find your desires,
    Pushing you…!

    Pushing you in a direction that is opposite of what you wanted to be,
    Telling you to send another message to the person who isn’t good for you,
    Telling you to spend another hour scrolling short videos on the platform that you like,
    Telling you to go on that x rated site and watch more videos just for pleasure,
    Telling you to go out to the club and have a drink with people who are complete strangers and maybe get lucky if things go well;

    That voice warns you not to indulge in such activities and compels you to quit it and pushes you in a right direction;

    But,
    Your overstimulated mind,
    Registers that voice as a noise,
    And cancels it out and pushes you in a direction that is destructive,
    And makes you lose a small piece of yourself every moment you catch yourself after indulging and promise yourself that you won’t,
    And the next morning you break this so called promise you made to yourself;

    Until you find yourself in a pit—
    After breaking countless promises to self,
    You try and look for a way out,
    A source of light,
    But,
    There’s none to be found;

    When you’re surrounded by the choices that made you who you are,
    You look at the way you lived your life,
    Which makes you feel shame,
    sadness and anger at yourself….

    It makes you think  how you had the power to change things,
    But,
    You didn’t,
    You just went with the flow and did what people around you did;

    And,
    When you look at them,
    You feel like they aren’t affected by this;

    This rise of consciousness from within,
    And it makes you question,
    Are they conscious or still lying to themselves…?

    A dim voice answers from within,

    Those people are running a facade that isn’t visible to the naked eye,
    But,
    They are dying ever so little,
    Their indulgence is killing them ever so slightly,
    Their dependence on this world and its pleasures with their constant interaction with the factors that shape their life,
    Makes them lose their sense each time they choose something that isn’t right,
    Or,
    When the realisation hits;


    The voice that is just and wants you to be normal dimming with each act that is against your moral will,
    Until it fades away,
    Leaving you alone,

    All alone…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍