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  • Failed attempts at remembering my childhood…

    Failed attempts at remembering my childhood…

    Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

    Hi…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    (I hope Halloween went for all those who celebrated..)

    I’d love to live a specific age in my life once again, well tbh I’m not that old yet but there’s an age which I’d like to return once and live my life to the fullest…

    It would be my childhood i.e. the age when I was between 6 years to 12 years, because I see people remember their childhood,

    but I really have no clue as to what my childhood was or what were my quirks or things that I used to do…

    I’ve seen people remember their childhood with photos and memories, but it’s all a hazy flashbacks for me, every once in a while someone will ask how my childhood was and I’d remember bits and pieces of it nothing more ;(

    I know it might feel sad to hear, but when you actively fight for survival after being the sole earner, things tend to fall apart real soon…

    Every once in a while someone in my family will say do you remember that (A core memory from my childhood)..?

    I’d shake my head and agree with them even if they lie through their teeth, because I have little to no recollection of what happened back then…

    It’s sad and disappointing but that’s how it is for me, so I’d like to live my childhood once again…

    Cheers (To some dreams that might come true in the near future) 🥂

    Love Waakiye🤍

  • The dreaded partition of 1947

    The dreaded partition of 1947

    What historical event fascinates you the most?

    Hi…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    There’s so much fascinating things that happened in our past that piques my interest, but if I were to point out a single one of them it would definitely be partition of my country INDIA…

    Aftermath of that are still faced to this day, I’ve seen people without purpose and reason just existing on this side and on the other side too, sometimes all one does is question themselves are they born on the right side…?

    Being from a family whose ancestors travelled from what is now Pakistan and settled here in India a sense of love and friendship still exists somewhere in this heart of ours, even though a lot of bloodshed happened in retaliation of which we also picked arms and caused harm of equal or more intensity…

    Imagine leaving your friends, your ancestral home, your neighbours, your world behind and travelling beyond the line that was etched onto a map and now enforced by setting up boundaries and on it army personnel letting you pass only after checking…

    It was chaos, there was so much loss and the place that my ancestors settled was covered in grass that was as high as knees length which contained mutilated body parts of the people who resided here before us who became victim of the violence that took place which uprooted them from the very place that they settled in to raise their young ones…

    It was such a horrific incident that the survivors still tell us the tales of the horrors they saw from their very two eyes and all of it plays in their mind like it happened last night…

    A truly horrible happening that shaped our very core, fascinating all those who decide to step into this thought of process and try to feel how they must have endured it all…

    Cheers(to those who live to tell this tale to us)

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • What does it mean to be a kid at heart?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    To be a kid at heart 🤔 it seems like a very tricky question because it depends on what time in life do you ask this question to a person…

    Imagine asking this to a 18 year old who just passed school and now has plans to attend college to further continue their studies or tries to get into a work college to learn and tackle real life skills while working and learning the also earning something for the family

    Their response would naturally differ because one where they attend normal college they would still have some innocence, they’d be playful, a little immature and even make mistakes along the way,

    But someone who has joined work school/college due to some circumstances they wouldn’t be shaped that way, their first few adult years of upbringing would be much harsher as they would be guided and taught and made aware of the world much sooner than a normal kid would…

    Now imagine asking this to a person who is is their mid 30’s working in a corporate world their response would be someone who is a kid at heart would have been exploited a whole lot, a lot of responsibilities would have been given to them(not necessarily belonging to them) and their emotions and their innocence played by many just to get their work done or taken advantage of (in a bad way)…

    Now asking this to someone who is in their mid 50’s would be a gem to hear,

    They’d start it like,

    “Oh to be a kid at heart it would mean the world to them, during their times it was all they could do, they used to play with neighbouring kids and used to do all the fun activities together, take on adventures, watching episodes on tv together, playing console games and so much…

    And sometimes it feels like it never goes away, the innocence that someone carries with themselves and how they take care of those around them and feel vulnerable when someone raises their voice at them but at the end of the day they come back in a way to mediate all that happened even if it weren’t their fault…

    For me to be a kid at heart is a bad thing, perhaps when you are soft spoken worry to much about other and give other priority by giving yourself a back seat in your own life all one is doing is let them take advantage of your state or the place of mind that you are right now,

    Most importantly people skip things make mistakes and tell sorry and such people make mistakes and count on your innocence and your nature of forgiveness more often…

    With such a thing comes both ups and downs well such a thing exists and you can find it in people many times,

    But it’s upto you to embrace this quirk of theirs or take advantage of it for your own shallow benefits…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Describing how these past couple of months went by…

    Describe a family member.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    I know it’s been a while since I’ve been alive here but I’m more than happy to tell you that all of the works are returning soon…

    The write ups the relations the works all of them 😉

    Just had to spend some time to get all of the things in order, work to the place it belongs or it should have belonged;

    All things said a lot has happened and I’m here to tell you all everything about it sooner than you think…

    Life has been tricky

    This realisation came after losing a few members, some people I used to do deals with(friends made through the business) their ages ranging from mid 30’s to late 60’s…

    Helping them all along with whatever I could by lending an ear; sometimes just talking and getting to know what goes on inside their minds…

    With that being said all that was done back then has to be exhumed and revived and a new vision that exists has to be brought to this world;

    To be brought to you (my precious reader…)

    That was all about me as a family member…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye

  • YOUR STORY MY WORDS(Ysmw)

    YOUR STORY MY WORDS(Ysmw)


    Thank you for providing me with your story…
    #Ysmw #001

  • Dinner with Loved Ones: Healing Through Memories

    Dinner with Loved Ones: Healing Through Memories

    Daily writing prompt
    If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    There was a family tradition that used to take place earlier in our family,
    we used to get together,
    have drinks,
    cook our own food,
    some it was store bought,
    and it only required heating it a little bit..

    But,
    it was like once maybe twice a year kind of tradition which used to take place at our residence,
    but people used to come from faraway places,
    even from neighboring states,
    a day or two before…

    We used to have music,
    and used to hit steps after getting a bit tipsy,
    but,
    all in everyone enjoyed to their fullest,
    there would be people sitting in the corner eating and drinking,
    talking to each other,
    I would occasionally check on them and get them anything they needed,
    and they’d thank me for it,
    and the smile would stay on my face the entire night…

    Until,
    the latter half on ’23,
    after battling for an entire year,
    and losing at the end,
    the life was never the same,
    all the point of get-together became a sham,
    there was no happiness whatsoever,
    all the sense,
    essence of happiness or get-together was lost,
    as he left us…

    So,
    I’d invite my now deceased father,
    and revive the long-lost tradition of having the grand dinner once again,
    Or teach us how we could continue without the loss of someone so dear to our hearts,
    where all of us would get together,
    and enjoy to our fullest,
    once again,
    yet again…

    Cheers 🥂 (Happy weekend)

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Crafting Authority: Daily Learning in Writing and Life

    Crafting Authority: Daily Learning in Writing and Life

    Daily writing prompt
    On what subject(s) are you an authority?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Well,
    when the topic of authority comes in,
    I like to think it this way,
    one can never master a skill,
    no matter how much time they spend on it,
    but,
    a level of expertise comes in,
    after dabbling in a single field…

    After spending around three years,
    and writing at least half a million to quarter of million words,
    and given countless of them to writers and individual organizations,
    it’s safe to say there’s some level of authority that I have been blessed with,
    (On this),
    But,
    even saying this feels wrong to me,
    because there is so much yet to be done,
    so much yet to be achieved from this,
    and coming from a background that has nothing to do with this,
    makes it hard as the way has to be paved as I walk on it,
    for someone to follow the same…

    The field that I’m working in other than this,
    makes it polar opposite,
    Working in an industry where I learn new things each day,
    and return home drenched in sweat and covered in a layer of soot,
    but,
    even there,
    the learning continues on,
    and it happens on the daily,
    a new way to achieve results quicker and cheaper,
    this tussle continues each day,
    tomorrow too,
    and the day after too…

    So,
    the struggle continues each day,
    both ways,
    But it’s a good life,
    that continues perpetually…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • The Power of Positive Influence in Life

    The Power of Positive Influence in Life

    Daily writing prompt
    Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life.
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    Hey…

    I hope you all are doing well…

    This prompt is one of the good ones,
    someone who had a positive impact on my life,
    this sparks numerous questions because there have been equally or more who have had a negative impact on me and my life and given me ideas to live a life much better than how they shall ever live…

    I’ll share one of each;

    I got a chance of meeting one such person with whom I’m still in contact with,
    I just talked to them a few minutes back,
    I wish for them to prosper and have a beautiful life forever,
    The exams that they’re preparing for,
    I hope from the bottom of my heart that they achieve what they want in life,
    (Even if I won’t be a part of their life if they achieve their dreams i shall remember them forever…)

    She studies a subject that we both have undying love for,
    and that’s how we connected,
    on finding that she studies it,
    and I have a keen interest for it,
    Our conversations happen on and around the same topic,
    and we both learn and love it,
    when both of us love and grow from our astute and very niche observations…

    That’s the type of conversations I wanted to have forever,
    and on finding someone who does makes my life much better and worth living;

    She has been the one,
    and the only one for whom i shall continue to write,
    because her words of praise aren’t just there to fill a void,
    but,
    they help me by giving me an inspiration and a will to continue forever…
    and i hope they will forever….

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    There was something bugging me,
    I was in my home,
    One place that’s considered safe,
    I was trembling,
    Looking for someone,
    Something there…

    What was it,
    I couldn’t put my hand on it…!

    And all I could do was shake and tremble,
    And tell those around me,
    Nothing…

    I’m good,
    I’m all good,
    Everything’s alright as I looked at myself,
    In the mirror,
    I saw the horror within my eyes..
  • A Memorable Night with ROBROO Theater Group

    A Memorable Night with ROBROO Theater Group

    Daily writing prompt
    What was the last live performance you saw?
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    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    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…?
  • Are You a Leader or Follower? Discover the Truth

    Are You a Leader or Follower? Discover the Truth

    Daily writing prompt
    Are you a leader or a follower?
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    Hey…

    I hope each one of you reading this are doing well…

    This is the first time I disagree with the prompt,
    because there should be both the qualities in a person;

    They should be capable of leading as well,
    and even be quick to follow when they come across a concept that is unknown to them,
    or if you have less information on,

    because all of us are humans,
    we have limits,
    limits to our knowledge and capabilities,
    which makes us different from each other…

    There are times that I’ve led people on with these words,
    giving them vivid stories to read,
    also live in,
    but,
    I was led on by them too,
    when they provided me an insight into a concept that was foreign to me…

    For example,
    A person,
    Whom I cherish,
    told me about her life,
    How her mother separated from their family,
    brutally which led to her forming extreme issues,
    but,
    the story of the said person is coming out of it is so brave,
    that,
    it makes all of the other problems seem small…

    There’s no such thing as being a leader,
    without being a follower first,
    You followed someone footsteps,
    even if you are unaware that you did,
    IT HAPPENED,
    You unknowingly followed and aren’t aware,
    OR
    knowingly followed but choose not to admit,
    because you think it makes you a smaller person….
    BUT;
    the day you admit to this,
    is when the real growth happens…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍