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“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how could that be.” The quote is from the movie The Perks of being a Wallflower, and I can relate to it so well right…
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Continue reading →: A sleepless night, a running nose and lots of films
(A still from Dziga Vertov’s documentary ‘Man with a Movie Camera’) It’s been weeks of uncontrollable munching-on-chips every night like a ferret, sipping countless cups of coffee and burning my tongue on it, (#everydamntime) sleeping till my body cannot take it anymore and randomly walking around the campus in a…
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Continue reading →: Mind over matter
You know what? The mind is a vile, corrosive, self-destructive time bomb just waiting to lead you head-on to your doom. It fills your head with despicable thoughts, it makes you stay awake all night thinking of all the abysmal things you have done and are doing in life, in…
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Continue reading →: Out of the shadows, into the light
I can vividly recall the thin pair of dry lips and the set of orangish tobacco-stained teeth peeping from behind as he used to grin at me. Raju was my middle-aged driving instructor when I was eighteen, and I remember how excited as I was on the first day of…
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Continue reading →: Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr :3
The past two weeks have been emotionally harrowing. Not only have I been facing severe existential crisis, I am also becoming increasingly anti-social. Not a good thing, I know. But I guess it’s just one of those phases. I really hope to get out of this rut soon, and put…
Hello,
I’m Astha
Welcome to my blog. I use this space as a pensieve: a place to store my memories and feelings. It’s a rest house. An easy chair. A watering hole for the soul. I’m glad you’re here. Take a look around, make yourself at home ☕
Butterflies and Hurricanes 