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Continue reading →: To Heaven and Back!
Impromptu, spontaneous plans are always the best; but ours definitely wasn’t one. We’d been planning for weeks, my sister, cousins and I; changing the prospective destination numerous times. When finally, thankfully it was decided we’d go to Manali. At first the feeling didn’t sink in; not when we booked the…
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Continue reading →: The Flight.
She looks up at the sky standing at the edge of the cliff, Unsure of what to do, her body is taut and stiff. She knows it’s late and about time to go, But deep inside of her, there are things that she must know. Looking over the horizon, her…
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Continue reading →: 9 hours before an External Examination.
For some reason, I think this is the perfect time to write this blog entry. Because I’m ‘in it’, so I can write about it better. It’s been 16 years. 16 years of incessant tests, exams, marks, assignments, homework, vivas. We don’t really realize it, but come to think of it,…
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Continue reading →: It’s been two Awesome decades! :D
For months I’d been dreading my birthday. I didn’t want to be twenty. Twenty just seemed too big a number. I didn’t want to be twenty at ALL. Twenty means you’ve lived for two decades. Twenty means you’re not that innocent, cute little kid anymore. Twenty is when you…
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Continue reading →: Light My Fire!
BOOM! An ear-shattering explosion right outside which makes you jump out of your skin. The stench of smoke so strong it enters into your nostrils and even into your rooms. Battered, torn, little red paper bits scattered all across the streets outside. Little children running around every nook and corner…
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 