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Tug of War

Is handling everything of our own freedom or frightening? For almost 17 years of my life I have been under my Mom's shade or say the dish is always made by someone else and I only get to taste it. Always getting to live by the easy way. But now that I have come a long way away from home the very face of my life has changed. There is a separate space for me that I can organise however I want to. Handling things in my own way. Simply put I take care of my own self. But isn't that great? Yes it is, but it's also frightening. Sometimes there is no one to look after you when you are lying there shivering of cold inside those fragile sheets. Few other times there is no one to lecture you about your health when you complain that you wouldn't eat. Sometimes it's about travelling all alone with fear. And you suddenly realise how mere four walls cannot always be claimed as home and it takes something more than that to be called as one. Now everytime I go back to Chennai from ...

Fitting in?

Why do people always try to fit into the norms of the society? May be it's just human's deliberate way of trying to get recognised or to feel included. But in this process of pretending they don't seem to realise what damage they impose on their own personality.  By saying "fitting into the society" I don't just mean pretending to be kind or to be in the good list. With the changing generations even the way of pleasing people has changed. Imposing hatred on others is the new way to fit into the society now. Social media acts as a platform to spread hatred. I often come across certain videos of people who appear in a way the society doesn't demand. Those people do not fit onto the normal beauty standards that's set. They may be fat ,thin, dark, fair that has nothing to do with others. But people somehow tend to meddle into their business.  Everytime I look into the comment section of such videos I witness how people easily judge on the appearance of oth...