Myself, a human being

Life has it's unique way of surprising us with connections we never saw coming! Sometimes, the people who enter our lives when we least expect them end up changing everything in the best possible way. One of the most magical aspects of meeting new people is how these connections can transform our lives. Each new relationship has the potential to bring joy, support, and understanding, especially when we need it most. And yeah, the magic of human connections is truly extraordinary! Let me share a personal story that highlights this incredible magic. So I met someone who is from a different state, and we don’t even share the same linguistic background. Yet, despite the differences, the journey which evolved him from a stranger to my brother is one of the stunning things ever happened in my life! This experience has shown me just how profound and magical human connections can be. From the very beginning, it was clear that our backgrounds were worlds apart. But this very difference made...

In the grand saga of the Indian family, there’s no shortage of love, traditions, and the occasional melodrama. It’s a place where everyone has a role to play, a script to follow, and God forbid anyone deviates from it. The family structure, often hailed as the bedrock of Indian society, is a complex web of expectations, comparisons, and unspoken rules that everyone just seems to 'know', whether they like it or not. But beneath the surface of this seemingly perfect system lies a series of biases and struggles that shape the lives of every member, especially the children. Welcome to the great Indian family system. Let’s start with the elder child. So the elder one; often seen as the unspoken heir to all things responsible and respectable. They are the ones who are expected to be the ‘good’ child, the one who sacrifices, who understands, who quietly shoulders the burden of family expectations without so much as a sigh. They are the trailblazers, the ones who pave the way, not beca...