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The Spectacular Quarantine Tales

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   Not all of us are accustomed to living indoors throughout the day, especially avec our family. Gazing at the scenic beauty of the blank walls and holding the window railings as if I were in a jail and long to be free have occupied a huge part of my day.   My day typically begins with my father yelling at us and trying to wake us at dawn. Catching the first rays of sun is an activity in which he aims to engage me in. Unfortunately, waking up at the ungodly hour of 6 in the morning, a time reserved for bats and vampires does not fall in my to-do list for vacations (read: quarantine).   I beg for 2 more hours of decent sleep and Dad storms off towards his mobile and plays his favorite old songs which by a massive coincidence sound like opera shows. This awakens my sister, who is as cheery is as a peacock in rains.   She runs to get ready for the day while singing K-pop songs. She claims to be able to speak Korean quite fluently, but since I am unable t...
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Something I Miss

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Quarantined. Self isolated. Bored. I repeat these words to myself as I sit beneath the fan whose speed is harmonious with the leaking tap. I scroll through instagram and see Kylie Jenner fancying a day on beach decked up in her million dollar swim suit, sun bathing.     My tired thumb protests as I open my gallery and my childhood greets me.       We would sneak a 10 rupees note thinking of ourselves as smugglers. We would creep along the shadows in our unfruitful efforts to evade the harsh sun rays.          I slid open the lid and cool air gushed out. The shop keeper yells to close the lid and everyone calls out their preferred flavors. I grab 7 ice candies and everyone hands over their money.       We gallop in the park and sit beneath a tree. I distribute the candies which soon becomes a sticky affair as many don't see their favorites. Between the soft grumbles, sticky fingers and s...
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Fear crept in

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        The day grew old as I stood at attention. My eyes darting, looking for every possible direction to get out. The darkness was overwhelming making me lose focus. I saw a small slit in the wooden boards which held the shatters together. Light surged through the slit helping me understand where I was.          I turned as the flooring creaked in protest at the shift of weight. I gulped a yelp as the portrait of a old bearded dude regarded me with cold and distant eyes. 'Sup?', I said, not very productive line to initiate conversation but thankfully the guy did not reply. I averted my gaze and looked up. The wooden boards were covered with dried leaves and twigs resulting from the change of season. The orange and brown leaves formed a trapeze obscuring the sky.          I saw a slight movement, a rustle and the pendulum shook slowly. I took two careful and hesitant steps, bracing myself for the worst. The...
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Me Too

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       The Me Too movement begun in India after Tunushree Datta accused Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her and since then, the pendulum has kept on swinging. With actresses or common people accusing, actors,directors,producers trying to defend themselves, the accused being trolled on social media, no one could escape from its clutches.       Many renowned names have come up ever since. This also led to a wave of Feminism which has finally hit India. Twitter was flooded with tweets, Instagram users had their stories filled with polls defending or accusing eminent personalities. Lengthy messages on Whatsapp circulated, Pinterest saw creation of several Pins with Feminist quotes, videos of women speaking up went viral on Youtube thus, not leaving any stone unturned to spread awareness for the cause.        The mockery, taunts, insults and embarrassment faced for all these years led to the choking up of emotions, thoug...
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The New Me!!

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     I decided to update my blog and now I'll be posting about literally everything!!!! So, basically I've gotten rid of all the boring and cliche blogs. After identifying that my true potential lies in presenting ideas in a satirical, (funny) manner and writing inspirational blogs, I decided to stick with it and let go of my setbacks. From today, I'll be posting only whatever I like! Also, 'Girl with Ink' has a nice ring to it and many friends too have liked the name. I loved the topic ' The new me!!' and have decided to explore it. Hope ya'll like it.      Many times, we tend to forget ourselves and get lost in the race. We end up choosing subjects, projects and make friends with people who may not be our type and we find ourselves losing the 'me' part. At times we go on pushing ourselves to work or act the way we find it socially desirable. We tend to follow others and try to be like them. All this ends up choking up the 'real me...
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Dreams Explained

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      Dreams: Some horribly twisted short stories which at times tend to become nightmares as the story progresses.      My dreams are simply stupid. The other day, I dreamt that I was eating a cheeseburger which for some unfathomable reason turns into my arch rival and I quite happily eat her up practicing cannibalism. (Wow. This must be the first time in human history that cheeseburger, unfathomable and cannibalism is used in a sentence!)          So, as I was saying, my dreams are moderately stupid. Some person who has a degree in dreams (ignore the sarcasm) has said that we tend to dream about the things we thought about while we were going to sleep. I beg to differ milord. I went to sleep thinking about my mobile's ever extincting storage and woke up sweating from head to toe as I dreamt about the Nun standing in my balcony and I swear to god I didn't even open the door of balcony for an entire goddamned week. ...
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Unplug!!

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          About a year Dwayne Johnson made a commercial for iPhone 7 in which he gets all his work done with the help of Siri. Literally he asks her the appointments scheduled, best routes to reach his destination and also about the weight of some ingredient he needed to make celebrity Chef Ludo's dish. Well, I guess that's what people generally keep secretaries for, but by all means why not spend a fortune on some electronic device and substitute a good old fellow of the same species?       The mere fact that AI (artificial intelligence) or technology have attained such accuracy in a few seconds makes us question whether it is better to choose humans over "new" electronic gadgets having the sympathizing quotient as much as a rock has.(No. Not Dwayne Johnson again. The normal rock.) Stopping and asking people for routes is way better than the frustrating electronic voice technology which misunderstands every word and speaks in a heavy acc...
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