Musings by Taniya

In the past few years, we have given up the habit of being alone. Surely we might be alone at home, or sitting by ourselves at some cafe sipping our coffees, but we are glued to some or the other distraction while we are at it. Technology has given us so many toys and gadgets to fill up our empty time, space and lives. Look around you, people are walking alone yet have buds plugged in their ears, a couple is maybe sitting in a cafe yet glued to their own phone screens. Someone is reading, someone is watching Netflix and chilling. It's so much easier to doomscroll and fidget than face our innermost thoughts. Most of us find these extraneous distractions much more meaningful and rewarding in the moment. Some reels, some shorts, some videos and we feel accomplished and knowledgeable.  When did we last read an actual book or researched deep into a topic? Isn't it so much easier to ask AI to give an overview of opinions and facts so we can accept it as validated and true? How dumb a...

I used to think  Love had its highs n lows For sometime it flows Then it ebbs and goes. I used to think love was full of throes  Of frenzy and passion Tears were soo.. in fashion. I used to think love was a show  To put on a performance  To be praised and adulated, all the while losing my self  Becoming a person that  Love felt relevant at that time. I used to think love could be one-sided Unrequited yet fulfilling Quiet yet momentous  Even if unreturned  I felt love had a purpose Now I feel love is nothing like that It flows but never ebbs The efforts feel effortless  There is no show and no pomp It's bland and monotonous  Yet momentous and tenacious Love is showing up as yourself  Battleworn and scarred.  Minus the pretenses, here I am Love is acceptance sans reserve  We tell each other about our scars Maybe we might not heal But need not give up hope we gotta go very very far..... Love is maybe showing each other the pa...