It is easier for people to intellectualize and not own their actions than to accept the fact that they are a shitty human being. Period.

Ayushi Dauneriya

I have this weird habit of buying things for short-term. I didn't say I hate hoarders. But I perpetually feel everything is temporary and I might have to carry a 500 ml bottle of unused body wash to a different city soon. And I hate baggage. I only got him a toothbrush at my place for I didn't ponder how things could end abruptly. That I might have to carry it into a different cupboard. That I might have to carry the baggage of a house because I didn't reflect upon a toothbrush.

Ayushi Dauneriya

It's important to separate the art form from the artist's personal life. Cancel culture has ingrained in us that a person's art form is valued based on their conventional character sketch. What we fail to see is their truth can vary from their art's truth. Combining the two can put such artists on a pedestal they don't deserve to be. And if only we know how to separate the two, we can learn to appreciate them or their craft. The same holds true for parenting. They could be good human beings but not necessarily good at parenting.

Ayushi Dauneriya

Sometimes it just happens that you want to cut short your sentences. Not this short. But fairly this much short. And oftentimes you wish to rub thesaurus in the reader's face. But most days you just want to get out of bed. Like this one, where the sunlight sneaks in your bed through those curtains you haven't opened in days. Majorly because you don't have smoke in the house to pass through windows anymore. Although something is burning, a rage inside of you. Hot enough to melt all the damage into sweat. People tell you choosing to live is a good alternative. You tell them opting to not persecute is better. And sometimes it just happens that your writing will not make sense. But on all the other days it will.

Ayushi Dauneriya

'Later' is the most uncertain word in the dictionary. It is incredibly promising yet refutes the whole purpose of waiting. Is there a timeline for it? If yes, who decides? Is there a threshold that till this point you'll stay hopeful, and later you feel betrayed. Common instances like: I'll text you later, I'll call you later, or I'll see you later. But will they? Should you wait? Should you go about your life normally? Does my later differ from yours? Are we considering the external factors too? I may have gotten stuck in a landslide. You might be stuck with somebody. Another landslide for me. Doesn't matter I guess, despite the numerous warnings we choose these natural calamities.

Ayushi Dauneriya

Grief, I beleive, is subjective. A bunch of hair dancing on your floor to the music of the fan. Fairy lights flickering because of a loose wire connection. A blanket wanting to feel your skin. Stale chicken curry in your fridge. Choked drainage in your washroom. A pile of clothes on your partner's spot. Packed Yoga mat in one of the corners. A bookmark on 27th page of a book you were recently gifted with. A noiseless house with the sound of nothing but flush. Washed cutlery on the kitchen platform organized one after the other complimenting your OCD. A dimly lit screen with thousands of words being written by you only to be posted just a few.

Ayushi Dauneriya