Glass Half Untouched

Disclaimer: Heavily influenced by Avengers: Age of Ultron yet hopefully relatable to everyone.  I just finished watching Avengers: Age of Ultron. Make no mistake. It wasn't the first time that I watched the movie. I have watched it enough number of times to look beyond the glorified characters and brilliantly choreographed action sequences this time. And because I have watched it enough number of times, watching it today, amidst lockdown with Covid-19 threatening my world, made my mind wander from the bewitchment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  Well, I can't give all the credit to Marvel. Today, my day started with a discussion with my parents about how there are conflicting views about the lockdown. Because it definitely came at a cost. Then somewhere in the middle of the day, my wonderful friend texted reminding me that today is the one-year anniversary of Avengers: Endgame. We ended up discussing who would have thought that one year later our world would be at ...

I wouldn’t say I haven’t been active for the past few months. On the contrary, last year has swung me up and down like alternating current. It was the end of May 2019 when I decided to forgive myself and relieve myself of the pressure of publishing a blog. I was stuck in a vicious cycle. The stress of regularly publishing a blog was hampering my ability to write, which in turn was adding to the stress of regularly publishing. It wasn’t like I stopped writing. But the frequency significantly reduced. The stress went to a point where I couldn’t publish my ready to publish articles. I finally decided to relieve myself of this pressure at the end of May and within the next few days, I got an opportunity to write a blog for the Mental Health Education department of NIMHANS. It only added to the stress but since it was a time-bound activity, I did it. I was able to find some peace as the time passed by because I realized that though I am not necessarily writing blogs to publish,...

Before I start this blog, I would like to thank a few important people. All those beautiful beings who inspired these stories... My beautiful Ladakhis...because Ladakh is where this started and we shared this magical journey together... My go-to proofreaders, Jyoti Rana, Kanika Srivastava, Nikita Gagneja, Izabel Thomas, Harshavardhan Kamat for making me look decent... All the sweethearts who have read these stories and given their valuable feedbacks... My family. They are "my precious"!!!