A strange-looking statue…or a living being? ps: worth 2 million dollars. You know a person with a ‘cool’ personality in a desi-family. And I being a part of a brown family have my grandmother labelled as a ‘cool’ personality. …

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment” — Ever heard about this term, before? Peer pressure means to be influenced by people around you, or members of one’s peer group. It can result in either positivity or negativity, or both. It’s quite common nowadays that we hear about our young generation’s behaviour being affected by peer pressure. The…

Spiders? Fine. Flying? No trouble. Public speaking? NO WAY! Public speaking is frequently defined as one of the biggest fears that even thinking about it might make someone’s palms sweat. However, there are several ways to address this fear and learn to give a convincing speech. You may assume that…

One-stop solution. — It was a dark night of 6th October 2010. The streets of San Francisco were silent. The winds were roaring, the dogs were howling and then came the infant into the world, named Instagram. Today, this decade-old app has caused a whirlwind by its powers and taken the world by…

Often when we are stuck into any problem, we tend to find ourselves fully immersed in it. The mind then stops working and the more we move in desperation to get out of it…albeit clueless…the more we go into that quick sand. …

Who knows, another Ibn-e-battuta visits the shores of Somalia someday.. Ibn-e-Battuta, the famous Moroccan traveler, if visits now Mogadishu after his initial visit more than 600 year ago….he would be devastated to see the destruction. Hadi, 15, a young Somali hailing from a nomadic tribe living near Berbera beach area…

The possible strength through personal fantasies! Keeping oneself on the navigational track, protecting from running aground is definitely no mean task. A very common word, more of a cliche — “Depression” is a buzz word these days. People seem to nurture their depression syndromes…It is in fact a complex subject…

“What on earth is the fuss around…This is suppose to be a short life and what have we made out of it…! As if, there were no less worries that the Corona virus invades us…” The 24/7 unending fearsome news about the damning virus has definitely taken its toll on…

Before choosing this title, I texted around 13 people, mostly friends and some friends like family and asked if this story title would urge them to read and they said yes. 100% yes it was. Then another intriguing thought popped up and my following question was if the urge was…