Vartika's World

आज कॉलेज से घर जाते वक्त सड़क पर पड़े सूखे पत्तों को देखा तो पता चला पतझड़ आ गया है। सर्दियां पूरी तरह से जा चुकी है और मौसम में गर्माहट होनी शुरू हो गई है। यूंही पत्तों को निहारते मेरी नज़र ऊंचे खड़े सूखे पेड़ों पर पड़ी मानो वो मुझसे कुछ कहना चाह रहे हो। दो सूखी टहनियां मानो जिंदगी का सार बता रही हों। उन पेड़ों को छुआ तो वो सूखे सूखे से थे जैसे शोक में डूबे हों पर कुछ देर ठहरने के बाद मैने जाना कि सिर्फ ऊपरी परत सूखी थी और अंदर से वो अभी भी नर्म थे। इससे मैने जाना कि वो पेड़ दुखी तो हैं पर अंदर से बैसाख के इंतजार में हैं। उन पेड़ों से पांच मिनट की मुलाकात ने मेरा दिन उम्मीद से भर दिया। मुझे जीवन में एक किरण दिखाई दी कि चाहे वक्त कितना भी खराब क्यों न हो उस पर उदास होना गलत नही है पर अंदर से उम्मीद हमेशा रहनी चाहिए कि सब ठीक हो जाएगा। जैसे पेड़ बाहर से कितने भी सूखे न हों उनके अंदर की नर्माहत उन्हे जिंदा रखती है और जब वो नर्माहट खतम हो जाती है तो पेड़ मार जाता है वैसे ही मनुष्य के अंदर से जब उम्मीद खतम हो जाती है तो वो मर जाता है और उसके जीवन का कोई मतलब नहीं रह जाता। 

Heya People!! Today's topic is, as you have read- "Body Positivity". Like most of the topics of my blog, this one is also kinda close to my heart. I am someone who have been insecure about the way I look for the most of the time. My initial insecurity was my body weight. The reasons for me being underweight were many. I had this thought in my mind that if I will eat than I will get fat. And when I got to know that this is not the case, it was too late. My body no longer accepted the quantum of food I should be eating. Moreover, in my growing years I was mostly ill, the reason being I was not eating healthy and enough. This thing also led to my second insecurity that was my height. I am 5'1" which is an average height of an Indian girl. But most of my teenage years I was insecure that I didn't look of the age I was. I was underweight and short! my worst two nightmares combined.  Now you must be wondering Vartika enough of the plot building. Tell us...

Hey people!! long time, no see. This time I am trying to address an issue that is kind of omnipresent these days, especially in young generation. I am going to keep this short and sweet.  As hustle culture is overtaking, people are more likely to burnout and that is where the idea of taking break comes in. In my previous blogs I have always stressed upon taking break and living life on your on pace. But the harsh realty is that world's not gonna wait for you. It's okay to take a step back sometimes or taking rest, but it is also important to get back to your job and get things done.  More we try to be easy on ourselves, more are the chances of us to become lazy and holding ourselves back. Point here is that take breaks, take rest but don't let it become your natural state. These days I have seen a culture that people promote smart work, but smart is the person who gets things done and not the one who sits back and see others achieving their goals. One thing that a person sh...

क्यों हर सवाल का जवाब ढूंढ रहे हो ? क्यों खुद में ही उलझ रहे हो ? आओ साथ मिलकर बैठे, कुछ गम तुम बाटो, कुछ खुशियां हम भी भरदे।। जिंदगी नही आसान ऐ दोस्त, तुम भी समझ गए और हम भी। चलो अपने राज़ एक दूसरे को बता दे, वज़न कंधो से हटा दे, तुम भी और हम भी ।। आज साथ बैठकर रो लेते हैं, कल साथ में हसेंगे । वादा है तुमसे ऐ दोस्त, जब भी मिलेंगे खूब किस्से सुनाएंगे, तुम भी और हम भी ।। 

I started writing I was not sure if I will continue it or not. I was not even sure whether I will be publishing my second blog or not. But what motivated me? My self esteem, my believe in myself that I am good at writing. NO! not at all. Before all this I never even considered myself as a writer. Just before the beginning of my college life, started my writing journey. At first I shared my blogs with people I know. I was sure they won't say anything that will break my confidence at the same time they will be honest enough to let me know where I can make required changes. But what they did? They did exactly as I expected. They complimented me for my writing and enlightened me where I can make changes to make my writing better. My sister played a major role correcting my grammatical mistakes and helped me stick to conventional English so that I don't use abbreviations that no one will understand.  Okay! so after that came a phase when I started sharing my blogs with m...

Have you ever been so busy in work purposely because you don't want to spend time with yourself alone? Deep down you know that being alone will bring back all that you are running from. But why are you running? Why you are so afraid of facing your own self? Well these questions are now forcing you to talk to yourself. Go for it. Listen to what your mind and heart is screaming to you.  You might have a hundred people to share your feelings with but if you won't listen to yourself first, none of them will be able to help. I am not a psychologist but all I have known from my own experiences is that you are your own best friend and the biggest enemy at the same time. So, it's your choice what you want yourself to turn for yourself. Kinda confusing, right? But there are a zillion things going on in your mind that you need to organise for yourself. No one will do that for you. 

Well this has always been a topic of debate that whether men are superior or women. In order to simply win the argument we often forget that we are humans first. Gender might make us all different but we still are humans and several other points of differentiation don't really matter much. Earlier I wrote a blog in which I wrote about my views on feminism and how equality is important for women. But somewhere fighting for equality for women, we often forget that men are humans too. They also have their own struggles. Just imagine that you are overwhelmed with feelings and emotions but you are not supposed to cry because you are a men. Anyone can cry. It is important to let things out. Also, men are always expected to earn more than their better half, why so? What if he is more into house chores or their can be other reasons that they can never share. Every person have his/her struggle and as much as it is important to stay strong, it is also important to be gentle of on...