is “no” a potential answer?

The guilt hurts like water up the nose.
I could back down now because it will be easier.
Like every single time.
But there is a boundary to draw.

Two (Men Who Are Abused By Women)

If men’s abuse is not systemic, the discussion of neither women’s so-called ‘abusive’ tendencies nor women’s systemic oppression should take place. Such grossly misplaced dialogues are vulgar and are extremely disrespectful to male survivors of abuse.

One (Unlearn)

I have been reading an interesting book these days – ‘The Almanack of Naval Ravikant.’ In the book, happiness is identified as the state of not missing anything. Reading it, I wondered if I had ever really been in a state of not missing something. (The answer came to me so fast, it felt like […]

before everything

Alaska, my favourite book character, quoted “I am a deeply unhappy person.” My friends used to call me “Alaska”. They did not know the whole story. Alaska died by suicide. Growing up, I continued losing faith. God, promises, hard-work – faith in everything slipped through the cracks. The Welsh named my melancholy as “hiraeth” ie. […]