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Circumstances urge me to get a grip on my thoughts and pen them down. Thoughts about how life is so cruel sometimes, no matter what you do you cannot escape the harsh realities of it. This is why dear journal you are my confidante. The only place where I can safely pen down my thoughts without the fear of anyone abusing them or without them being read and misunderstood. It has been a total of 19 days to the incident. Slowly the memory of it is fading away and it seems like the incident never occurred. 19 days to the day I lost everything. The day I lost faith in hope and the goodness in the world. The day the good people showed their true colours. The day I truly found out who my real friends are. There is a phrase dear journal and it goes like this, true friends stick by you through thick and thin. They don’t abandon you at the first hint of slight trouble or turbulence. A friend is supposed to help you in your bad times. At first my heart was crushed and I contemplated...

From back in 2008 and it is written by FU.  I thought it was a very sweet gesture by this person. Mind you, this was their first attempt at writing poetry, that also they did it for me. <3 Kyu gum sum rehti ho? Kyu chup chup rehti ho? Kuch kehti kyu nahi ho? Kuch batati kyu nahi ho? Kis se naraz rehti ho? Kisi se koi khata ho gaye ? Kyu unhe maaf nahi kerti? Kyu sab kuch bhool nahi jati ? Kyu udaas sa chehra rakhti ho? Kis soch mai doobi hue ho? Kyu khush nahi rehti ho? En sab ka hal hai humarey paas Bas unhe yaad kiya karo Jinney tumhe dekh k khushi milti hai Tumhari muskaan se ajeeb si takat milti hai Yeh kaisi takat hai? Yeh kaisa junoon hai? Woh to hum nahi jaantey hai Bas etna kehtey hai Key hum aapko dukhi nahi dekh saktey !!!!!! To meherbani ker key Aap khush raha karey Kyu key aap ko khush dekh key Kisi ko nayi zindagi mil jati hai Kisi ko khushi naseeb hoti hai Kisi ko jannat ka nazara mil jata hai Yeh jannat etnee khoobsurat hai Key sa...

How many of us have thought about that question? That question or some form of it. Of course we have. We are of curious nature, we have thought about what the person next to us or a person is thinking about. Especially, if the person is a loved one. I don't know about anyone else, but I have on countless occasions said to myself "I wish I knew what that person was thinking" or "I wish I knew what that person thinks about me" or even "I wish I knew what is/was going on or running through that person's mind". Even right now, many of us might be feeling a bit down, that or we might be wondering why someone is down. What is going on through their mind. We want to know everything. Is it such a good thing that we don't know what is going through peoples' minds? We only know what people tell us? What if we really badly wanted to know what a person thought about us, really? Not the faked front that a person shows, but what they actually taught. Wo...

By: Aisha Yaqub Recently the Indian Government – specifically the Information and Broadcast Ministry – has banned two hugely popular Indian Reality television shows from prime time broadcasting on channels, due to the fact that there was an increasingly amount of adult content on these shows. The shows are ‘Bigg Boss’, India’s version of UK’s hugely popular reality television show called Big Brother and Rakhi ka Insaf (Rakhi’s Justice). There was a public outcry over the fact that these shows had become too “raunchy” to be broadcasted at prime time.  Even though the Ministry has banned the channel broadcasters from broadcasting it before 11 PM, the Government and the affected channels have not yet confirmed about this new ruling. Why did these shows get banned? The fourth series of Bigg Boss, the reality television show attracted headlines all over Indian newspapers and raised a lot of eyebrows, with the arrival of scantily clad Hollywood celebrity Pamela Anderson in the Bigg Bo...

Was running through the jungle, my arms in the air and singing my heart out. I had no idea what I was doing. I was just too happy. I could feel the wind dancing upon my skin and I could hear the sweet melody of Spring. I could hear the birds chirping and I could hear the crickets. I had no idea where I was going, I just knew I wanted to run away and escape. I was too happy to look back. I wanted to run and scream, wanted to take in the joy of it all. Every moment that passed was precious, every feeling that was felt was intense, I knew this was wild happiness. What was coming over me? This sensation, this uncontrollable urge to be happy and smile. I wanted to be wild and crazy. I was tired of being the good and nice person, that I was. It was time to let go and unleash the wildness with emotions running high. I just knew I was in love, but with who? My heart had not stopped beating faster, my heart rate was high, since I could just feel it, the pulse racing on with my sighs. I tried a...

I have been really interested in knowing, what makes a person miss the other person? How do we miss this person? Why do we miss this person? Or anyone in fact? I have been thinking about this from the morning. Even when I was in the shower. Usually, when I am in the shower, I get weird epiphanies or revelations regarding various topics, or I see or think about things which do come true.  I have always wondered if I had some special ability and yes, I do have a special ability.  It is the ability to observe and analyse. Two things very important for Psychologists but Photographers and Journalists alike . Some people might not observe about what's going on around them, some might but not analyse, some won't even do both. It's good to observe and analyse but not draw negative conclusions all the time. We must analyse and draw conclusions without any biases and pre-made up thoughts about something in our minds. Some people analyse and look into something way too much ...

It is possible that sitting in one room for the past four hours makes a person have weird thoughts. It is possible that this darkness is driving the person wild and crazy. It is possible because the room is a dark room. A person is sitting in that room, the very same person who is writing this right now. The person has nothing to do but waste time, the person has been free for the past four hours. The person is not in a mood. Not in a good mood. This is why, even though the person has the option of switching on the lights, the lights are off. The curtains are drawn and they cover the windows. There is minimal amount of light in this room. The person is angry because of some reason. The person is not even feeling well. The person cannot hear properly from one ear. The person is afraid of the dark. Every now and then it seems that someone is behind the person. This feeling sends the heartbeat and pulse racing and blood pumping. It scares the hell out of the person to thi...