Author: Vaishnavi Behl
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Vision 2020
Instead of judging myself according to capitalist metrics of productivity, success and efficiency, I’m priding myself in the fact that against all odds, I made it through the year.
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The switch that goes off
It’s been three months since I last wrote “for fun”, but my mind’s still been stuck on trying to understand the passage of time – it’s sharp seizure of some moments, and nervous frailty in others. On most days, it feels too fragile to touch, as if the moment I try to grasp its essence,…
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This father’s day
This Father’s Day, quit the “maa ke haath ka khana” trope, and ask your father if he wants to cook a meal for you. It doesn’t have to be a made-from-scratch pizza or build-it-yourself tacos, although it wouldn’t hurt to go all out with juicy carnitas and bloody marys (Dad, are you reading?). It just…
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Reconciliation
I took these drawings with their innocent optimism, and gave them a peak at adulthood, a time when you’re taken seriously, when you’re in control, when sometimes all you can think of is being a child again, and surprisingly enough, they fit just fine. Here it was, in these pictures, something I’ve been looking for…
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On Becoming a coffee person
How I went from panicking at the sight of coffee to owning more coffee brewing equipment than most people would find necessary (maybe even acceptable) took a while of unravelling but in the end, like any form of introspection, it brought me a teeny-tiny bit closer to identifying my way of thinking, and, in turn,…
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The sand in my pockets smelt like summer two years ago
So, today, when I found sandy shorts in my closet, I decided that it was going to be my summer memory – wearing them while watching the sunset from my balcony with a book in my hand. It’s not ideal, but I’m not complaining.
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My week in 7 outfits
“Teenage heroines showed me who I was afraid of becoming – a girl whose life revolved around her desirability, who was interesting to the degree that her life spun out of control”. I’ve been thinking about this for longer than is necessary and I’m still not quite sure if I’ve understood how to untangle the…
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Quarantine Crumbling
If a year ago you asked me what I thought my reaction to the current situation would be, I would tell you that irrationality would rule my world, and that comfort would be a far possibility. But today, I feel an inexplicable calmness. A borderline confidence that I can’t make sense of.
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okay chalo 