Colorful Status, Black and White Life featured image showing a split scene between a vibrant social media world and a grayscale everyday reality, symbolizing the contrast between curated online appearances and authentic life. © Anu Chandrashekar.

Colorful Status, Black and White Life

There is a question that arrives late at night, after the screens have gone dark: *Did I actually live today, or did I merely display it?* This essay reflects on the quiet exhaustion of the curated life, the arithmetic of comparison that was never fair to begin with, and a mended sari that taught me something my mother had always known: the cracks were never meant to be hidden.

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My words never reached you — a mother and child silhouetted against a golden sunset, with a diya, framed photo, and open diary capturing love and longing

My Words Never Reached You

Some words make it all the way to the lips — and still don’t leave.
This poem is about the love that was real, the closeness that kept
slipping away, and the conversation that never found its moment.
A quiet meditation on longing, forgiveness, and the words we carry
long after the person is gone.

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