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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Sunrise over the ocean, waves reflecting golden light, symbolizing life’s beginnings and endings

 A Moment, A Wave, A Life

This reflective piece explores life’s fleeting and lasting moments through the metaphor of waves and the ocean. Some experiences are like words written in sand—washed away by time—while others sink deep into memory, becoming part of our inner ocean. It invites readers to pause, remember, and consider which of their own stories remain on the surface and which rest quietly in the depths.

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