The Unabridged Version of a Rational Emotional Mind

Art immortalizes humans - The creator and the muse. It is the single most intangible legacy. More than material possessions collected as precious treasure, passed on from one generation to the other, the things humans envision in their minds, create with their bare hands and leave on this planet leave a mark so indelible that the echoes remain for centuries to follow. I am sure Shakespeare and Beethoven were just enjoying their talent come to fruition when they made those masterpieces. Who knew that centuries later, you and I would be studying them in school, and listening to the remixed music on Ig reels! Why have these thoughts possessed my head? I was listening to music, the playlist shuffling songs without much of my volition. A song started playing, deep baritone voice on a piano ballad. It’s someone I never got to know any more than a passing acquaintance. I have been more of a fan than a friend. The song hits hard every time I hear it. Why you ask? It was his swan song. Unin...

First love feels like taking a bite of chocolate for the first time in your life That feeling gets etched so deep into your being… You can never really recover from it… Nor can you find that feeling again   More often than not, this feeling is fleeting Never to last a lifetime Only memories of that first taste of madness…   We keep wandering…desperately searching for that familiar feeling Never to really find it…anywhere again   But then one day there comes, An unexpected turn of events Something new… A sweetness that coats our tongue Reminds us of that first taste of addiction Of madness, of childhood   A different version of that familiar feeling We no longer pine for familiarity We relish in this newfound feeling It seems worth the effort Worth the wait Worth a lifetime…   Lucky are those who find this feeling… Luckier still, if that feeling stays!

My sister texted me from the other room today. It was a hilarious conversation as always. But then, staring at her name saved on my phone I realized – We don’t have nicknames! We are the one-name and one-name-only gang. I'm not sure how many of you reading this will relate. But Charlotte and I have had to wait three seconds into someone calling our name out to know if they wanted to talk to Lin or Let! The other ‘perks’ of being born with no loving nicknames our loved ones called us is that we got ridiculously attached to our names. Now this does not mean we never got our fair share of nicknames or accidentally mispronounced names! Over the quarter century, I have spent on this planet, in chronological order, I have been called – SST, Lin, Ms Thomas, Shar, Sherlin, Shalini (a go-to for tele-callers), Shalu, Sharu, Sheru, Shera and my personal favourite – Sara. How I got my name is a conversation starter I often use to break the ice with new people. Let’s just say it was a commu...