Author: Karishma R.K

UGLY. That’s an ugly word. Recently a friend of mine was called ugly and honestly, it just made me angry. The person doing the name calling didn’t know my friend, they didn’t look beyond her physical appearance and judged her. As the old saying goes, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and this couldn’t be truer because another friend found her beautiful. But that’s not the point. The point is what gives one person the right to judge an another based on their standards of beauty? If we take a step further, we enter the zone of body-shaming.…

Each and every one of us is different. Different in the way we think, speak and behave. Isn’t that what makes us unique? But our value systems are something I believe we inherit from our parents. We may not always agree with what our parents think, say or believe but I believe that they play a major role in shaping us and our personalities. Values are not something that is easily definable and quite honestly the word values itself could mean different things to different people but the core of it lies in what we believe is right and wrong.…

Anyone who has had the misfortune of meeting/dealing with or being related to /being in a relationship with a narcissist, I’m so sorry you had to go through that. Being related to or being in a relationship with a narcissist is just terrible and the worse part is you don’t always recognise a narcissist and that in essence is the greatest weapon of a narcissist. Many wrongly assume that only those weak in character get affected by a narcissist but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. I, personally have known extremely strong,confident, men and women who were no match…

There is a 99% chance that you’ve come across a quote or saying which talks about finding ‘the one’ or your ‘soulmate’ and it may have even resonated with you but, are these words as limiting as we think them to be? As a writer I, myself often write about ‘the one’ or a ‘soulmate’ but I truly wish that people who read my work or any other quote on these words truly appreciates the depth of them. As you grow older these words take on a deeper meaning. You realise that ‘the one’ or your ‘soulmate’ doesn’t necessarily mean…

The last few years have managed to have a lasting impact on my way of thinking and behaving. When you realise that life can change in an instant you tend to value things more.  The old saying is true, you realise the value of something only after losing it. So why not truly live? Embrace your true self and stop stifling your thoughts and emotions. People come and go what will always remain will be a sense of self. So start by respecting and loving yourself. Be completely unapologetic about who you are and the right people will gravitate towards…

After I lost my grandfather I always worried about my grandmother, whether she’d be around whenever it was that I walked down the aisle, whether they’d see their grandchildren. But life played the cruelest of jokes on me by unexpectedly taking my dad from me. I had never even considered him not being a part of my future. One day he was there and the next day he wasn’t. No one can prepare you for death but I feel that when a loved one is terminally ill or has a prolonged illness, we at least have time to say the…

Yesterday I got off work early and went shopping with my best friend. Unlike most girls we’re pretty precise when it comes to shopping so we knew what we wanted and where we’d get it so the plan was to be done in less than an hour and then head home. But before we could even begin we came across the cutest pair of street kids. They were both pretty young. The elder girl barely 4 years old and the younger boy maybe two.  The girl helped him walk, lifting him as well as she could onto the sidewalk and…

Have you ever felt disappointed at someone’s lack of attention? Do you sometimes feels that you put way more into relationships than what you get back, almost as if you’re chasing someone for their time? Have you ever thought that this may be because you put others before yourself?  Give it a thought. Sometimes when we love someone we overlook their behaviour. That which we would find objectionable in others we let slide for those we love. But maybe by continuously doing this we are setting a wrong example. Maybe we are telling them through our actions or rather inaction…

How often have you said “I’m fine” when you clearly weren’t? I bet many times, I know I have. Why is saying “I’m fine” like a default setting which is triggered when someone asks you how you are? Many of us don’t want to be seen as vulnerable or weak but what we don’t realise is that being those things is what makes us human. To be human is to feel and no one should be ashamed/afraid to show emotion. Women are afraid of being perceived as the weaker sex and men have the pressure of carrying the ‘men don’t…

Abuse is a loaded word and it can therefore mean different things to different people. Abuse in any form be it physical or mental, is something that affects us on a fundamental level. And often it taints us in ways we may not even realise. So this article is about you, not about what you went through because no one will ever know what you felt. This article is about you, the survivor. Let me begin by telling you, you are strong. You are worthy. No one can make you feel any less of yourself until you let them. You…