Book Reviews by Simran

Everybody needs time alone. When you have spent the whole day at work being harassed by others, and then return home to find your family won’t leave you in peace, you can easily become annoyed or angry. At such times, do not blame yourself for getting annoyed. Instead, take some time for yourself by stopping by your favorite bookstore, coffee shop, or a temple perhaps. Go for a quiet walk alone and listen to your favorite songs. Being alone makes the world pause for a moment and helps to restore harmony. So, I have been reading this book called “ Love for imperfect things: How to accept yourself in a world striving for perfection ” by Haemin Sunim , and this was one of the quotes I read in the novel. What do you think about this quote dear one? Do we really need some time alone or is it just a myth? Well, I think taking some time alone is a necessity. After having a tiring day at work when you are on your way home, your mind is full of chaos, stress, and worries of the whole...

Hello sunshine, It’s been a long time since I last wrote anything to you. How have you been coping up with daily life which is usually a roller coaster ride, my dearest? I know, not every day is the best but not all days are bad as well, right? The same was the case with me, I was having an emotional breakdown this past week and had no one to share it with. The people who wanted to know weren’t the ones I wanted to tell things to. Therefore, no one. If you ask me, how am I doing today? Pretty good would the answer you’ll receive. Some days, I find it hard to wake up and some nights it is difficult to fall asleep, these feelings and emotions just know their way inside someone’s mind but no way outside it. Sometimes listening to the lyrics of each peaceful song helps and sometimes just talking to an old friend and reminiscing helps.  Healing is something that will start the minute you decide it for yourself, this is the lesson that I learned through a series of emotion...

Good Morning Sunshine, How are you doing today? I guess I'm doing good today, just not happy with this super-hot weather! A cold coffee would've worked better with this but your  girl is still drinking hot water. The father of the boy next door is doing all his household chores because his mother and wife are both covid positive. I told myself a hundred and a thousand times that I shouldn't be touching this topic, the world is already full of news and negativity about Covid, I wouldn't want to be one more person adding to the list of people. Honestly, I'm not here to talk about the symptoms, the negativity, the scams, etc. but I'm here to talk about how are people trying to deal with it. If there are thousands of people who are trying to corrupt the nation even in this pandemic then there are hundreds of people leaving their safe homes and are moving out to help strangers just because they have pure intentions and an even pure soul. If there are peop...

Hello Sunshine, How have you been doing these past few days? I know, this is a touché topic to talk about these days but I hope things will get better real soon and we’ll all be able to forget this new normal and will get back to being out older selves with a few changed and better habits that we learned throughout this pandemic. Sunshine, it is not always easy to be our best selves in all the situations but you’ve got to start from a certain point, right? I heard you’ve been thinking that you’re turning into an emotionless being? That you have no idea what you are feeling and why. Tell me something, didn’t you smile last night when your whole family was with you last night, enjoying dinner and watching TV while talking about your childhood memories they cherish till date? Didn’t you embrace the wind you felt on your face while riding your scooter? Didn’t it make you smile? Didn’t you cry when you thought about the fact that there might be a few years left for you to live wi...

  Hello Sunshine, How are you doing these days? It is the 8 th of April 2021 when I am writing this letter and it’ll probably be 9 th of April by the time, I’ll finish writing on these pieces of white-ruled sheets and it’ll reach you via e-mail. Anyways, how are you actually doing? By “actually”, I mean physically, emotionally, and mentally? All good? Because today, I am here to listen and not talk. Let me just grab a cup of chai and sit down with you on this mildly cold floor and just listen to what you’ve been wanting to say. Sunshine, I am here with you and I’ll always be there with you. Do you know why? It is a very easy guess though! The answer is because I am a part of you. The part of you which loves you the most. The part of you which you might’ve forgotten while growing up but, I can never forget you, my dearest. I am because of you. My mere being is only because of you. Sunshine, I am grateful to you. With you, I laugh and I smile and I cry ...

Good Morning Sunshine, It is indeed a very beautiful morning today, it is almost 7 in the morning, I have a hot cup of detox water in one hand, sipping through it feels good. I can taste the bittersweet flavors of lemon and honey. With the other hand, I am writing this letter to you and hoping that you’re doing the same i.e., trying to live in the moment and feeling grateful for everything around you. There is a book too underneath the diary, waiting to be opened, smelled and read. We’ll both do so in a while. There is no particular reason as to why we woke up early today but I am glad we did. Else, we’d have missed another beautiful morning and this gentle breeze slightly touching our face and seeing people here from the balcony. Sunshine, we are truly grateful for how beautiful this morning turned out to be, how we are able to wake up and just sit in the balcony full of plants and just be in the moment, what else could’ve made this morning better, my dearest? You must be wond...

People often say, things never come easily to us. We need to work hard and really very hard to get the things in life that we really want to achieve. Often times I think about being a content writer, sometimes a data scientist or maybe a teacher or just staying a reader for life. People say that I've not been doing much in life professionally/ career related because they do not see me growing. I too think about all this many a times because who doesn't? I like to call these kind of days, " Reflection Days " when I sit down with a diary in hand (sometimes not even a diary) and think about everything I have done, achieved, experienced, regret not doing in this whole life or just the past year to be specific. The conclusion that I reach upon is considerably vague because I just cannot reach a proper conclusion to all these things, I guess no one can. Nonetheless, I reach upon the conclusion that I might have not done what my friends are doing or I might not have achieved...