Thoughts

Exploring the depth of human emotions, personal reflections, and the world through my eyes.

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What's on My Mind

Night Peak

"What does it mean to live a finite, fragile life in an infinite, eternal universe?"

— Night Peak, Shangarh
Bus travel

"Be a traveller, not a tourist."

— On the road
Landscape

"A paradox."

A dense pine forest with a small white house nestled among the trees on a hillside in Shangarh. Some things resist explanation. — Shangarh
The Silence
On Time & Love

The Silence of Time

"Love's absence is so universal and truthful that it makes us irrational, no matter what. And sometimes we lose the ones we love and sometimes, we push them away."

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Cityscape
On Existence

The Pulse of the City

Cities are alive. They breathe, they age, they hold grief in their alleyways and joy in their morning markets. This is about learning to read them.

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Good life

"A good life."

— Zoji-la Pass
Colours

"Colours."

A moody mountain range under a cloudy, twilight sky in Shangarh. Sometimes a single word is enough. — Shangarh
Road unknown

"The road unknown."

— Old City, Srinagar
Life is beautiful
On Living

Life is beautiful.

"Happy." The old man in the small shop off Ishber Nishat needed no further explanation. Some people carry their whole autobiography in a single expression.

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