Karina Pandya

She lay there on the road, eyes bruised and vision faded. Cars were racing past her, and she couldn’t stand up to help herself. She muttered something to herself, something no one bothered to listen to or even understand. Far from survival and so close to death her world was so limited. No one around saw the fear in her eyes, no one stopped to think of how she felt; nor did they see the pain she was in. No one understood her or what she said and frankly no one had the time to. This is the condition of majority of the women below the socio-economic line in our country. These are the women who suffer from mental disorders in our country, not due to any fault on their side but because circumstances have been unfortunate for them. Circumstances which could stem right from abuse from the family, husband or other situational factors. Yet, we all live ignoring this marginalized section of the society- the people who need our attention. Who is to blame? Is it their fault, or is it just d...

I always thought that anyone could write; that there was nothing special to be able to vocalize/verbalize oneself, and have that put down on paper. Things changed though, after I started writing. It was like I had won a race; without having moved a step forward. That’s the gift of language. What we feel, and how we vocalize those emotions completely gets channelized through mere adjectives, verbs, and nouns. We can have, some of the best conversations through writing. The physical absence of a friend; or relative can be bridged through communication. Countless emotions are let on the loose through writing, emotions we never knew would surface. I write as an instrument of expressing myself, and thoughts. Expression of thought is the most vital things one needs to be comfortable doing. One can’t bottle up one’s emotions to have it displaced upon another object. It needs to be channelized through the right medium, in the right way. Thus, by writing down my feelings I fee...

Writing should come about naturally, never forced upon. I used to be able to write so easily, but now it’s become more like a chore. Maybe, that’s what happens when you’re not in touch with writing for long! It needs practice, no matter how easy it sounds. Anything, I guess when not kept in touch with loses its familiarity and this breaks the flow. The so-called “Writer’s Block,” something writers and people all fear of encountering can be a huge hurdle especially when you choose such a profession. It isn’t all that easy to string a bunch of words together; to be able to choose the right words and make the sentence sound that much more appealing and exciting. These tactics, I guess come to you over time, how to get the best punch-line to grab the maximum number of readers; after all writing is a gift of language and only those with high vocabulary can sensitize readers and grab their interest.

What is an illusion? I'm sort of confused. All my hopes or rather most of my hopes seem to be illusions, quite possible to achieve but unrealistic to occur. I make certain goals in life and hope some day I can achieve them or attain them. Life swerves in tango's- this side and that side leading me from one place to another. What's the difference between an illusion and hoping for something? Are they both the same, because sometime's I think that even though we hope for things and they don't happen it's just like an illusion although its realistic. Sorta confusing....

So what's it like to make a new entry in life? Traveling, relationships, friendships, self- defeat battles.... Something I've always wondered about... What's the secret behind this? What is the easiest way to deal with this process? How many times in life do we have to start afresh?... Erase, rewind, fast forward, delete... it all sounds so easy... what makes things go right? what makes them go wrong? If only my mind was like a camera.. capture what you want... delete everything else..

some things are just not in your power or ability to change them... circumstances, whatever it is...

Music has the power within it to distract anyone. Most often, this distraction happens at the wrong times! Usually people listen to their i Pods, and walk mans while traveling and this is played a huge setback in their performance. We are led into this sub-conscious state, where our level of awareness is dimmed and body reflexes act in accordance to the tune we are listening to. This “so called” predication can be justified by the tempo of music playing in any gym. It is high paced, with allot of beats involved, so that the body is in the groove and rhythm of the workout. All those sappy, love songs have a very good impounding effect on slowing down the energy levels in our body, keeping us in a calm and peaceful state. Listening to music at work, a harmless act many white-collared employers engage in changes the entire mentality of writing. Instead of giving a 100% to an article being written, music I was listening to crept in and found a way to lower my concentration. Perpetuall...