4 days 4 airports and days 15- 18!

The last week has been a roller-coaster. I was in the Andaman islands where I went scuba diving. And from there I went to visit my maternal grandmother in Kolkata for 14 hours! And then back to Delhi for about 26 hours before I took a 17 hour long excruciating flight to Chicago. But to be with my parents, I’d do it all over again and it’s so hard to go a year before I get to see them each time.

Anyway, so all that travelling did not leave me any time to update my blog, so here’s day 15- 18. Also day 11 and 12 dealt with the best and worst advice I’d gotten or heard and honestly I couldn’t think of anything too impressive, so I’ll conveniently skip those.

Day 15- A song that makes you cry and why:

Everyone hurts by REM. Everytime I hear this song, a lot of bad memories flash back. Another recent song that almost always makes me cry is Say Something by Great Big World and Christina Aguilera because he left without saying much and I knew I’d give anything to have him back/

Day 16- Someone you trust

My best friends- Ellen, Jessie and Aditi. I can tell them whatever in the world without thinking they’ll judge me or even if they judge me, they’ll put my interest before their judgement.

Day 17- your idol and why you look up to them

A lot of people would say their mom/ dad or some reasonably famous person, but I think I am my own idol. I don’t believe I need to look upto someone to gain inspiration from them because everyone has a different path in life and have their advantages and disadvantages. I have my own share of problems and yes they maybe small as compared to those who go hungry to bed, but the expectations from me are also much higher than from them. So, I don’t have any idols.

Day 18- why you made your blog, why you still have it

I made my blog about 2 months back to be able to do something outside my usual routine tasks and challenges like these make me think about so many things. Like the previous question, I had never thought about an idol or so many other things. It’s fun and hopefully I’ll be able to do almost all the posts through this year!

Day 14: write about something you believe in, anything at all

In an era where dystopian books have taken over literature and the silver screen, you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…

I believe that someday, there will be no wars in the name of religion, girls would be able to get education and equal pay without protesting, no one will die of hunger, women can walk freely without the fear of being raped, and we would all be able to do what we love without the rat race of getting money and having a secured job for a secured future.

Day 8: things that make you sad

Here’s the top 5 things that make me sad

1. World Hunger

2. People condescending on other people who work below them and thus have no power over them.

3. Illness (myself or others)

4. Being cold

5. Chelsea losing a game

Day 5: something you would change about the world

Hunger, especially childhood hunger is one of the world’s most solvable huge issues. In a world, where most of us are over eating and often throwing away food, there’s millions of people who go hungry for days, often dying of starvation. The picture I put here was selected after looking through various pictures which almost drove me to tears. The following are places, where you can donate food with money or for free.