Welcome to the ‘100 Stories of She – Chapter 5’ where Preeti takes you into the homes and minds of people weathering a pandemic while they rediscover themselves in lockdown.
She wasn’t the damsel in distress kind but her unanchored and passionate attraction for him made her awkward around him.
She appeared unconfident and timid, which was far from her real self – a self...
She wanted to take charge of all life facets including the agonising pain of not being the part of his life. Getting a new job and signing up at a new fitness centre were...
Her time with him was marked with red flags that she had refused to acknowledge and she bore the brunt for it. The biggest one was not accepting that he was more interested in...
More than the conflicting emotions, it was her rough past that was empowering her to accept that she has lost him ‘forever’ and it is ‘okay’. This wasn’t her first breakup but for sure,...
The notification sound on her phone was niggling her today. It was from her college group where she had ended up locking horns with one of her friends. She was stupefied when a general...
She was startled when her inner tete-a-tete with herself revealed how their traits were in sync with gender clichés.
Where she was emotionally-sensitive, submissive and sexually modest, he was aggressive, pushy, sexually explicit and emotionally-discreet.
As...
During a casual catch-up one of her co-workers mentioned how she takes things way too seriously and maybe that’s the root cause of all her life problems. This made her reflect on the countless...
After losing her connection with him she isn’t left with anything to lose.
She had reached the other end of the spectrum, from 'always reacting' to 'no reaction.'
While she was trying hard to suck it...
She didn’t know that parting ways from him would be so hard but not having anyone to share her excruciating pain made it even harder. Loneliness is the fixed byproduct of a breakup, but...
With her impeccable exterior, rocking career, affectionate family, buzzing social circle and supposedly flawless love life, it looked like she had it all. With her chic personality and politically correct approach, she had rarely...