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That Stranger In Starbucks Who Was So Content That She Was An Anomaly

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On Christmas Day last year, I was with my friends in Starbucks. It was a great week. People from the hometown were staying with me, and I showed them around Delhi-NCR. On one evening, I took them out to show them my Starbucks; the Starbucks outlet which I visit regularly. No, I’m not an inadequate guide, I also took them to other places including monuments, roadside markets and so on. As we...

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Deepansh Khurana

Blogger and writer from Dehradun, India. I'd say I love coffee but don't we all? I find stories, people and experiences. I blog about them.

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Shoutout to this place and all the small bits of conversation I had with the few employees who became more like friends over the last couple of years. Shoutout to them for remembering hundreds of rather complex recipes, never getting them wrong and doing it so fast it makes the Flash look bad. #starbucks #college #life #random #shotbypixel #snapseed #pixelperfect #coffee #caffeinated
I can post a long caption but I did that already. This is me reading that long caption (cue: valediction post) so, I'll just quote something a friend said today. "It's like a decaying, aching tooth finally came out after three years and while that is a good thing, it left a hollow space when it did." I can never sum the last three years up like the previous sentence does. P.S. Thank you, US wale dost for this photo (@kartikmann) #college #endofcollege #whatnow #life #random #bittersweetsymphony #amitynoida #amityuniversity #amity
Series finale. #SixSeasonsAndAMovie?
2007-2018. I can say a million words and still fall short for what you meant to me so I'll just say this - thank you. You go be a good boy wherever you go next. You'll always be my favourite part of the pack.
Whatever you do in life, don't forget to find a place. Find a place that reminds you everything is okay or that it will be, eventually. Find a place that reorients you morally; a place that is a reflection of how you want to see yourself. Seek a place that is yours but a place you can never own. Perhaps, find a tree or a lake or a hill or even the sea. A place that is yours and yours only and yet, a place that is for everyone to see. Find a place that is your corner of comfort hidden in plain sight. Only then, will the toughest days seem easier and the easier days seem better because life is unpredictable. In that unpredictability, don't forget to find your constant. #random #bloggersofinstagram #writersofinstagram #place #comfort #hardships #trouble #life #blah #thoughts #writersofindia #writerscommunity #writersofig #writerssociety #shotbypixel #teampixel #pixelperfect #dehradun #doon #thepolymath
This might as well be the last time I have chai and momos at this place for this might as well be the last time I'm coming home from college in routine. The next time will be different. It will not be home and back to college; it'll just be home. Realisations like this were the recurring theme of semester (season?) six, and are very strong after the last exam today. #random #bloggersofinstagram #writersofinstagram #life #writersofindia #writerscommunity #writersofig #writerssociety #thepolymath #chai #momos #life #college #endofcollege #blah
Sometimes, not regularly but often enough, I found myself walking under the moonlight without a set destination in mind at the oddest hours possible because I was afraid of the four walls waiting for me in the place I called home. All the while my beverage served as the perfect metaphor for the night sky, the gravitas of my situation, and the stark fear of crossing the fine line between being alone and being lonely, even if in error. It was then, that I'd immediately call someone and hear a familiar voice or talk to a stranger instantly redeeming myself. The truth was that as much as I preferred and needed to stay alone, I never, for once, wanted to feel lonely. I have reason to believe it was the same for a lot of us; those too proud of ourselves yet susceptible to crumble under the weight of our own heads, if left unwatched for too long. I am glad, then, for all the times I wasn't as proud as some would believe me to be and when I had humility to accept that even black coffee, like happiness and sorrow, tasted best when shared with another human being. #random #bloggersofinstagram #writersofinstagram #life #writersofindia #writerscommunity #writersofig #writerssociety #delhincr #thepolymath #alone #lonely #comraderie #friends #family #people #loneliness #dark #pride #darkwriting #hope #help #seekhelp
Stop. Stop trying to make sense of things that are obviously bigger than yourself. Stop looking at people through tainted glasses of envy. Stop sabotaging the things you have over those few things you don't. Stop finding answers to questions you don't know how to ask. Stop fitting your life in a timeline you can't mark. Stop looking at icons and idols with starry eyes. Stop becoming an imitation of them. Stop walking endlessly to take a look around. Stop to look at the bird that does a flip as it glides through the sky. Stop whatever you're doing and savour the moment. Stop taking photos of everything you see and just look. Stop feeling so overwhelmed that you cease to exist. Stop feeling so overburdened to start being free. Stop and take a breath every once in a while. Stop. Stop reading this and go fix what you thought you couldn't. Stop telling yourself you can't; you can. #random #bloggersofinstagram #writersofinstagram #stop #stoptostart #juststop #writersofindia #writerscommunity #writersofig #writerssociety #verse #poetry #shotbypixel #teampixel #pixelperfect #delhincr #thepolymath #newdelhi #delhi #motivation #mondaymotivation
I have always been obsessed with the why of things. Ever since I was a child, I'd think things through, exploring all sides and angles something could have. I loved peeling the layers of life, people and everything that happened. Over time, the process of peeling those layers became synonymous with who I am and how I think. Everything I saw was bound to have more than what met the eye. It became muscle memory to look at something happen, experience something, and start diving deeper into it. Just as an artist would seek balance in all things, I seeked depth. Over time, it became a requirement. There was an odd sort of high in figuring out the whole picture, connecting dots and finding the why. Like an addict, all I had to do was take one hard look into the mirror to accept that my need for the why did more harm than good. I learned that life happens and more often than not, there's no why; it just is the way it is and things are just the way they are. It is in that lesson that I found my calm. #random #bloggersofinstagram #writersofinstagram #why #life #blah #thoughts #writersofindia #writerscommunity #writersofig #writerssociety #shotbypixel #teampixel #pixelperfect #noida #delhincr #thepolymath #vintage

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