Urban illiterate

 Do you ever wonder to get knowledge and experience of a different culture from yours, like a whole other world, if you do, like I did, I may have something for you. The other day scrolling through Play Store for some fun game, I came across this app. It looked cool and to be honest kinda shady, I thought to myself this has got to be some Ai generated thing. I looked through the comments they were all looking cheesy and unreal as Ai is.  But I went ahead and downloaded it anyways. Guess what, I was wrong. The app was genuine with people actually writing out to others, in different parts of the world. They all shared their vivid experiences, all about their lives. It was really unexpected.  The name of the app was SLOWLY, it helps you to connect with friends from different countries. It is a pen pal app, you can choose your preferences and it gives a real delivery time experience like real letters. It feels so true. If you live let's say in America and your pen pal is from...

 The loss of a loved one is something most of us have faced, to the ones who have not, lucky you. Coming to terms with a death in the family is something so cruel and brutal for this beautiful world. One morning you wake up all well and good but the fragile, uncertain life hits you with reality, with the hard hitting truths. You say to yourself, 'My parents are really getting old, they might leave me all alone in this world. I will miss them so much.' Then few years, months or days down the line the same turns reality. It's hard, to not feel saddened by the thought of this, the thought of end. It's hurtful, it's killing and it is definitely hitting. But it is true. Something that is real and not false. The thing is life throws a lot of valid/ invalid incidents for which we as a person decide how to move forward with. Such heavy grief, it can make you question your own sanity. But that's when it's time to be brave, to not kneel down to the demon. Instead be c...