A Bundle Of Contradictions

Pehli baar ek hi baar aata hai! (The 'first time' experience comes only once in your life) - Amitabh Bachchan in English Vinglish The first thing that would come to your mind is: 
Why is Archie (who's been a very tardy blogger lately) beginning this blog post with a very oh-so-filmy quote? 
Well, it's because I (finally) got a chance to go to Germany for a radio project after endless days of dreaming, wishing, hoping and despairing.


Which is also why I haven't been a very regular updater of this blog. 
Also there's the fact that I've been very tardy and I feel like the content I'm coming up is shit.
Never mind that. 
The thing is, after I'd posted last, I got busy with the tickets, visa appointments and the entire packing frenzy. 
Every single day went from the constant messages with "Congratulations, dear! I'm so proud of you!" to the even more regular drilling of "It's going to be very cold in Germany, you have to wear really…

I’ve never been a person who would talk about all the political problems going on in her country. Of course, the reasons are obvious: a) I don’t really find political talk interesting and b) I don’t find them interesting because I don’t have a clue as to what our politics are like.
(I have no shame in saying this, because I’d prefer being honest about my lack of political knowledge than pretending that I’ve learned the country’s constitution book by-heart)
But even though I don’t know much about political leaders, I know that they have a lot of insecurities. Inner demons churning within them, whispering harsh words like, “What if you’re not in power anymore? What if you’re not richer than XYZ politician from the opposing political part? What if –? I’m not going to analyse a politician’s mind because I’ve never been one.
(And I don’t intend to be one if it’s still going to be a cesspool twenty years from now)
Instead, I’d try to decode a teenager’s mind because hello, I am one and I’ve b…