Book covers

 Hello everybody! Hope you are doing good. A few minutes ago, I was, as usually, sitting quiet, mingled with my thoughts, and noticed something really..uhm..you might say obvious, but it is something really important too.

They say, "Don't judge a book by its cover", but does it really count? Like readers on writing platforms like Pratilipi or Watpadd are more attracted to a book having cover page than the ones which don't have a cover.

Even somewhat bright or say appealing coverpage is what attracts new readers, because apps show a small image of our coverpage while recommending our book on its pages and recommendations to new readers, which must subconsciously ask them to tap on our book and read it. 

Well, I have beautiful covers for all my books, and they are attractive too, but none of my readers ever commented on them, so I think, after tapping on a beautifully crafter coverpage, story inside plays more important role.

I focused on the literal meaning than the actual learning behind this statement, and concluded that people do judge books by their covers as covers makes the first impression but the content inside is way more important and needed to be beautified equally. 

-Bhupinder Kaur

The more you like it, the easier you lose it.

The more you like it, 

                                  the easier you lose it. 

Our lives are full of desires and dreams. Everyone wants something or another, some day or in the near future. Some are waiting to make their dreams come true, while some have left it all to destiny or time.

No matter how big or small our dreams appear, it feels so good when they come true. I remember how exactly I felt when I got my 10th board results, and I remember that feeling also when I had Pav Bhaji for the first time.

Well, the moment when I saw the rank list and I lost a government medical seat by just a rank, I remember that feeling too. No! I am not dwelling on the past. I just want to emphasize that life has its ups and downs, but there is something to understand while achieving your dreams and desires, which is what the blog post is about.

No doubt, while working or manifesting your desires, one has to believe in the process and practice patience, but it is also true that once the process ends, one must let it go.

Liking and believing are two different feelings. Believing feels peaceful and results in peace most of the time, but liking feels tempting and might result in hurting oneself.

When you believe, you believe in yourself, something, or someone, but when you like, you simply like someone or something by putting yourself at second priority, and that most of the time changes into a crazy feeling where you can act like you are obsessed by that something or someone, and when obsession makes noise, you lose yourself and everything that you like.

The more and more you start liking someone or something, the more and more you increase the chances of losing it early and easily.

Life isn't for that one person or thing that you are crazily liking or obsessed with; it's way more than that. Ease it out! Because getting obsessed with it will make you lose it faster, and you might lose your true self too.

- Bhupinder Kaur

Some wants, some needs.

Some wants, some needs.

Some are trying their luck, and some are working hard. 

Some are waking up with a new to-do list, and some are aimless.

Some are eagerly waiting for their days, and some have given up.

Some are worrying and some are working

Some need motivation, and some are inspiring.

Some need attention, and some are pretending.

Some need family, while some need privacy.

Some want magic, while some are creating it.

Some need comfort, while some need complexity.

Some need peace, while some want to pretend to be at ease.

Some want to cry aloud, and some need peace around.

Some need a motive, while some are just in search of a topic.

Some are evil, and most are devils.

Some want love, and some want just a life.

Some want to escape reality, while some are living in fantasies.

Some want time to stop for them while some are controlling it.

There are so many lovely, unique people living around the globe, and you are one of them. Everyone has something or the other going on in their lives. Don't sweat over small things. Just keep going!

-Bhupinder Kaur

Life and life span is in our hand.

 Death is the ultimate truth, and humans are mortal. Everyone knows that, right? This is something no one can escape from, be it the richest-wealthiest person on Earth or any roadside beggar. No matter how good medical services are, everyone has to die one day, that's for sure.

We can't control our birth place, birth time, day or date, or not even our parents. But what we can control is, our life and life span. Life span is the number of years between your birth and death, and that can be controlled.

Yeah, you read it right. WE CAN CONTROL OUR LIFE SPANS, rather, WE CAN ADJUST OUR DEATHS. We, humans, are homeothermous, warm-blooded animals; we can regulate our body temperature. We, humans, have THE most developed brains that can adapt to and solve complex problems. 

Mother Earth is being governed and used by us humans, that too, both brutally and goodly. We are supreme. But some of us take these evolutionary benefits for granted. 

Some people die suddenly and abruptly, leaving their loved ones, stressed and guessing the cause of their deaths. And honestly, it feels miserable, listening to the left ones, complaining.

It feels like one invites his or her death by not paying attention to his or her health and habits when they are alive. Well, this sounds rude, but this is true, if not wholly, then say partially.

Daily or even twice a week exercising, simply walking or jogging, meditating, trying to have a balanced diet, taking care of hygiene, preventing vector growth, proper sanitation, and vaccination can help one to increase their life span.

And just as the research-based study says, 'Regular physical activity is associated with an increase in life expectancy by 0.4 to 6.9 years', and the famous kindergarten proverb, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away' we must take care of ourselves, move a bit, and have nutritious food, to not only safe gaurd and extend our lives, but also take care of our loved ones, as far as we can.

Awaaz # - 01

 Hi!👋 today i will just write without any inspiration..no particulars..

Aapko pta hai? Khuda ki sabse pyari nehmat betiyaan hoti hai👧🏼..Maa ki dua hmesha safal hoti hai🤱🏻 aur behen ke pyaar se pyaari khushnasibi aur koi nahi👩‍👦..similarity?..all are females.

Girls..Hum ladkiyaan, bahut soft hoti hai 😊,jaldi gussa ho jati hai 😣,ek dum decisions le leti hai aur fir pachtati hai 😧😕,bhai se ladai kr khud muh phulakr beth jati hai 😓 to vahi kabhi kabhi sochti baad mein hai aur bol pehle deti hai 😅,papa ki ladli 👨‍👧to hoti hi hai par mummy ki dant se drti bhi hai 😨.

Hmse koi pyaar se baat kre to hum to jese phule naa samaye 🤩..koi help krde to uske liye respect 🙂..aur koi panga le le humse to hum upar upar se to hus dengi 😁 but usse chhodegi nahi 😤..agar galti krde to sorry bolna kisko aur kaha hai pehle sochengi🙈..kyuki hum kabhi kabhi apni galti accept nhi krti 😛..koi accha lge to dil mein kisi kone mein usse hmesha ke liye rkhengi 🤗. .birthdays,anniversaries,graduations..bade occasion pe koi suprise de de to bhut khush ho jati hai hum..

Ladies..Haa! pta hai ki hmara koi ghar nahi hota but ghar hmare bina hai rota..chhote the tab duniya bahut badi thi..aasmaan ko chuhne ki khwahish thi 🌌  jab bde ho gye to duniya shayad bccho 🤱🏻 aur rasoi-daftaar mein hi simat gyi..bahut saari khwahishein chhut gyi..bhut kuch aacha bhi hua yehi sochkr sabhi khwahishien dbba di🙃..bcche to khub sapne dikhate hai.baithe baithe hi saari duniya🌍 ghuma dete hai par jab khane ka samay aata hai..vo duniya ke chakkar wala badal udd jata hai☁️..ab aasmaan chuhne ki khwahish nhi hai ab to bus khush rhna aur khush rkhna hi jarurat hai 😊..

Grannies..Mai khushnaseeb to bhut 😇..beta-beti ke bcche jo dekh payi hu 👩‍❤️‍👨..inki shaadiyaan bhi dekhli..bahu buri nahi hai bus uske vichaar alag hai..mai chup rhti hu 🤐..kya pta kab saans ruk jaye 😵..ab zindagi ki khatti-meethi yadein samatkr nikal jana chahti hu ussi aasmaan mein jiski kabhi khwahish kiya krti thi 😊..

- Bhupinder Kaur

Challenge completed 😊

 January 15, 2024

I completed 50+ parts of Sharma Verma yesterday. I feel sooooooo good. Well, I successfully completed the Pratilipi Fellowship Writing Challenge 2.0..

I have got 580+ reads so far, and 175+ ratings, all 5★s. This was the first time, I continued writing with an aim. Earlier, writing fiction was somewhere in the corner of my mind waiting for 'ONE DAY', but that one day never came..

UNTIL July 2023, after my third attempt and facing brutal failure. Haha! Its gone, no? It took me a year to get over the shock, I got two years ago..

I think, taking up this challenge after 'Short Story' competition, helped me a lot. I had learnt a lot and improved too, I suppose, in case of writing skills. I feel happy when I get a follower, and even overwhelmed when someday I get a review, telling that they liked my work..

I have been more drawn towards studying and trying to stay happy, from the day, I started writing and gaining views. Yeah! They are just 1100 in total but still I feel like they are the fruit of the seed I sow whenever I type for the next part..

A lot have been going on, and a lot might be there to come, but now that I started this series, and successfully published it till 50+ parts, I will continue to write..

Last two years of preparation with total studies and minimum workouts, writings, cricket, and audio books, changed me into a boring, depressive person. And I do regret cornering them, because the thing for which I cornered them wasn't even fruitful, I still lost the competition, no?

So this time, the last time, I would not just study but also BE ME. I won't just keep myself dumped in books and learning, but also find myself, the one, I used to be in school times..a bit happy, optimistic and bindass! 😂😊

Toxic

 Some people are just there to ruin your happiness because they can't be themselves happy and don't even want others to be happy..

And if in case, you tell them that they are being 'toxic' then they will come up with tantrums and emotionally blackmail you and again ruin your happiness, by any possible mean. Such people have a mentality to always seek sadness and conflicts, and then make your life worse too, and you allow them, because they are important..

Hurtful but its true..

May god bless you!

Day 14 Participation matters..

 Hi there! Today, I got the results of the online event, which Pratilipi came up with, namely 'Tales of Love' under which one had to write atleast 7 short stories on different shades of Love..

I did participate in it..I did get many ratings and reviews..I was happy..even now I am happy..although I haven't won any prize but still I participated and that is what made me try writing short stories too, and party reviews I got I was overwhelmed as I found that I can write short stories to and can explore Romance genre also..

I wish to win someday, at any of the online event of pratilipi or any other writing competition as that will be an embracing milestone in my writing timeline..

I had already taken the '50 part challenge'..hope I would complete it..I had written a few chapters but haven't typed them for my readers on app to read..I am too lazy to do that..well this one was to embrace my participation..although I didn't win any prize but I didn't even lose anything. 

Maybe someday in future, I would win..finger crossed 😊.

Day 13 Priorities changes us a lot..

 Hello dear readers, hope you would have enjoyed India Pakistan, well..I'm not watching it..

There was a day in past when we got India at the finals against Australia and I was so desperate for scores that without having electricity at home, I was sitting in the balcony in the chilling wind flowing and exclaiming at just the scorecard that was appearing LIVE on my father's phone's screen..

And today, I haven't watched cricket for years, you know..like sitting for straight 4-5 hours for each ball and runs and Ofcourse listening a lot from parents to turn TV off..

In class IXth, a teacher of mine, she hasn't been a Reason to remember her smiling but its fine she was a teacher..she said, "Give four years of your life to study and study only and then your life would be set" I took it so seriously that I got too much focused on studies and yeah I left watching cricket, watching my favourite WWE but something was great that John Cena left it along with me..haha! I'm being selfish! 

Its time and decisions which make us change sometimes a bit and sometimes a lot..I really miss that time but at the same time now that I am more mature I feel like it was okay that, that time I gave so much of time watching cricket and now I respect time..

I am not saying that watching cricket is waste of time but yeah you know mindset changes and that is because of our priorities.. sometime we love it..sometimes we just regret upon it but I don't regret..I just miss those times.

Day 12 I made her smile 😊

 Hello dear readers! Hope you are doing great..Today I went to a children park, yeah I just went to roam around and feel the blissful smiles and chuckles too..

There were many children playing there, even their were couples and parents too. I saw a girl, maybe 6 or 7 years old, she was sitting on the see-saw alone and looking at others playing..

I couldn't help finding myself in her as I was and am, also alone but keep smiling looking at others. I asked her, if she needs company at the see-saw and she nodded..

Ofcourse, I was so heavy to be her company or the see-saw partner, so I used my arms. When I made her fly up alongwith me pushing my end down, she smiled and laughed wholeheartedly..I liked it..

I asked her, if she had any sibling, so she replied nodding and added that her brother's weight can't balance her, he just always let her fly up and he went home..

I was happy making her feel good, although after about 20 or 25 pushes, I missed my dumbbells and kettlebell, but she was smiling so I continued..

I love helping people, yeah, its true that I don't like kids that much but there can be exceptions..no, she was not that pretty but when she smiled out loud after getting on the top, I liked her..

It feels good when you help Some body or be the reason for someone's smile, I usually become one and for that I'm highly grateful for myself being good enough.. 

Day 11 Guest iin London! 😊

 Hi there! You know what, I haven't studied from last 4 days..I haven't written anything from last 4 days and I don't know, whats going on..sounds crazy, no!?

But I don't know why, I don't any regrets..Really shame full, no? I saw movies..on youtube..haha! And yeah one of them were, Kartik Aryan and Kriti Kharbanda's  'Guest iin London'..

They movie was really good, and having Paresh Rawal as one of the major chara fer garnished it..the movie based on desi Indian relatives coming to London making Kartik (actor), their long distance son and stayed with him and her fake wife, Kriti (actress) whom he married for citizenship, and yeah one day after getting annoyed, left them at some unknown place to get rid of them..

Heyyy, this is not a movie review, its just that, in the last 30 minutes, all what the movie took turn and put forward something really different and the acting that Tanvi Azmi presented made me remember it..

And yes, it would sound funny for those who know me, but I too got carried with emotions, I too cried but just for a minute..so unusual, no? I seldom cry..one of my friend DMS wish is to see me crying, haha! But sometimes when we get attached to something we get carried away and that just happened with me too..

Why I actually wanted to write it as a blog was to remember the planning and sequences of how the writer would have managed it to make it a perfect comedy..romance..emotions..suspense..and breaking it piece by piece..

I do watch movies and think upon their morals and ways they, the writers ended the screenplay making us feel content..I don't know from when I got this type of insights but its weird or may be good.

Day 10 Starting doesn't take much. (Poem)

Starting doesn't take much..

Starting doesnt take much

It needs a mere touch

Till When are you going to avoid

When you yourself know about your heart being somewhat void..

Yes, you doubt the results

And are afraid of insults

Doing work is what must be your focus

Thats where lies the locus

All you need to do is to work and believe

And then leave your mind at relief..

You are here for yourself only

Help yourself and never get lonely

You know, you are your own boost

So why waiting for some host

Just take a breath deep in

Unlock the mind and peep in..

Even if you loose

It would be you, who you choose

Taking blame will make you strong

And then you will realise, that you weren't wrong..

Just some random words put together, hope they made you feel good..

Still in process of learning and discovering, what all I can do..

Stay Blessed!

Day 9 Hobby and Passion

Good evening everybody! Hope you are doing great..I am here to talk about two words which are often misused or used synonymously, just like lonely and alone..

Hobby is when you do something in your free time, you enjoy doing something and can even leave it if needed, its not your priority but a choice and you enjoy it..

While, passion is a goal..an aim for which you put efforts and hardwork, it becomes your priority without any issue, you can't think your life without doing that particular and you want to get better and best in it..no matter how long it takes or how many hardships you have to face..you never leave it..

Just like in my case, Exercising and mimicking RJs is my hobby while writing is my passion..I leave exercise and even skip it and if continue after months, its okay for me..but writing..I can't leave it and I work for getting better every day.

Day 8 Speak if its required!

 Have you ever done something for someone which would have overthrown your choices and priorities theirs just yo make them feel good..

In order to surprise someone or make them feel good, have you ever had or been doing something, putting all your efforts in, facing a lot of criticism and yeah, from the person only, whom you are doing it for..

It is really hurting when you like to do something but you didn't pursue it or do it just to make someone feel happy, even worse when they only criticize you..

It become necessary to tell them that you are doing for them as they really don't care and you just keep on hurting yourself..they should know that they must be grateful than being an evil spokes person..

I too am running and struggling for something for someone, and they only criticize me, but I never found courage to tell them that, its them for whom I am running after something..never did I stopped doing that work..nevermind, but thats not right! 

One must say it loud, if he/she is doing and facing stuffs too..not like me, mingling with all ungrateful people yet care for them..

Day 7 The next project! 😊

Ever wondered, what all happens after one dies? I had always being curious to know what happens after death and why we come to live if we have to die one day..since childhood, we get so many interpretations of why we were born and what happens after that like, 

* 'You were with God and then you came to Earth for sometime and then again leave to the almighty, once you are dead'

* 'You are here to explore what human life is about, how humans live..you were a cat or a horse sometime ago in the last life and after your death, you will again take birth as different animals and then become a human after ages, but you won't remember that'

*You are here with purpose to accomplish, once you complete your purpose god will be happy and then you will die one day and get a new life' and many more..

Some says the dead become angels..some say they becomes stars..some says they are always around us watching us keeping and helping us whenever needed.

When I started publishing at Wattpad, two years ago, my first story was, 'The Happy Girl' revolving around a girl named Alex and her family..The second one, which I started alongwith it was 'The Living Building'.. having two brothers in a house..people call it ghost house but it had many beautiful souls living in it..

Yeah, it attracted many eyes and I got my early following because of the plot and three chapters, I published but later, I stopped it..

My bad, I know, believe me.. it was not that I was not having ideas or didn't know the storyline and the set up but I wanted it to be grand and polish myself first and then continue with it..

Nevermind, I would definitely continue it, once I get some more readers and improvised writing skills, I won't let my story look like, written by any beginner..it must be good..

So yeah! After Death? I'm here with an announcement, okhay, it sounds as if I sm popular, haha! So, there is an ongoing 10-Part Series event on Pratilipi, in which I would be writing a short story, ofcourse having 10 parts atleast, having the same thought of 'what after death'..won't reveal much..just that, there will be souls and a story..

I do made a post to those who read me at the app, regarding this event..I mean, I didn't reveal this but do made a commitment that I would upload this 10-part Series, once I published 25 chapters of 'Sharma Verma'!

Yeah, it Backfired as this event will only accept enteries till last week of November, so I got about 30 more days to get 25 chapters published..but its okay! As soon as I got loyal eyes who read, I can write! 😊

Day 6 Review helps!

 Hi there! Today, I was really happy because of two things that happened. Firstly, when I checked my phone after waking up, early morning, okhay! I mean at 7 am..I was having a new follower at Pratilipi and secondly, I got thumbs up for the last two blog post I published by a published author, at one of the sites, I shared blog post at..

I was amazed and surprised too, when I found a review from an real published author. I found the above image under all the posts she made..ofcourse, she also want her and her grand father's books to get reads on amazon and was sharing there, but this is something everyone would agree with..

It really feels good..whenever someone reviews or rates my writing, I too feel so happy..everyone doing something, loves to get appreciated..its true, it take less than five minutes, sometimes more, to review someone's content, but it really helps..

The reader not only helps the author or writer to get how his or her audience is finding his content, but also helps him mentally, he is motivated to write more and yes, eager to improve himself in order to content his readers..

Even I can relate to this, I mean, like I'm no one compared to all those famous published authors, yet I feel the same..whenever there is a comment, which seldom is, hehe! I feel a different type of energy boost and happiness..

All in all, appreciating someone doing something and putting efforts make the person feel happy..one can be the reason for someone's smile and help them grow.

Day 5 That Day will be Ours 😊

 Good..uhm..morning/noon/evening/night! choose according to yourself, haha! Hope you are happy and smiling..you look better when you smile, just saying..yes, day before yesterday, I was stuck and today I published the next chapter of 'Sharma Verma'..😊

I was going through all those mock papers..chapter tests and part tests. I wanted to sort those papers which included questions from those chapters which are going to come in my next test..I attempted all those papers, two years back when I was in Pune..

I was both amazed and disheartened, finding my 'scores, smileys, correct, incorrect, not attempted' on them..Amazed to see how well I scored and attempted them and disheartened with the memories which came to knock my mind with them..

The days and nights, I put in working hard and all the hostel mates, the way we all studies, but very few reached their goal..many are still struggling with the same books, putting more hardwork and still hoping for the best, including me.

We all were 'The Selected Super-50' from our country, but that super is gone somewhere, but yeah! we all are still working, haven't gave up and even won't..

When you struggle, you understand others too..those who are running alongside you, struggling to get better and reach their goal..we all, hostel mates saw each other hustling and believe that one day, the world will be ours..when we will live our aim and those which we dream..

That day will be ours, and yes, always remember what Lieutenant Colonel Anup Kumar Saxena, F/O Indian Airforce Officer Gunjan Sexana said, "FORTUNE NEVER ABANDON HARDWORK".

Day 4 Solitude is blissful..😊

 

Hey there! Ever wondered the difference between 'Alone' and 'Lonely'? A brisk difference which must be darkened so to get the exact meaning..we often use them synonymously, but they are different..Let's see how!

 

Alone is when, you are happy..you enjoy your own company..you find solitude and peace and thats your choice while Lonely is when you are sad because you are not with other people..you feel emotionally disconnected and you seek happiness..

Solitude is when you find your state blissful and loneliness is state when you find yourself miserable..you want someone to talk with even after being surrounded by a crowd..

Loneliness is when, you feel emotionally drained and want someone who is there, just for you..you couldn't find it okay, sitting alone and enjoying your own company while Solitude, is totally opposite..even if you don't have anyone around, you feel content and relaxed..

Everyone feels lonely at times in their lives but prolonged loneliness can cause one, serious mental issues including depression and anxiety..

Enjoying your own company comes with practice, yeah! People do practice solitude, by sitting alone, without phone and friends, and smiling, being with themselves and observing with their own eyes rather than just seeing what media or mates want one to see..

This whole globe has got so many creatures and then too if someone feels lonely, it won't be wrong for me to state that mankind is a shame then..remember many article starts with words, 'Human is a social animal...' and so on, because we are here for being 'WE'..

Yeah! Why should we care about a stranger, fine! But what about any of your family member is suffering, yes, it can be called 'suffering', from loneliness..we must have good relations among each other..

In the race of getting success and growth, we often leave important lives back, we become too busy that everything happens before us but we couldn't note it and the one who needs you, just sits back in hope that you will definitely talk to them one fine day..

All in all, we are born to be human, we must be connected with people and embrace the ones who are there with us.

-Bhupinder Kaur 

Day 3 Getting stuck while writing..is that okay?

 Hlo guyz! Hope you are doing good..I write everyday..I mean I try to..I had already found my way to get rid of negativity by forming my own world, with my own characters and I love that world of mine..where I'm the creator..

I was a beginner once, I think I'm now too, but there is a change, I have got few to ask me to write next..yeah! they are few, but they are..and I'm really grateful for that..

But today, I felt stuck..I do had my planning and character evolvement ready before I started writing one of my college-life based comedy novel, but putting in words and feeling it as a reader disappointed me..

I did write something new, instead of continuing the former one but haven't added anymore to my novel..I did get a follower today and she wanted me to continue the one which I got stuck on..

I felt like, I shouldn't dishearten her but whats going on, she don't know that..of course! I feel good when someone, who haven't seen me, never met me, want me to progress just by reading my words that too fictioness..

To stay in form, as I said, I did started something new, but won't let it cross my novel..I thought, instead of giving up and feeling stuck, I must move on for a bit of time and then continue with all new inspiration..

If you do write, you can relate to what I'm saying, no!

Its okay to feel stuck at times, be it your life or writing, what matters is how you charge yourself up again for the same which made you feel stuck..instead of sitting idle or keeping focus on the hurdle, ignore it for sometime and then come again with a bit of new experience and mindset..re chatting yourself is must at times..

I'm sure, I'll never dishearten any of my reader and gear up again in few days with my novel..even if there is one reader waiting..but there IS..and that's what someone who write wants..😊

The photo above, the one I added is of Shizuka from a ghibli movie, 'Whispers of the Heart'..one of my hostel mate adviced me to watch whenever I manage to, as it was based on a emerging writer..and I did that..

Day 2 Its all in our hands.

 Ever thought of growing up what you are today? Ever thought that you would be like what you are now..the way you behave..the way you talk and walk..we just grew up, no? 

But yeah! At every important milestone of our lifeline, we made some decisions..decisions which were worth it, worth mentioning and worth remembering..

Every time we face something new to decide upon, we act differently..sometimes, we just decided with all assurance within seconds and sometimes we get confused, we find it difficult..

No matter what happens then or now, all we must keep in mind is that one decision, be it a minor one or a major one, it will affect us for a long time..

It matters..how and where the single decision would take you..makes a big difference..so its all in our hands.

-Bhupinder Kaur