Tag: dailyprompt

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? “Cross-country trips are amazing. My uncle had been on one, he has been everywhere. He has promised me take me on a cross-country trip one day” Indira was our neighbour and Indira’s uncle did not take her on that trip he promised. The…

What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? The one particular unparalleled characteristic which makes us humans is our ability to have and experience a variety of feelings. All these feelings are essential in one way or another, but only when a certain amount of control is exercised over them. Losing yourself to…

Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? Devansh was in eight grade of school and this was the peak of what could be called the book reading phase of his life. He had a bit of an inclination towards the supernatural, especially anything that involved humane morphing aur shapeshifting into another animal or…

Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Truth to be told, I am not very eager to see old age. My grandparents were people with great mental and physical health, however towards the remaining few years, the pain of being old became more and more evident on their face. Their aching bodies broke the tolerance…

Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. There are those days of the past, which we get reminded of upon a certain condition, for example when we eat something and feel the same pleasantness spreading through us that we had felt one fine day in the past. Now, a lot…

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? In the school bus, it first began, the wish to be someone else. Comic books and TV shows were initial references. Back then it was basically becoming your favourite superheroes and discussing how advantageous becoming that superhero was over the…

What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? Neil walked with a backpack held in his right hand. He was in his usual office formal clothes and he hurried towards his car. Neil’s car was parked right outside the apartment building which he had done earlier in the morning, when…

Write about your approach to budgeting. As I stood watering the plants in my little garden at 7 in the morning, I imagined the beautiful greens and colours of flowers that would emerge out of the hard work. There is a distinct satisfaction in looking after plants in a systemised manner, researching how you can…

What were your parents doing at your age? Those who have seen my father at a younger age, like in his early twenties, said I look a lot like him. When I finally came across a portrait photograph of my father from that age, I found some similarities, but the person in the photograph was…

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? On a bright, end of the winter afternoon, I sat in a car driven by my childhood friend. The car looked new, smelt new, was new. It was my friend’s. This was the first new car of his life, the previous car…