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[115] My 5 Most Popular Blog Posts for 2017

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018by Rahul Gaur19 Comments

I started this blog as an experiment to become a serious writer after all. Writing has been therapeutic, cathartic and productive in helping me come close to my imperfect perfect version that I seek to achieve. My goal was to write 100 posts in a year and I completed it with 14 more, so you can [...]

Reflections, writing

[105] A Mini-Reflection On The Journey

December 12, 2017by Rahul Gaur10 Comments

It's been more than 10 days since I've written something. This was sort of a test to check my resolve for writing. How serious am I about it? I wanted to check will I miss writing. I did. Every night there was a want to write. The red book lay catching dust waiting for me [...]

poetry, Reflections, Write-ups

[68] We All Suffer From Hope

August 26, 2017August 27, 2017by Rahul Gaur6 Comments

We all suffer from hope. A hope for a universal desire to be loved. To be loved for who we are is what we look for in a relation, be it friendship or romantic. But no one can love you for all that you are. So you build up a facade of who they want [...]

Questions, Reflections

[64] Am I excited to be doing what I’m doing or am I in aimless motion?

August 22, 2017by Rahul Gaur2 Comments

Enthusiasm and eagerness are the emotions that a person goes through whilst feeling excited. And feeling excited about the field that you're going to dedicate your whole life to is a must. Do I feel excited towards filmmaking right now? or am I in aimless motion? To answer the first half I can say that [...]

Challenges, Reflections

[63] Social Media Detox Day 2 – Day 10

August 20, 2017by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

Confusion. Bewilderment. Brink of insanity. Web of lies. Complications. These words describe the situations I've been in before I left Social Media. Getting immersed in a scroll fest of unnecessary information that fed tiredness to my brain was the schedule whenever I had free time. The Changes During day 2 to day 5 whenever I [...]

Reflections

[57] Freewrite back into focus.

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017by Rahul Gaur2 Comments

It's been a long while since words have flowed out of my brain and formed a concrete idea. Now all I do is live inside my brain and let it sink in the moments I perceive to be of importance. The will to write has been eradicated by the monotony of waking up, getting ready, [...]

Reflections, Write-ups

[33] Concrete Jungle Never Leaves You

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

Nature has a way of connecting us with our inner selves. The idea of being away from the concrete jungle of cities is immediately followed up by unwinding, loosening up, connecting with our real self. Introspection comes naturally unlike in high rises where tall skyscrapers pose as an inferior substitute for tall trees. The city [...]

Reflections

[29] Stop Making Excuses

March 11, 2017by Rahul Gaur4 Comments

Excuses are the worst form of a seemingly incurable disease that can happen to us. It is another way of staying under the sheets when you should be going out. Let's delve deep into the psyche of excuses today. Why do we make excuses? A task so daunting that makes us feel small, makes us [...]

Cinema, Questions, Reflections

[21] What is a Story?

February 19, 2017by Rahul Gaur4 Comments

Stories are dreaming with our eyes open. It's the art of convincing people of a certain idea but with a narrative, they can relate to. A writer puts his scrambled thoughts in a structure which may be linear, non-linear. The most vital stories of our ages are the one where the writers have "something to say". [...]

Questions, Reflections

[20] Questions Series: What Gives Me Energy?

February 18, 2017by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

The adrenaline in my body starts to pump up all the wiring in my brain when I watch a moment in a movie that just makes me jump out in joy. A good movie is like an instant energizer for me no matter how low on energy I am