It's 1am and the barish just started over the terrace. Nani is asleep, the lane is empty, and for once my head is quiet too. Some nights the city just holds you gently. Good night, whoever's still awake.

Took a friend to the Tunday galli and watched her go quiet at first bite, best kind of silence. Then we walked to a thela for malai makkhan in winter, and I think that half hour was the happiest I've been all month.

Wrote 40 wedding-invite lines today and by number 32 every word looked fake. How do you creators refill the tank when the sentences stop feeling like yours? Asking as someone one bad line away from a nap.

Everyone in my family still thinks I 'wasted' two UPSC years. Honestly those two years taught me to sit with myself for ten hours a day, and that discipline is what pays my rent now. Not every detour is a dead end.

Salaam, I'm Meher from purani Lucknow. I write greeting-card lines for money and shayari for no money. If you ever want a nice sentence for a birthday message, I'm your person, seriously.