Author: Harshal Verma

  • Barbie & Us

    Barbie & Us

    Image Source: Pinterest When Barbie came out in 2023, we all had incredibly high expectations. And why wouldn’t we, with the marketing campaigns, the premieres, the outfits, the movie stills, the songs, the catchiest one-liners, and with an Oscar-nominated cast? We all knew Barbie was going to be a ‘coming-of-age, profound, feminist film’ like all…

  • Bittersweet

    Bittersweet

    When I was a kid, my mom always told me to cherish the moment because “time passes too quick”, and like any other 8-year-old, I didn’t believe her. I don’t think I even actually believed her until a few days ago. While I was writing the last exam of my school, it suddenly hit me…

  • The Midnight Retrospection

    The Midnight Retrospection

    “The day you stop racing is the day you win the race.” This is the quote I read at 4 A.M. while scrolling through Instagram, which, perhaps, changed my life.  As a teenager, everybody around me, including myself, is always concerned with who I want to become. We’re too invested in who we will be…