Daydream: The Stories We Tell Before Anyone Is Listening

Urban Indian woman in a green kurta gazing out of a window, her reflection visible in the glass against a blurred city skyline, capturing a quiet, introspective moment.

I grew up believing daydreaming was a distraction. But the scenes stayed. They returned, sharper each time, with people and moments that had nothing to do with my life. For a long time, I thought that meant I was doing it wrong. Now I know those daydreams weren’t random at all.
They were where the story began.

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Why I Don’t Trek: A Short Story

Soft, peach-tinted forest trail after rain with a muddy hiking boot, coral scarf on a trekking pole, and scattered gear resting along the path at sunset.

She called it peaceful.

I called it suspicious.

Somewhere between the rain that fell too straight and the silence that felt too deliberate, I began to realise that nature, the one we romanticise from behind city windows and YouTube soundtracks, has a sense of humour.

This short story about Trekking begins with mud. It escalates quickly.

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