The Introvert's Bubble

Now that I’m in a new phase of life: the white-collar employee journey and that too in a city as crowded and as expensive like Mumbai, I have become accustomed to travelling in Local trains and local, unlike other trains as metro, is not a cakewalk, especially during monsoons. It’s overly crowded, sweaty and fusty. One has to have a proper understanding of the way to travel safe in Locals, especially those not belonging to Mumbai like me. I’m from Delhi and in Delhi metros, the worst level of a rush can be till the point the metro door shuts, however in local, if you’re able to even hang on its door, you’re considered among the few lucky ones who got space! My first few days of travelling by Local was difficult and frustrating as anything, some lady might step on my foot or I wouldn’t be able to climb on the train due to rush or my bag would get stuck and the list is endless. Additionally, it was very difficult to keep up with ‘Mumbaikers’ speed. They are rushing for everything- rushin...

About 4 years ago, I was an avid reader, I LOVED reading, it was actually my one true love. Like imagine a person who's parents used to say if you read one more book this month, we'll lock away your books. I still remember my 8th-grade library teacher was shocked to discover that I'd read over 140 books in a year!! And no, not ladybird books or short fairy tales, but actual novels of big-time authors like Sidney Sheldon, Mary Higgins Clark, and a few easy reads included Nancy Drew or Princess Diaries series... But yeah I didn't really fancy non-fiction or classics genre, I was more into vampire/ witches sort of fictions so Twilight and Harry Potter series at that. I still remember re-reading Harry Potter at this vacation my family took, along with some of their friends to Manali ( for those of you who don't know, it's a hill station in northern India), because even there, despite the other 'better' scenic view (which I tell you, people especially go to ...