Yashika Doshi: Pages that know the phases.
I was an avid reader since childhood and that prompted me to put my thoughts into words.. I used to read contemporary novels and eventually I started writing short stories and poetry. Becoming a published author is a dream still, but the first step became to post my work on Instagram.
When I realized that people are connecting to my words, I started posting them more regularly. Little did I know that pages like TTT, Scribbled Stories, The Remnant Archive etc would also start noticing my poems. It indeed is all about celebrating the small wins in life.
In the beginning of the lockdown, I also got into spoken word poetry, which enhanced my narration skills and helped me leverage as a poet. Since then life has been a poetic ride, beautiful and expressive.
Currently, I am working on other collaborative pieces as well. There are days when I feel I feel the drain and fall short of ideas. But, most of the time when I sit down in front of a blank document, inspiration strikes in the most unconventional ways. . I can now admit that I am an economist by day and a writer by heart!
To me, writing is the feeling of coming back home after a long trip and re-living the beautiful phases of life in pages. And that’s my story. A story that breathes words…