amit bhatt

Unlike some other people that i know, I have never had any trouble thinking about death. In fact I have often wondered if I am what you might call a soft nihilist. I find the finality of death beautiful. Don't get me wrong, I am not glorifying death, life is so much wonderful, specially as Tyrion would say-" Death is so boring, especially now with so much excitement in the world ", but there is something about the idea of a final resting place that is both enticing and endearing. So why am i talking about death all of a sudden , Because I just finished Watching a Netflix show called 13 Reason why, and I am feeling all confused, And I just couldn't make up my mind whether I liked it or hated it. Perhaps in time, I'll know, but as of now here goes my 2 cents... The series follows the posthumous narration of Hannah Baker, a smart and beautiful 17 year old teenager who killed herself by slicing her wrists. Throughout the 13 episodes, she narrates and condemn and re...

It’s a mildly chilly night. Most of the people are already in the bed, warm and comfortable. They are not all necessarily happy, but they are home. Then why am I here, I thought? When I couldn’t find any answer, I decided to walk a little longer. It’s a beautiful city, more or less. There are towering skylines, the newly constructed over-bridge looks like a necklace, it’s beads beautiful tiny purple lights. The roads are beautiful, the streets clean. People are not all so friendly, but they seldom are if you are far away from home. There is a river flowing nearby, it’s flow smooth, it’s water calm and inky black. For the lack of better option I decide to sit by it for a while. The stillness around me is reassuring, broken only by rhythmic splash of water on a rock close to bank. I decide to sit on it, let my feet dangle in cold water. A chill runs through my body. It soothes me, flowing water have always had that effect on me. I look up at the heavens, s...