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Category: Personal musing

  • 🎵 My Mood Manager Has a Playlist

    🎵 My Mood Manager Has a Playlist

    What’s a song that always puts you in a good mood?

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    Honestly, that’s a difficult question.

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    It’s like asking a tea lover to pick one favorite cup,
    or a bookworm to choose just one page.

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    I love songs.

    Happy songs.
    Then come the sad ones.
    Sometimes old songs.
    And often new ones.

    Songs I understand.
    Songs I confidently sing wrong.

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    Some songs make me dance in the kitchen.
    Some turn traffic jams into music videos.
    Some convince me I have a surprisingly good voice.

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    (For the record, the neighbors may disagree.)

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    Whenever life feels a little too serious,
    a favorite song appears like an unpaid therapist.

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    No appointment.
    No paperwork.
    No judgment.

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    Just three minutes of:

    “Everything will be fine.
    Now sing the chorus.”

    .My Playlist Works in Shifts

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    The funny thing is,
    the song that always puts you in a good mood
    is not necessarily the same song every day.

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    My playlist changes more often
    than my password.

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    One day it’s an energetic anthem.
    The next day it’s an old melody
    that suddenly reminds me of absolutely nothing
    and somehow everything.

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    So, do I have a song that always puts me in a good mood?

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    No.

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    Choosing just one would be unfair.

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    Every song in my playlist has a job.
    Some make me smile.
    Others make me dance.
    A few remind me who I am.

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    And when life starts acting like a complicated drama,

    I simply press Play.

    Because while I can’t always change my mood,

    I can usually change the soundtrack.

    Maybe that is the real answer to the question,
    “What’s a song that always puts you in a good mood?”

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    It is whichever song meets you exactly where you are
    and gently takes you somewhere better.

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    And somehow, the soundtrack changes everything. 🎵✨

    Life may not come with a manual, but thankfully it comes with a playlist. 🎶😊

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    With love,

    —Rajeshwari 🧿💕

    © Nihshabd by Rajeshwari. All Rights Reserved

  • आख़िर ठिकाना दिल का सादगी ही होता है… ✨

    आख़िर ठिकाना दिल का सादगी ही होता है… ✨

    लोगों को लगता है
    कि दुनिया बनावट पर चलती है…
    पर सच ये है कि
    दिल आज भी सादगी पर ही हारते हैं।

    ज़्यादा चमक अक्सर आँखें भर देती है,
    पर सादगी…
    वो चुपचाप रूह तक उतर जाती है।
    उसमें कोई शोर नहीं होता,
    फिर भी एक अजीब सा जादू होता है…
    जो धीरे-धीरे किसी के दिल में
    अपनी जगह बना लेता है।

    हमने कभी ख़ुद को
    किसी और जैसा बनाने की कोशिश नहीं की,
    बस जैसे थे, वैसे ही रहे।
    न लफ़्ज़ों को सजाया,
    न एहसासों पर मुखौटे लगाए…
    जो दिल में था,
    उसे सच्चाई से जी लिया।

    हाँ, कई बार इस वजह से
    हम दूसरों से अलग लगे,
    कई बार अकेले भी पड़े…
    क्योंकि हर कोई
    सादगी को समझ नहीं पाता।
    कुछ लोगों को चमक पसंद आती है,
    और कुछ लोगों को
    वो सुकून…
    जो सिर्फ़ एक सच्चे दिल के पास होता है।

    पर अजीब बात ये है कि
    थके हुए लोग आखिर में
    सहारा भी उसी के पास ढूँढते हैं,
    जो दिखावे से नहीं,
    दिल से भरा हो।

    सादगी कमज़ोरी नहीं होती…
    वो प्यार की सबसे खूबसूरत भाषा है।
    उसमें अपनापन होता है,
    सुकून होता है,
    और वो खुशी भी…
    जो किसी को प्रभावित करने से नहीं,
    बस दिल से जीने से मिलती है। ✨

    People think
    that the world runs on appearances…
    but the truth is,
    hearts still fall for simplicity.

    Too much shine may impress the eyes,
    but simplicity…
    it quietly reaches the soul.
    It makes no noise,
    yet carries a strange kind of magic…
    the kind that slowly
    finds a home inside someone’s heart.

    I never tried
    to become someone else,
    I simply remained who I was.
    I never decorated my words,
    nor hid my emotions behind masks…
    whatever lived in my heart,
    I chose to live it truthfully.

    Yes, because of that,
    many times I seemed different from others,
    many times I stood alone too…
    because not everyone
    understands simplicity.
    Some people are attracted to glitter,
    while some seek
    the peace
    that only a genuine heart can offer.

    And strangely enough,
    when people grow tired,
    they eventually look for comfort
    in the ones who are real,
    not the ones who only appear beautiful.

    Simplicity is not weakness…
    it is the most beautiful language of love.
    It holds warmth,
    it holds peace,
    and it carries that rare happiness
    which comes not from impressing others,
    but simply from living wholeheartedly. ✨

    सूर्यास्त की नरम सुनहरी रोशनी में सजी एक सौम्य और भावुक Instagram-style हिंदी कविता पोस्ट, जिसमें “निःशब्द” शीर्षक के साथ सादगी, सुकून और दिल की सच्चाई पर आधारित खूबसूरत पंक्तियाँ लिखी हैं।
    आख़िर ठिकाना दिल का सादगी ही होती है… ✨🤍

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    —Rajeshwari (राजेश्वरी ) 🧿💕

    © Nihshabd by Rajeshwari. All Rights Reserved

  • When Eyes Forgot to Behave

    Two people crossing paths in soft light, sharing an intense, witty, unspoken eye-contact moment filled with quiet tension and almost-confession energy.
    Illustrated by © Rajeshwari

    Their eyes met

    quietly,

    almost shyly,

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    as if the moment itself

    didn’t want to draw attention

    to how much it held.

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    It felt harmless at first…

    the kind of glance people ignore

    when they’re pretending

    not to feel the warmth

    spreading anyway.

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    Her eyes murmured,

    “Don’t overthink it.”

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    His answered with a calm

    that gave everything away

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    “You already did.”

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    Something gentle drifted between them

    a confession too soft to announce,

    too honest to hide,

    too delicate to touch

    without changing it.

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    The moment stayed

    not loudly,

    not boldly

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    just with that tender insistence

    that asks for nothing

    yet means everything.

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    She looked away

    a graceful retreat,

    a small attempt

    to steady her breath.

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    He didn’t stop her;

    he simply held the silence

    with a smile

    that knew more

    than it claimed.

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    It was that beautiful in-between

    where affection disguises itself

    as composure,

    and the heart quietly reveals

    what the voice refuses to shape.

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    Of course it wasn’t love.

    Of course not.

    It was just…

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    a look

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    soft as dusk,

    light as a secret,

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    the kind that slips into memory

    before you even realize

    you’re keeping it.

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    —Rajeshwari🧿💕

    © Nihshabd by Rajeshwari. All Rights Reserved