Friendships

Soul Musings is a weekly or twice-weekly column by Smitha Murthy, the co-founder of MyndStories. These reflections are tiny snippets from her life, vulnerable and intimate, inviting you to pause and reflect with her. In May 2019, I set off to walk 800 kilometers along the Camino de Santiago, a historic trail from France to...

Pitter-patter, pitter-patter. There's something about incessant rain, isn't it? Often, a rainy night would have me curling up on my bed with a rom-com movie. But today, it felt different. I felt a tug in my heart, an emptiness and a longing. I missed a friend I did not have. I missed the little conversations...

‘Word by Word’ is a column by Garima Behal on learning to ride the highs and lows of everyday life “You have… like a million friends!” “Are you sure you’re an introvert?” I’ve heard these things enough times to admit that I’m a people person. Those who know me know that I am the friend...

The other day someone I’ve known for a few years texted me. It had been a while since I’d heard from him. Soon we were chatting about his trip to Qatar for the World Cup. We hung up with plans for coffee. It was so simple – I was surprised. Pleased but surprised that getting...

Friendship – that intimate bond that nourishes us and provides us sustenance! Much has been written about romantic love, yet philosophers and writers have written reams about the complexities of friendship and that unique bond between two people who aren’t related by blood or societal contract. What is it about friendship that’s inimitable yet as...