Shrusti Ghela·Jan 30Dear Vishwa,I am not a person of many words. Or perhaps I am, but only on paper. In person, I often fail to say what I mean, what I feel. So I’m taking…
Shrusti Ghela·Dec 21, 2025Everything was yellow.We’d been traveling for days, from New York City to Niagara, and by the time we reached Buffalo to drop off the rental, everything was…
Shrusti Ghela·Jun 22, 2025Fine.I don’t hate small talk. I hate when small talk is a mask. When it pretends to care but doesn’t. I hate talk that feels like it’s holding…
Shrusti Ghela·Jun 19, 2025No Other Way.I was born in Palanpur, in a home made of cool marble and quiet love. It’s one of my earliest memories, not in sharp detail, but in…
Shrusti Ghela·Jun 12, 2025Names I Never Knew.I wake in Houston, still blind without my glasses, eyes half-closed, still clinging to sleep and there it is: “Is your family okay?”
Shrusti Ghela·Jun 10, 2025It Wasn’t Raining Inside.Some friendships start in chaos — like 11th-12th grade coaching, where sleep was a myth and stress was the third friend in the room.
Shrusti Ghela·Jun 6, 2025Almost Again.I’ve always loved watching a movie the second time. The first time, I’m too tightly wound — tense with questions, chasing plot points…
Shrusti Ghela·Dec 6, 2024Stay a Student.At the start of 2024, I had the privilege of connecting with Rashmi Varma, an adjunct professor at the University of Texas and the CEO of…
Shrusti Ghela·Aug 14, 2023It’s like watching the night sky!My friends, Ishan and Sahil, took a trip to Spiti Valley a few years ago to chase starry dreams with their cameras. When they got back, and…
Shrusti Ghela·Oct 21, 2023My voice won’t tell.In the depths of my mind, I find no reprieve, Silencing thoughts that won’t grant me leave. Music and movies, they dance in the night, A…
Shrusti Ghela·Jun 24, 2022Just another blog!My friend, Ayush, has been suggesting for years that I should start blogging, and I’d respond “I don’t have anything to say.” That is not…
Shrusti Ghela·May 22, 202022 MayFour years ago today, I gave JEE Advanced. And today, I submitted my final year thesis for completion of my bachelor’s degree in…A response icon1A response icon1
