Storywallahs

Think of this as an invitation to step into your most authentic and beautiful story. I look forward to walking the path with you.

This is an invitation to a journey where you step into your story. I look forward to walking this path with you.

Aasman choone ke ke baad
Kaun zameen pe wapas aata hai

Baarish ki har boond yeh bataati hai
'Phir Shuruaat’ hi Haasil ka Sila hai

Rough Translation

Who comes back to the ground
After making a home in the clouds

Every drop of rain reminds us that
Restart is the reward for success

Any creative pursuit is like driving a car at night.
You can see only as far as the headlights go.
The rest of the way appears only when you drive ahead.

Any creative pursuit is like driving a car at night.

You can see only as far as the headlights go.

The rest of the way appears only when you drive ahead.

We are not born a ‘walker’.

We learn to walk properly through repeated practice.

We are not born a ‘talker’.

We learn to express our thoughts through language.

We learn this through repeated practice.

Why should we believe that storytelling or writing poetry, or coding, is any different?

The key is Riyaaz

However, here is the important thing.

When we were learning to walk, there was no sense of struggle, even though it wasn’t easy.

When we were learning to talk, there was no sense of struggle, even though it wasn’t easy.

Riyaaz should not feel like a struggle.

Practice feels like a struggle when our heart is not into something.

Practice feels like a struggle when we focus too much on the goal, the destination.

Too much focus on the destination takes away the joy of driving.

Write not because you have a book to complete.

Write because the process is beautiful.

The book then becomes a natural outcome of that process.

Sing not because you have a show coming up.

Sing because the process is beautiful.

The show then becomes a natural outcome of that Riyaaz.

May we all learn to enjoy our Riyaaz.

When we meet, we don't just discuss work.
We sing. We swap stories.
We check in on each other.
We love hanging out together.
No wonder we like working with each other.
The StoryWallahs Tribe.

Tanya M Bhattacharya Chaitali Verma

When we meet, we sing.
We swap stories.
We love hanging out together.
We check in on each other.
No wonder we like working with each other.

Brilliant. Superb headline, powerful contrast, visual storytelling - everything coming together to make the reader pause and reflect.

All advice is autobiographical.
This one included.