Blogs by Ruhani Bachhal

Hey history-buffs and bibliophiles, gather up! Welcome to the first post of the BookRec@BbRB Series, where I will discuss briefly/broadly the anatomy of books I have read.  The book on the table today goes by the title- 'In the Land of Führer' written by Namrita Chhibber as a debut work in the field of her passion. The 346 pages' novel is divided into two timelines and three sections (present-past-present). It is a fine work of historical fiction settled in the Nazi regime that revolves around friendships curated-fallen down-patched; unlikely friendships in unlikely places in unlikely times. The author beautifully captures it all. How did I decide to read this? It started on the morning of March 2nd, 2024 at TieCon Chandigarh 2024. TieCon Chd 2023 was a fantastic event where I first participated as a delegate, and as luck had it, got a signed copy of a thrilling autobiography from a celebrated personality there. I was determined for a riveting incidence this time too. That...

Welcome aboard, passengers. As we delve deeper into this thought-provoking post, I would like you to read it until the very end. Recently, my school bid farewell to a big portion of 10th graders through a Good Luck Party. Although I have always been a pretty outgoing person this entire time, yet I was not one of those who knew many people from batches other than their own's. It made a little sense to me, I chose to be an ambivert. I met many of my seniors through co-curriculars, and I realized each time that they are a bunch of truly amazing people. (For ref.- I am currently a 9th grader [as of 2023-24]) I got the opportunity to anchor through the show, make the introductory speech, introduce games and perform the 'Titles Ceremony' of one of the four sections of 10th (if you're acquaint with the Indian Schooling System, this shouldn't be hard to decipher). The preparations for this programme went on for a week and nothing had felt better and more whimsical than the ...

Hues of golden As they reflected the sun And captivated the borough too Aligned like a frame,  the Dubai Frame set in my eyes...beaucoup. Nothing but the changing colours of the road Indicated the switch of lands and so, the Persian Gulf glowed Serene so the Land of Father of Gazelle and opulent to boot My soul was startled and the ochre-mirrored buildings stood aloft. I gazed across the sparkling waters and the Capital Gate caught my eyes Twisted, crooked and warped, the edifices, their architects and engineers had it all really wise. Adding to the magic sprawled the Louvre Abu Dhabi, whose abstract and delusional beauty would strike any tourist like a train The Gulf around it glowed intact, sure from them was dopamine in my every vein.                                                                       ...

Mesmerised I was still Not at the city But the little world that was just enough to speak the past of the Emirates Those grains of the sand were miraculous too Their colour, their lustre, their flawlessness were intact yet Mesmerised I was still Not at the architecture But the architecture-lessness of the scene The sunset didn't escape my eyes until  it had disappeared into the orange-pink heaven Mesmerised I was still Because I had just seen one of those few places Sapients eloped to From the havoc of this chaotic world Mesmerised I was still Not at the city But the golden dunes of the desert That spoke to me in the belief that I would understand Nonetheless, this young girl wasn't learned enough So she stood there very still without any verses to come from her; the silence was loud, and those dunes took it as their praise.                                             ...

Miraculous was the sea Miraculous was the air Miraculous was the sand of the beach from the desert Miraculous were the buildings and so were the religious denominations Miraculous were the people Locals, as well as the migrated ones, there With the discovery of oil and the toil Of a tandem of decades Are there now the miracles We are left jaw-dropped because of which Yes, oh dear old soul I talk of the seven Emirates That united for the good, thus are now called together- United Arab Emirates.                                     ~Ruhani Bachhal Ladies and gentlemen, marhaban!   This Emirates trip was another wise decision my parents took, and glamorous too is my tale of being there for seven wholesome days. It was the evening of March 14th when I could finally get a hold of the doorknob of my hotel room, starving and chilling; yes, sceptical indeed. It was a long day of travelling and by the t...

Do you know that it's not just you who is wrapped in this feeling of inadequacy? The world is! At least all the adolescents in the world. Hola everyone! Wishing y'all a fantastic 2023 as another chapter begins :D Lately, out of nowhere, I found myself struggling with insecurities. Many of them. Reason if I were to explain, I just couldn't. I questioned my individuality. And my biggest mistake was that I didn't talk about it with my parents and now that would be called 'intentional helplessness', which wasn't wise at all. My insecurities took away the best of me and my state was similar to that of a boiling frog. My mental health became a blunder. One reason that made it worse was pulling all-nighters to prepare for my examinations and trash-canning my body clock. Feeling I wasn't enough to stand all by myself in public, at one point, I had lost all motivation in me. I couldn't care less about what I looked like to others. I didn't even try neglec...

 “ Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise again…’’ Horrid faces, starving stomachs, broken hearts, threadbare treatments and everything that we experienced left us torn apart. However, everything has to have an end and so this cruel phase had one too. And with it, the Covid-19 Pandemic left us a number of meaningful chapters to keep re-reading for life.  Before the gordian knot was cut, we realized the significance of perspective during the pandemic. As its scent took over the air and lockdowns were announced, the world shut down but we did not stop because ahead of us laid countless things to discover, both justified and groundless. Thus, above all, the pandemic trained our mindsets into how to see the good in every situation. With a mindset like that came optimism and patience. We manifested the good and waited for it enduringly when at last we could convince ourselves for a life time that good things take time that is always worthy. Many of us even lost our l...

Hi everyone! I hope you are doing great as ever. Bienvenue ici! So, what would I say to my younger self? And why only her? From my very childhood, just like others, I longed to be a teenager and live a life that precise. I remember fantasising about what all it would be like after growing up and that is why I would love to share with you all what shouldn't be left unsaid to my younger self if I was ever given a chance to meet her. - " Growing up isn't a disaster as the internet explains, and yes, just don't trust the internet because it is a stupid place. In fact, the experience is lovely. You get more creative and perfect at handling yourself. Life will give you a number of camelbacks, but you know what, things will seem to fall in place right after and you will learn that every literal thing happens for a reason.  You will be sometimes taken to task for time management. Weakness? Procrastination. You will try your best to improve, however, ... never mind. I am more t...

Hey everybody! How've you been doing lately? I am Ruhani Bachhal and welcome to a new post.  So, all of us certainly have a quote that we bow to, that brings us up again, that gives us a buoyancy in spirit. If not, it still isn't that we don't read them, so we all have, for at least once, admired a couple of quotes. The quotes that we go along with may be religious, spiritual, philosophical, factual or perspective-based. It can even be a dialogue! Moreover, it's not necessary that the quote has to be some text already existing but you can even write one of your own. Now I would like to introduce you to the quote that I look to:- One fallen leaf doesn't mean the forest has died. This one has been making a great impact on me since the very day I read it for the first time. Being a student, it is often having downs. It hasn't to be a special day when it's just low-key satisfying but every second day when there is a lot of work and I can't get it done. That ...

ਇੱਕ ਸਫ਼ਲ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਮਜਬੂਤ ਜੜ੍ਹਾਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਨਾਗਰਿਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਮਿਹਨਤ, ਹਿੰਮਤ ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ । ਹਰ ਕੋਈ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉੱਥੋਂ ਦੇ ਲੋਕ ਵੱਧ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਪੜ੍ਹੇ – ਲਿਖੇ ਹੋਣ ਤੇ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੜ੍ਹੇ - ਲਿਖੇ ਦੇਸਾਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਨੰਬਰ 'ਤੇ ਹੋਵੇ । ਇਸ ਲਈ ਅੱਜ ਦੇ ਤਕਨੀਕੀ ਯੁੱਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੋਜ਼ੀ - ਰੋਟੀ ਕਮਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਹਰੇਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਸਹੀ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ ਭਾਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਔਰਤ ਜਾਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਬੰਧ ਰੱਖੇ ਜਾਂ ਮਰਦ - ਜਾਤੀ ਦਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਪਰ ਅਫ਼ਸੋਸ ਅੱਜ ਵੀ ਸਾਡੇ ਦੇਸ ਦੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਨਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਕੋਨੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੜਕੇ ਨੂੰ ਪੜ੍ਹਾਉਣਾ ਹੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਸਮਝਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਲੜਕੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ। ਸਗੋਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਹੋਸ਼ ਸੰਭਾਲਦਿਆਂ ਹੀ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਕੰਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਗਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਪ੍ਰੰਤੂ ਇਸ ਭੇਦ - ਭਾਵ ਨੂੰ ਖ਼ਤਮ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਲੜਕੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਉਨਾਂ ਹੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਸਮਝਿਆ ਜਾਵੇ, ਜਿੰਨਾ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਲੜਕੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੜ੍ਹਾਉਣਾ ਸਮਝਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉਹ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਕੰਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਮਹਿਰਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਗੋਂ ਆਪਣੀ ਜੀਵਨ - ਸ਼ੈਲੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਬਦਲਣ ਦੀ ਹਿੰਮਤ ਰੱਖਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ । ਉਹ ਆਪਣੀ ਸਮਰੱਥਾ ਤੇ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਪਹਿਚਾਣਨ ਦੀ ਸਮਝ ਰੱਖਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ । ਉਹ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸੇ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਗੋਂ ਉਸਨੇ ਹਰ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੂਬ ਮੱਲਾਂ ਮਾਰੀਆਂ ਹਨ । ਇਸ ਲਈ ਸਾਡੀ ਹਰ ਦੇਸ - ਵਾਸੀ ਦੀ ਜਿੰਮੇ...

  Introduction Gender partiality is a vast concept in India. Every one in three girls is missing in India due to sex selection. The mentioned ratio may look mere but if we see it on a larger scale, 46 million females go missing in India every year. In the same way, a huge number of transgender children are abducted in India every year. Gender partiality has caused the country to suffer a huge imbalance in the population. The majority of homes in India prefer sons in the family which results in the loss of women and transgender people. Although many measures have been taken up by the Government, still we lack in the provision of equality.   Why inequality? The sick mentality of people causes them to standardize the abilities of a gender. ‘Females are supposed to take care of home and kids, not work’; ‘It’s a man’s job to work and earn, home-caring isn’t their part’. Such judgements result in uplifting partiality among different sexes. Girls are moulded to be future mo...

Still comes to me as an unbelievable message that we've already completed 1 year of writing-posting-reading. Yay! My Blog turns 1!  It, at no cost, was possible without your support and love to achieve this. It's a lil' big thing for me, the writer, that we've struck a great milestone. Thank you! NGL, I never thought that we'd be able to complete a year this way, for, I usually give up just too quick if I think I don't have enough time. But it was you people, who bucked me as I received really pretty comments and as it grew, I received worldwide viewers too! [Oh yes, stepping out of India and covering the globe on this station of mine was just too bewildering :D] I remember the previous year, right on this date, it clicked to me that I wanna write, I wanna BLOG! Really unaware of what 'Blogging' was, at very first. It shares a crazy story of how I decided to pursue blogging and what it really had been like before. So:- My online classes just got over and...

Salut, people! To the new, I am Ruhani Bachhal and welcome to the blog. Almost all of the students are looking forward to a new academic year within a week or so. My session has already begun and I'm perfectly enjoying it. Many do wonder how can they perform the same way all the year as they do in the beginning, so for that, I've got you covered :) A new year means an opportunity for fresh-new-beginnings. Unravel a new YOU. Forget the shabby YOU and aim at developing a better YOU. Read till the end if you too want to make this year more enjoyable as a student :) 1. Stick to the Time-Table Strictly follow your timetable for your school. It gives an ideal plan of what is going to be taught the day after, which helps in planning for the day ahead. You can see the chapters or concepts that are going to be taught by the teacher. It is an effective way to learn better as when you do so, you are more apt to grow doubts, which when get cleared provide better clarity of the topic. Thus,...

What a lovely day! Today, the 4th of March marks an end to my final exams. Right at this date, one month in the past, there was me, with a flavour of anxiety inside. And now, look at me! It feels so good that I can't put it in words. Every student has it, inside, a pinch of something hectic when there are exams to begin. We rush to revise all our syllabus, practice exercises and complete our notes. After all, it is only till the first day of the exams that brings everything on track. We kind of panic the night before, but once they start, everything seems in the grip, I guess so. It took 2 weeks for my exams to complete. Every day before this one, I would be studying at this hour for the next exam, but today, absolutely no 'studie'. Today was special, not only because it was my last exam but me and 'Moi f.r.i.e.n.d.s.' had a get-together right after we finished! it was so good to see each other in person, wow! We had lunch and talks :) I personally found it cool to ...

Hey everyone! Enjoying winters, eh? Nice. And now I welcome you to my last post from Goa Diaries :) :We were in Colva::That's it: 18th January 2022 Tuesday began with a bright sun. Oh. how can I forget this day? You people will soon get to know what I'm talking about ;) I was attending my online classes when my dad, came to the cottage from the lounge and told me to go down and have breakfast. My mom was already waiting there. So, now begins the story~ Well-well-well, the lounge opened to the beach, I remember mentioning this before. Sunny and windy day~aha~  Not even having ordered our breakfast, the resort owner had already been waiting for me, I was sitting with my mom. As far as I could fetch from his accent, I heard him offering me water sports. He  added," This is for a documentary film of my resort, so we have to take some clips for the water sports. You both gotta do Para-Sailing." I was acting for their documentary film! YAY! By the way, I was abo...