bhaskar saikia

I choose to stay with someone who can talk about the universe with me. Not gossip, not idle chatter, not endless talk about what others are doing—but conversations that expand the mind and open the heart. Anyone can talk about other people. What excites me is not their lives, but the endless possibilities within my own.

I am here to become a better version of myself. For me, growth is personal. I know I’m on the wrong path when I find myself jealous of who I was yesterday, because that means I’ve stopped evolving. I don’t wish to become someone else. My journey, with its struggles and its dreams, is uniquely mine. And in that, I find a certain beauty—the kind that lets me rest peacefully at night, yet also keeps me awake with wonder.

When I cannot sleep, I gaze at the stars. To me, that is the definition of peace: silence, infinity, and the reminder that my little struggles are part of something much larger.

Oscar Wilde once said, “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” I think of that often. We all share struggles, imperfections, and limitations—but what matters is where we turn our gaze. Some remain fixated on the mud; others, even while in it, dare to look upward.

I choose the stars.