🌧️ Woh Kagaz Ki Kashti… Woh Baarish Ka Paani [FIRST NAME GOES HERE]

Episode #135 -

Hello 👋 Reader !

Every time I hear these words by Jagjit Singh, I pause.
Because somewhere between growing up and growing old…
we forgot what it means to truly live.

This takes me back to a time when happiness didn’t need a reason.
A time when a good rain, a paper boat, or a game with friends was enough to make the day perfect.
When we didn’t chase goals — we chased butterflies.
When success meant being chosen first in the cricket team,
and not first in the quarterly leaderboard.

“Woh kagaz ki kashti, woh baarish ka paani,
woh bhool gaye dost, woh purani kahani…”

We all had dreams — pure, wild, limitless.
But somewhere along the way, we traded wonder for worry,
and laughter for logic.

We learned how to network, but forgot how to truly connect.
We mastered leadership, but lost the innocence of following our heart.
We built empires, but buried the child who once believed that anything was possible.

That little boy in the picture —
he didn’t care about likes, reach, or recognition.
He cared about the next paper boat,
the next rainy afternoon,
the next story before bedtime.

And maybe… that’s what we all need to remember —
the child within us who still wants to smile without purpose,
sing without talent,
and dream without fear.

So today, pause for a moment.
Close your eyes.
Remember your own kagaz ki kashti.
Remember what it felt like to be fully alive —
without needing a reason to be.

Because in the end,
we’re all just grown-ups trying to find our way back…
to that little boy, that little girl,
who once knew the true meaning of joy.

Maybe it’s time to build that boat again.