Mridula Kashyap

Colors are my most favorite thing in the whole wide world!

[Professor @Masterji_UPWale]

I was trained to fight Wars.
She was never trained for the kind of battles, she fought every day.

When I left for NDA, I was 18.
A BOY full of pride,
Carrying a steel trunk and dreams.
When I got Commissioned,
I was 22 : A MAN in uniform.

But the day I Married her,
I realised the true meaning of courage...
Not in Bullets, but in Patience.

The first time I got posted to the border,
She didn’t cry.
She just smiled and said,

“Bas phone karte rehna.”

And when the phone didn’t connect for days,
She still smiled when her parents asked, “Kaisa hai beta?”

She’s been smiling through uncertainty ever since.

She celebrates #Diwali by herself.

Lights diyas in every corner of our small SF quarter...
Says it makes her feel I’m home.

One year, the electricity went out.
She told me later how she sat in darkness, lighting candles one by one, whispering to my Mom :
“He must be lighting diyas on the border too.”

That night, I was under a tarpaulin tent, eating cold poori and pickle from a dented mess tin.

#Karwachauths come and go.

She dresses up, puts on sindoor, opens the video call, and smiles through a weak network..

“Main dekh liya, tum khana khao.”

The call drops before I can even reply.

She handles everything.
From paying bills online to fixing the water motor.
When the car broke down,
she learned to push-start it.
When I couldn’t come home for medical emergencies,
she sat in the hospital alone,
praying to every god she knew.

Through it all, she never complains.
Not once.

She once had a promising career
a steady job, her own desk, colleagues, and a sense of independence she had built with quiet pride.

But when I got my first peace posting,
She made a choice most won’t understand.
She left it all behind..
Not because she had to,
but because she wanted to be with us.
She said, “What’s the point of building a career if it keeps us apart?”
Since then, every posting, every move, every new city has been her project ..
Rebuilding a home from scratch, Without complaint,
Without applause.

She keeps my medals polished but tells me softly..
“Don’t bring more medals,
if they cost us more years Apart.”

I’ve realised that the bravest salute isn’t given on the parade ground..
it’s given silently...
..by a woman waving from a railway platform.

They don’t wear stars on their shoulders,
but they carry the weight of our absence,
With grace.

So if you ever meet a soldier,
Salute twice ..
once for him,
and once for his Wife
that keeps him strong.

Because I may have fought for the Nation,
but she fought for my life.
And she won every single time.

❤️ To every military wife,
YOU are the unseen medal
We proudly wear. 🫡

#KarwaChauth2025 ❤️ #Love

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

I think, by law, all homes should have one of these

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

We care WAY too much about western validation/endorsement. Very much me included. If Op Sindoor has taught us anything, it is that we should give two shits about the opinion of anglosphere media. Sure, play the narrative game. But de-contaminate from validation-seeking.

[Mridula Kashyap @MridulaK]

@airindia I don't think you seem to get it. You can make going to the check-in counter mandatory, or do the verification at the boarding. At least let me web check-in so I can use Digi Yatra. I'm sure if you really care about customer experience and try to find a solution you can.

[Mridula Kashyap @MridulaK]

@airindia What an inconvenient experience.
How am I supposed to use @DigiYatraOffice services if you won't let me check in? Why this injustice with those booking tickets under the armed forces fare? Are they not eligible to be a part of @_DigitalIndia?
@adgpi

[Mridula Kashyap @MridulaK]

@airindia @DigiYatraOffice @DelhiAirport *I'm suggesting web check-in with conditions. Or else come up with some solution so that I don't have to spend more time than necessary at the airport. These small things go a long way.

[Mridula Kashyap @MridulaK]

@airindia Happy to do that. You can make it a mandatory check-in requirement for boarding. But at least let me check-in so that I can enter the airport terminal easily and skip queues through @DigiYatraOffice services. This is @DelhiAirport we're talking about. Imagine the queues!

[Mridula Kashyap @MridulaK]

@airindia @DigiYatraOffice @DelhiAirport It's precisely these small things that you don't think about and other airlines do that make it really difficult to come back to you with a happy customer experience. No other airline does this! Annoyed.

[Prashant Singh @pacificleo]

You see, moral erosion isn’t a grand conspiracy cooked up in smoky boardrooms with evil laughter in the background. It’s more like a slow leak. Companies don’t jump straight into bad behavior; they stumble into it. It’s not about what they actively do—it’s about what they let happen.

[Path of Men @PathOfMen_]

If you wait too long, the coffee gets cold, the door closes, you get old, the girls move on, and dreams fade.

You must act with a sense of urgency today.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

I just turned 45.

If you're in your 30's, read this:

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

The older I get, the more I realize that success at most things isn't about finding the one trick or secret nobody knows about. It's consistently doing the boring, mundane things everyone knows about but is too unfocused/undisciplined to do.

Get good at boring.

[Mridula Kashyap @MridulaK]

@BluSmartIndia @BluSmartHelps Oh and mind you. This is one of the premium cab services. My cab ride is a good ₹200 more than Uber, which by the way, has a pick-up point right outside the T2 arrivals.

Oh. So disappointed.
5/5

[Mridula Kashyap @MridulaK]

@BluSmartHelps What started as a great service is slowly turning into another one of those careless cab providers. At the massive Delhi Airport, there is no pickup point at T2, no counter, no person to guide, no signage and @BluSmartIndia expects people to figure out the.. 1/n

[Mridula Kashyap @MridulaK]

.."aur book karo BluSmart - koi smart kaam nahi kiya aapne madam") is not concerned at all.

And yes, I've shared this on chat support. And gotten a 'we're sorry, we've noted your feedback' message.

How do you expect me to use your service again?
@BluSmartIndia @BluSmartHelps

[Bharat Kashyap @bharattttttt]

the phone made it to Istanbul but @EmiratesSupport still cannot find a mobile phone inside a Boeing 777

[Bharat Kashyap @bharattttttt]

longest shot in the world but if you're on flight EK117 flying to Istanbul from Dubai in a couple hours, there's a 99% chance it has my phone on it somewhere near seats 9K or 11K which @EmiratesSupport hasn't been able to find somehow for a day