Hi! I am Saina Sachdev, and this is my first book on this platform, so let me share a bit about myself- firstly, I hate the way. People are always so formal in books, whereas I just feel like I'm talking to a friend and writing down my thoughts. So here you get to read about me. I am Saina Sachdev, a 14 year old soon to be 15, who's balance is being a school child, a spiritual soul and a total animal maniac! I am a school going teenager, and that means I live in a world where grades, gossip and goals all fight for attention, but deep down. I know who I am, the girl who still believes in kindness, laughter, and dharma even when the world rules, its eyes!At home, it's never boring. I have two elder sisters, and we have a big age gap. That has its pros and cons all together, but that's a story for next time. Then there are my dogs, My Labrador Oreo, who thinks he owns the house and my inde Maisie who guards are parking lot like a queen! We rescued her an year after we got Oreo, she was always afraid of humans, and we never forced her to be a social butterfly. She likes it in her own quiet way.They have seen me cry, dance, and talk to the sky. Honestly, they know too much.People say I'm always positive, and personally, I feel complimented when people always call me a happy person at heart! But they don't get it. Happiness isn't something that just happens to you due to luck or chance?It's something you fight for every single day. I've had my fair share bad days, but I never let them win. I always believed that if you carry sunshine inside, even the darkest room, can't scare you and that is exactly how my story begins with a tragedy, touchwood, but with a choice, the choice to stay bright and the choice to keep smiling. The choice to be Saina in sunshine.As a child, I have always seen my siblings and people around me growing up and going through their teenage stage. I'm almost the youngest in the family, and I've seen all of them as teenagers! But I always felt that I would never be a typical teenager who would be stuck to their mobile phone with braces or eat junk food and be a gossip queen, the whole day! Well from my checklist, I never got braces because I have straight teeth and I don't eat much junk food as well. Obviously, my mother would think otherwise. And I always wanted to be a happy positive person, unlike the teenagers who are always in their lives and it's about to be three years since I am a teenager, and I think that's going pretty well. They have always been up and down, but I think I'm able to catch the hang of itAnd honestly, even while I’m writing this, I don’t want to sound like some “perfect” person because I’m not. I’m just learning, tripping, getting up and laughing about it. I’m still figuring out what kind of person I want to be. Some days I’m full of energy, some days I just want to curl up with Oreo and Maisie and not talk to anyone. But that’s okay, because that’s real life.
I think what keeps me sane is the small things. Early mornings when Delhi is quiet and the air smells like rain. Reading random books that no one else in my class cares about. Watching Maisie sleep with one paw in the air like she’s dreaming of flying. Even sitting quietly in a mandir and feeling like all my messy thoughts are being untangled.
Even though I’m busy with school and my dogs, I still find little ways to enjoy life. Like sneaking in a quiet moment to watch Oreo chase his tail until he falls over, or seeing Maisie cautiously sniff a new flower in the parking lot like it’s some mysterious treasure. These tiny things make me laugh in a way that nothing else can.
School is still school — full of assignments, projects, and that weird mix of serious and silly moments. But I’ve realized something: life doesn’t always have to be dramatic or perfect to be fun. You can find joy in the smallest things, and honestly, that’s kind of my superpower.
And then there’s my family — my sisters, my parents, the little routines we share. It’s chaotic, sometimes messy, but it’s ours. The moments when we all laugh at something random or just sit together quietly — those are the moments I want to remember forever.
I try to make life creative for myself, and I love to decorate and here's something which you might find weird, but I love to clean as well! Sometimes I feel my decluttering the place I can declare my mind and just clean up. I love to make timetables, but I barely follow them and I am Bharat na dancer, a singer and an author! This was just a short story about me, but I hope you'll enjoy all the rest of the stories that follow!
