COMMIT TO YOURSELF

Mahima Ram
Sep 7
2 min read

When Jyothika walked back onto the silver screen as the protagonist of 36 Vayadhinile, she carried more than a role—she carried a revolution. The story of a woman who awakens to her own potential after years of being overlooked struck a chord across the nation. For audiences, it was not merely cinema. It was a mirror. It proved that age is never a ceiling, never a deadline for chasing purpose. Watching her transform, step by step, into a woman who dared to begin again lit something fierce in the hearts of countless women who had long been told their time had passed. That portrayal lingered long after the credits rolled, whispering one undeniable truth: the sky has no age limit.

It is within this space of renewal and resilience that Divya Yadav’s Stardust of Emotions finds its home. Just as the film’s heroine became a symbol of second chances onscreen, Yadav emerges through her poetry as a symbol on the page. Her verses arrive not as ornament, but as lifeblood—forged in tenderness, sharpened with honesty, and delivered with the kind of clarity only experience can cut open.

Readers do not simply encounter her poems; they inhabit them. One moment her words embrace with the gentleness of a lullaby, and the next they crash with the force of a storm, rattling complacent thoughts awake. She writes not for an audience bound by age or circumstance, but for every woman standing at the edge of hesitation, wondering if it is already too late to begin. Yadav’s collection tells her otherwise.

There is a quiet power in the way Stardust of Emotions speaks. Each poem feels like an extension of the same spirit that animated 36 Vayadhinile—the spirit of women discovering their own voices after silence, their own wings after years of being grounded. In Yadav’s hands, poetry becomes both refuge and rebellion. It comforts. It provokes. And above all, it dares.

For the reader holding the book, the connection is inescapable. The fire seen on screen takes shape again in these pages, this time in ink and stardust. The woman who once watched a film and found herself stirred now finds her soul mirrored in verse. The film reminded her that careers and lives can be reborn at any stage; the poetry reminds her that emotions and dreams, too, are ageless.

And it is here that Yadav’s voice stretches beyond the pages, echoing a truth that every woman must eventually embrace: no inspirational quote, no motivational talk, no stirring speech, no one can take you closer to your goal—until you commit to yourself in all earnestness. That is the crux of her verse, as if she is speaking directly to the hesitations that have chained generations of women. For once that commitment is made, no excuse, no distraction, no mountain, no roadblock, no calamity can halt the pursuit of a dream.

Stardust of Emotions is not merely lines of verse on white pages—it is conviction. It reminds its readers that great strength lies not outside, but in you. And in Divya Yadav’s words, that reminder becomes more than encouragement—it becomes a call, a flame inviting every woman to rise into the life she deserves.