Silent emotional support

Since childhood, we have been reminded of carrying a water bottle — to school, to picnics, to tuitions, to college, to work...

- Mithu Joseph

Unknowingly, but steadily, the water bottle has become an extension of ourselves. Most of us own at least one water bottle that seems to have become a permanent part of our lives.

It comes to work, college, the gym, long drives, and even sits beside us while we watch television. We may leave home without a notebook, a charger, or sometimes even sunglasses, but forgetting that water bottle feels strangely unsettling.

Somewhere along the way, it stopped being just a bottle.

Not just container