Delulu is the Solulu

For The Exclusive,

Proma Ajoy Shil

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Let me start with a confession: I’m delulu. (I mean who isn’t 🤭) And I say that with great pride.

Because in a world that’s constantly trying to weigh you down with facts, fears, and five-year plans, sometimes the only thing that keeps you going… is your delusion. Your delulu. That slightly unhinged, wildly hopeful, borderline-magical belief that things will work out—not because they’re supposed to, but because you believe they will.

In simple terms: delulu isn’t just cute—it’s effective.

Because what is delulu if not optimism in glitter heels and red lipstick? It’s the refusal to surrender to the narrative that things are “too hard” or “too late.” It’s choosing to believe in your dreams—even the ones that sound absurd on paper.

You see, reality will always be there. It’s that boring dinner guest that keeps pointing out the bill. But delulu? Delulu is the best friend that whispers, “But what if it works out?”

It’s that inner hype woman who says, “Sure, the odds are low. But so is your serotonin. Let’s choose chaos with a smile and let’s be honest- Reality can be exhausting.

So when I say “Delulu is the Solulu,” I’m not just being quirky or trying to start a trend. I mean it. Deeply. Boldly. Unapologetically.

Because delulu—that playful little nickname for “delusional”—isn’t about losing touch with reality.

It’s about refusing to be crushed by it. In fact, delulu is how we survive.

Delulu is how we manifest. It’s how we rewire our brains to believe—again.

Here’s the science: Studies show that positive thinking reshapes neural pathways in the brain. Every time we think, “I got this,” or “It’s going to happen,” even when it looks impossible—we’re literally training our brain to believe.

Neuroscientists call this neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to rewire itself based on repeated thoughts and behaviors. So if you keep telling yourself you’re the main character? Eventually, your brain starts acting like it’s true.

Delulu is manifestation in action. It’s not magic. It’s mindset.

It’s looking at a mess of a situation and saying, “Something good is coming out of this. I don’t know how—but it will.”

And here’s the thing: Every great leap in history? Started with someone who was, quite frankly, a little delusional.

The Wright brothers looked at the sky and thought, “Yeah, we’re gonna put a metal bird up there and make it fly.”

People laughed. Said it was impossible. Said it defied logic.

They were right.

And then they were wrong—because the Wright brothers believed harder than the world doubted.

Thomas Edison made over a thousand failed attempts before inventing the light bulb.

Einstein’s ideas were dismissed.

Galileo was persecuted for believing the Earth wasn’t the center of the universe.

Walt Disney was told he lacked imagination.

Even J.K. Rowling got rejected by a dozen publishers.

And what did all of them have in common? They were delulu.

They believed in a version of reality that didn’t exist yet. And then? They created it.

Because delusion—when powered by action—is the foundation of every invention, revolution, and breakthrough.

So don’t let anyone shame you for being “too dreamy.”

Let them call it delusion. You call it vision.

Because delulu isn’t about pretending the struggle doesn’t exist—it’s about choosing to believe that you’re bigger than it. It’s about knowing that not every challenge has to be a war, not every failure is fatal, and not every dream has to make sense to be valid.

You are allowed to believe in beautiful outcomes, even if logic disagrees.

You are allowed to want joy, magic, softness, success, and stillness—even when everything around you is chaotic.

And like the Bollywood king himself, Shah Rukh Khan, once said:

“Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho… toh poori kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai.”

(They say if you want something with all your heart, the entire universe conspires to bring it to you.)

Maybe that’s not just cinema.Maybe that’s the universe responding to belief that’s louder than doubt.

So here’s your reminder:

Delulu is the solulu.Because realism might keep you safe, but delusion? It will take you places. It’s where inventions are born & where futures are shaped. Where something out of nothing becomes everything.

Stay delulu. Because that’s your solulu to everything in this world🫶🏻.