Category: Life and its Lessons
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I have faint memories of lying in my childhood bed, in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep, and pappa’s snoring kept me up. Our ceiling fan was off-white and had silver beads in the middle, which made a weird pattern when the fan was on a slow speed. I remember looking and…
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I used to have a blue Princess and the Pauper sipper when I was a kid On a hot summer day in Mumbai, I forgot it in an auto rickshaw My mum was so mad when I went to her crying She tried finding a similar one but I was too heartbroken over my loss…
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I sit at my study table in this tiny room I pay too much rent for,Writing my final essay for an Urban History Elective I am takingIt is about the gentrification of a neighbourhood in Rotterdam that I now identify as “my neighbourhood” after living here for not more than 7 monthsI have found the…
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I live with the most soft spoken and timid girl ever. I have never heard her voice go above a certain decibel, and she’s caring and nurturing. She makes me tea when I have a bad day, and she hugs me when I complain about the said day. She says please, and thank you. She cuts…
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I turned 22 years old this month and life has been overwhelming. Maybe not as much as I make it to be in my mind, but you see, I am an adult now and I strive to be a good one. Who you are when you’re born is innate, natural, biological. Your brain is wired…
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Hello my dearest readers, I am so sorry for the radio silence. No I haven’t lost my love for oversharing, I was only recovering from an academic year of adulting. I was marinating in my mother’s hugs and relishing my father’s foot rubs. I was gaining some weight from all the delicious food and losing…
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માં તે માં બીજા વગડાના વા My nani– my mother’s mother was unwell for many many years before she moved on to the world above. I was 13 and my mother had turned 43 years old precisely that day. We were actually having her birthday cake when we got the unfortunate call. It has been…
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On some days life seems unreal, love is endless, and dreams are all so tangible. You wake up on the right side of the bed. The sun is shining and you can hear birds chirping. Your skin is glowing from the skincare last night and your coffee is ready exactly when your bread pops out…
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Deliberating what love is on the red couch in my kitchen as my friend cooks dinner He is twenty-six and waiting for his one true loveA clean slate for his wife to paint in any and every shade she likesHe will get marriedHe has imagined an entire life and carefully curated this timeline27: marriage 29:…
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“How do I tell my dad I have a yeast infection and the medication is too expensive”A friend said this to me today morning and this got me thinking about dads and their daughters studying abroad. My father and his mom didn’t get along when he was younger; his opinions were too fierce, his tongue…
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