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What’s true and what’s not?

You went from being the reason I smiled the moment I woke up in the morning to the reason I cry myself to sleep. From being the glint in my eyes to the void filled in them. From being the dimples in my smile to the wrinkles in my frown. You were a breath of fresh air in the stale…

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i am a girl

I’m still a girl  yet to grow into the body of a goddess  to be a woman  there is a long journey that awaits  I’m not yet a pearl  still one with the wilderness  but just you wait and watch me grow  this girl will make time her accessory I won’t have my back curled  I’ll be towering over you and…

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Of boats and stars

‘No man is an island’ – John Donne It had been a long day and we had been away. The night was still young, our souls could be one like the poets say.We stood at the balcony, the air was cold. Almost as cold as the glare, the bus conductor gave me today when I held the queue for 9…

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why I’m scared as a girl in India

[Trigger Warning (TW): mentions of r*pe, ass*ult, vi*lence. If these topics might trigger you, please please do not continue reading.] April is sexual assault awareness month so here’s my contribution. Yes, I’m scared. Take a look around you- the girls and women of India are terrified. Every single day we pick up the newspaper or turn on the television to…

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Saudade

I roam the deserted streets where we once spent happy times, With the echoes of our laughter to keep me company. And I’m reminded of the sparkles in your eyes that brightened the darkest of nights, When we sat by the waterfall as the world fell asleep, Making promises we could never keep. There’s a corner in my heart where…

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IN LOVE WITH THE IDEA OF LOVE

This one is for my fellow dreamers, readers, dark academics, and lovers of love. (Recommended: put some classical music on, get yourself a cup of tea and enjoy! Wistfully looking out of a window will round out the effect perfectly.) Have you ever asked yourself questions you didn’t have answers to?  Why does every single one of us chase love?…

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Airpods Max – Max it out on this one!

Apple recently launched the Airpods Max, just around the end of the Year that we wish wasn’t – 2020. Well, you’ll be saying, it’s an Apple product and is great, but I say wait until you hear its price tag of a whopping $549, and in India 59,900 INR! At first, I was so incensed I just skipped them. But…

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Ok, Boomer

Welcome to my guide on how to successfully deal with a boomer! First of all, how dare they place our whole generation under one stereotype? We have lived a very different life; we have been raised in the environment that their generation and the past ones have shed blood, sweat and tears to create. So yeah, we are grateful for…

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Multilingual

One asks, what is the language of silence ? One says its the mother tongue  What do I say when my mother tongues are more than one? A chaos in silence One asks what is the language of thoughts ? One says its the mother tongue  I say, to give thoughts a language is to constrict them I don’t know…

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THE SONG OF ACHILLES- A 16-Year-Old’s Review

RATING: ✭✭✭✭✭/5 stars “I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.” I read “The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller in under two days- once I picked this book up,…

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