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I have always been a staunch supporter of giving without withholding, and unconditionally. Having grown up in this world where ‘giving’ unconditionally is one of the highest virtues. Until one fine day, I realized I seem to feel an endless void within me. I was blissfully oblivious to the idea of filling my cup, before pouring it out.
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A year older. A year wiser. A bygone year, which summed up a lot of learning that had loose strings left to be tied together. Somewhere, I knew this was coming, and hence I did wait patiently to give it all the time.
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It was like any other Saturday afternoon. Soon after she had returned from her internship at a school in Ladakh, she was all set to get back to her city life in monsoon. It had been raining throughout the morning and going on her bike was not quite an option. She decided to take her car and on her way due to the rain she asked if anyone wanted to carpool with her. Saurabh was a new addition to the group and it turned out he stayed pretty close to her place. She agreed to pick him up and another girl who requested the same.
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Ever loved someone so much, that you wished they were always a part of your life? Ever realised that person just might be the one you look at, into the mirror?
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Every child has dreams that she wishes to fulfil in her life. As years pass by, the child is often told by well-meaning adults around how certain dreams are not meant to be fulfilled but can adorn my diary. Daydreaming too, is rarely taken seriously.
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It all started with the mysteriously enchanting land of Banaras, where I set my journey towards at the very beginning of this epic year. A close proximity to death and the taboo and witnessing burning pyres for two long days. Manikarnika Ghaat has given me much more than I could’ve expected to ask for.
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On the background music of ‘Mohe rang do laal’ I was sitting in my room thinking what I could be doing to make the room a little more pleasant than what it is at that very moment. What started as a small cleanup turned out to be life changing.
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Untimely death of singer froze my music,The cheerful life soon became static.The roads became barren and lonely was crowd,She began to listen to rock, metal loud. Her love for classical vocal remained inside,Every melody would wash over her like a tide.She finally felt, it was all in vain;To live with music inside full of pain…
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Read more“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”
-Woodrow Wilson
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Today I decided to pause a few moments and look around. What I discovered blew off my mind. The things which I unknowingly took for granted or over-assumed proved me wrong. Very very wrong.
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