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The Point Where Words Fail
Every explanation is an invitation to trust or to doubt. The wise know when not to send it. This was the thought in Arjun’s mind as he contemplated his next move. He realised that years in his position and company meant nothing if the people in and around him were unbelieving. The truth was never…
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Unrequited: A Life in Paranthesis
Pridha hadn’t expected the yearning to be this intense — or this painful — even after all these years. That feelings could be so all-consuming and yet survive in the daily hum of life. That her real self could remain buried beneath the one she presented to the world. She had never imagined she could…
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A Journey to Nowhere……….
Have you ever wondered why is it that our memories are sepia toned? I don’t know about others but whenever i look back to the foundation years of my life, everything seems to be in the form of faded black and white. Like old photographs, torn at the edges, crumpled by time and associated with…
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Retiring Gently, Not Abruptly
How do you want to retire? I don’t want to retire when I’m tired. I want to retire when I’m ready. Full, not finished. I think about retirement sometimes. Not in spreadsheets or pension plans—but in colours and feelings. I don’t want to retire because a calendar says so. Or because the world has decided…
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Acceptance
It is a sombering realisation after spending a solid time in any relationship , that your presence as an individual does not really matter. The title of the relationship holds importance but who you are and what you feel does not count. Anjali had started doubting her existence. Her mere presence. To disappear from the…
fiction, hope, hopelessness, husband, loss, love, moving on, people, perception, romance, short story, story, thoughts, wife
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The Armchair Traveller
There’s a quiet kind of travel that doesn’t begin with a boarding pass. It starts with a book. A line in a film. A photograph pinned on someone else’s wall. You find yourself staring at a cobbled street in Prague or the curve of a balcony in Greece, and for a moment—only a moment—you are…
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Freedom, Choice and Life
A lot of people have told me that life is full of choices. Is it really, or is it a combination of a lot of other things, luck, fate, spouse, children, parents, responsibilities, liabilities, duties and innate desire. Is anyone free, really? I don’t think there is an easy answer to this question. We all…
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Prisoners of our mind….
What would you consider as an accomplishment? Is it when you reach a certain stage in your career, or is it when you get a desired degree, or when you buy certain things you wanted or when you marry the person you love? I mean what is it really? What should be our driving force?…
adulthood, Career, Creativity, Desire, employment, human, inspiration, life, longing, longingness, meaning, mind, people, Philosophy\, thought, thoughts, wants -
The long walk….. from anger to happiness
Anger is a futile emotion. It does nothing for you, just burns your heart and makes you cry for revenge. All those endless hours of plotting and saying the right things that should have been said. All the pent-up emotion an a seething rage which is more often than not impotent. Impotent because nothing can…
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Then and now
When i was younger there were a lot of things to do and learn, even though there was no internet and smartphones. Those days you were really thought to be smart or cool if you knew facts and figures or if you could answer current affairs and general knowledge questions without batting an eyelid. Shows…
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