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Watching him make the final touches, I rant about my latest heartbreak. Not that it was depressing, but he nods anyway, arranging the sewing machine with deft fingers. “Have you ever been in love, chacha?” I ask. The old, grey tailor was my only friend in the neighborhood. He woreContinue Reading

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That you can still beat that topper academically, what’s-his-name-again? The-one-whose-mother-gloats-so-much-that-my-ears-bleed, and the-one-who-wears-oily-spectacles. Because you totally have the potential but haven’t used it. Yet. That one day they receive a call from the headmistress that you, wait for it… have heroically and magically and impossibly (and incredibly) saved a younger pupilContinue Reading

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She knocked my breath out when she slammed me against the lockers. Tears sprang up to my eyes as I felt the cold metal handle dig into my spine. This was it, wasn’t it? I was the nerd, she the cheerleader. I was the one with more curves in myContinue Reading

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The sky was starry. Emma lay in her nightdress, in her bed by the window. She loved sleeping here. Today was special, because the moon was full. And today was even more special because Miss Ellen had loved her drawing. It was a blue ferris wheel, looking over a colourfulContinue Reading

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These songs are not in any particular order, but they are definitely on repeat. 1. ‘Capsize’ by Frenship, Truce EP ‘Your silhouette is burned in my memory, Rubble left from the moment that you left me.’ 2. ‘Polaroid’ by Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors ‘Love’s a polaroid, oh, better inContinue Reading

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I know that I always go to music for advice. And one seeks advice when one is puzzled, confused, temporarily pessimistic, or almost wants to give up. In my (not so) long life, being an only child with working parents and shifting schools, it’s hard to find someone who canContinue Reading

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I wake up in the morning. Don’t let everything affect you. Wear a shield on your heart, and welcome only what you want to. ~my mother, with faded clothes and shining eyes. I sit before noon.  Don’t hide too much. Even if you are empty or full, you will stillContinue Reading

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Yes, your child has grown up, and now it’s time for you to chalk out their path to the future by taking the first small step – school. But how do you pick one? If you are in India, you would be surfing the internet for differences in the state,Continue Reading

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I remember the day when he gave me an empty notebook and told me to fill it up, like I would want to fill up my life. I remember that it was raining too hard that day, or that night. I remember that I had woken up hours before dawnContinue Reading

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1. In order to enjoy using time, you must know how to waste it. If you can’t allow yourself to be a bird for five minutes, the other fifty five minutes make you a mule. 2. You need to try it at least once to say something for the nextContinue Reading