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The Itinerant in the Himalayas
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The Itinerant in the Himalayas

Reaching you was hell of a task and sent me into uncountable bouts of breathlessness and I swore I would never come back to you....
Reaching you was hell of a task and sent me into uncountable bouts of breathlessness and I swore I would never come back to you. After leaving you, I lost my appetite straight for three days, I was relieved that I will never come back for you. But memories are a bitch. Those 8 AM sunrises that started with hot hot ginger, lemon and honey water. Glad that I could not get a signal up on you, I would sit there and watch you just blow cold cold air, no matter how hot the sun shone. Shamelessly stuffed my face...
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Times we leave behind
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Times we leave behind

It was a regular work Thursday. You know those days when you have a lot of calls and explaining to do before you sign off...
It was a regular work Thursday. You know those days when you have a lot of calls and explaining to do before you sign off for the week, and even more so if that's your last working week of the year. I gave up. I logged off for a lunch by the river and walked and walked and walked to find a bunch of kids playing in the perfect afternoon sun. Maybe that's why I stopped. Perhaps that's why I clicked the picture. It transported me back to those days in school - when we played endlessly under the sweltering...
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So seriously, how are you?
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So seriously, how are you?

Why don’t we care anymore about our present – even if it is mundane and uneventful?

My friends at UNITE 2030 were recently talking about how casually we treat the above question. Generally, we use it as an ice breaker, call it niceties, but how many times do we sincerely mean it? Only when you hear that I was sick and took a personal day off at work, you decide to take a genuine interest in my well-being. Know that I can still take a day off if I feel low - physical inability to work alone doesn't determine if I should take a day off. Why don't we care anymore about our present - even...
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Flying, my other dream
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Flying, my other dream

Today, I fly in airplanes but I can’t fly one

When I was little, there used to be a commercial where a little girl used to chase airplanes with her father and grows up to be a pilot. And then there was Kalpana Chawla who was taking Indian women into space. When I saw them, I wanted to be them. Badly. I followed many women aviators. I wanted to study like they did and study enough so that I could reach where they were. I decided that this was it. I wanted to become a pilot whatever it takes. School happened and jee happened. Back in my time, we had...
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Dear Love
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Dear Love

An open letter to love in my life

This is an open letter. I am taking this chance to clear up my notions about loving someone and being loved by someone. I want to be loved in a way that makes me love myself more. I want to be loved in a way that celebrates me the way I am. I want to be loved in a way as if I was some festival that I could make so many people happy with my presence. (If you take pictures, make me feel beautiful. :D) Same goes for you. If I tell you I love you, you should know...
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Big cities, Fast culture
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Big cities, Fast culture

India is a beautiful celebration of its cultural shock.

In India of the recent ages, people are on the move for employment, for better quality of life. There are usual problems of how the migrants need to strive hard for survival in the competition and literally in life. Other than money, food and other basic amenities, have you ever pondered the cultural shock one faces? India is a beautiful celebration of its cultural shock.There's communal tension almost in everything and about everything, but it's just that some choose to endorse it or some ignore it and instead work for a living. But what can be done about it. Only...
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Moon, the other woman in my life
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Moon, the other woman in my life

Did she know she could never see it’s other side?

She didn't know what she sought in the woods, She didn't know what drew her to the moon, Did she know she could never see it's other side? Did she know what the woods hide? She didn't know what bothered her Her ignorance towards real dangers in life, Or, that she had never seen her fear materialize Only she knew and only she could decide.
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When faith said let there be light
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When faith said let there be light

Faith is the routine of the universe.

Faith is indeed very powerful. I like to believe faith is what keeps you going on. Faith is the ultimate elixir of life. Little do we notice, but we automatically take a disliking to something or somebody who have disturbed our little personal school of faith. So is this with animals and every form of life on earth too. Faith is the routine of the universe. From faith, comes harmony. When there's harmony, there's clarity. When there's clarity, there's peace. Out of all universal languages and emotions, faith is the strongest of all. Religions exist in the world merely because...
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