Category: Blog Stories
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I Am Scared!
I am scared if I will be able to meet you again.I am scared if you will be able to see me again. A tiny virus is dancing on the streetInfecting all and sundry as they breathe.Social distancing, lockdown, and now double masksIt’s just getting hard to breathe. Remember when we were kids, we tried…
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Motherhood is Confusing
I still remember the first day when we dropped Kuku to school. He was confused and dismayed. Why Mamma-Papa wants to leave me here? Alone. He was crying and so was I. “It is a matter of only three hours.” I wiped my tears and said reassuringly to Mr. Husband who looked even more perturbed.…
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The Cost of One Box of Meal
Five days ago, a video went viral stating a Zomato delivery guy punched a beauty and fashion influencer. The reason being food delivered was late than expected and the customer demanded it for free. I saw the bleeding nose footage and empathized with the lady but one thing could not get off my head. What…
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Happy … Day! Fill in the blanks.
Why wait for a single day to celebrate when each day can be our day? Let’s make this place one where a woman is not judged for her choices, her dressing sense, her body shape, her color. Let’s make this place such that a solo woman traveler is making the most of her time on…
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Not My Fault
I was a young girl, just 15 years old,This incident turned me shy and cold. He came and groped my breasts,I stood there stunned, hiding my chest. He ran, turned, looked at me grinning,I felt like a mess, my head is spinning. I went home and informed about this,I was told to keep quiet and…
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Just a “Mother”
Mothers are often tagged as stay-at-home or working and that for me is like the casteism of mommies; where each group is trying to justify why they are being so. But let me tell you all, don’t try to rationalize because you are ‘Just a “Mother”’. When I was pregnant and working, I was told…
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Winner Winner, Fishy Dinner!
Four friends were on a camping trip near a lake. They walked deep inside the forest with the help of a paper map. Thanks to the weak network, Google maps did not work. “I had asked you to download the offline maps.” Nayana was agitated. She was a perfectionist but this time she was forced…
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One Night on the Moon
‘Finally, here I am! How I wish my best friend would have been with me, too. Anyway, let’s take a Moon landing selfie, but the lighting is so dim. Never mind, I will update the brightness later. I know the perfect filter to fix it.’ Click! Click! Click! I captured some pictures of the landing…
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Melee In My Mind
From Monday to Friday, this is the most hated thing,7’o clock in the morning, my alarm never fails to ring. The toughest part of the day, I don’t want to, yet push myself.I sigh, glancing at the to be read books on my lovely bookshelf. The only silver lining, T.G.I.F., can stay up late, party…
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Positivity is the Key
One day, a friend and I were discussing optimism v/s pessimism. We concluded with a one-liner that an optimist is open to opportunities, while a pessimist always ponders over the past. When we think about a past episode, we imagine and build a plot in our minds and then recreate it scene by scene but…
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