Anecdotes

  • Making the perfect cup of chai

    I have had 1, 2, 3, 4…9 people telling me that I make an excellent cup of tea. Yes, they may be friends or family but being tea connoisseurs, if they say they enjoy the tea I make, there’s some truth in it. So today, gird your loins because I’m going to teach you how

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  • Sweet as sugar and everything nice

    Though I love to say I don’t need more friends than the ones I already have, I have had the privilege of making friends wherever I have existed. Whether it was a boss during an internship who wasn’t even physically present and since this was pre-covid, we didn’t have any face-to-face conversations in the three-month

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  • My top 10 fav desserts and where to get them

    Desserts and I have a love-love relationship. The reason I love buffets is the variety of desserts I get to eat in one go. I spend time figuring out what dessert will give me the most joy before putting it on my plate. I ensure I’m completely present for the first bite of the dessert,

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  • My gratitude list for 2023

    My gratitude list for 2023

    I love year end rituals and forcing my brain to go back to the beginning of the year to pick up some things that I did right and some things I could work on in the next year. Seeing how hard it is to recall what happened in Jan 2023, I got a brainwave that

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  • From me, to me

    From me, to me

    I wrote an open letter to myself sometime in August 2017 which makes it exactly 6 years ago. I went through it and I cannot believe I called myself not wise. I mean, that letter was peak wisdom. What was 27-year-old Suchita even thinking, calling herself not wise!

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  • An ode to my Chemistry teacher, on Teacher’s Day

    You came into our life on a bright afternoon when we were 13 because we were being hooligans and they couldn’t find another substitute teacher. You didn’t scold us though. Just set up an assignment for us to do and for the rest of the thirty minutes, we were quiet, in awe of you.

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  • 12 instant pick-me-ups

    12 instant pick-me-ups

    I’m not in the habit of making lemonade when life gives me lemons. Because my first reaction to an adversity is plain denial with the fervent hope that if I don’t see it, it won’t see me. The time period between me realizing that the problem is real may have reduced with age, but my

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