Anecdotes
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I have a younger sibling. Which means no matter what I do, or where I am in life, I will always have this one person who will smother me with her love one moment, accuse me of cramping her style in the next moment and cry tears of anguish the third moment because I’m not
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I love the recent trend of making mood boards, character sketches, Spotify playlists and book trailers to give the reader an understanding of the vibe a book is going for. It’s such a cool way of engaging all your senses while reading, making it an immersive experience.
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I’m fineI don’t get stressedAll is well are phrases I am intimately familiar with. It took me the longest time to even acknowledge that I get stressed or I have worries. A lot of that has to do with the constant diet of “you’re strong” I feed myself with. Allowing myself the bandwidth to be
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Any time I come across a brand on social media that claims it has a social cause angle to it as well, the first section I check is the About section. I love finding out how someone decided that recycling plastics to make shoes was a great idea. Or why someone thought of using rag
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I have always been envious of people who could journal. A friend of mine still has her journals from school and she goes through them from time to time, just to reaffirm how she has grown and yet, maintained her child-like awe and terror in new experiences.
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My household has always been one where birthdays and celebrations have been bookended by donations – either to old age homes or orphanages. I still remember the yearly letter we used to get from Help Age India and how dad’s contribution had been used to help someone’s livelihood.
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When I was in school, we had to make journals as part of our board exams requirement. They were 20 easy marks to add to our science subjects and almost everyone put in the considerable effort of asking for favours, getting their mothers/sisters onboard to do the diagrams or to write the material so the
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