• Beautiful boy

    Beautiful boy

    The first time Harish noticed the man, he was running from one side of the hotel lobby to the other, carrying two identical pieces of towels, which according to his very exacting guest were actually lilac and lavender and so, vastly different.

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  • All of me, loves all of you

    I’m standing naked in front of my full-length mirror. The door is locked behind me. But my eyes are not on my body. Instead, they are looking at the open curtain of my French windows. My body’s primaeval reaction to that open curtain is to run and close it so no one can peek inside…

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  • #BlogchatterA2Z theme reveal: slice of life

    Hello! I’m back. Or rather I should say #BlogchatterA2Z is back. This is my seventh year participating in the challenge and yes a total boast, I have completed all six attempts. It’s usually because I plan the fuck out of the AtoZ challenge to make sure I finish it and I read as many posts…

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  • How I nurture my creativity

    If there is one thing that I have heard from the Blogchatter community and team members, it is the need to schedule free thinking time. For some of us, travelling time constitutes that time when one can think and allow the mind to just expand and flow. For others, it could be a walk among…

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  • The transformative power of empathy

    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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  • How do you rate books?

    How do you rate books?

    I dislike giving stars to books. I remember talking to a friend, telling her how much I love a book and she happened to see the rating I had given this book and she was confused because I had given it only 3 stars. When she asked me to explain, I had no idea why…

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  • Journaling: something new that has helped my mental health

    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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