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When I unburdened my husband from my unrealistic expectations!
Diyaa
I sit here gazing at the orange sky… looking at the sun bidding us adios for the day, peacefully returning to where it came from. Not too far across I spot a pair of eagles sitting on the coconut tree, staring away, they look mesmerised by what they see... read more...
06-Nov-2017 • 1056 views
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What Travel Taught Me
Jyoti
My tryst with travel began as a means to escape the mundane things of life and gradually became an addiction. And, somehow along the way, I turned from a tourist into a traveller. Travel is a powerful teaching tool and I would like to share a few things that I... read more...
10-Oct-2017 • 1239 views
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What is the writing life?
Kapil Muzumdar
There is the clutter gathering in the deep drawers of your mind. Some of it makes sense, some other utter nonsense. You put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. And words begin to spew themselves out. You let the mind wander and in an utter ramble. As the roam... read more...
28-Sep-2017 • 885 views
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Random acts of kindness
Rachna Maheshwari
Random acts of kindness Darkness was thickening and evening advanced. My car was parked at roadside, while I waited        for the roadside vendor to give me snacks I had ordered. Indian roadside eating joints are not considered a very clean or hygienic place... read more...
17-Sep-2017 • 969 views
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Beauty of the broken
Chaitali
Some glasses break, without respite. Shattered glass, a battered mind; a flattering view it is albeit. The parts hold the whole together, still letting through the light. read more...
09-Sep-2017 • 774 views
Experiences
What's up WhatsApp?
Kalamwali
Intentionally or not, in today’s times we end up spending enormous amount of time on this app called WhatsApp. It’s as though the world, life, work, chores, socializing and communication didn’t exist before WhatsApp came into being. I, personally am a hypocritical user of... read more...
22-Aug-2017 • 1133 views
Experiences
The New You – Version 2.0
archnehas
Quite a weird title! But it seems apt at the moment. This story is about every girl & women who has been through a sabbatical at normal life or work or studies or any activity that was her agenda. The many reasons for sabbatical could be – shifting to a... read more...
23-Jul-2017 • 1585 views
Experiences
Friends v/s "Friends" v/s Ffrriieennddss
Kalamwali
“She’s not my friend anymore”, said my six-year-old daughter with a grumpy face. I wanted to laugh at that bundle of entertainment but controlled myself, knowing what a calamity it was in her life. She was talking about a girl in her class and... read more...
23-Jul-2017 • 1042 views
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The scariest experience of my life till date!!!
Jyoti
It was on this day, two years back that I had a very scary experience. For the first time in my life, my flight got cancelled and I was stranded at Leh. I had a connecting flight from Delhi which obviously I missed and I was so frantic that I... read more...
13-Jul-2017 • 1041 views
Experiences
An ode to friendship
Jyoti
What does a true friend mean? I don’t have an answer to the above question but I think as you mature in life, gain experiences and face challenging situations – you start to understand the meaning of a true friend. Through this article I want to thank my... read more...
07-Jul-2017 • 1142 views
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The BAD Break-up
Kalamwali
  Most of the Art, Literature, Poetry, Creativity in the world has stemmed out of Love, and the rest of it, out of break-ups. That too, the difficult ones. The depth of art and creativity is directly proportional to the quantum of the hurt caused by a heart break... read more...
21-Jun-2017 • 1088 views
Experiences
Dear Parents
Manali Jobanputra
Dear Parents,In the light of recent events, I’ve decided to write this letter, and I urge each one of you to read it, whether or not you’re a parent.  Report cards and Mark sheets do NOT decide your child’s WORTH. This statement... read more...
19-Jun-2017 • 885 views
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Dear Indians
Manali Jobanputra
After the final match yesterday between India and Pakistan, I do understand most of us are disheartened and so are our players, but after seeing the outcome of this disappointment, on social media, I’m urged to write this.  I opened my Facebook, and it was flooded with... read more...
19-Jun-2017 • 924 views
Experiences
We are 1 today!
Kalamwali
"Perfection is not the result, but the process” - Kalamwali I wrote this quote on a day I was extremely exhausted. I was somewhere between feeling sorry for myself and giving myself some benefit of the doubt. 3 months into starting Kalamwali, almost everything was in a nascent stage, including... read more...
16-Jun-2017 • 927 views
Experiences
Sweat assures you’d never go dry!
Kapil Muzumdar
How we view Struggle... When we aim for something, we generally achieve it after some struggle. In the case of a luckier few, the struggle is lesser or close to none and in the case of the luckiest others, it is a hard and strenuous. The ones who live through... read more...
13-Jun-2017 • 807 views
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Imperfections…journey from bane to boon!
Kapil Muzumdar
Life is truly a wonderful blessing. And perhaps the larger blessing comes in a cast of being imperfect. I agree nobody is perfect on this earth. But the imperfections that I am talking about are different. Flaws or imperfections that do not bulge out in the open but are constantly... read more...
05-Jun-2017 • 887 views
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