She sat perched delicately at the bar counter on a high stool. Her drape dress was lifelessly hanging like a...
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Change Is Pain But A Huge Gain
Letting go of toxic people is an exercise of self-control, discipline, and constant reminders to self. We unfortunately and unknowingly...
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Confined in a dream
The narrow black box confined her body like a coffin. She had been inside this for hours now. She felt...
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The Queue To Serve The Dead
Would I know the grief in the eyes of the dejected family that lives in Kolkata? In those broken walls...
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The Trap of Appearances!
He is the kind of guy you feel safe with in your drunken evening. He compliments easily. He will wait...
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Only Skin Deep
It started with a small discolouration on the side of her finger. She was too frightened to tell anyone and...
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मुझे तो प्यार से ही प्यार होता है…
प्यार - यह तो एक अहसास है ना, फिर क्यों हम किसी ख़ास के होने ना होने से उस अहसास...
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Around the Dinner Table in 28 Days
A still from Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Image via Warner Brothers You sit with a group that you belong to. Or...
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A Mirthless Joke
A still from Joker (2019), Image via Warner Brothers Every great king has their wise jester. Every Akbar and Raja...
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Norma Jeane Mortenson
"Dogs never bite me. Just humans"- Marilyn Monroe Hugh Hefner launched his ground-breaking first edition of Playboy magazine that sold...
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Masks & Metaphors in the Time of Mass Epidemics
I am bombarded with videos of clumsy husbands in kitchens, songs of grit and prayers to the universe. The one forward...
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When Will Women Get to Live Inside “Civilization”?
Again, yes, all over again the entitlement towards gratification and validation (which we call "patriarchy", for short) raised its ugly...
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