Category: Daily Writings
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A great adventure <3
These are MY people. One year back, I stumbled upon an eccentric man’s website. So I tweeted him a hello-let’s-do-something-together. That is how I met Saurabh Garg, Chandni Menda and Pooja Sahatiya. And the rest of C4E of course. We’re a village that way. Thing is, C4E is THE VILLAGE it takes. The village it takes to build things. To build a life.…
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5/21 things I unlearnt at 21
Mental clutter/Commentary: Hello, hello! Good morning 🙂 When I went to bed last night, I thought I would wake up and write something titled – Postcards from my 21st Birthday. However, having woken up a little late, doing a v smol workout and making myself a really pretty breakfast, I think I do not want…
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Writing: The 3 coolest ideas I’ve stumbled upon
This tweet by Paras Chopra For some reason, and I can’t pinpoint it yet, I thought of this every day for a week when I came across this. When I live in a pool of infinite content, nothing really sticks. This did. And kind of made me go, “Fine, guess I’ll write now.” On an…
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A lesson in observation: Creating merch for DD
One of my favourite, super-exciting projects under Decoding Draupadi has been creating Merch. I have a number of personal reasons why but this piece is not about that. This is about a tiny, little and very-obvious reminder that sat right in front of me all this while but only clicked yesterday. I don’t know how…
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No home to write back to
I am sitting on my desk. It is against a giant window on the 8th floor overlooking a small jungle of sorts. When I look down, I see trees bearing yellow and pink flowers. Shadows of crows and pigeons crawl the land. Occasionally, I also spot a dog or a cat looking for food. What…
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You can’t cash in ideas (and other things)
Hello, hello! I come bearing a couple of thoughts. Here’s the agenda for our little rendezvous – if I may. One. You can not cash in ideas. What this means is that you could have the best ideas on God’s green earth but if you are not acting on them, they are dirt. On the…
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Last night’s funk
There’s hope in the air these days. They’re talking of marriage rights for queer couples. I am excited, wishing we win <3 Also, I overslept. Again? I am starting to believe this AC and ultra-cozy blanket of mine are the problem. On most days when I have overslept, my first reaction is to freak out.…
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Two hours of absolute inaccessibility
Yesterday was a classic case of me not waking up on time and thus missing my two hours of working in absolute inaccessibility. What is that? I do not tell the world I am awake – which means: I do not step out of my room, do not play loud music, do not tweet, post…
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Excited accountability: Teach yourself anything
Every new sun, something new excites me: juggling balls, baking triple chocolate cookies, rexing on the skates, bachata – it’s an endless list. Quite honestly, this is my favourite thing about myself. The best part of living in the 21st century is that with YouTube around, I can teach myself anything. And this is where the…