Category: Personal Essays
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Check-in: 13/07.
It is 2:28 AM right now. I have to be up early-ish for a morning flight tomorrow. So I decided I’d not sleep at all. My brain works crazy. I’m in Bangalore for a couple of days so in all probability checking-in with myself won’t be happening. And because I’m up anyhow, I thought I’d…
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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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One year later: This piece is probably too honest to be on the Internet – pt 1
Every single promise that you make to yourself and do not keep gnaws on you. Chisels you into a loser. I strongly believe in this. So every time I pledge to some form of consistency or discipline and fail to live up to my word, I lose one tiny unit of trust in my ability…
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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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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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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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Checking in: 9th Sunday of April, 2023
Happy Easter folks. How are you doing? I aim to write something and post it – so here goes. One. The best writing advice for days I have writer’s block: Write about your day. There is always content. Always a story. You will always have layers, thoughts and nuance. Plus, you get some clarity and…