Category: Reflections
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Colours of the Mind
Read more: Colours of the Mind–Aishwarya VS It’s shivering cold, and I wrap a blanket around my little shoulders to walk into the kitchen. I can see the misty mountains through the four-part wooden door to my side. Achayi (Dad) is sitting on the creaky bench, writing something. No, drawing. As I drowsily peek over his shoulder, I see a …
4–6 minutes
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How to brush your teeth with a HS degree
Read more: How to brush your teeth with a HS degree—Swaminathan S You feel your eyelids getting heavy, it’s an 8 am class, and the prof hasn’t worked out how to admit people into the meet. You haven’t slept, but it’s the first class of the semester and it’s supposed to be an interesting course, and all your seniors say it made them learn something.…
3–5 minutes
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A Cold Night in Insti
Read more: A Cold Night in Insti— Navaneeth CV It was a cold February night in Chennai. The day was long and tiresome, and I found myself too exhausted to socialise. In deep need of some time to rest and heal, I shut myself in my small hostel room and switched on the yellow light. I laid my body on the…
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This too shall pass…
Read more: This too shall pass…— Sadhana NJ I’m standing at the grocery store in a socially distanced line, waiting to get my items billed. I look ahead, there are 3 people standing in front of me. It’s going to take some time because everyone buys monthly supplies these days. The man in front of me is middle-aged, with two…
7–11 minutes
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Shoes, Headphones And A Bottle Of Water
Read more: Shoes, Headphones And A Bottle Of WaterYou know what I miss? Well, one of the things I miss out of the millions that used to give my life meaning and happiness? Walking. Putting on my headphones and just walking; aimlessly, without purpose, without intent and always to the beat of the song. I used to do that all the time in…
3–4 minutes
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Boost is the Secret of My Energy
Read more: Boost is the Secret of My EnergyThe mango tree listens and sways to every little joy and droops to every little hurt. It now knows of a heaven far away; of the place where the nights are livelier than the day, of the people who has kept her good, of the days she had breathed freedom, of a hostel room she…
4–6 minutes
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Idlis in the Time of Corona
Read more: Idlis in the Time of CoronaIT can never take our freedoms… to eat idlis and punukulu anytime we wish to, anywhere we damn well want to. Just wear a mask, pick wide open spaces, try being the first one there, interact with masked individuals for short periods, maintain that distance, sanitize before and after, and bam, you’ll have the best…
4–5 minutes
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Meditations sponsored by IKEA
Read more: Meditations sponsored by IKEAAfter performing the sadness drill for a solid 10 minutes, I dusted myself off and decided to build the table even if it meant that the desk would open downwards. I would just have to learn to live with it, of course.
4–6 minutes
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Next Life, I Want to Be a Stone
Read more: Next Life, I Want to Be a StoneCurrently, I have been avoiding three people who tried to reach out to me, my WhatsApp is filled with unopened messages and a letter sent by a close friend has been lying unopened on my desk for over a week. I am almost always disinterested, tired or exhausted and all I want to do is…
4–6 minutes
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Letter to the Editor #1
Read more: Letter to the Editor #1Somebody should write a manual on how to sit comfortably. It really bothers me that I can’t sit at a table for longer than five minutes without getting jittery.
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