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Celebrating One Year of Namaste Now!

Celebrating One Year of Namaste Now!

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Hi! I am Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

Hi! I am Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

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Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Second Innings, New Beginnings

Second Innings, New Beginnings

Sometimes you have to step back to come back stronger
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Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
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Editor’s Picks: Stories That Touched My Heart

Editor’s Picks: Stories That Touched My Heart

Curated for your reading pleasure
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Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
When I Realized I Didn’t Have to be Useful to be Liked

When I Realized I Didn’t Have to be Useful to be Liked

Designated driver, generous gifter, masterchef — these were all roles I took on in the hope that I’d be liked
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anupama rajagopal
How a Rickshaw-Puller’s Grief Bound a Community

How a Rickshaw-Puller’s Grief Bound a Community

And silently provided courage, hope, and resilience
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Rinita Sen
What Makes You Look Pretty?

What Makes You Look Pretty?

It is not what you think. And it never shows up when you expect it
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Tamil
Locked In The Loo With Wild Guest

Locked In The Loo With Wild Guest

Guess who came calling
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Indrani Deb Bhattacharya
An Ordinary Thing Saved My Life

An Ordinary Thing Saved My Life

I stopped chasing reinvention
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Brian Rosta
Rupture and Repair: Building Resilience through Discipline

Rupture and Repair: Building Resilience through Discipline

A small point from a recent book triggered a memory of an age-old Indian practice
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Hetal Sonpal
The Art of Being Gloriously Slow

The Art of Being Gloriously Slow

I’m so slow that I’m still thinking of an apt subtitle
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Akhil Salim
How a Simple Greeting Became My Social Lifeline

How a Simple Greeting Became My Social Lifeline

The quiet magic of ‘Namaste’
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Nishu Sinha
Post-it Notes and the Art of Not Internalizing Blame

Post-it Notes and the Art of Not Internalizing Blame

Don’t let projections and false narratives stick to your sense of self
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Eleni Stephanides
The Illusion of Expensive: How Perspective Shapes Our Reality

The Illusion of Expensive: How Perspective Shapes Our Reality

The same price tag means different things to different people
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Hetal Sonpal
The Voice I Inherited From My Grandmother’s Silence

The Voice I Inherited From My Grandmother’s Silence

Lessons in strength, love, and letting go
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Erin J Daniel
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