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Favourite Reads of 2023

Favourite Reads of 2023

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Favourite Reads of 2022

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The Best Books I Read In 2018

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B̶h̶a̶a̶d̶ Pahad Mein Ja

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Life Is A Game

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Run, Forrest! Run!

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How I’m trying to float on the surface and not drown in the sea of sameness

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Why You Should Never Say “I’ll Do Anything To Achieve This”

Why You Should Never Say “I’ll Do Anything To Achieve This”

“Never in life affirm that I’ll do anything to achieve this.”, dad taught us, when I was 14; my brother 18.
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Right Time

Right Time

everything comes to us at the right time doesn’t it?
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The False Idea of Progress

The False Idea of Progress

The dictionary defines progress as ‘development towards an improved or more advanced condition.’
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Morning!

Morning!

“Morning”, he said, walking into her apartment, styling his hair looking at his reflection on their photo frame. It was the one he had…
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The Equation of Success in Sport

The Equation of Success in Sport

Remember the finals of FIFA World Cup 2014? Argentina vs Germany. None of the sides could net the ball up to full-time. In the extra time…
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“We’re not drawing closer to the end. The end is drawing closer to us”

“We’re not drawing closer to the end. The end is drawing closer to us”

The twilight was before them, shades of orange scattered across the sky as if they were trying to latch on to the last rays of the setting…
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Waiting To Fly

Waiting To Fly

The skies roared out in rage, As thunder struck in a fit of outrage, The little caterpillar tethered in pain, As the rains schlepped it…
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Why?

Why?

Why Much love and happiness Scares me
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Tomorrow of Yesterdays

Tomorrow of Yesterdays

Yesterday was yesterday’s today Today is yesterday’s tomorrow Tomorrow is tomorrow’s today
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Rain

Rain

I often wonder What connection I share with the rain Why its arrival makes my soul Dance with unbridled childlike delight Why it brings…
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5 Mistakes You’ve Made in Understanding Quiet People

5 Mistakes You’ve Made in Understanding Quiet People

Being a quiet person is not easy, it comes with its own share of problems. Ask the one who first comes to your mind when we talk about…
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5 changes to WhatsApp that you should recommend to Mark Zuckerberg

5 changes to WhatsApp that you should recommend to Mark Zuckerberg

Ever since its initial release in 2010, WhatsApp has come a long way from a being an ultra-simple messaging app to being the most popular…
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The Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO)

The Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO)

I was at the Bengaluru Tech Summit yesterday. A grand annual event where great tech minds come together. There were two conference halls at…
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Life is You

Life is You

If life is a game You’re my trump card You’re my winning spirit My passion
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You Are The Poetry

You Are The Poetry

You are the thought The head
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One Part You, One Part Me

One Part You, One Part Me

One part inclination One part growing fondness, One part attachment One part expectation, One part disappointment, One part pull of…
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Life is Calling

Life is Calling

I met her in my dream Last night
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Guilt or Grief

Guilt or Grief

When life Led to a crossroad Where one way Led to grief The other To guilt
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Call of the Mountains

Call of the Mountains

In the mountains, out of breath, Equipped and acclimatized to avert death, Far and wide, only one thing in sight, The majestic mountains…
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Masaan (2015): The Crematorium for Social Stigma

Masaan (2015): The Crematorium for Social Stigma

Masaan (2015) is arguably one of the finest Bollywood films I’ve watched. Belonging to the cadres of The Lunchbox (2013) and Ship of…
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Have a Promo Code?

Have a Promo Code?

Well at this rate, I think in a few years we’re going to have more promo codes than human beings.
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What Is Time?

What Is Time?

Often it seems like time is nothing more than a big lie that has been deceiving us since forever.
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Raindrop

Raindrop

“You’re my princess”, he said, patting her back gently, as she sobbed grievously in his arms, disappointed with few some in her life. She…
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Screw Relationships

Screw Relationships

Relationships suck. And why? Because ‘relationship’ is the third person between him and her. It is demanding and dominating. A relationship…
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The Sadhus of Rishikesh

The Sadhus of Rishikesh

They wander in a spiritual quest Living on the generosity of strangers Their appearance, in itself A form of artistic expression An ode to…
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