Category: Blogging
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A superpower I’d love to have
Fresh from watching Minnal Murali on Netflix (for the 10th time?), I’m going to answer super speed and strength with the power to levitate things! I kid. On a more serious note, I would wish for a superbrain as a super power. Like the ability to have a brain that works like a computer. I…
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A cause I am passionate about
Oh I would lose count if I try to answer things… There are so many causes that are close to my heart! From open source to civil rights! But if I were to sum up the top things, I would pick human rights – specifically the rights of women and LGBTQI+ folks. We live in…
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Be Kind
I was inspired by Matt’s birthday message on crafting a writing habit. I’ve been doing this for a few days now (as part of bloganuary), and I’m enjoying this. I’m treating this blog like a journal, pouring my mind in here… And then I thought, I’d need a motto like Matt, to follow this year.…
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Do I even like my writing?
I started writing when I was school. When I say writing, I mean, “writing”, as a hobby. I was egged on by my then-English teacher Deepa Pillai ma’am, who encoruaged me to share my unchecked ramblings with the whole wide world. I was standing on the shoulder of giants, watching my seniors at school share…
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Something I Wish I Knew How to Do
I’m a wishful thinker, and I keep wishing for so many things. In fact, I yearn for things all the time. And, at any point in time, I keep yearning for something! It’s a fact. Here’s a list of random things that I wish I’d knew how to do: I wish I knew how to…
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The last time I left my comfort zone
I don’t know how, but I get sucked into comfort zones, all the time. The good thing though, is that I know when I’m one within a while. But by then, I’m too comfortable to get it out. Of late, I’ve been more proactive about realizing when I’m in a comfort zone and I know…
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The Road Trip I would Love to Take
Several years back, I saw a Malayalam movie called “Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi” (literally translates to Blue skies, green seas, scorched earth). It’s the story about a young man called Kasi who decides to go on a cross country road trip across India (from the South in Kerala to the North East in Tawang), with…
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The Advise I would give to my Teenage Self
As a teenager, I was really unkind towards myself. I was grappling through all kinds of complexes. I did not feel good about myself. I felt that I looked like a weirdo. I had this weird feeling that I was an outcast and that I did not fit in. I was performing badly at school…
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2020 So Far
The other day, I saw this tweet, which said that 16% of 2020 is over: It blew my mind. Part of me still believes that January 1, 2020 was just yesterday. As I write this, we’re on the last day of February 2020, and 16% of the year is over. Time (or your perception of…
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Flower Ruins
Not too long ago, the flowers you see in this picture were beautiful and glorious. They blossomed from tiny buds to pretty, glorious flowers; and reached the pinnacle of their beauty. Everyone used to stare lovingly at them. Girls wanted all of them to adorn their beautiful hair. Guys wanted to pick these flowers and…
Hari Shanker R 