Category: Life
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Bloganuary Day 9: What is my mission?
I am a child of the internet. I was born in the eighties and grew up in the nineties. I became a “netizen” or an internet citizen in my late teens and have never looked back. For a confused gawky teenager, the internet helped me find a place and made me feel heard. It would…
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Bloganuary Day 8: My thoughts on the concept of living a very long life
The idea of living a very long life is indeed intriguing. I personally believe that life is beautiful, it is the best thing we have – to be “self-aware” human beings and have an experience in this world which has so much to offer. We all have a window of time to spend in this…
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Bloganuary Day 7: What could I do differently?
I am fairly certain that very the thought of doing things differently is something that intrigues every human being. I am yet to meet a person who has not thought about changing something from the past. I think it is a brilliant thought exercise, which probably spawned all the time travel movies that we see…
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Bloganuary Day 6: What would my freeway billboard say?
With some help from my AI friend, I generated the freeway billboard of my dreams, which you can see in the featured image of this blog post. If for some reason, you are not able to find it, I have embedded it below for your viewing pleasure My freeway billboard will have the letters “DO”…
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Bloganuary Day 5: Do I spend more time thinking about the future or past?
Today’s prompt brought me back to one of my favorite songs – Baz Luhrmann’s Sunscreen: Don’t worry about the future, Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your…
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Bloganuary Day 4: The Greatest Gift Someone Could Give Me
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? The greatest gift someone could ever give me is their time. Especially, Facetime – and no, I’m not referring to the Apple feature. I’m referring to actual in-person time. I would consider it the biggest gift and honor if a person dedicates their in-person time for…
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Bloganuary Day 3: What colleges have you attended?
I love today’s prompt. I have shared a lot of posts in this blog and my other one, on college. In fact, I started blogging at college too, and I have a lot of memories from that period. For today’s prompt, I would like to talk about a college where I am currently enrolled. In…
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Bloganuary Day 1: My Biggest Challenges
What are your biggest challenges? 2023 has been a challenging year for me, as I step into the new year, I can’t help but take a look at my challenges. The thing about challenges is that in a way, you can pick yours. A good challenge could be a great way to stay motivated and…
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On Losing Someone You Loved with All Your Heart
On July 27th, 2023, I lost my father in law – Mohanan Nair, to cancer. I am not new to death, I have seen many loved ones bid goodbye to this cruel world. I am still recovering from the back-to-back deaths of two of our cats – Boo and Kiku, a couple of years back.…
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The Home That I Live In
Today’s bloganuary prompt is: “What irritates you about the home you live in?” Since the answer to that question is “nothing” (I love my home), I’m going to share a bit about my own home! A few years back, I saw a lovely Malayalam movie called Jacobinte Swaragarajyam. The movie starts with an English song…
Hari Shanker R 