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The Curated Circle Of Friendship

There was a time when friendship was measured in years and proximity. People stayed because they were around. School and university friends remained on our lists. Neighbours became default companions.

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In The Mood for Love – February Blossoms

February is advertised as the month of blooming hearts, but anyone who has lived long enough knows it is really the season of remembering. The light is still winter-thin, evenings

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The Kitchen Learns to Love Again

Christmas is more than lights and playlists. It is smell and memory. It arrives quietly. Much before December 25. Through kitchens. Through bakeries. Through habits we slip back into every

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Butterflies of the Graveyard 

Reflection From the Quiet Side of Kolkata. Some places are not meant to be visited; they are meant to be entered, like a sentence inhaled before it becomes meaning. The

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The Erasure and Remembrance of Shakuntalam

What gives Shakuntalam its enduring relevance is not the eventual reunion, but the woman who survives without it. Shakuntala’s strength does not depend on recognition. Her identity does not collapse

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A Room of One’s Own, and Ink

Writing has never been an indulgence for women. It has been a hiding place. When the world was too loud, too certain, too uninterested in listening, the page became a

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