Category: #SocialInfluences
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The Lasting Impact of Childhood Judgments
Some incidents become unforgettable, not because they are extraordinary, but because they strike us at a vulnerable age. They take root in our minds, shaping our thoughts, our choices, and sometimes the course of our entire destiny. I have carried this memory for half a century, replaying it countless times.…
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The Yo-Yo Mind: Finding Balance in a World of Comparison
The mind swings like a yo-yo—restless, reactive, always reaching. One moment you’re enough, the next you’re behind. But comparison is a trickster, not a truth-teller. What feels ordinary to you might be someone else’s dream. So pause. Breathe. Name what’s real.
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A Promise Of Faith
(Forceful religious conversions, making a spouse give up their personal faith in inter-religious marriages, is one of the very poignant issues, prevalent across our society since ages, which is what inspired me to come up with this fiction.) It was 5 pm. As the rickshaw took through the traffic jammed…
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Imperfect Couple But A Perfect Love (A Valentines Day Post)
It was six in the morning. The cook had already left, finishing his daily routine of preparing breakfast and lunch. Adarsh got up and silently tiptoed into the kitchen, so as not to disturb Vartika. He switched on the coffee kettle, packed his own and their five-year-old daughter, Raavi’s lunch…
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Menstruation Taboos – The Current Sensation
Reading so many articles on the supposedly most taboo subject “PERIODS”, evokes certain thoughts. There was an era when certain things were staunchly followed during menstruation and they were: (1) Female folks of the home were told to stay separate (2) Instructed not to touch anything or anyone (3) Even…
Affinity and Moods 