Marketing Consultant & Writer
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If Vincent were a mental health activist and a slam poet.
Who gave you the right to dub my night depressing or fill my stars with hope? What if the dark is my time of rest and the shimmers of light, a distraction at best? Who asked you to call my cypress, the foreboding of death? When they are as commonplace in my topography as dying…
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The horror
Her horror turned to disappointment. Disappointment with herself for acting powerless. It is odd how pain inflicted on a part of our body wounds the mind first. This particular blow hit her most precious part – her daughter; the pain permeated her skull and left a scar on her motherhood. So far it had been…
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Lost and found in Venice
One rainy afternoon in Venice, as I walked around the city with a map, a fragrance invaded my ‘sea meets fish meets rot’ smelling air space. I took a deep breath to catch it better and decided to sniff out my adventure that day. I had been warned about the confusing walkways of Venice and…
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Shower Thoughts #5
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The A to Z of what really matters.
A tiny little voice cried out in pain, “I didn’t mean to mumma.” Barely did she finish the sentence that her mother looked at her with disappointment. Caught in an impending storm of tears the little one looked at her mother, imploring her to forgive. Dilnar knew she had upset her mother by dropping her…
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Finding Franky and the real Goa.
The day I met Franky Gracias, I almost didn’t meet him. After I had spent two sleepless nights in Goa without electricity and in the company of buzzing mosquitoes, on that very day I defected from a home-stay to a fancier hotel with power back-up and water that didn’t make its way in a tanker.…
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Shower Thoughts #4
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Art with no strings attached.
On a warm, stuffy day in Delhi, I came face to face with a 5 feet by 5 feet canvas at the French Embassy. I stood mesmerized by the scale of it and also horrified that I was expected to fill this white expanse along with four schoolmates in a matter of a few hours.…
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Shower Thoughts #3
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Tintu Saleem 