Category: Life
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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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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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Shower Thoughts #3
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The Break-Up
I’m going to disappoint you. But you knew that already. It is not as if I didn’t struggle with the decision. I did. For days together. I thought I was strong enough to make up my mind and carry on. But it wasn’t easy to give up what you and I have. Even as I…
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Note to self #1
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I want to own my scar, and you can help.
Every scar tells a story. I have a cousin with a scar across the length of his scalp from breaking open his skull in a bike accident. I once met a mother who proudly wears her cesarean scar as a mark of having carried life within her. I know someone who has a scar from…
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Being tolerant to being Punjabi.
Bright colours, strains of traditional Punjabi songs and the latest Bollywood hits sum up a Punju (short and sweet for Punjabi) wedding for most ‘South Indians’ like me. The verbally brash purists amongst us even call it loud and overdressed. But when I travelled to Delhi and joined the wedding celebrations for my friend of…
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A white cat, an autorickshaw and a life lesson.
Life lessons come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it runs across your path and bring your autorickshaw to a screeching halt. Yes, this happened on a trip to Mumbai – the city that never sleeps and, come to think of it, doesn’t much like stopping either. While I was on my way to a…
Tintu Saleem 