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"Meet me on the other side"

Why are people so surprised at suicides? You crush and break spirits. You point fingers and accuse. You stand by and watch someone fa...

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My Achilles Heel

Last Monday, my father fractured his left shoulder bone. This was the second time in 3 months. The first time it was his right shoulder ...

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My Milestone

I know I’ve come a long way and it’s never been as apparent to me as it is today. I’d like to share a little about my journey in get...

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Emptying the bottle (and the year)

Emptying the bottle (and the year)

I finally emptied a bottle of perfume. This has never happened before. In fact, I didn’t even use perfume for a large part of my life....

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It was one of those rare blissful weekends that can only result from no planning. I don't remember the last time I felt like I was ...

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I'm self-destructive. But you already knew that, didn't you? You might even hit me back with the retort, 'But, who isn'...

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Emptiness

The emptiness inside you moves without warning like an errant tenant. One day you find a space inside your head that's hollow, the ...

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If you came around only once a year, maybe I'd appreciate you more. Like a mango. "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show m...

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Xit Kodi for the Soul

Ask any self-respecting Goan, worth his or her weight in coconut, what would they like as their last meal and this is the answer you will ...

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I've hollowed out my heart. It no longer contains remnants of other stories or the stale air of regrets. I've hollowed out that spa...

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Plunging right in

So a couple of veins in my right hand, just below the surface of my skin, are inflammed in a condition called superficial thrombophlebitis...

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All the different love stories that keep us alive

Eating ripe fruit together on a humid July night in Bombay. Walking on the sands of Miramar at dusk in May. Drinking one bottle of Thu...

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It's a self-preservation thing.

Don't get sucked into the problems and pain of others. They will just make your dormant ones come alive again. Don't let people t...

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