Author: Bhadra Anil
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From Rented Roofs to Finally Belonging
The Long Walk Home Ever since I can remember, we’ve lived like tenants of our own lives, shifting from house to house before any place could settle into a home. Packers and movers became recurring characters in my childhood, but the packing was always Amma’s job as they only did the moving. Sometimes my grandparents…
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True Takes: Bad Girl (2025, Tamil)
The Burden of Being Yourself useless. slut. bad girl. That is all that Ramya is to the world. Bad Girl follows Ramya from her teens into her 30s, letting us sit inside her inner world which is confused, hurt, yet kind. She feels everything deeply: joy, anger, frustration, grief. She is not someone who fully…
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mosaic of selves
here’s the podcast version (i prefer that you read this one)- sometimes i wonder how many versions of me are walking around in other people’s minds. each person who knows me carries a different fragment. some see crumbs of a single dimension of me. others have glimpsed my deepest vulnerabilities. maybe the truest version of…
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How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything!
here’s the podcast version: You know, your tiny, mindless activities speak louder than you realise. Your personality echoes through every small action you take every day. You think these are random choices. But they’re not. They’re patterns. If you look closely, the smallest things reveal the deepest truths about you. Let me show you. 1.…
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is this what love feels like? ~ the love edit · episode 1
Love doesn’t always arrive like lightning. Sometimes, it settles like sunlight. It’s in the ease of shared silences, in the tiny rituals we build together,the comfort of knowing someone’s hand without looking. This photo essay is about that : love, not as a spark, but what feels like home!Featuring people from different worlds~different languages,different currencies,different…
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hyderabad’25 vlog~
we documented our little trip to hyderabad. had so much fun re-living it through this vlog. decided to keep every real sound behind to keep it raw. in fact, left a lot of raw edges ’cause that’s the only way to experience it in full? recommend watching it on your pc and adjusting the quality…
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A Decade and a Half: My 15-Year Journey to Confront My Father Who Walked Away
here’s the podcast version~ My parents separated when I was 8. Getting my custody was a cakewalk for my mother since my father never even showed up for the divorce. This is a letter I wrote to my alcoholic father in 2023 but never sent. I haven’t edited it to suit my style now, it’s…
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The Lost Art of Solitude: My Guide on Becoming Your Own Company
here’s the podcast version – Chapter 1 : The Early Days As a child, I used to enjoy my own company a lot. I had plenty of activities to pass time, ranging from talking to myself to making DIY art projects, playing dress-up, taking self-portraits, doing a 10-minute ab challenge, jamming to songs loudly, and…
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things i wish i could tell my teenage self
Hey teenage Bhadra,Here is YA Bhadra talking with her newly discovered limited wisdom about the world, that she mandates you know. (What she doesn’t know yet is that middle-aged Bhadra is chuckling at her for thinking she understands life.) There’s more that I have to tell you, but I am running out of the time…
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Beyond Aperture and ISO ~ leaving my signature
when i first started my photography page on instagram, i was an amateur artist. i still am an amateur artist, but one who has found her purpose for creating; her why. my technical knowledge is disgraceful. i haven’t used my mirrorless camera in two years. i shoot mostly on my phone, which is no longer…
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