Category: heartfelt
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Dear Muthashi,
Today marks 1 year since Muthashi left us, according to the Malayalam calendar; the calendar that was most precious to her. Nobody celebrates my star birthday like she used to. No matter what, she would make it to our family deity sitting at Kovattu: Goddess Bhadrakali, to ask of her to take care of her…
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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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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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Welcome Home
After years of procrastination, self-doubt, and fear of judgment, I finally got my brain to shut up for a second and take the leap, starting a creative space of my own. Mine, and only mine. Now, to be real, my head was saying: Who would want to read what I write? Will people even make…
By Bhadra 