I started reading Erica Jong’s ‘Fear of Flying’ last week. It’s lain in my bookshelf for a decade now, purchased when I was zealously trying to teach myself to write without shame or fear. I did an erotica adventure in those years, forcing myself to plunge into reading and writing what felt scary and shameful. I even conducted a workshop
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I have lived my whole life in a crowded suburb of a busy metropolis. What I make up in opportunities, I lack in inspiration. The real struggle underlying the fights for space, time & money is keeping your spirit alive. It is eroded, drop by drop, cell by cell, in mundane ways every day. But I found my way to
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I tested negative this morning. It was my second COVID infection in less than three months. The last time came at the close of two and a half years of anxiety and several losses. It was a crash. And when I came out of it on the other side, I found myself ripped free of everything I thought defined me.
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When gods turn to people, I turn harsh Feet of clay drag me to my personal morass of absent adults, desperate fears and fairytales that never come true. I hunt my heroes, hungry for revenge I stake out my gods, hellbent I’m needling, slicing, threading pain It’s throwback trauma time again. When gods melt human instead of divine gold They
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A week ago, the autorickshaw I was in, rushed through a red light. It was the early hours of the day, before peak hour so there weren’t that many vehicles on the road. But there were kids on their way to school, older people taking morning walks and Mumbai’s early morning workers stumbling out of sleep to serve the city.
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I am celebrating Libra month by rewatching The Good Place. This show has struck me as a perfect ode to the Libran journey. And since nobody else seems interested in discussing this angle with me (I’ve tried!), I’ll just talk to my blog about it. Here’s why I think The Good Place is about all things Libra. <spoiler alert: Please
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