Notes In The Margin: ‘The Collected Regrets Of Clover’ – Mikki Brammer
A stranger gave me ‘The Collected Regrets of Clover’ in a rare act of generosity. The book gently looks at the messiness & mundaneity of grief.
Death
Boundaries | Death | Goodbye | Grief | Regret
The Gentle Goodbye: Embracing Clean Endings In Life
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The Gentle Goodbye: Embracing Clean Endings In Life
2024 was the year I embraced the art of the clean goodbye —free of regret, pain, and drama. Why do we make goodbyes so complicated? (Audio included)
Book Review: DAYTRIPPER – Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba & Craig Thompson
A book review of DAYTRIPPER by Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba, by an Indian reader at the same time of her life as them and the protagonist.
Dissociation On A Train To Dadar
I took a train journey after over 5 years. It simultaneously felt like a new experience & an old pleasant ache that showed up. Is this what dissociation is?
The One Who Fought Fire
My grandfather was a fireman. He fought fire. He saved lives & probably saw hundreds of deaths in his lifetime. He was also a religious man who worshipped Agni.
Making Sense Of Miracles In The Anarchy
I’m turning 44. I survived trauma, 3 recessions, a pandemic. There are miracles, there is anarchy and amidst all that, there is sense.
The Deaths That We Deserve
How I learnt to value deaths as I learnt to value life. What lies next to the pain of loss & fear of the unknown when it comes to death?
How Gardening Taught Me To Think Of Death
Death is hard to think about. Gardening gave me a surprisingly comfortable context in which to explore it.
When It’s Time For Death
I closed a chapter I wrote a decade ago. It is a death since I once gave it life. What lies next to the pain of loss & fear of the unknown when it comes to death?