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Comfortable in an Uncomfortable Relationship
While growing up, I have been closer to my mother, more than I have been to my father. One of the reasons may be because Maa was mostly...

J.S.D
Apr 8, 20243 min read
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What goes In, will come Out.
Much like the cliched saying, "what goes around, comes around", the topic for today's (writing+gossip) writssip, holds some truth to our...

J.S.D
Apr 3, 20247 min read
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Immigrant Montana
Author: Amitava Kumar Words: Approximately 95000 I picked up the book expecting it to be some sort of a memoir. My expectations were not...

J.S.D
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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An above average new Year!
It has been eleven days into 2024, and I must say, that I am impressed by its generosity! I say it with the risk of ‘saying it too...

J.S.D
Jan 11, 20241 min read
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Everything is Mucked
It is all meaningless, isn’t it! Our home has completed yet one more circle around the big ball of fire, and it’s time to celebrate that...

J.S.D
Dec 26, 20232 min read
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Making Peace with the Present
We can’t change the past. No matter how sad, bad, terrible, heartbreaking, unfair, unfortunate it has been, there is just no way to go...

J.S.D
Apr 20, 20232 min read
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The Guilt of Pleasures
I come from a lower middle class family from an extremely small town in the state of West Bengal. My family is Bengali, and by taking the...

J.S.D
Apr 10, 20233 min read
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MOTHER WITHOUT A MASK
2023 so far has been kind of slow in terms of reading! Majorly because, I am trying to be a bit more organized with my limited days off....

J.S.D
Mar 25, 20233 min read
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Feliz navidad!!
It’s Christmas Eve tonight! One more cycle completes, almost. One would think that after ten years of staying away from family during...

J.S.D
Dec 25, 20222 min read
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Monologuing 2022!
Never in the past decades have I felt time running away so fast! The older I am getting, I more I realize that time is slipping faster...

J.S.D
Dec 23, 20223 min read
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THE ALCHEMIST
Author: Paulo Coelho Total pages: 170 Total approximate words: 43000 The first time I read this book, I was younger. Perhaps in my mid...

J.S.D
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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MISCONCEPTIONS OF FORGIVENESS
Author: Celice Maree Total approximate words: 77000 “Misconceptions of Forgiveness” is a memoir. Celice has written about a part of her...

J.S.D
Dec 10, 20212 min read
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