Staring at someone’s back in bed, waiting for their breathing to become regular so you know they are finally asleep, is a unique kind of torment that I live with these days. But I guess most spouses of bipolar patients are familiar with this routine. The anatomy of a quiet morning And then, every morning
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It’s a surreal kind of a mindfuck when you realize the people who used to be your absolute ride-or-dies back in school or college are basically strangers now. Sure, you still spam each other with memes, text the occasional gossip, or even grab coffee once a month to catch up. But then, a moment of
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I may have gaps on my CV. But I also have more than a decade’s experience. Apparently, only one of those things is considered a problem. There is something mildly ridiculous about being 40 and having to explain to a company that yes, I can actually do the job. I have spent more than ten
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At nineteen, I married a man I barely knew because everyone around me believed it was the perfect match. Within five months, the dream had unravelled, and I found myself back at my parents’ home, trying to understand how my life had changed so completely. This is the story of those five months and what
This is a love letter to my husband, followed with a healthy dose of real-world marriage lessons for doe-eyed lovers looking to get settled. Dear Deep, Our 16 years together haven’t exactly followed the script we imagined. If our marriage was a road trip, we’d have got lost and argued constantly over the map. More
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Another day, another existential crisis Existential crisis is my new thing. And I have them pretty damn often. And among a hundred other things I worry about, AI is the new boogeyman in my mind. I keep coming across more and more content on my social media feed ominously heralding the end of cognitive and
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My brother’s mid-term break was always in October, a yearly tradition that pulled us straight into the misty hills of Ooty. It was undeniably beautiful, wrapped in soft clouds and crisp mountain mist, even if a quiet kind of heartbreak lingered in the chilly air. But there was also the magic of stunning backdrops, the
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When I was in my early twenties, I would mentally fast forward my life to my forties and see myself as a woman who had it all figured out, a high flyer with a ridiculously good figure, the perfect husband, and the perfect home- the kind we see in glossy magazines, with floor-to-ceiling windows, sleek
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I got catfished years before anyone had a word for it. In 2001, the hottest dating app was the family landline. And all it took was a voice, a little charm, and the hope that your mother wouldn’t pick up the extension. There were no filters and no profiles. We fell for personalities. Turns out,
What a toxic workplace really looks like and the lessons I wish I’d known sooner In my late twenties, I took a content writing job in Kolkata. It was supposed to be a great career move, but it became one of my worst corporate memories. Today, I am in my forties. Yet, when I look
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