Tag: Creative Writing
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I can never find one like you
I woke up this morning wanting to talk, to someone who doesn’t judge, to someone who knows all sides of me. While my husband fits the bill, he’s my husband. And that doesn’t do it for me. Its just not the same as talking to a friend of the same gender. Well, its not like […]
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Mumbai Diaries – It’s a Year! I have a secret to reveal!
Someone recently asked me, ‘ It’s a year! So, how has it been ?’ As of July 2nd we completed a year in Mumbai. There could be many ways to answer this question – the good versus the bad, the strengths versus the weaknesses or the positives versus the negatives. But being a student of […]
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Water – The Elixir of Life
The rains have finally hit Mumbai after a long spell of summer. And everybody is rejoicing. No one is complaining of traffic delays, clothes not drying or not being able to play outdoors. With no rains in Chennai, there’s an acute water shortage in the city. Its been all over the news since the last […]
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NaPoWriMo Day 11: Of my roots
Our optional prompt for today is based on another poem of Elhillo’s, called “Origin Stories.” Like “To Make Use of Water,” this poem struggles to make sense of the distance between the poet’s beginnings, her point of origin, and her present self. Have you ever heard the phrase, “you can’t go home again?” This poem […]