Tag: Experiences
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Dhaka Diaries: Doors, Flowers, Seasons and random rambling
I haven’t written Dhaka diaries in what feels like forever, but what really is just 3 months. The last time I wrote was on February 9th. February 14th was when the girls left for University, and I got busy with my book, which was released on 24th March, and then I got busy promoting it.…
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Published: Seven Days of Valentine
My poem, ‘Seven Days of Valentine’, has been published by Masticadores USA. In case you’re wondering why I’m talking about Valentine’s in May, well, it’s because I wrote the poem during Valentine’s week. Since the publication had loads of submissions, they couldn’t publish it then. After that, I delayed it as I wanted to update…
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NaPoWriMo 2023 : Day 18 -When I began writing?
Our daily resource is the YouTube channel of Harvard’s Woodberry Poetry Room. Here, you can check out more than 100 videos of poetry readings, lectures, and discussions. There’s much to explore! Finally, here’s our prompt for the day, once again taken from our archives and, as always, optional. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write…
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Book review: The winding road by Miriam Hurdle- A journey of survival
I want to thank Miriam for writing this book which is a real-life account of her battle with cancer in 2008. In the foreword, she says, ” Life is precious and it’s worth fighting for. If I died, my pain went with me, but I would leave pain with my loved ones. My life is…
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Friday Flowers
It feels like a long time since I wrote a post and since I’m still a little dazed (happily so) after the holidays, I figured I’d kickstart my blog with pictures of flowers I took during my holiday. I should’ve taken many more photographs but I’d been far too busy doing other things like meeting…