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9 Odd Dumb Things I Have Learnt From 121 Rejections!
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Deaths of Kulgera
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Jyoti
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Does a love story really end with separation if the souls are together?
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Gomti and Hari
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Essays

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How we celebrate Diwali the desi way
Indian mother's secrets to save money and world during festivals
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9 Odd Dumb Things I Have Learnt From 121 Rejections!
Are they helpful since I still fail most of the times?
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Isha Jain
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Does a love story really end with separation if the souls are together?
Thoughts I had while watching the Bollywood romance movie Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha, and a recap.
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These books are haunting me!
My reading list for 2024 is set. Want to steal some for yours? There are book recommendations for everyone.
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Indian Stories

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Shvetratri, the white night
Amma held a secret nobody knew.
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A lazy afternoon, a lost bet and a little love
A simple romantic short story based in Calcutta, India
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Queen of Kulgera
A goddess that lived amongst men.
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Deaths of Kulgera
Hundreds died by drying in lush hills of Kulgera
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Shvetratri, the white night
Amma held a secret nobody knew.
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Dromo aunty's carved pumpkins
Will Luke be able to get one for his wife this Halloween?
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Queen of Kulgera
A goddess that lived amongst men.
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Isha Jain
Deaths of Kulgera
Hundreds died by drying in lush hills of Kulgera
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Isha Jain
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Queen of Kulgera
A goddess that lived amongst men.
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Isha Jain
Deaths of Kulgera
Hundreds died by drying in lush hills of Kulgera
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Isha Jain
2
'Tis the reason
Geru never knew a late-night purchase would haunt him for life.
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Isha Jain
Bloody Sandwich
Simple request turns into a nightmare
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Riva and Koel

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A lazy afternoon, a lost bet and a little love
A simple romantic short story based in Calcutta, India
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Isha Jain
A tradition
A fast that wasn't meant to be kept.
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Riva is adopted by a street dog
I would come back followed by a dog that would have taken me as his own.
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Meet your future self
What happens when the head of police comes at your doorstep because a murder scene you wrote has been replicated?
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