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#AtoZChallenge- Queen
She stared at the flashing operating light as she laid down on the bed. The doctors were busy prepping for her C-section. In spite of all the pain, she hardly showed any physical discomfort. Enduring physical pain was easier for her compared to her emotional turmoil. There was no anticipation for her child. As the nurse…
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#AtoZChallenge- People Pleaser
Over the past two years, I realized something very astonishing, yet valuable and enlightening. But the sad part is, I had to learn it the ‘hard way’. Since my childhood, I grew up with an idea of being ‘nice’!(whatever that meant) Nice to friends, nice to teachers, nice to family, nice to things, nice to…
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#AtoZChallenge- Opportunist
Neil, Mary and Sam were classmates, best friends and companions for life. They were enjoying the final months of their college life as they would be graduating soon. Apart from cherishing moments of their happy days, they were also nervous about their future ahead. It was time for them to decide on what they wanted…
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#AtoZChallenge- Nebraska Nice
When I was looking for universities to apply for masters, I had to rely mostly on suggestions and feedback from study abroad consultancies or fellow uncles whose kids studied abroad or my friends and seniors. Their suggestions mostly boiled down to the universities that belonged to either the East coast, West coast or the Texas region of…
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#AtoZChallenge- Multitasking
Nita was trying to pay attention to the lecture while she was busy texting. She enjoyed this new found way of uninterrupted communication with her friends and loved ones. At school, in the bus, while shopping or running errands, no matter where, she was always able to text along with what she was supposedly doing.…
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#AtoZChallenge- Lost
It was the summer of 1993. The Victoria Terminus Station of Mumbai (then Bombay) was bustling with people as usual. A little girl with curly pigtails holding her mother’s hand was trying hard to make her way through the crowd. Her mother was carrying her toddler brother in another arm. As she tippy toed her way…
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#AtoZChallenge- Kiss
She entered, I stared. She smiled, I blushed. She saw, I hid. She called, I rejoiced. She approached, I panicked. She spoke, I stammered. She texted, I smiled. She sought, I helped. She exclaimed, I wondered. She grumbled, I heard. She criticized, I eulogized. She failed, I sympathized. She expressed, I empathized. She implied, I…
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#AtoZChallenge- Juxtaposition
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#AtoZChallenge- Introspection
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#AtoZChallenge- Heliophilia