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The year was 2010. 10th grade boards were right around the corner and I was Extremely Stressed™ as an overachiever with less-than-perfect math scores. A bunch of family members decided to catch Kamal’s latest in...
Read More…and no, it’s not through viral “what to read instead” Instagram posts. In my childhood home, my bed was by the window but not close to it. There was just enough space to walk to...
Read MoreFor the longest time, I did not want to go to Japan. It’s always been on my bucket list, mind. But I don’t like when things end and I did not want the sadness that...
Read More1. Crying on the bathroom floor about corporate breaking my spirit and being a rusty old cog in its capitalistic wheel. 2. Between the aisles of a grocery store, wondering how I can chug just...
Read MoreI turned 31 a few months back. “You’re still young” has officially curdled into “You’re not so young anymore, Shruti,” and my knees now launch a full-blown orchestra of pops and creaks every morning just...
Read MoreHi, I’m Shruti. And as any other Shruti would tell you, it’s a painfully common name. Walk into any crowded room and call out for Shruti — at least 3 heads will swivel in your...
Read MoreI read Malice by Keigo Higashino more than ten years back and it quickly had me sucked into the world of translated Japanese crime fiction novels. If I were a better person, I wouldn’t say...
Read MoreChatGPT cannot write exactly like you and here’s why. 1. It was never bullied. As much as I would like to try, ChatGPT has never been bullied. How can you expect a tin can that...
Read MoreWell, this is embarrassing. To my old readers, hello again. Turns out I just couldn’t stay away from oversharing online, after all. To my new read— who am I kidding? Hello, crickets. 😀 But if...
Read MoreWhen I was a youngin, Amsterdam topped my list of cities to travel solo to. Alas, life happened and I only got to do it at the ripe old age of 30. This city has...
Read MoreWhen Out first, well, came out, critics apparently argued that women should stick to writing romance instead of writing such gruesome stories. And to that I say… Anyway. While we may not value men’s opinions...
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