Stories Matter
Stories Matter
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मैं बहुत गर्व महसूस करती हूँ कि मेरी मातृभाषा हिंदी है। हमें क्या मालूम होता है कि हमारी भाषा कब, कैसे और कौन निश्चित करेगा! माँ की गोद में जब पहली बार मेरे मुख से कुछ शब्द माँ-बाबा ने कहलवाए होंगे और मेरे कानों में वह बोली गूंजी होगी, तब जिन शब्दों का उच्चारण किया […]
Every year on Valentine’s Day, the world celebrates love with roses, handwritten notes, candlelit dinners, and promises of forever. But somewhere, quietly, a writer sits before a blank page and realizes that their greatest love story has always been with words. Before I understood the language of relationships, I understood the language of emotions. And
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There are moments in life when words feel small. You search for the right sentence, the right reassurance, the right advice, and nothing seems enough. Grief does not shrink because of logic. Anxiety does not disappear because someone says, “It will be fine.” Heartbreak does not soften with explanations. In those moments, what we often
We live in a world that often celebrates toughness. We are told to grow a thick skin, to be strong at all costs, to move fast, speak louder, and hide what we feel. Gentleness is frequently misunderstood as weakness, and sensitivity as something to be corrected. Yet, it is often softness that carries us through
Today she wanted to get up a little late, giving a break to her daily routine of the last 35 years. Though at the back of her mind lots of worries and tensions about the future were knocking, yet today she wanted to look and feel happy… relaxed, for the sake of her hubby. She
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Long before the date of my birth was registered, much before my name was decided or even my existence was confirmed, my heart was beginning to form. It was then that it was introduced to the language of unconditional love. The first language my heart ever knew was the language that allows a mother to
Before I ever understood the power of words, there was a language that quietly settled into my life. It entered without grammar books or lessons, without rules or corrections. It arrived through voices I trusted, through warmth I recognised, and through emotions I felt long before I could name them. My mother tongue was not
हिन्दी भाषी परिवार में जन्म हुआ। परिवार की वार्तालाप और बोलचाल की भाषा हिन्दी थी। अवधी का असर स्पष्ट था।बचपन के शब्द, जिनका अर्थ माता-पिता और मैं ही समझ सकते थे — मम्म, प्याली, गुड़िया, छुइ, मुई, लूका-छिप्पी, हप्पा, भुक्की — न जाने कब उस प्रिय खेल के गीत बन गए… गुगु मैया, तैली तिल्लया…
Book Name: Unexplored ConversationsAuthor: Vedika Khatwani ChandkaPublication: Notion PressGenre: Reflective Non-Fiction I don’t know when exactly Unexplored Conversations started affecting me. It wasn’t instant. There was no “wow” moment. It happened slowly, somewhere between reading a page and closing the book just to… sit. This book feels like that person who doesn’t say much but
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When we hear the word martyr in India, our minds often travel back to the freedom struggle. We think of brave men and women who walked into lathis, bullets, prison cells, and gallows so the nation could breathe in freedom. Their sacrifice is unquestionable, eternal, and deeply respected. But as India moves forward in time,
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