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Today, I share a deeply personal and true story — one that belongs to a close friend whose journey I have witnessed up close, so much so that his pain often felt like my own. With his permission, I bring this story to light in the hope that it reaches someone, somewhere, who needs to…
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When I look back today, the dream of achieving a doctorate feels like a long, winding river that started flowing when I was just a child — a faint but persistent dream that refused to die, even when life pushed me in entirely different directions. It all began years ago with a simple moment in…
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“हर किसी को मुकम्मल जहाँ नहीं मिलता,किसी को दो गज़ ज़मीन, किसी को खुला आसमां नहीं मिलता।” (lines by Nida Fazli) They often echo in my head like a soft reminder — a truth we all live but seldom express. I’ve lived a life that, on the surface, might seem “settled.” I have a roof…
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Setbacks have a way of making us shrink into comfort zones that seem safe but are, in reality, prisons of fear. I know this because I lived it. When I first entered the workforce, I was ambitious, driven, and highly competent. My discipline and resilience set me apart, yet I constantly found myself being overshadowed…
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I always wonder when someone uses this word me-time, since Covid this term has become the favorite jargon whenever someone is talking about work-life balance. We all share similar fast-paced world around us, where work deadlines, family responsibilities, and social obligations take up most of our time. Many people believe that taking time for oneself…
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Today morning as I sat in my quiet apartment, my hands trembling as I sipped on a cup of tea that had long since gone cold. My thoughts raced back to the moment I received the call from my father last Friday. It had been a typical day—work deadlines, meetings, and the humdrum of daily…
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I was in my teens when I picked up the habit of reading books, now after 3 decades, with around 300 books in paperback or hardcover plus 175 e-books in my kindle and 42 books in audible, I feel my quest to find the hidden treasures in the books is still unearthed. I have not…
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Self-Forgiveness Two years back on my 42nd birthday, as I sat alone in my favourite corner of the coffee shop, staring at the delicate pattern of froth on my Irish coffee and its beans. The usual throng of well-wishers and obligatory birthday messages had come and gone, leaving me in a state of uneasy contemplation.…
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Need or Want Why do we give so much importance to the love at first sight? So, I would say when you are in love at first sight its not about the person whom you like… its about the needs of your own self the inner healing and gaps that you desire for. So its…
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