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I will always laugh

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

At a time when I’m already swamped with work, a colleague comes and says, ‘Can I ask you a favour?’ Not another of these, I groan. Within, of course. I pull my earphones off my ears and smile. ‘Sure, what can I do?’ I periodically nod, and diligently take notes to make sure I don’t forget anything. Why me, and why today, I wonder. I had been quite jobless the last 3 days at work. Today, I had planned to work on my university research project. And I’m piled with work. Why not the new intern, ...

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When everything else fails,

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

words and music still keep you together! In a whirlwind of a month, which saw happy, delightful, depressing, painful times, some things - very few things - didn't change! An amazing trip to an island beach in Malaysia, the beach, the swing (oh, how much I miss the damn thing!!) hard and lovely moments at work, books, my dormant novel slowly coming to life in bits and pieces, surprises - great and nasty ones, bursts of enthusiasm, rage, brooding, angry resolutions, excessive need to be by myself, ...

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