Mumbai Life
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When Did Free Time Become Scrolling?
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There was a time when having an hour to yourself meant you might actually do something with it. Read a book, make something, learn something, potter around the house. Now, somehow, we just reach for our phones.
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When Did We All Become Café Girls?
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Somewhere between four nights a week in smoky bars, Kamikazes and pretending aching feet were a small price to pay for being seen, the party girl quietly discovered cold brew and Birkenstocks.
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The Unexpected Freedom Of Caring Less
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For years, I thought I needed to be friends with everyone. I’d volunteer to bring the birthday cake for people I barely knew and somehow believed being the life of the party was part of my personality. Turns out, I’m an ambivert—and growing older gave me permission to stop pretending…
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Mumbai’s Long-Distance Marriage With The Monsoon
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Every year, Mumbai greets the first spell of rain like a long-distance partner returning home after months away. We make plans, fry pakoras, sit by the window and forget every inconvenience… until the honeymoon ends a few weeks later.
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When Home Becomes Your Favourite Place In Mumbai
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Mumbai teaches you to live outside your home. In your twenties, home is a pitstop between parties, bad decisions and late-night food runs. In your thirties, it starts becoming somewhere worth returning to. And by your forties, somewhere between the promotions, heartbreaks and Blinkit deliveries, you realise the place you’ve…
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The Friends Who Knew Us Before Life Happened
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Many of us have two best friends in life: the one who knew us before life happened to us, and the one who met us after. A reflection on adult friendships, shared exhaustion, accidental support groups, and the people who somehow know exactly what you mean when you say, “I’m…
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The Hilarious Reality Of Dating At 40
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You’re old enough to be called Maasi, young enough to be offended by it and somehow still expected to date. Welcome to the hilarious reality of dating at 40.