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UTTERLY, BUTTERLY
Some beautiful moments in life don’t have names. Unlike falling in love or becoming a parent or watching a sunset or spotting a shooting...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Sep 17, 20226 min read
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FOOTPRINTS ON THE SAND
Seldom does a session with a psychiatrist begin with a reference to flight delays and air traffic snarls. But that’s how we begin our...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Sep 5, 20224 min read
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WHAT ARE YOU TO ME?
..When Your name becomes my breath, I realize yet again, that I am alive.. It’s been long since I stripped you of Your halo and brought...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Aug 18, 20224 min read
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UNTO TO YOU MY EVERYTHING
The heart is closer to God than the mind. Hence surrender comes from the heart easily. Resistance comes from the mind. The mind is...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Aug 18, 20221 min read
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The Case of the Missing Earrings
Do you know why we don’t find half the things we search for in life? Because we are looking for the wrong things. Often, in the wrong...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Aug 13, 20215 min read
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Not a Mad Man
Ravi isn’t ‘mad’, I reiterated to myself. He is merely sick at heart, like people who are ill with other things.
Asha Iyer Kumar
Oct 11, 20205 min read
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Some People Just Cannot Die
You know, appa, I never believed you could ever go from the face of the earth.
Asha Iyer Kumar
Oct 11, 20205 min read
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Remembering Michelle
It’s the day after Diwali, and I am remembering Michelle. She must be back in California now, after an extended tour of Europe with her...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Nov 3, 20194 min read
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A Postcard from Munich
‘Oktoberfest is nothing but a lot of beer,’ a friend had said to me before we left on our recent Bavarian sojourn. It was a dampening...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Oct 10, 20192 min read
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‘STRUGGLE’ IS A BEAUTIFUL WORD
‘Struggle’ is a beautiful word, as I am beginning to learn. Like love – all pervasive, touching all creations, leaving indelible marks...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Oct 6, 20192 min read
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The Story of How I Became a Writer
I have not learned to write. No one has taken me through the literary paces. I didn’t have literature growing in my backyard. My parents...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Sep 25, 20194 min read
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Shades of Grey
It is blazing hot here. The embers that are flaking from the skies are the kind that singed our indoor plants when they transited from...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Jul 14, 20192 min read
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My Bougainvillea Sprouts Again
It was a crabby day. My anger was unrelenting. It was stuffed in my throat and I wasn’t letting it find a vent. Held captive by my...
Asha Iyer Kumar
May 26, 20192 min read
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Let there be light
I stare at the screen, trying to fix my next round of Filter Kaapi. I don’t feel inspired to write a story. Speaking anything now seems...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Apr 28, 20192 min read
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Vishu Kani
For more than one reason, Vishu is my most favourite festive occasion. It unearths my dormant spiritual instincts, combines them with the...
Asha Iyer Kumar
Apr 15, 20193 min read
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