Tag: family
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2026 – secrets, surgery & surrender
On the ordinary afternoon of 18th December 2025, I broke a bone in my right footpad. This disrupted my fitness journey, my independence, my social life (not that there was much to begin with). Most importantly, this put me at the mercy of others, quite a bit. I had to learn to how to ask…
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Late 2025 – Shifting priorities, Lord Shiva & new setbacks
This is a humble attempt to capture the inexplicable internal and interpersonal events that took my breath away September’2025 onwards, after the Arpit & Darsh chapters of my dating app career All through June & most of July, I was trying to organise & handle my seesaw feelings about Arpit, the toxic ‘harmless’ ‘hot &…
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My Bumblebees (3)
This post continues to talk about the men who have been a valuable part of my tentative explorations of the dating app world: Sourabh, 38, the kind of man one needs to be wary of, the ‘married’ kind: A cautionary tale. Of course, our conversation lasted for only 2-3 hours, but still the digital world can…
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My BumbleBees (2)
A continuation of my learning experiences with dating apps and men: AYUB, 29, curious boy who eagerly listened to my answers to every question he asked me, a devotee of this goddess (me), over-eager to meat (not a typo): When I first came across Ayub’s profile on Bumble, I giggled at his bio. These were…
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Life after Aya (2023-24)
An account of the rollercoaster-like life-events post my 2023 Ayahuasca retreat: What awaited me after coming back home was a series of unimaginable life-events that were a mixed bag – some excruciating, some shocking, some delightful, surprising, catalysing, isolating, heartbreaking – some everything all at once. I will do my best to write about them…
