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Stories that demand to be told | #6
Home and roam are rhyming words and other lessons in intimacy, loss and recovery.
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Jul 23
Stories that demand to be told | #5
"Fortunately, on most days, I don’t wish us all dead. I am filled with deep gratitude...Despite the ever-present pinch of sorrow at the very centre my…
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Jul 14
Stories that demand to be told | #4
A doorbell rings. On one side of the door, a 12-year-old injured child, still in shock. On the other side, her unsuspecting mother...
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Jul 10
June 2024
Stories that demand to be told | #3
Marie Kondo would have fainted in my house. But aren’t objects fantastic for a child with imagination? Use your mother’s bangle to draw the earth, and…
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Jun 30
Stories that demand to be told | #2
"My Dad’s moustache is my twin. Living a watchful life under the eyes of my father. A snip when it grows unwieldy. A caress when it wants one."
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Jun 22
Stories that demand to be told | #1
Ten plus two excellent essays by writers from the Ochre Sky Universe
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Jun 15
Of Surekha Pillai and unlocked superpowers
Surekha had been a moment of wild illumination. I cannot disobey her after she is gone. Otherwise there will be no meaning in the fact that she was…
Jun 11
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May 2024
5 roundabout ways to make your marriage work
Be busy. Be scarce. Be absent-minded. Shake off expectations like a bird caught in the rain.
May 30
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5 roundabout ways to make your marriage work
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I'm scared but I'll do it
I would do nothing in life if I waited to stop feeling afraid of it first. (Plus details of the next Ochre Sky Memoir workshops)
May 9
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April 2024
Letting Go of Hurt, Restorying our Lives
A doorbell rings. On one side of the door, a 12-year-old injured child, still in shock. On the other side, her unsuspecting mother.
Apr 26
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Make a promise to never abandon yourself again
You feel exhausted because no one stood up for you. You neglected your own self in the hope of being able to save something that might have been…
Apr 10
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March 2024
Polite Little Girl - No More
“I cannot forgive the men who abused me. I do not know how to and they do not deserve it. I forgive myself instead," writes Samira Gupta, in this…
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