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Letter 34 – Who are you after becoming someone’s wife?
A letter to my daughter on self-identity, balance and finding harmony in marriage. Continue reading
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Letter 32 – on Marriage (The Mundane Years) – Part 2
On routine, children, and keeping each other alive in the middle of it all. Continue reading
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Letter 30 – Finding Mr Right
A mother’s letter on the one decision that shapes all the rest – choosing the right person. Continue reading
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Letter 29 – 50k in your purse or a purse worth 50k – You choose
Dear Daughter, When you start earning your first real money, something happens. The world suddenly feels available to you – new things, branded things, premium things. And that feeling of being able to afford them, of being a level above… Continue reading
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Letter 27 – The Day I became your mother
Dear Daughter, I have written many letters to you till now. About growing up, about dreams, about books, about life. But somehow, we never really spoke about how you came into this world… what you were like as a little… Continue reading
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Letter 26 – The first time you earn your own money
Dear Daughter, The first time you earn your own money changes something quietly, but permanently. I don’t know exactly what the world will look like when you finish college. Five to Seven years is a long horizon, and the pace… Continue reading
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Letter 24 – Faith holds you when nothing else does
My dearest daughter, You are standing at the edge of young adulthood now – a place where the world begins to show you its more complicated layers. Caste. Religion. Identity. The fault lines that run quietly beneath the surface of… Continue reading
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Letter 23 – The letter I hope You never need..
Dear Daughter, In my last letter, I wrote about what love looks like. Today I want to write about its shadow – heartbreak. I hope you never need this letter. But since no one can predict anything, I want you… Continue reading
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Letter 22 – What real Love looks like
Dear Daughter, Last week, I wrote to you about infatuation – the bright, consuming feeling that arrives quickly and, often, leaves just as fast. I told you that love takes longer. That it needs time to prove itself. This week,… Continue reading
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Letter 20 – Not everyone who calls you friend, means it
You’re almost there. In few months, you’ll be living with strangers, eating meals with people whose last names you don’t know yet, and trying to figure out which corridor leads to which classroom while pretending you already know. It will… Continue reading
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