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Letter 24 – Faith hold 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 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 21 – what no one tells teenage girls about falling for someone
Dear Daughter, There is a phrase you have grown up hearing – in films, in songs, in the conversations of older cousins at family gatherings. I love you. Three words that carry, depending on who says them and when, the weight of… Continue reading
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Letter 19 – College is where you begin Becoming
Dear Daughter, There will come a morning – not far from now – when you will wake up in a room that is yours but still unfamiliar, and you will hear the sounds of a world that does not yet… Continue reading
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Letter 17 – Its time..to spread your wings
Dear Daughter, I still remember the day I dropped you to school for the first time. I don’t think I had ever felt that kind of fear before. My heart was sinking at the thought of you managing alone –… Continue reading
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Letter 16 – You do not owe us your life…
Dear Daughter, Before I begin the next series of letters about college and that new chapter of your life, there is something I must tell you. When I left for college, I was the eldest daughter in the entire family… Continue reading
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Letter 15 – After every evening, there comes a sunshine
Life is all about emotions, one just needs to know how to regulate them. Continue reading
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