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Attention!

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“I’d like to thank the honorable Chief Guest Arputham, my department HOD Verona, my co-ordinator Jeyaraj, my best friend Deepan, the faculty, and fellow students who spent their valuable time being here!” Pavithra ended the event, which was followed by thundering applause. I was awestruck by her daring act of including my name in the Valedictory speech. Most of them didn’t seem to notice, but her HOD was stunned and confused by her sudden inclusion in their decades-old template. Pavithra winked from the stage and disappeared into the crowd that escorted the chief guest. Pavithra and I’ve been friends for almost three hundred days now, ever since she texted me after reading my blog. She was the first enthusiastic fan outside of my friends for my writing. She genuinely loved all my works and pointed out the few she didn’t. She had invited me to her college for a random workshop on “Girls and how they should be protected.” It was the most backward speech I’ve heard in years. But of co...

June’s Hungry!

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  June’s Hungry!   I was at the door. Expecting food that I had ordered over a phone call. I opened Instagram and signed in with my name, Sara June. While scrolling through memes and promotions, one picture disrupted my flow. It was him. His recent post. It was him who made me hungry all of a sudden. It was him, I ordered Biryani. Memories took over me to the past. I still remember him fresh the day I saw him first. Checked Shirt, with a blazer over it and neat formal trousers, made him look fancy enough. For a moment, the safety pin in my shoulder disappeared and I felt loose. Maybe, due to a drop in confidence. Well, HE was the odd one out. Who wears a blazer for a puberty function in the family? Yet I felt ashamed for not able to take my eyes from him. I was damn hungry and was in a dilemma whether I should sit and eat first. Well, what if Ramani Aunty sees me eat before the guests and complain to Amma? Argh! They’ll skin me! But still, I was fasting from 3 in the...

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