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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...

Un-Confessions: Toxicity

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  Un-Confessions: Toxicity   Blood oozed out of her head. I sat there, looking at her decapitated body. The hands I held, were now covered with blood. Her legs gave up, and became still, after some staggering. I realized what I had done. She’s gone, once and forever. What did I do, to kill her? What did she do, that made me think she deserves to die? She fell in love, and I didn’t. Confusing right? Yeah! She fell in love with me, and I never did. We both had known each other since college. She was from the Physics department, straight opposite to the English department I was from. We met first at the Writer’s Café, and little did I know, that wasn’t going well. “You’ve been in a relationship before?”, I asked. She nodded, so I went for further details. “So, let me get this straight, you’ve been in a relationship in your school? What made you think that I would even consider it?”, I laughed, I remember. She sat there, embarrassed. “You’ve been in a relationship, A...

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