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Sameer Gudhate

The Weight of the Unspoken: Sameer Gudhate on How Parekhit Bhattacharjee Captures the Quiet Geograph

Silence is rarely just the absence of sound. More often, it’s a heavy, crowded space — filled with the exact words we chose not to say, the parts of ourselves we hide, and the grief we can’t quite put into words.In Things We Never Said, Parekhit Bhattacharjee looks straight into this specific weight through a collection of micro-stories and lyrical prose. Instead of relying on sweeping plots or gr...

The Weight of the Unspoken: Sameer Gudhate on How Parekhit Bhattacharjee Captures the Quiet Geograph
manan dedhia

Hidden

i walked by this place almost daily for two years. if only i had looked up sooner. ah well. better late than never.

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Pree Dew

The Embrace I Imagine

The night had grown quieter, but the wind hadn’t.A gentle breeze slipped through the small wooden balcony, nudging its loose railing against the wall with a soft, rhythmic knock. The sound echoed through the silence, almost like a heartbeat.Meera sat curled up in the corner of the balcony.Headphones rested over her ears, though the music had long faded into the background. A worn journal lay open ...

The Embrace I Imagine
Sukanya Patil

Happiness in waiting enough.

He had to return to city after his visit to village, it had been many years that he visited his village home and dint knew about the transport system inside the village. With a thankful thought he waited for the bus as he got to know that the sate transport bus was made available twice daily and especially looking into the need of the students in the village. He accompanied waiting with the studen...

Sameer Gudhate

Can Spirituality Wear Boxing Gloves and Drive a Jaguar? — Sameer Gudhate Explores Jhuma Panda’s My L

There is an unwritten rule that many of us carry without realizing it: if someone speaks about meditation, they should probably live an austere life. If they drive a luxury car, enjoy technology, or practise a combat sport, their spirituality somehow feels less convincing. My Life, My Journey quietly dismantles that assumption.Jhuma Panda introduces herself as a yogini who drives a Jaguar, practis...

Can Spirituality Wear Boxing Gloves and Drive a Jaguar? — Sameer Gudhate Explores Jhuma Panda’s My L
Sameer Gudhate

The Toughest Battles in Shadows & Goals Are Never Played on the Football Field — Sameer Gudhate Refl

Every football match ends with a scoreline. Life rarely does. We remember the trophy, the missed penalty, the winning goal, but the conversations that never happened, the sacrifices made quietly at home, and the fears carried long after the stadium empties never find their way onto the scoreboard. That is the territory Devendra Garware chooses to explore in Shadows & Goals. Football gives the stor...

The Toughest Battles in Shadows & Goals Are Never Played on the Football Field — Sameer Gudhate Refl
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I Hate Mathematics. This Book Made Me Respect It. — Sameer Gudhate Reflects on Cédric Villani’s Birt

Every time Sheldon Cooper appeared on The Big Bang Theory, I’d laugh at how someone could become so consumed by equations that the rest of the world seemed like background noise. I’d enjoy the jokes, shake my head, and think, “Thank goodness I’m not a mathematician.”The truth is, I hate mathematics.I always have.If you asked me to choose between solving an equation and reading a history book, I’d ...

I Hate Mathematics. This Book Made Me Respect It. — Sameer Gudhate Reflects on Cédric Villani’s Birt
Sameer Gudhate

Beyond the Therapy Room: Sameer Gudhate on Kareena Mehta’s Letters from Your Therapist: On Love and

Some books arrive with arguments. Others arrive with answers. Letters from Your Therapist: On Love and Loss arrives with something far less common: permission. Permission to admit that grief does not always follow bereavement, that love can exist alongside resentment, and that healing is often less dramatic than the stories we tell about it. In a culture where emotional endurance is frequently mis...

Beyond the Therapy Room: Sameer Gudhate on Kareena Mehta’s Letters from Your Therapist: On Love and
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Sameer Gudhate Reflects on Danny Dawson’s Don’t Let Everything Affect You: Learning to Care Without

People often say they are “overthinking” when what they are really doing is conducting invisible investigations into ordinary moments. A delayed reply becomes evidence. A brief silence becomes a verdict. A neutral expression becomes a story. Somewhere along the way, the mind stops observing reality and begins prosecuting itself.That is the quiet territory Danny Dawson explores in Don’t Let Everyth...

Sameer Gudhate Reflects on Danny Dawson’s Don’t Let Everything Affect You: Learning to Care Without