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Hello stranger, When I was a child, Ma taught me something that has stayed with me all this time. Probably just another superstition she...

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A minute passed. Then five. She gawked at the screen, dumbfounded. She had never expected anybody to go through her compositions, much...

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I don't really remember how we spent Diwali when I was younger. We tried to fly out to my grandparents and have a big family celebration....

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