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Manasi Barmecha
Jan 25 min read
2024, never before.
At my grandmother’s house in my hometown in India, there is a picture of a very old man in the living room. It is my great grandfather, a...
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Manasi Barmecha
Jul 8, 20239 min read
Inner-tia of change
The intimacy of a train is unparalleled. A goodbye is said reluctantly. A man stacks the spotlessly white IRCTC pillows neatly. A grandma...
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Manasi Barmecha
Jan 30, 20237 min read
Wisdumb from 2022
This new year was crazy. I spent it knocked out by antibiotics, in bed at 10:30 pm.That evening, I wrote in my journal, talking to my...
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Manasi Barmecha
Jul 3, 20227 min read
Unearthing EarthShastra
Economy, Ecology, Community. Fear, Separation, Truth. Love, Joy, Freedom. These words have just begun to acquire a meaningful place in...
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Manasi Barmecha
Oct 20, 20218 min read
Instructions for living a life.
"Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” "Attention without feeling is just a... report." -Mary Oliver, in her gentle wisdom I went...
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Manasi Barmecha
Oct 3, 20214 min read
Row row row your boat-
Row row row your boat Gently down the stream Twenty years after having learnt this poem, I have finally begun to understand what it’s...
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Manasi Barmecha
Aug 27, 20215 min read
The terror of documenting, the tragedy of not.
If you are reading these words, I have chosen to overcome my fear rather than accepting my grief. My grief will be a part of me, there is...
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Manasi Barmecha
Aug 16, 20214 min read
A grain of salt
I was overcome with a feeling of irreversibility last month, that my days as a child were now history. No longer could I look around...
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Manasi Barmecha
Oct 15, 20202 min read
Misplaced Ardour of the Ophrys
Male long-horned bees often attempt to mate with flowers of the European orchid Ophrys. During this encounter, a sac of pollen becomes...
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Manasi Barmecha
Aug 27, 20203 min read
Why do I write?
One of the most baffling moments in my life was when I was 6 years old. Unfamiliar with the word pilot, I proudly proclaimed I wanted to...
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Manasi Barmecha
Aug 27, 20204 min read
Cure for Heartache
There is no medicine that can cure heartache. All we can do is take a chill pill. You know what my favourite kind of people are? The kind...
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Manasi Barmecha
Aug 27, 20202 min read
Letter to a Windowpane
A moment ago, I was part of your future. As you read this, I am quickly becoming part of your past. But in this moment, I strive. I...
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Manasi Barmecha
Nov 27, 20195 min read
Walking the city
A poem away from aloo paratha On the streets of Bangalore, weather you walk or don’t walk, being unmoved is not an option. Thursday...
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Manasi Barmecha
Jun 28, 20192 min read
This is the sign you’ve been looking for
What happens to us when a thing of beauty catches our attention? Look and maybe we will find out what we're looking at.
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Manasi Barmecha
Jan 26, 20193 min read
Chocolate Paan on a Crowded Bus
“There is as much magic around us as much we allow ourselves to infuse.” It was a regular bus ride. Apart from the fact that elaborate...
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Manasi Barmecha
Jan 9, 20192 min read
The Hills
The water wasn’t the only thing reflecting. The hills were enchanting. But not as captivating as the man that walked ahead of her. Not so...
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