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An Open Letter From the Fire I Became

I’m not writing to reopen pain,Not here to curse, not here to blame.I’ve walked through fire, danced in rain,And come out free, without your name. I don’t need answers, don’t need why,Don’t need the tears you never cried.I used to...
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An Open Letter To The Younger Me

You were and always will be the best version of myself I ever was. The cutest, most adorable and confident young girl there ever was.From where you stand today, you are never going to believe where I am today in...
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An Open Letter To the people who know me, and to those who don’t yet

To the people who know me, and to those who don’t yet,I am an unknown voice, a binary Bihari feminist living in Assam, shaped by a childhood that was different—not better or worse, but uniquely mine. No one’s story is...
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An Open Letter To The Body

Dear Body, I’m sorry it took me this long.To love you.To even look at you without wanting to flinch.We’ve been through too many silent wars together,Where the world aimed,And I blamed you for bleeding. You weren’t always home.You felt borrowed.Like...
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An Open Letter To Our Collective struggle and Liberation

As I sit here and reflect, I remember the confusion I once carried—thinking I might be bisexual, or maybe straight. I didn’t know how to separate romantic attraction from sexual attraction, and for a long time, I believed they were...
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An Open Letter to Gender Fluid and Pansexual Self

My Dearest, You can stop trying too hard to conform to the expectations of the world. No matter what you do, there will always be something you are not doing right. Please stop this pointless, unnecessary suffering you have undertaken...
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An Open Letter To My First High School Girl Crush

Dear D,I know you’ll probably never get to read this letter.. not that I want you to but Im still writing my feeling down because I want to let it all out. Honestly speaking, I thought we had a chance.....
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An Open Letter To The Stranger I Still Remember

Dear S,I’ve been holding onto this story for a while now, unsure if I’d ever share it—but here it is, finally making its way out of my heart and onto paper.This isn’t a story about lovein the conventional sense. There...
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An Open Letter to My First Partner

My Dear Ex, You were my first love. You helped me discover and re-discover my heartbeat. You made me realize that I am lovable and I deserve to have someone that I can call mine. But you also made me...
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An Open Letter To Paras

Dear ParasI know right now you're feeling like you have nowhere to go, but trust me, it's gonna get better for you. Right now you're feeling like you can't be publicly gay as a trans man and your other trans...
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An Open Letter To anyone, and everyone.

I have not been on this earth for a long time but ive seen what it is to be here nonetheless. For me, existence is the most beautiful thing ive ever observed. the beauty, and pain of it, is an...
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अलविदा

तुमने उसे अपने गांव जाने की बात बताई और उसके चेहरे की सिलवटें,तुम्हारे हाथ तक उसके हाथो का आने तक का झिझक भरा सफर देखा,और 588 बस की भीड़ में तुमने देखा वो सरोजिनी के पास वाला बिलबोर्ड जहां बड़े-बड़े...
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