life | Helter Skelter Magazine https://helterskelter.in/label/life/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Wed, 26 May 2021 06:42:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 Ghosts at a Contested Funeral https://helterskelter.in/2016/01/ghosts-at-a-contested-funeral/ https://helterskelter.in/2016/01/ghosts-at-a-contested-funeral/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:46:24 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=10887 Our feelings are second-hand. Our love is constructed. Our beliefs are coloured, our originality validated through artificial art. It has become truly difficult to love without getting hurt.

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2016/01/ghosts-at-a-contested-funeral/feed/ 0 Piece of Cake https://helterskelter.in/2015/07/piece-of-cake/ https://helterskelter.in/2015/07/piece-of-cake/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:39:31 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=10754 Why would anyone throw perfectly good sponge cake out of a car window?

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2015/07/piece-of-cake/feed/ 0 Real Development https://helterskelter.in/2014/03/real-development/ https://helterskelter.in/2014/03/real-development/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2014 10:20:37 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=9696 It seems like the fate of a development studies student is to be cynical and dissatisfied in an educated but distant way.

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2014/03/real-development/feed/ 2 Bringing Up Uncle https://helterskelter.in/2014/03/bringing-up-uncle/ https://helterskelter.in/2014/03/bringing-up-uncle/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:24:44 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=9680 Growing up, no one showed me how to shave in a hurry or sleep with women without falling in love, and that sort of deprival lasts a lifetime.

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