"Envy the work of a writer but not the life, because a paper and a pen is all a writer  has to seek solace from." - Diamond Sodhi
 

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My name is Diamond Sodhi!

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THIS INSPIRES ME TODAY! “A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead." -Graham Greene
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It’s a Girl- A Silent Apology

The United Nations has estimated that up to 200 million females are “missing” today, most of whom would have lived in India and China. No, we’re not looking at such exceeding bounds of moderation here. We’re about a hundred years…

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Haunt On The Hills

Despite having lived in a boarding school for years, the night meal often triggered nostalgia, and something else mingled in there- a haunting. The resplendent mountains outside the french window of the dining room were the diamond and gold studded…

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Dera Sahib

I read this in the notes on the history of our family: Over three centuries ago, when the Sodhi family’s caravan reached a hillock, a halt was called and a good look around taken to decide on the future habitation….

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The Art of “Show & Tell” in Memoir Writing

I will be using some excerpts from Sonali Deraniyagala’s memoir ‘Wave” to illustrate how to employ the “show, don’t tell” directive. The following paragraphs from her book effectively employ the “show, don’t tell” directive in the narration of the non-conversational…

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