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Aaaaaand that’s a SIX ! Kalam utha ke maar hi daala . PDA hai to hai !!

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Hai tho hai ! Mujhe bhi aadat ho gayi ab tho ..and I'm loving it

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"Kalam utha k maar hi daala!"

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A beautiful piece ; the anecdote and the tribute so well brought together. I share with you 2 lines from Tagore's Fireflies " Let my love like sunlight surround you and give you illumined freedom". Perhaps this is what your OSC does for you all.

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Oh my that's very accurate ! Thank you Charulatha!

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Fireflies! Oh what a perfect analogy and how beautifully you have connected that vignette from your childhood to the OSC hood! Too good da, too good! What’s our poison? Pyooor luciferase!😀

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Bwahahahaa! Oschood! 🤣🤣🤣 Also I love how you always make me Google a thing or two and then laugh! Muah thank you supriya

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This is the best thing I read today. Cheers to us 🥂 I love the fireflies reference ✨

And PDA all the way 😌

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🌟🌟thank you ! I swear this kinda pda is the special gift of these fireflies !

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I should really be packing right now considering I have to pack for a wedding and, I'm packing for two for a flight tomorrow afternoon. But PDA ka zikr ho aur main na chalaang maarun?! I love you too, Roshni :)) and I love us!!! Bhai OSC ne relationships ka bar bahot high kr diya hai ab. This was such a beautiful tribute :)

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Hahaha! Yes sanobar! Here's to expecting more and being more !

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Received a smile on my face for the day from this essay. Aaaa so much love <3

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Eee safa ! Much love right back to you

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I have never felt peer pressured to join a space like I feel about this writing circle. so much FOMO, and the community feel is so.. precious.

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Hahahahah! Thank you shreya! This is indeed precious and unlike other things in life that I may underplay -- this joy cannot be hidden! Hope a circle comes your way too!

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The Ochre Sky community is lighting the lives of their readers (and in my case my spouse’s too.) As writers, giving ourselves the permission to write without censoring ourselves and being bold enough to share with peers first and the world next is easier with a community. Substack is richer thanks to OSS!

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that's the perfect synopsis of what this community does! Thank you!! As a couple the joy must be double! Yay for both of you!

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This description of sneaking out took me back to my childhood. So beautiful

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Thank you Smriti!

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Amazing. Fireflies is so apt!!

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This lovely post has left me with a lot of fomo for both halves of it

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What more can a piece ask for ! Thanks Ayush!

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Beautifully described!! Love it!

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Thank you Harry !

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