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Woven with Love: A Note on National Handloom Day

When I was a kid, my nani used to tell me stories from her childhood – about the things she had, the things she didn’t, and how she’d seen parts of her culture slowly get washed away by modernization. She told me how clothes were made in her time – by hand. Sarees, kurtis, dining…
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Marechan Burrows: Meet Miss World Bahamas 2026

What happens when a diplomat, journalist, storyteller and community advocate walks onto the Miss World stage? You get Marechan Burrows. The 27-year-old Bahamian is no stranger to representing her country. As a Foreign Service Officer with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas and a weekend reporter with the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas,…
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Meet Olivija Spanovskis: Miss World Australia 2026

Next up in our alphabetical run through this year’s Miss World delegates — Miss World Australia, Olivija Spanovskis. Olivija, 25, hails from South Australia and works as a marketing executive in the experiential tourism industry, spending her days helping showcase some of Australia’s most remote and spectacular destinations. She was crowned Miss World Australia 2026…
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Meet Alina Akselrad – Miss World Argentina 2026

Continuing our alphabetical journey through this year’s Miss World delegates, we land on Argentina — and Alina Akselrad. Alina, 27, is from Córdoba, and pageantry isn’t new territory for her. She entered her first local pageant at just 16, and the road since has taken her through Miss Sudamérica 2017, Miss Universe Argentina 2020 (where…
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Meet Alba Tirtja: Miss World Albania 2026

The preparations for Miss World 2026 are in full swing, as contestants from around the globe gear up for their departure to Vietnam, this year’s host country. With the departure day fast approaching, the delegates are putting the finishing touches on their preparations for the world’s most prestigious beauty pageant. With a whopping 111 confirmed…
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My first solo Auto-rikshaw ride

I was never the kind of student who voluntarily went to school during study leave to clear doubts. Mostly because I had to study enough to have doubts in the first place, which I didn’t. When I was in 10th standard, our school gave us a couple of months of study leave before the board…
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What Corporate Life Taught Me About Imperfect Presentations

When I was in college, guest lectures always fascinated me. Senior leaders from well-known organizations would walk into our classrooms, stand in front of a projector, and begin presenting their slides. But there was one thing that consistently puzzled me. The presentations were often… bad. There were spelling mistakes, inconsistent formatting, awkward layouts, broken alignments,…
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Professionalism Is the Most Overrated Personality Trait
Professionalism Is the Most Overrated Personality Trait I don’t exactly have the most professional aura. Very honestly, I like it that way. Because somewhere along the way, “professionalism” stopped meaning competence and started meaning pretending to be someone you’re not. It became this strange performance where everyone smiles with exactly twelve teeth, replies with “Noted,…
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Delulu Is the Solulu: The Psychology of Lying to Yourself (and Why It’s Actually Working)

I want to start this with a confession, because that’s how all my best posts start. I have, on multiple occasions, convinced myself that a situation was going great when it was, objectively, on fire. I have walked into rooms believing I was the main character before anyone in that room had agreed to give…
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July 2026: Manifesto of a Whimsical Menace

To be more whimsical. To be more intentional with my whimsy. To do more fun, hilarious things that make my local boring adults roll their eyes. To be an absolute menace to society without ever facing legal implications, because a true menace plans ahead and does their research. To become an extreme eyesore to every…
