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All tagged India

Dec 7
Dec 7 Dolce Far Niente

Swati Moheet Agrawal

I haven’t written a single poem in months.

Oct 18
Oct 18 Get Off the Bus

The back of our tour bus hung out over the edge of a cliff on a narrow mountain road in northern India, in the pouring rain.