maildrop by mishti

where edges become doors

reflections on turning 30, the past, and the future

Jun 6 • 

Mishti Sharma

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22

January 2024

the blue of distance

six hundred miles to the lonar crater

Jan 7, 2024 • 

Mishti Sharma

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4

June 2023

thresholds & the windows of time

imagining life without loved ones

Jun 8, 2023 • 

Mishti Sharma

28

9

January 2023

crafting my life’s work: a progress report

thoughts about the past and what comes next

Jan 20, 2023 • 

Mishti Sharma

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1

December 2022

americana

finding belonging in America's heartland

Dec 24, 2022 • 

Mishti Sharma

21

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November 2021

learning to see

both the ocean and myself, as someone who could belong

Nov 4, 2021 • 

Mishti Sharma

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December 2020

small is beautiful

A tribute to the person who taught me that the biggest changes come from the smallest stories—and that community roots are the best way to imagine a new…

Dec 16, 2020 • 

Mishti Sharma

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15

October 2020

behind-the-scenes with 50+ emails that unlocked my dream job

people, not pedigrees, were my ticket to success

Oct 30, 2020 • 

Mishti Sharma

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2

September 2020

sog & the city

a love letter to New York, city of my heart

Sep 11, 2020 • 

Mishti Sharma

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July 2020

the color of beauty

On the racial violence our judgments of beauty wield—and how to reimagine a kinder world forward.

Jul 7, 2020 • 

Mishti Sharma

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13

16:13

April 2020

'D' as in 'the': language, accent, & name

Through language, we touch others and, inescapably, bare who we are. This maildrop explores the languages I have worn over time—which ones, in which…

Apr 5, 2020 • 

Mishti Sharma

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11:20

March 2020

if everyone is family...

thoughts on whether Hindu universalism can play out in the flesh

Mar 9, 2020 • 

Mishti Sharma

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5