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Ruchi swarup's avatar

So beautifully written. Your simple ,lucid descriptions transports the reader to your story . God bless

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Mishti Sharma's avatar

thank you so much for reading this!!

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Shubham Bajpai's avatar

Beautifully written Mishti! Some things I can relate with and others I could visualize through the words.. keep writing! I wish I could write half as well... :)

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Mishti Sharma's avatar

thank you so much! I am happy this resonated with you - I can imagine many similar and wonderful scenes on your daily commute into Manhattan :)

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Piyush Gopal's avatar

You are write so well “I can’t define the place I love, but I can tell you about the feeling I love”. This line sums up everything about the sentiments all us NYC romantics harbor. Like I always tell your parents and Shubham/ Khushi, you guys are an inspiring family. Be blessed.

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Mishti Sharma's avatar

so grateful for your thoughtful read of this piece. I certainly am and will always be a NYC romantic. dense cities like this are pure magic, and there's just something special about this one!

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Bhavana Sabherwal's avatar

Loved it as always. You sketch very well too. There is a flow in your writing that doesn’t let you stop till you’ve finished reading the entire piece. God bless you Mishti!

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Mishti Sharma's avatar

thank you so much for reading this- much love back to you!

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Mukund Raghavan's avatar

Wonderful article, nice photos. Especially liked the bit about searching for the first apartment you lived in NY. Look forward to a post about the mountain town in Colorado.

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Mishti Sharma's avatar

thank you so much. I'm definitely thinking about a small-town Colorado piece - certainly a whole new world compared to NYC and its suburbs :)

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Deepak Sood's avatar

Heart melting stuff Mishti. I really enjoyed this one - very well written. God bless you Bacchu !

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Mishti Sharma's avatar

I really appreciate you always reading and writing back on these. I'm so glad this one struck a chord too!

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Archana Seth's avatar

Mishti, the beauty of your writing is that you creat a mental image in the readers mind of a certain movement, you carry the reader along with you. One can feel the emotions you portray without lagging behind....but by moving constantly with you! God bless you!

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Mishti Sharma's avatar

thank you so much for reading and replying. Feel blessed and grateful that the writing was able to capture you like this!

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Anju Sharma's avatar

Chunna, I miss you so much! Come home and we will have dal on the porch <3 Excellent write up as usual. I haven't seen some of these drawings. I specially like the Brooklyn one. Superb work.. as is this picture. Love you..

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Mishti Sharma's avatar

love you so much Mamma! <3

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JUGABRAT CHOUDHURY's avatar

madam, can you please share your email? i am in urgent need of a help, please respond

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Cory Etzkorn's avatar

So many beautiful ideas in here that I relate to as someone who previously lived in NYC. Definitely reminded my why I love the place... especially when I’m so far away and the world is so crazy.

Some of my favorites:

[New York] is the feeling of toeing an easy line between strangerhood and familiarity.

Endless small collisions change people’s collective imaginations.

Maybe we’re all just here, and that is enough. 

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