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How can we do our bit against climate change?
Environment day is celebrated every year on the 5th June, but we can or in fact we must celebrate Environment day every day. I live in a small island off the east coast of Africa, called Mauritius. While we produce about 3.3 metrics tonne per capita, which seems quite low compared to other nations, we…
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3 ways to nurture talents in the workplace
Reading time: 4 min 30 sec The industrial age and consumerism are said to have brought a cult of overworking. Over the past few years, we have been hearing a lot about how we need to stop ‘glamourizing overworking’. Indeed we have been seeing many posts pointing out the long hours that employees put in,…
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The night goes on…
I need to take a breakfrom the achethat is building in my headI need to go to bedI keep tossing and turningBurning and churningfrom the arguments floatingin a vicious circle, gloatingvoices boiling my insecuritiesinto a smoke of obscenitiesThe moonlight seeps through the curtainsspewing shadows of personson the plain and blank wallsresurrecting the callsI received from…
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Echoes from the past
This is a short story that I wrote based on the reedsyprompt: “Write a story in which a window is broken or found broken.”
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Afternoon tea
Featured image by fotografierende from Pexels glasses sliding off my nose skidding until the tip the scent from my tea rose more enjoyable with a sip moody weather feet on white feather sitting on leather looking at my rose wither i close my eyes thinking about the time i made pies covered with key lime…
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Propped against the rusty old chair…
Propped against the rusty old chair I laid myself bare In the throes of passion for hot sky To the eyes of the passers-by Clock ticking Shoes tapping Ropes skipping Bees humming The world stands still Until the sound of a power drill Or is it a rock band? Far and deep in the woodland…
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5 easy tips to work from home more productively
Working at home can be difficult. Many of us have been working home since the start of 2020 and while we had hoped that this virus would “go away” and things would return to normal in one year, we still see no deadline on the work from home situation. It is best, then, to learn…
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A day in the life of..
I wake up feeling drained and on the edge Feeling fingers poking at me Followed by being jostled by someone I fall off the edge getting hit on my head I am instantly helped up and forced to perform with low energy and bruises and aches, all over my body My view of my surroundings…
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The Miracle Morning Routine
At whatever age, each of us is at, whatever stage of our life, one of the common factors is the need for success. Be it, as a student studying to pass exams, a working professional making it up the corporate ladder, or a housewife managing all the chores to make a livable home, or anyone…
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Focus
I look at my screen and type in letters and numbers Click, clack, click, clack My keyboard goes rhythmically I pretend to be deeply engrossed in whatever is happening on my monitor I get a feeling of incompleteness I look in the corner of my eyes My hands are stretching to the right of my…
Deepika Pydatalli 