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I joined Aavya as a creative strategist with great clarity. And proved that clarity and wisdom are not always the same thing.

On day one, I very confidently announced: “I’m staying exactly two months.” Not approximately. Not spiritually flexible. Exactly.

And like a true zabaan-ki-lakīr-kā-fakīr, I left on time despite sunsets, good conversations, and Tapovan doing its best emotional blackmail. Plan followed. Mistake made.

City life quickly informed me that while leaving was a decision, it may not have been the right one. And while I may not be in Tapovan physically, Tapovan clearly refuses to leave me alone.

So here I am — still involved, still orbiting, and now officially your Sub-Editor at Tapovan Times.

I may have left. But I didn’t escape.

I’ll see you when I see you. Until then, you’re stuck with me every week.

Stubbornly yours, Shalini