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A Reimagined Healing: A Reflection on “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace

Nitya Rajeshuni // I don’t understand why wrinkles are blasphemous. I examined her face framed by wisps of smoky hair, captivated by the zigzagging marks traversing her forehead and chin, parables of her youth tucked neatly in their crevices.  I imagined these lines etched into place by a magnificent painter, some with delicacy and precision,…

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From Rumi to Herman Hesse, A Contemplation on Optimism: Why Uncertainty is When Hope is Needed Most

Nitya Rajeshuni // I was followed only by the clouds, drifting across glass windowpanes, as I passed my regular landmarks—the coffee shop with live music, the endless roadblocks of construction, the redbrick campus then pink with cherry blossoms.  While life is now beginning anew, there were many months in the dark slumber of the pandemic…

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