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Lila Narayan

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Sep 16, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Hindu Kerala
Top 5K sites
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Sep 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Lila Narayan

    The illusion of individuality (opens the original)

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    Recently, people I know have been getting a second ear piercing – a few centimetres away from the first – dangling rebelliously and drawing compliments. After a month of watching this trend grow, I couldn’t help but feel tempted by the idea and suddenly acquired an insatiable desire for another earring. After a week of nagging my mother, I eventually obtained it and was immediately satisfied. Looking back, I wonder, would I have ever wanted the piercing if my friends hadn’t gotten it? How many o

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Lila Narayan

    The puzzle of being you (opens the original)

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    I never liked raw onions when I was younger. They had a strong flavour that made my eyes sting when I bit into them. Their purple hue and stringy appearance would immediately send me into a spiral, and I would pick them out of salads all the time. However, I’d watch my family eat onions with their food every night and eventually began trying them, realising they weren’t so bad after all. Soon, I became the biggest onion enthusiast in my household, contrary to my stubbornness from before. Thi

  3. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Lila Narayan

    Escaping the cave (opens the original)

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    Imagine a dark and dusty cave, its interior lit only by a soft firelight that flickers across the cold, damp stone. Inside dwells a cluster of people, each among them confined there since birth, knowing nothing beyond that clinging humidity. Shackles encircle their ankles to the sodden ground but they do not resist, for they have never known an existence unbound. They remain fixed to the cave’s depths, observing the shadows of objects from the outer world flicker across the wall before them. Unb

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