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Newsletter · By Isha Jain · English · Paid tier available · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 15, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    When love finds me, I hope it is enough. (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    Have you ever wondered why the stories end with happily ever after, or start with the ink drying on divorce papers? Maybe because the middle part is not aesthetic, or dramatic, but messy and monotonous. In short, boring and too real.The middle is where the love bleeds out from between two people.This realization came from a whispered confession of a woman whose love story I had admired for so long, she defined my idea of it, “Love is not enough”.Su

  2. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    Midnight break in at the Cashew shack (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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    <img alt="best comedy telugu movie thaai kizhavi" class="sizing-normal" height="239.0625" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0LB8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F65c511fc-2b12-478a-b472

  3. Issue · Aug 22, 2026

    I broke my foot...again! (opens the original)

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    At least, this time no human saw me fall like the last time. And there must be something wrong with me because that is the first thing I thought of. Before getting up from the starfish position at the bottom of my bathroom floor. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="198.5625" s

  4. Issue · Aug 12, 2026

    "Barso re megha megha" (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="307.8478260869565" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r7V1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b9b966d-983c-45e1-835b-eacac90d5cba

  5. Issue · Aug 1, 2026

    Validation is a scam (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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    It all started with lemons. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="148.95833333333334" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MKDk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feab5a579-0a9b-4b1

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