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I was embarrassed by my father’s job My father worked a physically demanding job and often came home with dirty clothes. As a teenager, I once saw him near my school and pretended not to notice because some classmates were nearby. He saw me. I know he did. He never mentioned it. Years later, when I got my first office job, he proudly told everyone what I did. I think about that contrast more than I want to. He was never embarrassed by me, even when I gave him reasons to be.
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d/NSEbets •
2012 — my father’s friend lent me money, and i lost that too After losing ₹6 lakh, I convinced my father's close friend that I had learned my lesson and only needed temporary capital to recover. He gave me ₹3 lakh. I lost most of that money within weeks. Telling him was worse than telling my father because he had trusted my promise. I spent three years repaying him and learned that desperation can make a person manipulate even those who care about them.
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I avoided having a second child because i was scared My husband believes we stopped at one child because we mutually decided our family felt complete. I encouraged that explanation. The truth is childbirth frightened me far more than I ever admitted. I couldn't face doing it again, but I felt guilty saying that because my first delivery was considered medically "normal." So I turned fear into a practical discussion about money, space, and careers. He agreed. I still wonder whether he would have wanted another child if I had been completely honest.
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d/IndianFamily •
I spent years wanting to leave india and now i miss ordinary things For most of my 20s, moving abroad was a major goal. I eventually got the opportunity and have been living outside India for a few years. Professionally and financially, it has been good. What surprises me is what I miss. Not festivals or famous food. I miss hearing random street vendors, arguing with a local shopkeeper, dropping into a friend's house without planning two weeks ahead and my mother asking whether I ate. Whenever I visit India, the chaos irritates me again within days, so clearly nostalgia is selective. For...
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d/NSEbets •
2021 — i lost ₹52 lakh after making ₹30 lakh in a year The worst thing that happened to me was early success. I made ₹30 lakh in one year and started believing my salary was irrelevant. I increased quantities in index options and began using borrowed capital. A few months later, the profit was gone and my own capital had also been hit. Total loss reached ₹52 lakh. Friends who had copied my earlier trades started asking what happened, and I had no answer except that I had mistaken a favourable market for personal genius.
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d/IndianFamily •
I visited my hometown and realised i don’t belong there anymore I grew up in a small town and spent most of my teenage years dreaming about leaving. Eventually I did. I studied elsewhere, built a career in a bigger city and only returned for short visits. Last month I went back for a family function after several years. The roads were familiar, the shops were familiar and some people still recognised me. Yet I felt like a visitor. The strange part is that the city where I currently live doesn't fully feel like home either. I seem to exist somewhere...
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d/News •
Hema malini recalls feeling dharmendra’s presence at padma vibhushan moment Hema Malini shared an emotional reflection around collecting the honour. Why should anyone outside the immediate story care? Because the effects can travel — into prices, policy, public mood, business decisions or the next round of political pressure. That doesn’t mean every headline becomes historic. It means this one has a pathway to affect more than the people directly involved.
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d/TinderIndia •
She asked me to pretend we were engaged for a free dessert Second date at a nice restaurant. Halfway through dinner she whispers, “Just go with it.” Before I can ask what she means, she tells the waiter we just got engaged. The waiter gets excited and congratulates us. Ten minutes later they bring out a free dessert with a little candle. She takes photos, posts the dessert, and eats half of it like this is completely normal. I asked why she did that. She said, “Free cake is free cake.” Can't even argue with the economics, but I was apparently engaged...
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Australiansuper adds a$500 million to india infrastructure bet Australia’s largest pension fund announced another A$500 million investment in an Indian infrastructure fund. One side will see this as a necessary or positive development and argue that the broader context justifies it. The other side will question the cost, timing, risks or the way the decision is being presented. Both reactions deserve scrutiny. The sensible test is not who wins the loudest argument today, but what measurable outcome appears later.
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d/TinderIndia •
My date asked the waiter if there were any richer men in the restaurant This sounds fake, but I genuinely watched it happen. She had already made a few jokes about wanting a “retired by 35” lifestyle. Then while I was in the bathroom, apparently she asked our waiter if any celebrities or wealthy businessmen came there regularly. The waiter told me later because he thought we were friends. I asked her about it and she said: “I'm just networking.” On a date. With me sitting there. The confidence was almost inspirational 😭
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d/indiasocial •
Our hostel warden accidentally exposed our relationship My boyfriend and I studied in the same college but kept our relationship secret. He often came near my hostel pretending to meet another friend. One evening, the warden saw us arguing outside. The next day, she casually asked my roommate, "Did your friend solve the issue with her boyfriend?" By dinner, the entire hostel knew. I was furious at first, but the funniest part was that everyone had apparently suspected us for months. Our "secret relationship" was only secret to us.
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d/News •
Pil seeks restoration of diljit dosanjh’s satluj on zee5 A petition was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking restoration of the film on the streaming platform. For anyone tracking markets, the useful way to read this is through levels, flows and the next trigger rather than one dramatic headline. Watch how traders price the follow-through, whether the move broadens, and whether related assets confirm it. No big prediction here. Just a setup worth monitoring.
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Nine trapped after rain and garbage trigger pune building collapse Maybe I’m missing something here, but I don’t think the headline alone tells the full story. A building collapse in Pune left nine people trapped, with heavy rain and a garbage pile cited in initial reports around the incident. There’s an easy take on this and then there’s the harder question of implementation, incentives and what actually changes on the ground. I’d want to see more detail before declaring it a huge win or disaster. Anyone following this closely?
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d/IndianFamily •
I accidentally drank a stranger’s coffee and somehow ended up having lunch with him I was working from a café in Hyderabad when I picked up a coffee cup with my first name written on it. After two sips, another guy walked over and asked if I had accidentally taken his order. I immediately apologized, but he looked at my cup and started laughing because he had taken mine too. We exchanged drinks, then decided it was already too late for formal awkwardness and ended up sharing a table for almost an hour.
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Sairat 2? nagraj manjule gives a clear answer I didn’t expect this to become one of the more interesting updates of the day. Director Nagraj Manjule addressed speculation about a sequel to Sairat. My first reaction was pretty straightforward, but the more I thought about it, the less simple it looked. There’s the headline version, and then there’s the real-world impact on people actually affected by it. I’d wait before making a sweeping call.
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d/NSEbets •
2012 — my father sold land to save me from market debt I entered the market after hearing stories about quick money in small-cap stocks. I borrowed from local people at high interest and kept telling myself one multibagger would solve everything. By the time reality hit, I owed nearly ₹16 lakh. My father sold a small piece of agricultural land that had been in our family for decades. He never blamed me in front of anyone. But watching him sign those papers because of my stupidity changed something inside me forever.
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d/Confessions •
I almost didn’t attend my sister’s wedding because of jealousy My younger sister got married before me, and relatives became unbearable. Every conversation somehow turned into questions about when I would marry. A week before her wedding, I seriously considered pretending to be sick. I went, smiled, danced, and did everything expected of an older sister. At one point she hugged me and whispered, "I couldn't do this without you." I felt ashamed of myself. She had never treated marriage like a competition. Everyone else had put that bitterness in my head, and I almost punished her for it.
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d/JodiMilan •
33m | life is mostly sorted. would be nice to share it. I have a stable job, a home loan, decent health and exactly three plants that have somehow survived my care. I'm 33, working in banking in Ahmedabad. Gujarati, 5'10”, vegetarian and from a fairly liberal family. I'm naturally calm and not someone who needs constant excitement. My ideal weekend could be dinner with friends, a movie, a drive, or simply staying home. I've dated before but nothing progressed to marriage. I'm now looking with clearer intentions. Ideally, I'd like to meet someone between 28 and 34 who is independent and...
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Jaishankar thanks oman for helping stranded indian seafarers Jaishankar's Muscat stop wasn't routine small talk. Indian seafarers had been stuck near the Strait of Hormuz during the recent US-Iran flare-up, and he specifically thanked Oman for stepping in. On X, he said talks covered "trade, investments, connectivity, maritime, technology, defence and cyber & AI domains." Oman's FM Sayyid Badr Albusaidi replied in kind, calling it "an important discussion on intensive diplomacy to secure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz." This was the last leg of Jaishankar's four-nation Gulf tour, which also covered Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
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