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I started this blog during my master's degree (Violence Conflict and Development at SOAS) and, since then it's mostly been about evening walks, meticulously recorded with photography and notes, cooking tales, bringing up my daughter Kavita, everyday travails and headaches, some political commentary and anecdotes.
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