Hello, world.

You cannot hide light behind shadows.

For years, I flirted with the idea of visibility. Maybe, now it’s time to commit — say yes to my inner knowing. Hello, world. I am here.

Musings

Blogs

Notes, musings and the occasional overthinking.

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A close-up of a typewriter showcasing 'ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE' on paper.
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Not a LinkedIn post

ChatGPT has started scoring my content. I kid you not. And yes, I once managed to get a perfect 10/10 too. My theory? It finally got so exhausted dealing with me that…

Always 🪄

There is a certain magic in this simple word – Always! 🪄 Of course, anyone familiar with the…

Life in poetry

Poems

You can’t hide your emotions in poetry. It is the rawest form of your inner self — free-flowing, often abstract. Read closely, or listen, and you may find fragments of me.

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Short stories

Stories

Small stories, mostly true, occasionally about bandits.

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Bandits

Ma was murmuring to herself as she browsed through her phone. Curious, I asked her, while munching an apple, “Your husband is nowhere in sight, why are you still talking to yourself?” Throwing me a dirty look, Ma snapped, “That’s your Baba. Be respectful.” Her attention dropped back to her phone. She sighed, more to herself than to me. “I’m tired of deleting these spam and fraudulent messages.” I felt a quiet flicker of pride. The warnings had finally stuck.Ma continued, “These days you can’t tell who’s a thief anymore.…

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Stories in pixels

Photos

Capturing moments that carried a thousand words.

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Bird
Chai?
Matchbox
Rain
Santa
Tagore

Ink & idle hands

Doodles

What the pen does when the mind wanders.

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The person behind the magic

About Asha

I write, I speak, I click, I doodle — an assortment of small magics.

This is where I finally said yes to being seen.

Letters from Assorted Magic

New poems, stories and pictures, delivered now and then. No spam — just a little magic.