Archive - Creative Resilience with Raju Tai

March 2025

The Call for Creative Destruction

To create for a long time, we must learn to destroy

Mar 30 •

OMG Same! and other problems with female friendship

Searching authenticity in La-la land

Mar 23 •

Sweet Pain: Reading romance when everything hurts

"My body felt like an ocean. The heavy pain swam like a whale deep down. Pleasure was like tiny starfish swimming close to the surface."

Mar 16 •

A Lousy Childhood

Since we never speak about lice, I decided to write about them.

Mar 9 •

Songs of Acceptance: Three Hindi songs that saved my neurodivergent soul

The songs that taught me I wasn't broken, just different.

Mar 2 •

January 2025

The Gift of Nothing — A Poem for You

A gift for you to pass to whoever needs it the most

Jan 28 •

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The Rhythm of our Stories

Natasha Badhwar presents a creative writing workshop for writers, poets and performers. Co-facilitated by Raju Tai and Vimal Chitra

Published on Ochre Sky Stories • Jan 12

November 2024

A poem that prays softly

Nov 10, 2024 •

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