Saumya R. Kedia✏️ @saumyakedia1 Twitter profile

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3 years

I have my own house now wtf

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@haaniyah_ There are perhaps many critiques that can be made of his novels, but he doesn't write teenage girls in any way that disrespects their bodies. This tweet is baseless and also an awful thing to say to someone esp in quarantine. He is a writer and was once a teenage boy.

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@haaniyah_ Also he does SO much good in the world. Along with his brother! Criticise his books sure: but with merit and not as a derogatory personal attac that's polarising and click baity!

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Beyond excited to tell you that I'll be joining Team @graphyapp to help with copy, research, etc. Can't wait to build for creator economy together!!!!

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Unfollowed influencers on instagram that are still posting about products and food and what not. If you don't want to help, or can't, that's okay. However, you have public platforms where you can reach thousands of people!! Being genuine is the least you can do right now.

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3 years

Turns out, 1 week working at a startup is all it takes to start appreciating @NotionHQ

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3 years

Finally feeling young and beautiful💖

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4 years

So rich kids start magazines because they can and of course they automatically assume that they know so much about culture and knowledge and good art??!! what a joke.... More like get people you know to write things and don't pay anyone because "oh, we're just starting out!!"

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10 months

Every time Ashoka trends I feel weird. No doubt there's lots of room to improve higher education in India. Though, only immense gratitude at being taught by some of the best academics and studying with an exceptional peer group.

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3 years

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4 years

This is the year I've officially graduated and here's a thread of some stuff I've learned/wish I had done better: 1. You may get a B or a C. You may even fail a course. Work hard but don't let a grade kill you. Academic environments reward perfection way more than they should.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

I'm kickstarting my entrepreneurship journey as a fellow of @dsh_india . I caught the Twitter bug a few months ago and as voracious reader I have been thinking a lot about using twitter to read better. Please fill this form to help us validate a project:

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4 years

If you are looking to apply to Ashoka University please know that the academic counsellors will help you and you don't need to pay a third party org. Contact them. Additionally, you can reach out to current students/alumni and we too will offer help. All this is free of charge!

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4 years

Undergraduate male student reads stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, talks about Hegel like he invented talking about Hegel or better yet— Hegel himself. Yet, a female PhD student hesitates to claim deep knowledge of her own research area. A needed change in academia. Add yours

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Every time Ashoka 'trends' it pinches because it's much more than an institution to so many of us.

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4 years

ब्र: @abnux2 @abnux786

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4 years

"Hell is a prison. Hell is separation from your divine, whether that divine is God or your children or your land. We’ve made enough of these hells on earth; our work now is to dismantle those, not to imagine more." A tender brilliant read @KavehAkbar

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"What hurts more than a breakup? A long tweet thread you write that doesn't get enough engagement" – @athrvakhrbde

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2 years

@johngreen this is shocking esp cause publishing books are not know to be the paragon of making money either

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@saumyakedia1

2 years

Last week @olicketysplit published two of my poems on girlhood 🥺

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

I'm TOO excited to share with you six poems I've written about the absurdity of Zoom and the times we've been living in. (Preferably view on your laptop/desktop).

‘The irony of desire in boxes’: Six poems to remind us of life (and death) on Zoom during Covid-19

‘A zoom screen is no mirror / and I hide self-view because / I am exhausted of / forgetting who I am.’

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4 years

Building in public ≠ grabbing 👀's Building in public means being honest about learning curves!

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Which are the best Indian startups building for the creator economy?

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4 years

Can any of us imagine starting Ashoka online? New classes with new people without any sense of place or time. It takes a lot of courage to speak in class, and even more so in an online class! If you're a TA/TF this yr don't subtweet your classes unless it's positive or generic?

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3 years

Having a best friend that has an entirely different career but still gets everything you talk about >>>>>>>>>>>>>

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@saumyakedia1

2 years

Submitted to the WoW Lore contest last night. So excited for the team to read this piece 👀 Thoroughly enjoyed creating a small contribution to the amazing world-building they’re doing 🌟 #WoWLoreContest

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Gm!! Get ready for one month of over excited sk updates

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@saumyakedia1

1 year

Hey, I’m an early career PMM, grew into the role organically after starting off as a copywriter/ UX writer. I really love the work I do, but realised I don’t know any other PMMs!

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4 years

Some observations about Bangalore: 1. Green! 2. The transport system is stressful, miss Bombay autos 3. It's oddly quiet even though it's a thriving city? 4. Every small eatery in Koramangala plays music and a lot of them seem to enjoy pop 5. South Indian breakfast is A1

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3 years

Seeing your younger siblings grow up into people you admire literally expands your heart.

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4 years

Are political parties Ashoka's sororities?!?! Omg..

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3 years

Happiest Happiest Diwali to you all💖

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4 years

Journal Week 4: OG roomie, Taba Chake, Twitter enemies tuned BFF's meet-cute!

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4 years

Week 1 Journal: Meeting the community, Brainstorming Days, Ghee Dosa, and video calling Mumma for outfit approval (she wanted to be cropped).

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3 years

“Wealthier countries have the luxury of entertaining fears the rest of the world cannot afford.” ― Eula Biss, On Immunity: An Inoculation

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@saumyakedia1

2 years

Notes from 24 Turning 24 was the biggest deal for me. My first non-sick birthday in 5 years. It feels like I’ve crossed a line. A transition from being a girl with a somewhat broken body to just being somewhat woman.

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

The best part about a longish weekend is just closing all the tabs in your brain👽

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

My thesis presentation has been receiving such overwhelming feedback and responses and I am feeling so shook and grateful that people are trusting me and AAAAAAAH it all feels so surreal and I really hope my draft can do it some justice. Universe, please let my draft be decent!

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Hello!! My friend @DikshaLahoti and I are looking for a semi furnished 2bhk in and around Indiranagar, Domlur! Any leads will be helpful🥺💖

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@saumyakedia1

5 years

?????????? Women protesting in India for education not enough for you to speak up? Your WHOLE career is based on your identity as a poc queer desi. The hypocrisy is endless.

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The women’s education glow up. @Malala

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4 years

I think one my most favourite feelings in the whole world is staying up all night to finish a book! Day time reading just does not compare unless it is supplemented by reading in the grass with a cup of chai and the sun is not too hot.

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4 years

How it started/How it's going! One of the most precious relationships in my life is my roommate/best friend/family and I wanted to do a cute post because of how much growing we have done together. It's a misconception that your college LOML should be a significant other..

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4 years

A series of 🥰's

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

I worry about the expectation of instant results and what it’s doing to us. So many times, in real life, time is the answer. Give the problem time. Give yourself time. Give the people around you time. You’ll be surprised at the difference.

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Finally received the grad package and my sister thinks I should turn the vial into a pendant and live my best 19th-century lock of hair life.

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3 years

Why does today feel like a Friday is it universal

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Cake and long walks🥰 Yes, I also took a photo of the @CRED_club office like the tourist that I am.

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3 years

SRK’s day out☀️ / @ face at having bought books again

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4 years

I've known Akashmegh since my first semester of Ashoka and he is one of the most fair, dependable, hardworking, and trustworthy people I know. He will put everyone's concerns first and do his level best to create positive change. Please do vote in the AAA elections. @Sky_megh

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4 years

I often wonder why so many boys think they are so funny....

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4 years

For anyone who needs the reminder: now is not the time to be hard on yourself!

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Have we all just collectively left part of our hearts in Sonipat..

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@meyaohyeah

4 years

Missing dhaba food, so here's the beginnings of a dhaba themed sticker set:

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Abhay Deol in Aisha>>>>>>>> other bollywood chick flick movie heroes

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Fully actualising into a girl from a 2000's romcom who studied English, works as a copywriter, drinks too much caffine, whines about words, and likes to criticise traditional media in her free time. Manifesting a meet cute rn🌟

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2 years

201 🏡 Spotted not at IDC for a change

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Certificates by Graphy is the #1 Product of the Day on @ProductHunt for Today

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I spend time these days wondering how historians will make sense of this time period? How do you explain mass interconectivity and mass fragmentation? How do you explain being hyper aware of the world and yet ignoring it so deeply?

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4 years

Just a reminder! grades are not always a measure of your hard work, circumstance, or learning curve. Grades don't always signal improvement. If you feel like you haven't worked hard enough, there's time left! Also, it's not necessary for you to have the same priorities as others.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Rejection done right! @FrontierPoetry

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Hey @suchitasalwan My sister and I helped make the pitch deck for our Mom's startup. We haven't made a pitch deck before and mom was nervous about recording a video, but we learned a lot! Irrespective of the outcome, would love feedback on our attempt, if/whenever possible ☺️

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4 years

Journal Week 1: Corner House, Writing/Coding to Taylor Swift, a new Ginger Lemon Honey Chai routine, and a sci-fi movie.

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4 years

Post breakfast sunbathing with Paris @dsh_india .

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Got the cutest banner made by @kashvireads ! It was too fun collaborating with her on this, what a gal🥺

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Had a job interview today that ended with the interviewer saying, "Even if we don't get to work together, I'm sure you'll be a great addition to any team". And it was such a sweet thing to say and a good way to remind an applicant that their job is to try!

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

@hankgreen John in his recent signing livestream said (on the topic of meeting an author in a book signing) - "It's such a strange fraught moment because it is... just a moment" and I kept thinking wow this is basically a quote about life. How does he manage talking like a poem so often!!

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Thank you @hmvanderhart for giving this poem a home. It's an honour to read and write with Frank O' Hara.

Moist Poetry Journal is on Bluesky 🏳️‍⚧️

@MoistPoetry

4 years

Have a Ginger Lemon Honey Chai With You Is even more fun than going to Bombay sans return ticket Saumya R. Kedia

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3 years

Living with your parents automatically makes you complain less because you don't want a life lesson reply to rants🤪

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

The creator economy excites me more than anything because everyone should be offered a path to monetize something they love doing. The goal really is that simple and encompassing.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Journal Week 2: Old friends new cities, lunches that feel like "dhaba chale?", arguing with a bee over mountain dew, and walking to pretty sunsets. Background score: grow as we go by Ben Platt.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Good surprises✨

Draper Startup House India

@dsh_india

4 years

Welcome @saumyakedia1 to the world of startups! 🚀 Running away from academia, but "the absent minded professor" is probably what describes her best. She loves researching, reading, writing, and is currently exploring all things media!

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4 years

The udipi restraunt I visit everyday doesn't wait for g pay to confirm, I can go place my order. The place I drink chai from everyday isn't bothered that I forgot to pay them for chai at night because I paid them the next day. A little trust goes such a long way!

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Taylor Swift is the only artist whose songs I carry with me through every phase of life. From singing them in school lunch breaks to singing them angstily over crushes in college to pre interview jams to even quarantine. A phenomenal performance by her:

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3 years

The sea gives Bombay its setting. In the sense that everything small or big that happens in the city can be set against the sea. Does Bangalore have a setting, if so what is it?

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4 years

3. You will love a lot and you will lose a lot. I wish I could tell you there is a sure shot way to escape the latter but there isn't.

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7. I sincerely believe in fake it till you make it. Smile until you are smiling for real. Compliment people easily. It will become a habit and you'll start seeing more good around you.

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2 years

Felt cute 🏹

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3 years

Screen time just feels like time now.

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Mom said she was proud of me and this is all the validation I needed for the 15 days into January that have already felt like 35 days.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

8. Don't be afraid of speaking up even if you think someone will laugh at you. Trust me, someone else in the room is thinking "I wish I had the courage to". 9. Try to value yourself a lil less for externally dependent things (grades, professor's approval, friend's love etc.)

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@saumyakedia1

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16. You will meet people who will change your life. Never hesitate in telling them the impact they've had. 17. Your Professors are people too. Please, let them be so.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

my meme for this year

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

I think one of my best traits is being able to forgive easily yet something I have learned is that forgiving someone does not mean introducing them back into your life. You can forgive someone and move on. You can forgive yet be firm on your boundaries!

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

My favourite thing about growing up with Taylor Swift has been that she understands that it's not really ever about the love interest. It's about your emotions and experiences. It's about being able to laugh at your past and cry with your friends and hold your family.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

12. Never be so wholly dependent on someone that you feel immobile without them. Put your eggs in more than one basket. Nothing or no one should be the end of your world.

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Thinking about things I’m grateful for this yr and most of it is friendship. New friends in new cities, old friends in old cities, friends who make you feel more like yourself, and friends who’ll tell you things you need to hear.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

At the risk of entering this conversation, here is something I have been thinking about for a while.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Updated my work profile on LinkedIn only cause I applied somewhere and they wanted a link to my profile. Turns out a new role status was released automatically and now I have many "Congrats on the new role dms." Reasons why I hate LinkedIn circa when will this end.

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

One of the most important skills in creating something is being able to handle the cringe and embarrassment you'll feel at first drafts.

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2. Don't assume you know where someone else is coming from. We are all a sum of varied life experiences (and many we don't stick to our forehead).

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Hello, I was a TA for intro to lit theory and a creative writing class called the essay last yr, I did a decent job, and would love to help out any current 3rd/4th yrs who are ta - ing for the first time and feeling stuck/apprehensive about something! Feel free to reach out!

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

I asked a friend to gift me this book because it's the kind of book one wants to be gifted and not just buy. I can't explain just how good these essays are: full of discovery, astute observations, humility, and a way of argumentation I wish was more common. @SumanaSiliguri

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Being an adult is just fixing one thing while another breaks…rinse & repeat — Vonnegut was right — life is literally mainly just maintenance

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2 years

As more young people do jobs that didn’t exist previously — I hope they remember not to undervalue and undersell their hard work!! (thinking of roles that don’t have formulaic expectations, require a combination of skills, and require high adaptability to new technologies).

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3 years

I dislike most writing advice that floats around on Twitter so here are some thoughts — 1 - Why do you like to write? For me it’s because it’s the only time all the thoughts in my brain connect in a manner that makes sense. ✨ Find your why and never forget it.

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5. Your values will grow/be tested/evolve but if it's a fight you win, it will bring you a lot of joy. 6. Learn as much as you can but be conscious of the fact that the learning is a privilege. Think of how you can help others.

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@saumyakedia1

3 years

Sometime during graduation year, I decided that academia was not the right path for me. Here's what followed🎢

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Journal Week 6: moving vehicles, fav shitposter @veekay_21 , ब्र: , and some pink.

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@saumyakedia1

4 years

Online classes will help us realise that universities should be accessible for everyone. A classroom is about the back and forth in class, the banter after, the wondering wether you should read Rilke or stare into their eyes. Which is more helpful? How do we learn what we know?

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@saumyakedia1

2 years

What gets me so kicked about ‘genius’ men acting out publicly is that a woman would get fired in like 2 seconds

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Saumya R. Kedia✏️

@saumyakedia1

4 years

13. Make more memories than you can count. 14. Relish the unexpected warmth and joy that comes your way. Treasure the good. 15. Be friends with people who turn up your sparkle.

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