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palak's avatar

damn, i had been missing my mum all day and this just made it worse haha. but honestly, very beautiful read!

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Ameliorating A's avatar

This was deeply beautiful!!

You really have the great ability to make your writings so picturesque. I could feel everything. This was so good Shaan, really. The level of observation and the way you put it is fantastic. It's perfect this way too, but just in case if you'd like to convert the text in Hindi too, it would be feel even better.

The essence of it is soo good. I just felt if the text would be in hindi, it would flow even better. I also write in hinglish only whenver I have to write something in Hindi, but then I convert it in hindi text through ChatGPT, or type from phone.. tbh typing in hindi is very difficult for me XD.

But regardless, this was fantastic. Keep up the good work. Just loved it.

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Shaan's avatar

Thank you soo much, this means so much to me!!! Really

When I first started drafting this, I really thought about whether to write it in Hinglish or pure Hindi. To keep the flow and not get caught up in the maatras and everything , I just went ahead with Hinglish. But yes, I agree the flow might have been better if I had written it fully in Hindi. Writing in Hindi is quite challenging for me too haha. I’ve always loved reading works in hindi, but expressing myself in it is something I know I need to work on.

Also, I came across your poem “Zindagi Ka Safar” and honestly, it was such a delightful read. I’m not even kidding when I say this, I’ve found very few people writing Hindi poems on substack, and you truly have that craft that stands out. The flow and rawness of that poem left me in awe.

Your writing really challenges me to write so much better, that I have so much room for improvement! Again thanks for the kind words!

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Ameliorating A's avatar

Same here.. matras and hindi typing is not a good combo at all. You're already so expressive in hindi already, I guess next time just type in hinglish then convert in hindi with AI, if you'd like. Rest we love hinglish stuff too right, so no modification would be needed.

Omg :0 :0. I am so glad you that you liked it. It was feeling kind of awkward when I was posting that, because of improper wordings and rhythm, But I am so glad now, that I posted it. Thank you so much for your kind words but Your writings are much more mesmerizing than mine though XD, for real...they are super immersive and that makes reading it a whole different experience.

Thank you again :))))

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