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November 8, 2018
Writing
Hola!
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The bookworm mug is a steal at $10! All products available in different vibrant colors.
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Do check it out if you are looking for gifts for Christmas, Casual and Authors. Best of luck to everyone doing Nanowrimo!
Thank you!
Happy Diwali to everyone!
Writing
Hola!
I invite you to check out my awesome new store Hemdiva’s here- https://teespring.com/stores/hemdivas
The bookworm mug is a steal at $10! All products available in different vibrant colors.
From “I never have writer’s block” tshirt to “Bookworm” Coffee Mugto “Lavender Love” Legging!
Do check it out if you are looking for gifts for Christmas, Casual and Authors. Best of luck to everyone doing Nanowrimo!
Thank you!
Happy Diwali to everyone!
Writing
Hola!
I invite you to check out my awesome new store Hemdiva’s here- https://teespring.com/stores/hemdivas
The bookworm mug is a steal at $10! All products available in different vibrant colors.
From “I never have writer’s block” tshirt to “Bookworm” Coffee Mug to “Queen of Hearts” Tote Bag!
Do check it out if you are looking for gifts for Christmas, Casual and Authors. Best of luck to everyone doing Nanowrimo!
Thank you!
Happy Diwali to everyone!
October 18, 2018
दसरा…!
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दसऱ्याच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा!
ते दारावरचे तोरण
ते गोड गोड जेवण
ते एकमेकांना सोन्यची भेट
ती मनोभावे केलेली पूजा
दसर सण मोठा
नाही आनंद तोटा
October 11, 2018
Aye Halo!
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Wishing my readers a very very happy Navratri!
May you achieve success, happiness and love in your life!
May you overcome all your inner flaws.
May the good in you win over all the evils.
As a child, I went to play garba wearing oversize chaniacholi (I was so little, it was hard to find my size) . I had no idea how to dance. Lol I just clapped after everyone did.
Its now that I understand how deep Navratri meant. Navratri – Nav Ratri (Nine Nights) stand for the Nine Avatars of Goddess Durga.
It also stands for the victory of the divine, of the good over evil.
Jai Maa Durga 
September 30, 2018
Growing up
That age when dreams shatter one by one
Emotions scatter one by one
Where you realize all promises you made as a kid are far from reach
Where responsibilities take hold of you
Love is on your mind
But not so kind
Life is impossible
But still you’re the head
That age
Where past seems easier than present
Where present, you wish was absent
Where the future feels like a mystical land and you can only survive with super powers
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September 14, 2018
September 9, 2018
That girl in the peacock dress
After a long long time, I happend to travel by the train. Ha.. Its the lifeline but we had been avoiding it for so long.
Boy it was so packed! Me and my mum had to stand as all the seats were occupied. Even the fourth seats! And everyone we asked was going to the same place as us. So no chance of getting a seat!
All I wished was to get two seats for us to sit down. Standing for an hour wasn’t a good idea. Neither for mom nor for me. But as stations passed, people kept coming in.
It seemed as if they’d pledged to fill the tiny train compartment till it overflows. Population!
I made a silent prayer for a seat and kept standing. Fifteen minutes passed and a girl suddenly stood up. She offered her seat to my mum. She wasn’t getting down, ours and her destination was the same, but still. My mum was more than happy and she sat down, thanking the girl. I smiled from ear to ear and also said, “Thank you”. The girl smiled.
The girl stood silently next to me, while my mum got seated. The girl looked my age, maybe a few years older, dressed in a peacock blue dress.
A simple looking girl but what she did was no simple thing. It takes courage to leave the seat for which you mostly have to fight like a WWF boxer. And offer it to a stranger.
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Even men don’t show such bravery. We all have this ego that what we’ve earned is ours, sharing it with others is unacceptable. But this simple girl had a heart and her good thoughts had over powered her ego.
And you don’t need to be a super hero to help others. You definitely don’t need a cape, a sword or any special super powers! You just need a heart, a one that cares!
She knew what it feels like to stand for hours and tried to make it easier for others. She’s the hero. You may think its an over statement but that very moment, her little move touched our hearts. For in the compartment of 100 or so people, she was the one to get up and offer us her seat. I’ll always remember her.
God bless her and all such souls who try to help others.
You and I can also be like her. All it would take is just one step…
Stay Good
Stay Blessed
Help others
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September 2, 2018
The love letter
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It said “I Love You”
A crore times
It said “You’re beautiful”
A Billion times
It talked about promises “To be Together forever”
It talked about “Love that will last”
It described the “Eyes”
It described the “lips”
It hoped of “Meetings and First Date”
It hoped for a “Response”
It hoped for a “Yes”
It feared “Rejection”
It feared a flat “No”
It wondered crazily
It expressed frankly
It ended with a “Hope”
It ended hoping to “Continue”
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August 28, 2018
A Scary Vacation 2nd Chapter
A Scary Vacation (Now available on all leading websites)
Copyright © 2018 Hemdiva Dev
CHAPTER 2
You look like a Ghost
Riya sat beside Aalia and stared the dressing table. It had tall mirror, a big drawer and a seat. Suddenly Riya felt a hand grab her leg from under the bed. She panicked and looked down. But there was nothing though she did feel the icy cold hand. Riya gulped her fear as she couldn’t dare to look under the bed.
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Kanak stood at the door, than she went to the dressing table. She looked at her reflection and adjusted her hair.
“Its okay to look in the mirror during the day but…”, everyone turned to Aalia who spoke all of a sudden.
“But?”, Riya asked.
“But at … at night…”, Aalia starred the mirror with serious eyes.
Kanak switched back to adjusting her hair that kept falling on her forehead.
“At night… you shouldn’t look… because a.. a… ghost… ghost is seen”, Aalia informed.
Kanak stopped moving her hair and looked at her reflection. She felt a shiver running down her spine.
“The ghost looks at you if you look in the mirror at night”, Aalia said.
Riya held her hands close to her chest.
“And what does it do next? Do your hair?”, Kanak burst into laughter.
“That’s not funny!”, Aalia said sternly.
Kanak couldn’t control her laughter but she placed a hand over her mouth.
“Is the ghost…?”, Ishita didn’t dare to ask further.
[image error]“No its not my great grandmother but my late aunt Kamini… she was obsessed with the mirror and she looked at the mirror almost all days and nights. She was very gorgeous and was proud of her beauty. But…”, Aalia glanced at the mirror with sad eyes.
“But…?”Mona asked playing with her hair.
“One day she was alone and there was a sudden fire. She was caught inside her room and when she had the chance to escape, she choose to save the mirror… She threw the mirror out of her window, that fell on the ground. She couldn’t save herself though and died”, Aalia wiped her eyes.
“Then how is the mirror intact? If she threw the mirror, it should have been scattered to a million pieces”, Kanak stood folding her hands over her chest.
“That’s … its… a mystery… Though the mirror fell on the ground, it didn’t break. Mom says, its because my aunt had some powers….”, Aalia said, her eyes locked at the mirror.
Ishita was very frightened, she held Mona’s hand.
“If she had powers, why didn’t she save herself?”, Kanak narrowed her eyes at Aalia.
“Because she had only one option, herself or the mirror. And she made a choice!”, Aalia said furiously.
Kanak glared at her.
“Can you girls help me to prepare the table?”, Aalia’s mom, Dona Dixit called from down.
“Coming!”, Aalia said loudly.
As Aalia, Riya, Mona and Kanak went down. Ishita stayed back and looked at the mirror.
She went closer and looked at her reflection, it appeared normal. But it still made her feel uneasy. Ishita just thought she heard someone call her but the voice was too low to be true, so Ishita ran down to join her friends.
Truly, its your encouragement that motivated me! I felt I’m not alone in my writing journey.
That what I’m writing, matters…
A Scary Vacation was a new experience for me and you. It is published on 23rd April 2018.
It is absolutely free for Kindle Unlimited subscribers and only 99cents to buy.
49 INR for my indian friends.
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