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The Optimist's HeartShashi Bellamkonda · May 18, 2026My father used to say that worrying was just praying for things you didn’t want. He said it in Telugu, and it sounded better in Telugu, the way most wisdom does in the language it was born in. I didn’t understand it fully when I was young. I thought optimism was a personality trait, something you either had or didn’t, like being good at c…
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What Dhurandhar: The Revenge Is Really Doing to Indian AudiencesI watched Dhurandhar: The Revenge across two evenings, which felt like the only honest way to absorb something that…
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The Weight of the Unspoken: Elizabeth Strout's Departure in "The Things We Never Say"If you have followed Elizabeth Strout's career, you know her name is practic…
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Dutton Ranch and the America We ForgotReadyThoughts Shashi Bellamkonda I’ve watched all of it. Yellowstone, 1883, 1923. Every season, every funeral, every fence line disputed in the…
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30,000 Connections — ReadyThoughts PreviewPersonal Reflection · ReadyThoughts.com On reaching 30,000 connections and why the number is not the point. Shashi Bellamkonda · May 2026 …
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The Boy from Ashok NagarPersonal Essay · Shashi BellamkondaThe Boy from Ashok Nagar When I read that Sundar Pichai's family waited five years on a government list just to get…
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