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Shruthi Subramanian
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Published in Abroadingly

·Nov 19, 2020

Living/Leaving

Paris can be a good idea, yes. In late September, I found myself struggling to operate a handheld digital weighing scale. I’m a hoarder; I hate packing; I loathe moving. Same old, same old. I had been packing to move to Paris — sounds magical, doesn’t it? But the truth is that I was terrified about leaving…

Living Abroad

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Living/Leaving
Living/Leaving
Living Abroad

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Published in Abroadingly

·Oct 4, 2020

Claiming Abandoned Flannel

Nothing gets thrown out in Berlin. In the summer of 2019, I struggled to pack my entire existence into two pieces of luggage: 23 kilograms each. I did what I had to in order to carry on; that’s additional. I’m a hoarder, and so my heart was more set on packing a souvenir ukulele than it…

Berlin

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Claiming Abandoned Flannel
Claiming Abandoned Flannel
Berlin

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Sep 25, 2020

Hard Spices and Soft Parties

As a child, I appreciated the variety but hated cinnamon. I cannot be the only one. I distinctly remember hating these chunks of bark and dried up leaves in my food. My tongue could do sweet, salty, spicy, and candy. I couldn’t appreciate the complexity of cardamom, but I could tell the difference between tap and bottled water. I was…

Food

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Hard Spices and Soft Parties
Hard Spices and Soft Parties
Food

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Sep 16, 2020

Lost and pfand in Berlin

Berlin is a small city with a big personality. Much like the city, every neighbourhood is an adjective. — It’s tacky to begin an essay with a dictionary definition, but hear me out. Google Translate defines pfand as a “pledge.” Every time you pay for a bottle in Germany, you pay a small deposit that you can claim if you bring the bottle back. So, you’re pledging to return…

Berlin

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Lost and pfand in Berlin
Lost and pfand in Berlin
Berlin

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Published in Abroadingly

·Aug 10, 2020

An Indian walks into an Indian Supermarket

Sounds like the set-up for a grand joke, but this is just me exploring what I found to be the least gentrified Indian space in Berlin. — Stuck in what was a balancing act to keep all my glass bottles and plastic bottles from overflowing out of my large tattered grocery bag, I thought about how I had stopped going to the store that I had initially bought the bag from. I wondered if I should replace…

Indian

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An Indian walks into an Indian Supermarket
An Indian walks into an Indian Supermarket
Indian

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Jul 17, 2020

Luck and Other Luxuries

If it doesn’t fit in your palm, maybe it’s not lucky. I don’t believe in luck, or at least I try not to. Of course, I give in and look for a new source of hope but not without putting up a fight. It’s the last resort. You know how…

Musings

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Luck and Other Luxuries
Luck and Other Luxuries
Musings

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Jul 8, 2020

The Winds Have an Address

Meteorology and geography — I mean, it’s all related, right? We lock our windows before we go to bed. Is it possible that you feel cold because there’s a gust of memories pricking at your skin, urging you to go back? Yeeeeeesh. I’m not so sure I should’ve said that…

Home

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The Winds Have an Address
The Winds Have an Address
Home

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Jul 6, 2020

Arrivals & Departures

A year ago, I left what had been home for more than a decade to move to Berlin. I remember the sprint from the international terminal to the domestic one. I was so, so terrified of missing my connecting flight. The sun had been out, but the fear had kept…

Travel

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Arrivals & Departures
Arrivals & Departures
Travel

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