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Rain lashed against my windows last Tuesday, drumming a rhythm that mirrored my restless thoughts. I'd spent hours scrolling through newsfeeds filled with divisive politics until my eyes burned, that familiar acidic dread pooling in my stomach. Needing escape, I remembered the app I'd downloaded months ago during a museum phase – the one promising presidential intimacy. With skepticism, I tapped the icon, half-expecting another glossy brochure masquerading as digital experience. What unfolded fe

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That Thursday evening tasted like stale coffee and failure. I'd been glaring at the same Figma screen for hours, my cursor hovering over a "submit" button that felt about as responsive as a brick wall. My client wanted to see how their new fitness app would respond to swipe gestures, but all I had were frozen rectangles mocking me. The disconnect between my vision and this digital mannequin show was suffocating - like trying to explain color to someone born blind. My knuckles whitened around the

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The smell of burnt toast mixed with Berlin's damp autumn air when it hit me - three years abroad and I'd forgotten the sound of Auntie Meena's laughter. That particular cackle-whistle she made when telling scandalous village gossip. My fingers trembled against cold marble as I scrolled through another silent feed of polished influencers, their perfect English slicing through the quiet. That's when Priya's message blinked: "Try this. Sounds like home." Attached was a pixelated thumbnail of two wo

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