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Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 5, 2026 · 11:03 AM UTC

For a writer writing on every kind of love not only in the human but in the Earthly spectrum, it is shocking how much hate I get. The greatest irony is that haters are my true material. WHO ARE MY HATERS? Micro essay in caption. #SentByMyReaders instagram.com/p/DfW07L5Mkg1/

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 6, 2026 · 10:06 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: Micro essay on how friends turning into bullies and haters sparked the opening of my fourth book #HowIndiaSpends and years of research about pettiness being the opposite of power and wealth BACK STORIES, A PURER LOVE instagram.com/p/Dc-FxMKpN7-/

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 6, 2026 · 10:01 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: Very popular #CaliforniaDreaming essay with solutions TACKLING BULLIES IN A WORLD FILLED WITH STRESS economictimes.indiatimes.com…

California dreaming: Tackling bullies in a world filled with stress

As William Golding says in his The Lord of the Flies, “Maybe theres a beast...maybe its only us.”

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 6, 2026 · 9:59 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: Extremely popular #HowIndiaSpends video essay that caused many to question their entire lives. High time everyone did that anyway. WHAT IS POWER? TRUE ABSOLUTE POWER? instagram.com/p/Db7AwwnpuHE/

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 6, 2026 · 9:56 AM UTC

My popular video essay WHO ARE MY READERS? instagram.com/p/DXBfOe_iWEg/

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 6, 2026 · 9:53 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: My extremely popular #CaliforniaDreaming essay TEACHINGS FROM A TROLL: A LESSON ON KINDNESS economictimes.indiatimes.com…

California dreaming: Teachings from a troll - a lesson on kindness

Can accepting that it is okay to be unkind turn out to be the kindest thing?

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 6, 2026 · 9:51 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: Viral video essay WHY I QUIT JOURNALISM instagram.com/p/DcXlWKoJKUB/

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 6, 2026 · 9:49 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: Women's Day cover story essay THE CURSE OF BEING BEAUTIFUL outlookindia.com/national/th…

The Curse Of Being Beautiful | Outlook India

It can be a threat. It can be almost impossible to find work, no matter how good your portfolio is

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 6, 2026 · 9:48 AM UTC

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Relevant Resource: Viral Facebook essay A LIFETIME OF BODY SHAMING, FINALLY ALCHEMIZED facebook.com/rituparna.chatt…

10 comments | In #TheWaterPhoenix I write about the first time I was...

In #TheWaterPhoenix I write about the first time I was body shamed. In the seventh grade, by a sixth grader "close friend" mocking with a rhyming song (translation: fat fat calves, meow, meow,...

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Oct 29, 2026 · 6:41 AM UTC

" There is no separation between the art and the artist." Micro essay "THE SOUND OF HER LIFE" in caption. #SentByMyReaders instagram.com/p/DfEMR7IhXCD/

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Oct 29, 2026 · 6:41 AM UTC

"...didn't just stumble onto her page for casual scrolling. They treat her feed like a sacred text because they recognize that her voice, her accent, her aesthetic, and her words are all the same thing. There is no separation between the art and the artist." #SentByMyReaders

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 8:08 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CaliforniaDreaming essay on WHY THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S 'BUT WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM?' IS IRRELEVANT FOR HIS ROLE AS PRIME MINISTER timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

Does it matter if Rishi Sunak is Indian? - Times of India

UK News: It does not matter anymore where politicians like Rishi Sunak are from. What really does is that we build our lives on diversity and humanity

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 8:04 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CaliforniaDreaming essay WHY INDIAN AMERICANS WON'T BLINDLY VOTE FOR POTUS CANDIDATES OF INDIAN HERITAGE . ORIGIN IS IRRELEVANT timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

Why Indianness alone won't win it for Nikki or Vivek - Times of India

US News: Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley throwing their hats in the presidential ring shows how far Indian American politicians have come. But they can’t count

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 8:01 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CaliforniaDreaming WHAT IS "INDIA" WHAT IS INDIAN? timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

Why 'Indian' is so difficult to find and, also, define | India News - Times of India

India News: We take pride in Indianness, we defend and we kill for India...but what is this India?

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 7:59 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CaliforniaDreaming essay WHAT AN INDIAN AMERICAN WANTS FROM THE US ELECTIONS timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

A mom's US mid-term poll demand: Freedom from fear - Times of India

US News: "The American Dream – or the right to live freely in the land that prides itself on being the freest land of them all – that is why we moved to the US

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 7:56 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CalfiorniaDreaming essay WHY RACISM IN AMERICA KNOWS NO RACE timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

Why whites are not the only racists in America - Times of India

World News: The recent attack by a Mexican-American against a group of Indian-American women is proof that In the land of opportunity, racism is not just about wh

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 7:54 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CaliforniaDreaming essay on HOW CALIFORNIA AND INDIA ARE THE SAME AND WHY I CHOSE TO LIVE BETWEEN TWO CONTINENTS timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

And then I realised, California is the same as India | India News - Times of India

India News: The US can be a cold place, where one struggles to form human connections. Except for California. That’s why the Golden State reminds me of a home tha

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 7:52 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CaliforniaDreaming essay on HOW MULTIIPLE COUNTRIES CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND COOKING FOREVER economictimes.indiatimes.com…

California dreaming: From 'cheela' to cauliflower-crust pizzas, what 'sailing in two boats' tastes...

It's the feeling of living in and loving two continents, but belonging to neither.

Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 7:48 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CaliforniaDreaming essay on identity WHEN YOU LIVE ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHAT IS HOME? economictimes.indiatimes.com…

California dreaming: When you've lived around the world, how do you find 'home'?

A lifetime of moving has turned the term 'identity' into a mist of confusion.

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Oct 10, 2026 · 8:29 AM UTC

A reader informed me that today is #WorldMentalHealthDay2026 and I say something. Hence, a video I was going to post in 2027. WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE SUICIDAL? More in micro essay caption and resources in comments. #SentByMyReaders #WorldMentalHealthDay instagram.com/p/DeTpAQ3p_k9/

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Rituparna Chatterjee · Nov 3, 2026 · 7:36 AM UTC

Relevant Resource: #CaliforniaDreaming essay WHY BEING WITH YOUR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS IS THE GREATEST GIFT timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

Why being with your negative emotions is the greatest gift | India News - Times of India

India News: By giving complete unadulterated presence to your negative emotions such as anger and depression, you discover who you truly are perhaps for the first