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Episode #32: Mama Knows Best

On Mother's Day as an estranged daughter.
May 11 • akanksha aurora


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Episode #31: Birbal Ki Khichdi // A Taste of Home
Jan 26 • akanksha aurora

Episode #22: Full-Time Lover
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Episode #3: Boulevard of Broken American Dreams
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Episode #30: False Positives

2025 was a year of big wins...if only I would let myself have them.
Dec 31, 2025 • akanksha aurora


Episode #33: It's My Birthday

I'll get high if I want to.
Dec 20, 2025 • akanksha aurora


Episode #29: Off-Book

I wrote my first book this year, but it wasn't the book I expected to write.
Dec 13, 2025 • akanksha aurora


Episode #28: Home for the Holidays

Dil in one home, Diwali in another.
Oct 21, 2025 • akanksha aurora


Episode #27 // Ugly Beti // Red Rock

Mother-daughter Mortal Kombat on the Whatsapp battlefield.
Aug 9, 2025 • akanksha aurora


Episode #26: City of Angels

On assimilation, erasure, and resistance.
Jul 6, 2025 • akanksha aurora