Anjana’s Substack

Words, Wit & Wandering Thoughts - I write about the things that make me think, laugh, and occasionally rage. I live somewhere between ambition and existential dread.

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The Last Malayalee Matriarch Gets Married

Or: what weddings mean when Indian women no longer need saving

Jun 9•Anjana

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The Boys I Loved Before I Met Me

or: A brief history of terrible men and excellent character development

Apr 9•Anjana

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The Hour After You Leave

The everyday weight of love distance love.

Feb 8•Anjana

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It Was a Good Year. Actually.

I Didn’t Spiral This Year. A Personal Best.

Jan 2•Anjana

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What If Love Finds You? (Spoiler: It’s Terrifying)

After five years of being single, I discovered love. And it is absurd, inconvenient, and dangerously magnificent.

Nov 6, 2025•Anjana

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Cut the Feeling Before It Cuts You

Grief, Absence, and the Practice of Survival Across Borders.

Aug 20, 2025•Anjana

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Too Indian for Singapore, Too Singaporean for India

What it means to belong to two places, and entirely to yourself.

Aug 15, 2025•Anjana

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The Birthday Mourning

For the woman who loves the life she’s built, but still aches when the candles are lit.

Jun 15, 2025•Anjana

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Anjana’s Substack