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Posts by Vidhu Gandhi

Vidhu Gandhi is a heritage practitioner, researcher, and an academic. She works on projects and teaches about histories, heritage, cultures, and places that bridge the old and the new. Spirituality and a sense of connectedness with others are integral parts of her ethos. She hopes to enable others, especially young people, to move beyond the silence of their pain and suffering, toward ways of empathy and compassion.

Healing from Abuse and Reclaiming My Dreams

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TRIGGER WARNING: This post mentions sexual abuse and may be triggering to some people.

ā€œAlong the way I stopped into a coffee shop. All around me normal, everyday city types were going about their normal, everyday affairsā€¦In spite of whichā€”or, rather, all the more becauseā€” here I was, sitting in this coffee shop, drinking my coffee, feeling a desperate loneliness. I alone was the outsider. I had no place hereā€¦ Here I had no ties to anyone. Fact is, I’d come to reclaim myself.ā€ ~Haruki Murakami

ā€œYou donā€™t have any goals.ā€

ā€œI wondered why someone your age and …