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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A little piece of writing has found its way into the world. “Freedom Wears Ordinary Clothes” is featured in the October 2026 edition of The Wise Owl. Grateful to see this one out there. Link: www.thewiseowl.art/copy-of-caro...

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

AI can be a confidant. But when it becomes our first one, what does that say about the people we no longer turn to?

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A teacher said women aren’t capable leaders. I wasn’t offended. I was saddened. Especially for the students who have to learn leadership from him.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Why do I prefer silence? Because I know when my words are noise to you, my opinion is unwelcome, and your mind is already made up. Silence isn’t surrender. Sometimes, it’s simply knowing when you’re not being heard.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

What if assessment doesn’t just measure learning—it shapes it? Assessment or Control? My new essay in Teacher Plus. Read it here: teacherplus.org/2026/2026/au...

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Somewhere between “I want to be a writer” and “I am a writer” is a messy collection of drafts, rejections, publications, deadlines, small victories and one very unexpected honorarium. And perhaps that’s how the identity quietly becomes real.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Weak writers envy another writer’s growth. Strong writers study it. Envy says, “Why them?” Craft asks, “How?”

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A generation fluent in trends, vocabulary and ideology. And then students who somehow missed the memo. Who has the edge? Maybe the ones who can survive without the algorithm telling them how to think. Just a thought…

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In this twisted world, should I teach my daughter to be a badass, not the “be nice” girl my mother raised me to be? Maybe kindness needs teeth.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Writing goals? Sometimes experience trades speed for depth, and that’s not necessarily a loss.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Writing goals? Sometimes experience trades speed for depth, and that’s not necessarily a loss.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The best books don’t just get read—they get underlined, questioned, celebrated, and remembered.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Your reading streak doesn’t matter. Your reading metrics don’t matter. The pleasure of reading was never meant to be measured. Read slow. Read completely. Let books linger. #Reading #Books #Readers #BookCulture #Writing

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Every writer who shares a story is doing something brave. They’re trusting that somewhere, someone they’ve never met will find a piece of themselves in those pages. That’s one of the quiet miracles of literature. #WritingCommunity #Books #AmWriting

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The best design solves problems so naturally that it almost disappears. It’s encouraging to see attention paid to the small details that make public spaces genuinely usable.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Behind every book is a writer who kept going despite uncertainty. Supporting books means supporting that courage.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

One of the quiet paradoxes of reading: the better the book, the sadder you are to reach the last page.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Every short story waits for the reader it’s meant to find. Today, Code White found its first. I’m delighted to share that it’s now published in the June 2026 issue of Parcham Online. parchamonline.in/2026/07/01/f... #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #AmWriting

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Fiction: June 2026

Issue Editorial by Dr. Sonali PattnaikCode White by Manisha PundirThe many-taled monster and the Traveller by bhaqtiWaiting for Anything by Sis ByersBreaking Barriers: Traversing the Road Less Take…

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The secret is that every book looks impossibly elegant when you’re reading the finished version and impossibly chaotic when you’re writing it.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Every artist makes work they’re unhappy with. The trick is treating it as information for the next piece, not a verdict on yourself.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Misogyny isn’t confined to one political tradition. Recognizing it wherever it appears is part of taking equality seriously.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Today, one of my students asked, “Why did classic writers write such long sentences?” It reminded me that reading literature is also reading history. Every era has its own rhythm, its own pace, and its own way of thinking on the page.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

One of the hardest things to learn as a writer is that asking for guidance doesn’t diminish your independence. It simply shortens the distance between where you are and where you want to be.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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Fiction: June 2026

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

My feminist agenda? Reading women. Quoting women. Becoming the kind of woman who gets quoted.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Lately I’ve found myself reading different contemporary authors and hearing almost the same voice. I’m genuinely curious, how does that happen? Shared influences? Editorial expectations? Market trends? Or is it simply the sound of our time?

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

If you’ve decided to pursue your dream and you are a woman, become your own strongest pillar. Appreciate those who support you, but never depend on others to carry your dream for you. Keep going.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

There is something wonderfully liberating about choosing a book for no reason other than joy. Sometimes that’s reason enough.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

There are days when life refuses to follow the script you imagined. You feel lost, defeated, and exhausted. Then you pick up a book or begin to write, and somehow, life feels possible again.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

How do we keep moving in a linear path when the world is so wonderfully, and often painfully, curvy?

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Some ideas are circulated. Some are curated. Some are originated. Many are rejected before finding where they belong. Different journeys, all equally meaningful.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Why do a woman’s face and silhouette still outrank her ideas? Perhaps we haven’t grown as much as we like to tell ourselves.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I completed the line edit of my short story and read it aloud. It still moved me to tears. Yet I am left with that familiar vulnerability every writer knows: what if something that made me cry while creating it lands nowhere at all?

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Finding companionship is not easy. Everyone is carrying a story, and those stories are often the reason they believe what they believe.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Every now and then, a book arrives that doesn’t just tell a story; it expands your understanding of what fiction can do.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

One of the healthiest habits in reading about craft is remembering that no single book will resonate equally with every writer.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I don’t read fiction to sit on a jury. I read it to spend time inside minds other than my own. What about you?

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

People talk as though contemporary fiction is overwhelmingly dense, experimental, and demanding. I often find myself wondering which shelves they’re looking at.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Libraries embody a profoundly hopeful idea: that curiosity, education, and literature should be available to everyone, not merely to those who can afford them.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Half of reading is reading. The other half is thinking about what you’ll read next.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

As both a reader and a writer, I find it reassuring that no book appeals to everyone. The variety of literary tastes is not a flaw in the system; it is evidence that readers approach books with different experiences, interests, and expectations.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Some women uphold patriarchy. Some men challenge it. Gender does not determine ideology; values do.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Every woman has at least one story that begins with: “A man who knew less about the topic than I did…”

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My life currently consists of teaching, reading, writing, and occasionally pausing to acquire additional books that will support my teaching, reading, and writing. It’s a surprisingly sustainable ecosystem.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My screen time is getting out of hand, so I’m returning to an older device. It runs on paper, requires no charging, and occasionally changes my life.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Most books don’t give us answers. They hand us a fragment of truth and trust us to place it beside the fragments we’ve gathered elsewhere.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

One of the pleasures of reading widely is realizing that certainty is rarer than confidence.

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Manisha Pundir @manishapundir.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The more I read, the less interested I become in winning arguments and the more interested I become in understanding how people arrive at their conclusions.

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