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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you for all the beautiful birthday messages. You lit up my day. And because I believe gratitude should be practiced daily, I’ll be rereading your compliments for the next 364. ✨ #litat56 #reenita_storyteller #postbirthday #shingles oldagelove❤️

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In a world that moves fast and forgets quickly, 24 hours of quiet can be a necessary pause. The attempt still matters. 🕊️ #InternationalDayOfPeace #PeaceBell #UNPeaceDay

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They’re not testing your skills. They’re flexing their power. A hostile interview can reveal more about company culture than your qualifications ever will. Ever experienced an interview power trip? #Reenita_Storyteller #TechInterview #CorporateCulture #InterviewCulture #TechJobs #IndianCorporate

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Four words and a 2-minute standing ovation: "Sisters and brothers of America." In 1893 Chicago, Swami Vivekananda replaced dogma with radical empathy. Is this history's best opening line? #SwamiVivekananda #History #Leadership

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bellingham Riots of 1907 | Part 02 A mob attacked nearly 200 Punjabi workers, forcing many to flee to Canada. A forgotten chapter that helped fuel the Ghadar movement. #BellinghamRiots #GhadarMovement #IndianHistory

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If you love the stories behind the places we visit, share this reel and follow along. History is everywhere, you just have to know where to look. Happy 250th birthday, America. #America250 #TallShips #Boston #AmericanHistory #HiddenHistory #Storytelling #HistoryTok

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

You know you've gone from "visiting" to "living" when you stop converting every coffee price in your head. ☕🇺🇸 It's the little moments that make a place feel like home. Happy 250th, America! Tag someone who made the journey with you. #ImmigrantStories #America250 #NewHome #July4th

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Freedom on paper isn't always freedom in reality. 📜 When Juneteenth was announced, many enslaved people had already been legally free for two years. History like this helps explain today's wealth gaps. #Juneteenth #HistoryMatters #GenerationalWealth

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A beautifully chaotic comedy of errors set in modern Mumbai. Operation Mom delivers unhinged family dynamics, emotional chaos, and binge-worthy storytelling. Comment “NETFLIX” and we’ll send you a free sneak peek in your DMs! #OperationMom #NetflixVibes #BookTeaser #ModernFiction #MumbaiStories

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

One word can break historical fiction. “Are you okay?” sounds normal now but in 1900, people said “Are you well?” or “Are you all right?” That’s the kind of detail editors catch. Voice matters. #historicalfiction #writingtips #authorlife

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Every family business carries a story untold the joy, sacrifice, heartbreak, and grit behind something built to last. India’s Blade King? It’s really everyone’s story. #familybusiness #legacy #immigrantstory #entrepreneurship

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

He didn’t just bring a baby home, he made it a celebration. Balloons, festoons, coached big brothers. A little girl welcomed like she mattered from day one. #immigrantstory #familyfirst #bladeking

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Met one day. Engaged the next. Married two months later. No apps. No “what are we.” Just he’s coming tomorrow. Different era. Same ambition. #immigrantstory #familyhistory #indiadiaspora

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

He built a razor blade empire across continents. And on weekends, he flew to Delhi just to feed his daughter. Because she wouldn't eat for anyone else. Immigrant ambition gets all the headlines. The quiet devotion rarely does. #bladeking #immigrantfamily #fatherhood

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

My father didn’t build a brand he built an industry. Renita Malhotra Hora, daughter of India’s “Blade King,” shares her story from the inside in her powerful memoir. #aceofblades #indianimmigrant #southasianstories

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

In the 1980s, companies lasted 60 years. By the 2010s? Under 20 years. That’s not just a stat, it’s a warning. As Gayatri Yadav says: the real test isn’t hype, it’s endurance. The companies that last don’t chase trends they know who they are. #business #startups #founders #leadership

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

India is the 3rd largest startup ecosystem. 37 unicorns. Billions in value. Yet no Indian brand in the global top 100. That’s the gap Gayatri Yadav is focused on closing. What comes next is worth watching. #india #startups #sequoia #brandbuilding

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The story tells me what format it wants to be in.” For Eva Moon, creating isn’t a choice it’s something you survive, not control. Stories don’t follow rules they force their way out. #creativity #storytelling #writing

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

“No one will believe it even though they all know I can’t lie.” Eva Moon’s Pinocchio retelling asks what it means to live in a body you didn’t begin in and to measure life from creation, not origin. Old stories, same questions. #pinocchio #storytelling #books #truefiction

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Seven books. One every year. Debut novelist Vicky McGrath isn’t just telling a story she’s building a world. Most people wait to “make it” before thinking big. She planned all seven from the start. That’s not just ambition. That’s strategy. #AuthorLife #DebutNovel #BookSeries #WritingCommunity

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Boys won't read books about girls. So she changed the character. Simple research, real solution. Vicky McGrath started with her daughter and her best friend as inspiration, then let the data reshape the story without losing the heart of it. #childrenbooks #graphicnovel #authorlife #storytelling

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Lockdown gave a lot of people anxiety. It gave Vicky McGrath a book series. She was running an in-person business, her daughter was home from school, and everyone was just... stuck. So she did what writers do — the characters started showing up uninvited, and she had the good sense to let them in.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Vicky McGrath didn't find her publisher through a query letter or a cold pitch. She found them through her own personal development journey — which led her to author Peggy McCall, whose sister runs Hasmark Publishing. Follow for stories about ambition, creativity, and the unexpected ways things.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"If you're not restless, you're not creative." Marshall Fine has been juggling novels, plays, screenplays, biographies, and documentaries for decades — most of it while holding down a full-time job. The hard drive full of unproduced scripts isn't failure. Full conversation on the podcast now.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Journalism gives you a license to ask nosy questions. That's literally the job description. Marshall Fine spent six hours with Howard Stern for a Playboy interview — somehow that's both completely on-brand and deeply impressive. 6 hours. Most people can't sit with their own thoughts for 6 minutes.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

"Rage with intention." Four words that reframe everything. A ghost learns what a furnace already knows: fury without purpose just burns the house down. John McDermott's debut novel is the kind of writing that makes you stop and read the sentence again. Full interview — link in bio.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"We'll have to prove them wrong." Mary Anning said it in the early 1800s. Michele Hollow is still telling the story because it still needs to be told. Fossils millions of years old. The oldest story in the book: someone does the work, someone else gets the credit. #maryanning #historicalfiction

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This reminds me of my honeymoon. 30+ years ago in Bali. Croissants, Eddie Henderson and Toraja coffee. Share with a pal who thinks the horn section is the best part of the band. #jazz #sfjazz #honeymoon @milesdavis @johncoltrane #eddiehenderson @lennywhitemusic

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

She moved to Mumbai. Left her dream kit in California. The beach house is on page one. Inner peace is on page three. She seems fine. www.aceofblades.org #AceOfBlades #AuthorLife #MumbaiDiaries #ImmigrantLife #Reenita_storyteller

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The follow-up nobody asked for. The godmen don’t work alone. Juggernaut did a great story on this the year the Netflix documentary was released. #rajneesh #immigrantwomen #power #deepakchopra #godmen

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

OSCARS 2026: A South Asian short, a Bay Area story, a woman erased by history. Last night felt personal. Like they were made for one film that wasn’t even in the running. REVOLUTION’S WIFE! open.substack.com/pub/reenitah...

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The Morning After the Oscars

A South Asian short, a Bay Area story, a woman erased by history. Last night felt personal.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I feed him. I walk him. I buy the treats. But apparently I’m the intern. Tell me the truth: Who does your dog love more? #dogreel #doglife #dogmomproblems #familyhumor #dogsofinstagram

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

“Who are you rooting for tonight? And whose story do you wish had a seat at that table?” #Oscars2026 #WomenInFilm #Hamnet #RevolutionsWife #WomensHistoryMonth

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Every culture tells this story. Someone leaves home. Sometimes for adventure. Sometimes for love. Sometimes because staying is no longer possible. But the story always begins the same way: one person stepping into the unknown. It’s the oldest narrative humanity has. And it still works.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The East India Company just shut down. Again. A Mumbai immigrant bought the company that colonized India. Then also went bankrupt. Redemption is complicated. But maybe don’t name your chocolate shop after a war crime. #EastIndiaCompany #IndianHistory #ImmigrantAmbition #reenita_storyteller

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

She waited 108 years. We have until May. GoFundMe #linkinbio🔥🔥🔥🔥 bio. Come with us on this journey. Wry stories about ambition, power, family dynamics. Follow @reenita_storyteller. #RevolutionsWife #WomenInFilm #SouthAsianFilm #BadassWomen

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The AMAZING cast and crew gave us everything else. Now we need Executive Producers who think a Peshawari woman working a revolutionary printing press in 1917 is worth finishing. You’re correct. It is. Link in bio. #RevolutionsWife #ThatsAWrap #IndieFilm #ShortFilm #immigrantambition

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

108 years later she walks into the light. We filmed Padmavati’s moment. The one where she steps into the light. On International Women’s Day. Nobody planned that. It just landed that way. Happy Women’s Day to all the Padmas out there. Share this if you believe every woman deserves her moment.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

REVOLUTION’S WIFE FILM SHOOT - DAY 2 Some stories find you. Some stories were always yours to tell. Wry stories about ambition, power, family dynamics. Follow @reenita_storyteller. #RevolutionsWife #BehindTheScenes #IndieFilm #SouthAsianFilm #GhadarMovement

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Americans think Holi is about colors. It is. But mostly it’s about family expressing love… aggressively. If no one attacked you growing up, were you even raised Indian? Immigrant childhood: affection, trauma, and chai. Follow for stories about immigrant families #reenita_storyteller

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Truth, lies, and the power of imagination. Lily Iona MacKenzie joins me on the True Fiction Project to discuss why she chooses to center her novels around women over 60 and how we "lie" in service of a deeper truth. 🔗 Link in bio to listen! #FictionWriter #PodcastInterviews #reenita_storyteller

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

India just became the most important country in AI. I covered tech as a journalist at Bloomberg and RTHK. When I saw every major AI CEO fly to Delhi last week, I didn’t see celebration. I saw a transaction. $270 billion doesn’t come with no strings. Now the question is who benefits. Watch this.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

She moved to India. I asked if she'd been to a museum. She said "not yet." She's been there five months. #reenita_storyteller #Mumbai #ReenitaHora #AuthorReel #momdaughter

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Military academies worldwide teach his campaigns as masterclasses in asymmetric warfare. Fort architecture, naval innovation, merit-based administration — centuries ahead of his time. Start with: The Grand Rebel by Dennis Kincaid or Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India by James Laine. #Shivaji

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Hearing someone read your first draft is its own kind of exposure. Especially when the story comes from family, memory, and the long shadow of work that built a life before you could name it. Grateful for readers who see the effort behind the inheritance. #AceOfBlades #ImmigrantStories

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Sorry Rupi, but Sarojini was the original savage. Celebrating National Women’s Day with the poet who didn’t just write history, she made it. Left brain Reenita had to explain this to right brain Reenita. It got heated. 🇮🇳 #womensday #sarojininaldu #indianhistory #rupikaur #indianwomen

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Air India just won an APEX 2025 award for ‘Most Improved airline’ and. Freddy 2025 award for The Maharajah Club. But then this travel influencer’s Tiktok? @daadisnacks said what needed to be said. I just have some questions about her lounge expectations. 🫠 #airindia #jfk #airportlounge #desi

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

From the Bronx Zoo to the Grateful Dead, and eventually, the Jurassic Coast. My conversation with Michele Hollow is proof that the best stories come from the most unexpected places. If you love deep dives and hidden histories, this one is for you. Full episode of True Fiction Project is out now.

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reenitastoryteller.bsky.social @reenitastoryteller.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

No one talks about how weddings can break friendships. Kristen Wiig wrote this after a friendship breakup. You can feel it. Tomorrow: a father installs his preferred son-in-law next door. #RomcomsSaveTheWorld #Bridesmaids #RomCom #femalefriendship #valentinesday

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