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Shalaka Kulkarni

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Fiction, Poetry, Contemporary

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The first ray of the sun - ‘Shalaka’ hails from India’s orange city Nagpur. Her first book “Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India” stands taller as a milestone, starting her literary journey as an author.

Started her journey by publishing poems, became an editor for college magazines, completed writing challenges and is now exploring spoken word poetry, with national forums like Kommune (scout club). She’s also a core team member of the Kalinga Literary Festival and a moderator at the Orange City Literary Festival.

Kulkarni is an artist, TEDx Speaker, social volunteer and global corporate branding/neuromarketing professional currently working with Microland. Was honoured with a national award - Women Disruptors 2021 this March.

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“We all have expiry dates, but we don’t know them yet!”
― Shalaka Kulkarni, Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India

tags: death, human, journey, journey-of-life, lesson, life

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“Don't you think all stories are incomplete? I mean, people leave and people die. We are strangled by the baggage but we survive.”
― Shalaka Kulkarni, Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India

tags: baggage, heart, heartbreak, life, life-lessons, people, stories, survival

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“May it be masks, religion, caste or creed- everybody looks alike with colours on their visage. Colours don't hide but make each individual equal. And that's why Holi is my favourite festival.”
― Shalaka Kulkarni, Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India

tags: colors, equality, gender, holi, india, lgbt, pride

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“People are inspired by stories,
And stories are inspired by people
And that’s my favourite cycle…”
― Shalaka Kulkarni, Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India

tags: heart, people, stories

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“For I am the one without strings, four walls but not limbs.
For I am a home who wants to be a human, just to cafunè her to sleep.”
― Shalaka Kulkarni, Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India

tags: care, emotions, feeling, mother, sleep

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tags: baggage, heart, heartbreak, life, life-lessons, people, stories, survival

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“People are like multi-coloured threads on your life's hoop. Your conversations with them, the designs. And then fate weaves it all for you, and interknits embroidery of all the incomplete colourful stories.”
― Shalaka Kulkarni, Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India

tags: conversations, design, life, life-lessons, people, stories

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“Today I learned that our home is basically a cell unit. The walls are nothing but membranes. For you, I'm the nucleus. And Maa, you're the powerhouse of this beautiful cell we reside in. You're my mitochondria.”
― Shalaka Kulkarni, Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India