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In the Color of Absence
In the Color of Absence
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byMrittika Chatterjee
Before You Read
Mrittika ChatterjeeMrittika is best captured in Mahmoud Darwish’s words: "Mysterious and lucid, present and absent at once." Though based in Kolkata, her mind wanders in the mountains. A literature major with a passion for stories, she embodies Dostoevsky's idea from "White Nights" : "But how could you live and have no story to tell?" When not gathering stories from people and places, she spends her nights reciting poetry and sharing her concerns with the moon. Beyond her literary pursuits, she reflects an Imtiaz Ali character—constantly on a journey of self-discovery with a symbolic connection to rain.