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Issac John

Being gullible on Easter

I miss Dad the most during Holy week every year and the thing I miss the most, is something I used to dislike as a child.

3 min readApr 9, 2023

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Being gullible on Easter

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Issac John

Waiting

It’s a verb but it’s also a being. Like someone breathing, living, next to you. Most often in life we hate this other being. We detest…

1 min readDec 8, 2022

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Waiting

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Issac John

The walks that made me

A predominant memory of my childhood was walking to places with Dad. I mean bakeries, restaurants, school, churches, playgrounds - any…

6 min readJun 19, 2022

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The walks that made me

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Issac John

The seasoned journeyman

It was the summer of 2007 and I was twenty four. It was my first year as a working, responsible adult and yet looking back, I now have…

7 min readJun 18, 2021

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The seasoned journeyman

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Issac John

Kids, angst and aliens

It was the kind of event that was insignificant enough to be forgotten yet memorable enough to merit an account here. Over six months ago…

9 min readSep 15, 2020

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Kids, angst and aliens

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Issac John

Spilled wine

It’s the mark of a dance that wobbled and the stain on the tablecloth, on which a cake lay sprawled in waiting.

1 min readAug 9, 2020

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Spilled wine

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Issac John

Death and her friend, an exchange

It’s been a month since Dad’s passing. In his absence, the nostalgia of his presence is all I have.

3 min readJul 19, 2020

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Death and her friend, an exchange

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Issac John
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Be Yourself

Grief speaks in signs

Truth is, I don’t want it to

4 min readJul 12, 2020

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Grief speaks in signs

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Issac John
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Be Yourself

Grief, and finding meaning

It would’ve been my father’s 75th birthday today, if not for the events of the last week when he heaved his last. It was exactly a week…

7 min readJun 28, 2020

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Grief, and finding meaning

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Issac John
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Be Yourself

The things Dad and I did together

My father passed away this morning.

5 min readJun 18, 2020

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The things Dad and I did together

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Issac John

Issac John

Tinker, tailor, writer, rye. Building Discovery’s digital future in India. Also, author, ‘Buffering Love’: a collection of short stories (Penguin India)

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