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" 'Hiraeth' means homesickness to a home to which you cannot return: the grief of the lost places of your past. I fell in love with the word and instantly connected to it. It reminded me of the days when I had left my home in Gwalior, and I had that strange pull in my stomach, and now I can so relate to this word. "

Harshvardhan Rane

Love

Grief

Home

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Kind

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Office

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Child

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