![]() ![]() Sometimes, her letters flow over to pages, like diary entries of what happened, and who said what. But this is like our personal tradition,” says Afshan. “These days it’s cumbersome to write letters. These short notes transformed to long letters, and continue to this day. At a time when emails were just making an appearance, short notes of love which they exchanged through a common friend, kept the bond strong. Afshan, who now works as a visiting faculty for history at Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune, started the ritual of writing letters as a child when her best friend moved to another school. ![]() What brings solace, however, is the fact that there are still many who breathe life into this art, in ways of their own.Īfshan Majid may be a busy young woman, but that doesn't keep her from writing letters to her best friend in another city. And that is why they say letter writing is a dying art. We are children of the paperless digital age where love is expressed as an instant message or within character limits. Only one who has held a letter from a friend can relate to that delightful mix of feelings that cannot be contained in a single word-right from the feel of the envelope, the sound of pinching it open, the faint smell of paper and ink, the handwriting and the thought that someone slowed down in this frenetic world to find a pen and paper, sit down, and immersed themselves to put out thoughts on paper, all for you. Rarely does he bring a treasured gem-a handwritten letter from a loved one. The postman belongs to a league of people who are rarely sighted, and, if you spot one, he is there to deliver the drab, unwelcome stuff-bills and circulars. Keeping in touch is hardly a task these days-one just has to 'poke' on Facebook or post a WhatsApp message to 'connect' with a dear one. If you need a break from all the anger-inducing, stomach-turning news, then read one of these seven romantic literary love letters and get ready to feel your heart swell with joy, not anxiety, for the first time in weeks."How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your desk and pick up a pen, to put your thoughts into words like this is truly marvellous.”- Haruki Murakami With so many horrible things happening in the United States, and all over the world, it's easy to feel perpetually hopeless - but there are things you can do to do to fight back and there are things you can do to cheer up, including reading. Not a day goes by without a new and heartbreaking headline about sexual assault, deadly natural disasters, or migrant children being separated from their families. Let's face it, the world has seemed like a pretty dark and dreary place lately. ![]() They may not be the most relevant pieces of writing you can read today, but they will certainly be the most optimistic, and honestly who couldn't use a little more positivity these days? While it is important to stay informed and connected to what is happening in the country and around the world, it is also important to give yourself a break every once in a while by doing something relaxing and uplifting, like reading romantic literary love letters just for fun. Lately it seems like, whether you're flipping through TV stations, scrolling on social media, or simply walking down the street, it is impossible to avoid the barrage of bad, sad, and infuriating news. ![]()
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