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Pramothini Dhandapany

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Safety First - A girl’s first lesson in how love reshapes freedom

Weekly Contest #347

They can sense our fear. Keep your spine straight. Don’t be afraid. Don’t hesitate to look them in the eye. And in the worst case, always remember to pick up a stone. That was my dad teaching me how to be bold with street dogs, after I told him how a single growl had made me surrender the eggs I was carrying home from the grocery store. I had walked away unharmed, but I had walked away empty-handed too.Later, when we were on the rooftop of our three floor apartment in Coimbatore, I complained to my sister. “Easy for Dad to say, pick up a sto...

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