Jargon: The Stories We Tell to Belong

Jargon explains things on the surface. Underneath, it signals who belongs, who understands, and who gets left out. We learn the language of the room so we can stay in it. And then one day, the room changes, but the language doesn’t.

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Ankita Bhatia Dhawan

Life & Lifestyle | Marketing & Social Media | Parenting & Childcare

I write about the quiet ways we change over time. Most of my pieces begin with something small from everyday life. A passing moment, a conversation, an irritation that refuses to leave the mind. From there the writing slowly opens up into larger reflections on identity, motherhood, culture, work, memory and ageing. I write about who we become while we are busy being everything else.

Jargon: The Stories We Tell to Belong

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