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A book of memories

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Dec 08, 2018 09:41 PM IST

Keeping a journal or diary with notes, clippings and photos is more real than what you can store on your phone

What object would you pick up if your house was burning down? I thought it would be my smartphone, but these days a new contender has sprung up in the form of a tattered book.

The author’s mother-in-law has a tattered, yellow book full of memories
The author’s mother-in-law has a tattered, yellow book full of memories
Are you one of those sentimentalists who preserves your child’s umbilical cord in a plastic wrap?
Swiping through a phone doesn’t have the visceral immediacy of a real life photograph
Swiping through a phone doesn’t have the visceral immediacy of a real life photograph
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  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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    Shoba Narayan is Bangalore-based award-winning author. She is also a freelance contributor who writes about art, food, fashion and travel for a number of publications.

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