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He acts like your white knight: constant compliments, displays of affection,

offering a shoulder to weep on before you even knew you needed one. It seems

too good to be true. By Polly Taylor

Does He

Only Love

You When

You’re a

Damsel in

Distress?

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here my brother was And it was just two h flight that

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next few days. Then a big bunch of flowers arrived at the hotel where I was staying, with a card that read:

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else’s feet at my farewell were late-night ke for

THE COOL-AF KALKI

“Kalki is one of the most interesting

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“I thought Anything Glows was a great

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—Ridhima Rai

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“The Clueless Girl’s Guide to Decoding

Abstract Art was a fun read—I’ve always

thought abstract art was a little strange

(like, a five-year-old can do that, right?).

So it was cool to see what various people

saw when they looked at the same

artwork and what the artist meant for it

to be.” —Sulakshana Gaurav

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