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Date: 26 November 2025
Evening is not a time — it’s a permission.
A small, gentle permission to stop carrying the whole day on your shoulders.
Some people turn on a lamp.
Some play an old song that still remembers their youth.
Some watch the sky fade, one shade at a time.
And some, somewhere far away, sit on a balcony with the night’s first cup of warm tea.
This hour doesn’t demand energy or answers.
It asks only that you slow down enough to hear your own mind breathe.
The world outside can stay busy. Let it.
Your quiet is also important.
If today was tiring, let the evening soften the edges.
If today was good, let the peace hold it gently.
Either way, you have reached here — the soft hour.
And that is enough.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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