Istanbul — Where Years End Without Asking Permission

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31/12/2025

Istanbul doesn’t announce endings.
It absorbs them.
On one side, Europe. On the other, Asia. Between them, a city that has seen empires rise and fall without panic. Years change here like tides — quietly, inevitably.
Ferries still cross the Bosphorus.
Tea is still poured.

Prayers still echo and fade.
Istanbul teaches something important on a day like this:
Time moves forward whether we are ready or not.
And yet, life continues in ordinary ways.
Perhaps that is the lesson for all of us today —
You don’t need to reinvent yourself overnight.
Just keep crossing your river.

Rajat ChandraSarmah
Assam, India
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