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Date: 5 December 2025

Evenings have a strange way of loosening old memories. Today, as I sat with a cup of tea, a small, funny moment from childhood surfaced—the way we believed evening was our personal festival. Homework was an annoying side character; cricket, laughter, and mischief were the real heroes. We returned home dusty, hungry, and confident we had done something important, though it was usually nothing more than arguing over who hit the last six.

Adulthood has replaced all that with schedules and silent calculations about tomorrow. But the inner child still peeks out. He appears when we laugh at our own clumsiness, when we forget seriousness for a second, or when we sip tea like it’s a reward.

Growing up demands discipline.
Staying youthful demands humour.
Both are needed to stay human.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5

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Date: 5 December 2025

Madeira’s people speak of their levadas—the ancient irrigation channels—like cherished elders who shaped the island’s destiny. These slender waterways were carved by hand across dizzying ridges and deep green valleys, carrying water from the misty mountains to the farms below. But to the people of Madeira, the levadas are more than engineering. They are a symbol of how a community learned to cooperate with terrain that demanded courage.

Walk along a levada and you feel it instantly—the rhythmic trickle of water, the eucalyptus scent drifting through the air, the cool shadows of laurel forests. Every curve holds the imprint of generations who carried stones, cut paths, and silently stitched the island together.

For Madeirans, the levadas are proof that survival here was never accidental. It was earned—with patience, unity, and profound respect for nature.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

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Date: 5 December 2025

Some mornings don’t arrive like alarms; they arrive like memories.
Today’s light slipped into my room with the gentleness of a long-lost friend, reminding me of days when life felt weightless. I remembered pedalling to school with friends, laughing at nothing, racing not to win but to stay beside each other. There were no responsibilities waiting on the other side of the day—only the innocent belief that the world opened up just for us.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

As adults, we rarely wake with that same softness. But a morning like this nudges the old spark awake. It tells us that even if the world has grown heavier, something inside us still knows how to feel light.

Carry that feeling today.

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Date: 4/12/25

Evenings can be quietly hilarious if you pay attention. The fan hums like it has secrets, your cat pretends it owns the room, and socks vanish like mischievous spirits. You sit with a cup of tea, only to realize you forgot why you made it. Yet there is comfort in this small chaos. Life’s little absurdities remind us that perfection was never promised, and perhaps never needed. Tonight, laugh softly at your own forgetfulness, at the way the room arranges itself differently than you planned. Let the absurd, tiny moments settle into warmth. Tomorrow will arrive with its orders and schedules, but tonight belongs to gentle chaos and a smile tucked into its folds.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
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Date: 4/12/25

Peru is often seen through Machu Picchu, but locals’ pride often rests in the Sacred Valley — a place where rivers carve life into the mountains and farmers still harvest terraced fields as their ancestors did.

The valley isn’t just scenic; it is a living rhythm of resilience. Villages gather for festivals, weaving songs, dances, and stories into daily life. Children learn to follow the seasons, elders teach respect for the land, and communities live in harmony with nature’s demands. For Peruvians, the valley is more than land; it is identity, history, and a connection to generations long gone but never forgotten. To walk there is to feel time slowing and culture breathing.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

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Date: 4/12/25

There was a day when laughter was simple: slipping on a wet floor, spilling juice on your shirt, or trying to juggle two mangoes and failing spectacularly. We used to laugh so freely, without thinking about dignity, schedules, or responsibilities. Today, those moments are rare, tucked into memory like a secret smile. Yet remembering them is almost like tasting the sweetness of life again. Maybe the world was smaller then, maybe we were braver or sillier. But one thing is certain — the echoes of those carefree giggles still live inside us, waiting to be uncovered. Sometimes, all it takes is a small mishap to remind us how joyous the simple things really were.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

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Date: 03 December 2025

Evenings are not only for winding down; they are for letting the day find its right place inside you. The mind often carries too much — small worries, unfinished words, tasks that never truly belonged to you. But when the sky softens and the world grows quieter, something shifts. Thoughts untangle. The body loosens its grip. You begin to recognise what mattered and what can be safely left behind.
In this gentle pause, let yourself slow to a natural rhythm. Let the light fade without resisting it. Give the day permission to end, and yourself permission to rest.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

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Date: 03 December 2025

To Australians, Uluru is not just a sandstone giant rising from the desert — it is the living heart of the continent. Standing in its presence feels like entering a space where time slows and stories breathe through the red earth. The Anangu people have carried these stories for thousands of years, teaching that Uluru is alive, shaped not only by wind and rain but by ancestors who walked the land long before memory.

What fills Australians with pride is the reverence this place inspires. At sunrise, the rock glows with shifting colours — gold, copper, rust — as if the desert itself is waking. At sunset, it deepens into a solemn red, holding the day like a quiet promise. Visiting Uluru is not about tourism; it is about understanding a landscape that shapes identity, culture, and belonging. It reminds Australians that their land is ancient, powerful, and deserving of deep respect.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

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Date: 03 December 2025

Some mornings arrive like a soft whisper rather than a call to action. They don’t ask you to be bold or decisive; they simply invite you to notice what is already steady within you. There is a quiet wisdom in days that begin without urgency. You wake, breathe, stretch once, and let the world settle into place at its own pace. These gentle beginnings are not signs of laziness — they are reminders that life doesn’t always have to be chased. Sometimes the best thing you can do is meet the morning with calm, and allow clarity to follow on its own terms.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

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Date: 02 December 2025

Evenings remind us of something we often lose during the day — softness. The world pushes, pulls, demands, edits, measures. But nightfall brings back the gentler parts of us: the unhurried thoughts, the quiet hopes, the small forgivenesses we owe ourselves. There is comfort in the way darkness gathers without asking for perfection. It simply lets us rest. As the sky dims, we remember that even strong people need softness, even brave people need pauses, and even busy hearts need a quiet corner to breathe. In that small pause, name one thing you did well today and let it live in you through the night. Make tonight a deliberate end: turn off the small anxieties, breathe slower, and keep only the calm that helps you rise kinder tomorrow.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati , Assam , India
Instagram@rajatchandrasarmah5
youtube@ conversewithasmile .