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Navigating an Era Unsuited for My Soul: A Journey of Identity

Have you ever felt like you don't belong here? As if you're an outcast who, no matter how hard you try, can't fit into today's era? Have you ever felt like your heart and soul are hundreds of years old, even though your body is young? Do you stand out from your generation? किताबों में छपते हैं चाहत के किस्से,  हकीकत की दुनिया में चाहत नहीं, ज़माने के बाजार में ये वो शह है, जिसकी किसीको ज़रूरत नहीं है, ये बेकार बेदाम की चीज़ है। (In books, there are stories of love and desire, But in real life, love doesn't seem to be the fire. In this modern world, there's a kind of trend, Things that aren't needed, they seem to pretend. All this show-off and fuss, Is just pointless, it doesn't mean much.) Kishore Kumar said it when it wasn't even cool; he could have sensed the rise of the pop culture of "Wham, bam... & thank you, ma'am," which is apparently engulfing the love from the air. I was in grade 6 when someone talked to me for an hour and sai