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The Quiet Thrill of The Uncanny
The lights dim, shrouding the room in darkness. A dull glow emanates from the television screen, casting eerie shadows that flicker across the walls. Thunder strikes, loud enough to shatter the stillness, as I flinch in surprise. Rain patters in the distance, disturbing the gnawing silence that fills the room. Filled with trepidation, I pick up the remote and navigate to the “Horror” section on Netflix. Annabelle, It, Lights Out, The Conjuring. The Babadook.
The Card That Was Never Read
My hands gravitated towards a piece of cardstock hidden amidst the scattered mess that lay before me. My eyes hovered over the array of sparkly-colored pens clattering on the marble floor, its shiny pigments calling out to the whimsical parts of my 12-year-old self. This plain card felt ready for transformation. I proceed to litter the card with my classic indispensables: glitter and a profusion of stickers.
A Whim for the Weekend
Drip. Drip. I wake up to a thin sheen of sweat trickling my chin as it drips onto the pillow. With the now-growing heat permeating through my body, coupled with the sliver of sunlight peaking through the grey curtains, I finally force my eyes open. Something’s not right. Last night, my room’s temperature practically dropped to that of Antarctica’s as I lay in bed cocooned by the warm embrace of my fuzzy blanket, slowly dozing off into oblivion. So why the sudden perspiration?
Falling Into An Echo Chamber
I watched one cat video. Then another. Twenty minutes later, my feed has somehow convinced me that dogs are loud, messy, and emotionally unstable. I had gone from being perfectly indifferent to dogs to quietly reconsidering my stance on the whole “cat vs. dog” debate. Because how can a salivating canine ever outweigh a doe-eyed feline furball on the cuteness spectrum? Google Autocomplete predicts all my half-written questions with alarming accuracy.
The Spirit Of Red and Gold
Go ahead… Judge all you want, but I’m a hard-core RCB fan. Being an RCB fan comes with a specific type of reputation. In the cricket world, we’re often considered “delusional” or “overly emotional”. We’ve been dubbed as the team with “all hype and no results”, followed by the infuriatingly familiar comeback: “CSK has five trophies. Try and beat that”. Yeah, like I didn’t know that already. Supporting Royal Challengers Bangalore isn’t a choice—it’s an emotional commitment.
The Economics of Summer Break
Summer break used to be synonymous with rest and excitement… when I was a 15-year-old kid with no real stress in the world except the unbearable wait for the new season of Bridgerton to come out on Netflix. But for a nineteen-year-old “semi-adult” like me, stuck in between the duality of my life as a college student and my last year as a “teen”, summer break feels daunting. The first few days of summer are always an absolute delight.
The Ephemerality Of Happiness
“Hapiness is as exclusive as a butterfly, and you must never pursue it. If you stay very still, it may come and settle on your hand. But only briefly. Savour those moments, for they will not come in your way very often.“ – Ruskin Bond “Love all. Play.” Ten years ago, my teammates and I huddled around the television to watch the 2016 Olympic finals—a battle between the two most formidable players in badminton history: Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan.
The Group Chat Cast
If sociologists ever decided to study modern human behavior, I know precisely where to start looking. Group Chats. No matter how different friend groups are, they inevitably seem to adopt the same cast of characters in the digital world. The Chronically Online Informant There’s always that one friend whose sleep pattern isn’t a fixed schedule but a freestyle on shuffle. They stay up all day, eyes perpetually glued to the screen, firing away messages to the rhythmic clacking of their keypad.
If Tea Had A Personality
Ever heard of the phrase “tea is an elixir of life”? As a huge tea lover, I couldn’t agree more. At the corner of my desk lies a little ceramic cup filled with piping hot tea, a teabag hanging loosely at the side. My eyes follow the swirls of liquid, soon colored by the diffusion of dried tea leaves. Replete with flavor, feathers of steam rise up in smoky waves, filling the air with aromatic richness.
Change Without Novelty
I didn’t cry when I graduated from high school. Caps were tossed into the air, candles burned out, and people rejoiced in the supposedly “bittersweet” moment that marked an important chapter in their lives. While students excitedly embraced each other with tight hugs, I simply stood there—placid, perplexed as to why I couldn’t quite bring myself to shed a few tears of my own. Initially, change unsettles you.
Magical Musings
“Just look at those dragons!” As a teenage kid, I always found myself utterly engrossed between the pages of a fantasy novel. My tiny little mind would light up with fireworks every time I thought of something “supernatural” that defied the workings of our mundane, ordinary world. I made friends with fictional characters, gasped at every plot twist and marvelled at the intricately constructed world-building.
A Himalayan Paradise
At the heart of Himachal Pradesh lies a congregation of snow-bound peaks that sleep quietly in the midnight chill. As the sun peaks above the horizon, the snowy mountains are lit aglow with ethereality, their white vertiginous slopes bathed by yellow-orange light. Standing proudly like tall spires, they beckon the climber in with their beauty, masking the dangers faced by those who once dared to climb them.
A Himalayan Paradise
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The Elder Sibling's Dilemma
I was only 12 years old when my mom told me, “Act wisely; you are setting an example for your younger sister”. My role model at that time happened to be Saina Nehwal, a badminton player and Olympic medalist. At that point in time, she was most definitely older than 12. Not to mention her long list of achievements, gold-plated medals, and global recognition. So the idea of being a role model myself felt absolutely absurd.
Suspense After Dark ft. Freida McFadden
Trigger warning: This article contains references to blood and acts of killing. Reader discretion is advised. In the literary world, there was once a time when thrillers meant private investigators, razor-sharp detectives, and grumpy police officers, all determined to catch a cold-blooded killer. Add in sly assassinations, political intrigue, and tons of forensic evidence to the mix, and you have a classic thriller novel at your disposal.
Ink, Paper and Everything Unsaid
Inside my bedside table lies a small gift box nestled among scattered pencils and diaries. A box that safeguards a pile of letters with pages preserving snippets of conversation that once dared to be forgotten, where each and every word silently calls to a story of its own. The first letter I received was a “goodbye letter” when I left school in third grade to shift to a new school. I remember being pushed out of class by a bunch of classmates who had a surreptitious twinkle in their eyes.
How To Handle Setbacks (Without Falling Apart)
We’ve all been there, hurt by the sharp sting of failure. Having experienced a multitude of them myself, trust me, you’re not alone. Losing a close match to your opponent after putting in countless hours of training, then turning back to see your coach’s downturned smile in a futile attempt to hide his disappointment. Giving up something you were deeply passionate about because it no longer seemed feasible.
Finding Diwali In The Little Things
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Krea chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus. My hands were tangled in strings of coloured Diwali lights. I sat on the sofa, patiently unwrapping the frenzied loops my mom had just passed me until they finally straightened into an ordered line of light. Somewhere between the tangled wires and the quiet hum of the evening, I realized how often joy hides in the simplest things.
Fine-Grained Authorization for Saved Searches
Splunk is excited to provide fine-grained authorization for Knowledge Objects starting with Saved Searches. Saved Searches are the most used Knowledge Object (KOs), and admins spend the most time delegating access to users for Saved Searches. Today, Splunk administrators rely on a broad capability called ‘admin_all_objects’ to grant access to non-administrator users to perform admin tasks.
Automatic Deprovisioning of users for Okta IdP
Splunk has implemented SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management), a standardized protocol designed for efficient and secure management of user identities across various systems. With the release of this feature, Splunk customers can automatically deprovision users within Splunk when a user(s) are removed from the customer’s Okta Identity Provider (IdP) with following benefits for the customers.
Level Up Your Security Data Journey and MITRE ATT&CK Benchmarking with Splunk Security Essentials
Splunk Security Essentials (SSE) is an app that can amplify the power of your existing Splunk Cloud Platform, Splunk Enterprise, and Splunk Enterprise Security deployment and help strengthen an organization’s security program — no matter their current level of maturity.
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