{"id":1840,"date":"2021-06-25T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2021-06-29T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T07:57:01","slug":"the-letter-loremonika-kothari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/the-letter-loremonika-kothari\/","title":{"rendered":"<br\/>The Letter Lore<br\/> <br\/>Monika Kothari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was not just a piece of paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I carried emotions that connected souls,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just the sniff of my pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still brings all the nostalgic to the bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let it be near or far<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distance never bothered me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All I wanted is an addressee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I am all ready to flee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formal or informal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They both suit me well,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You all run through for me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the postman rings the bell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tradition I was<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was followed by generations,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But was relinquished in the name of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emails and social media equations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I was not just a piece of paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I answered many joy and sorrows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now tucked in a bucket of memories,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will bring euphoria and yanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a couple of centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buried deep in the hearts of many,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be soon be a folklore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am the Letter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That would always be missed for not being anymore!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was not just a piece of paper I carried emotions that connected souls, Just the sniff of my pages Still brings all the nostalgic to the bowl. Let it be near or far Distance never bothered me, All I wanted is an addressee And I am all ready to flee. Formal or informal They&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[183,156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382,"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions\/2382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bombayduckmag.com\/bdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}