Tag: authenticity

  • The Famous Five, and Why I Still Think About Them

    I think I was around nine or ten when I first read The Famous Five. This was well before Harry Potter came into the picture. Back then, reading felt quieter. Less of a trend, more of a habit you picked up if someone put the right book in your hands. I was living in Mumbai…

  • Learning to Trust My Voice Again

    There was a time when trusting my voice felt natural. I spoke, wrote, expressed, without second-guessing every word. Somewhere along the way, that changed. Not dramatically. Not because of one big moment. It happened slowly, quietly, through years of working, adapting, fitting in, and learning when to soften things, when to stay quiet, when to…

  • Welcome to thisisraulito

    A personal corner of the internet, finally mine. Welcome. I’m really glad you’re here. This space has existed quietly inside me for a long time. I just hadn’t given it a place to live until now. For months now, I’ve been writing consistently elsewhere, showing up week after week, sometimes day after day, letting my…