<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Hungry & The Beautiful]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poet, author and lifestyle writer based in Delhi & blogs from around the world at: The Hungry & the Beautiful / neharikagupta.com]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/blogpage</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:40:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.neharikagupta.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seven reasons to pick up the self-guided course - The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/the-artist-s-way-by-julia-cameron</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60e039522d28d7001582edba</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 11:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11b79b_e1253d921b6f4580a6de9bfb1ee508b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Perfect Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sun’s first rays glinted marvellously as they hit the surface of the black water like floating diamonds catching light and throwing...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/the-perfect-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60baf6ad30232600157ae646</guid><category><![CDATA[portfolio]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2021 04:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_5a4ecaca50784c9a84033eecc13fba57~mv2_d_3056_4121_s_4_2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Eclipse Hung in an Ocean Sky]]></title><description><![CDATA[This poem is a palindrome, meaning it is a mirror image of itself. Written in reverse, the two stanzas mean different things. I wrote it...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/an-eclipse-hung-in-an-ocean-sky</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60baf48f89631300162f12cc</guid><category><![CDATA[portfolio]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2021 03:57:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/152e4032e12c41c2b20f49ffee41a67f.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 33: Coming Together]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm done with this writing challenge and quite relieved! As I wouldn't forget the writing bit, but to update here. My most important...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-33-coming-together</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f269dd764854800179dbaff</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 11:18:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5544794b5a42fdb8999de0cc5ca21a.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 32: The Nuances of the Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[So here I am happily trotting along with the creative writing workshop I'm attending, happy to plot and create a scene from chapter 5 of...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-32-the-nuances-of-the-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f25a306913aa30017751ad8</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:01:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_843e2df48a0849eabc995e735a38f134~mv2_d_3001_1688_s_2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 31:  Life Goes On]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can spot the writing that I wrote when I was really really inspired and I guess instead of fighting with my mind, that I need to be...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-31-life-goes-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f2465854779ef0017ccb38f</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:47:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faeaca6a51ea4f43b5711c2189ff409a.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing  Challenge Day 30: Days Become Longer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Far from the coming to my writing desk and spewing out writing, the way I'm beginning to work is a little different. It starts with...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-30-days-become-longer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f22a31659f1ee0017627120</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:46:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d79d29294535b417925bbea51879f45.png/v1/fit/w_219,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 29: Finding First Gear]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I'm spending the entire week analysing short stories and working on just a couple of scenes, this is allowing me to take my time...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-29-finding-first-gear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f2196a07e2ec90018c697bf</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6b5a0a6f241c41389802eae22243fd79.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 28: A System That Might Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I went from continuing the scene assigned to me, to working out the names and characteristics of the main characters. I notice that...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-28-a-system-that-might-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f203e5f841efa001738226c</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:12:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/952b0f6f2a6843359fc880245f3818fa.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 27: Always a student]]></title><description><![CDATA[I began the day, continuing off from where my creative writing class stopped. And it worked. We have to craft a scene and all the intense...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-27-always-a-student</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1e8a1e6a03fe001729090f</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:12:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/076d87c5f6f84a499499fb4fa7f7ee31.png/v1/fit/w_381,h_410,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 26: Starting a blueprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[I spent half the day in a novel writing workshop and the other in a script writing workshop. The crux of both was the same: to not tell,...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-26-starting-a-blueprint</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1db6a952a6730017933792</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 17:08:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eb6ac682f9f0b24bde304640409c5e76.png/v1/fit/w_958,h_581,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 25: Inundated in a Good Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekends are the cruellest days. High five if you get the reference. Saturdays and Sundays are when I end up doing and taking creative...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-25-inundated-in-a-good-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1c93735e96b80017bc188e</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2020 20:25:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c97262775a1411a9387b1618233e6fa.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 24: Reading is also writing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I find that when I start reading, noticing how another person writes, in my case, another teen dystopian novel, I ask how does this...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/creative-writing-challenge-day-24-reading-is-also-writing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1a86638cd060001788f41c</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 07:08:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c361e6f298b1be6015a3b92a95dd1358.png/v1/fit/w_914,h_633,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 23: Stranger Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I found a document where I had listed the book plot point by point - and I mean a plot that worked. I also had ideas for possible...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/creative-writing-challenge-day-23-stranger-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1941f55baae00018dbd012</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:14:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f8b7cf1fa666aa97d02764be885cf704.png/v1/fit/w_778,h_847,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 22: Mapping a routine]]></title><description><![CDATA[My day started at 6 am today, so needless to say, I got a lot of writing done. The ideas also came quite easily, of more than just what...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/creative-writing-challenge-day-22-mapping-a-routine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f186810bb15010017838046</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:33:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7af275bb606b49908e080eeeb06f0734.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 21: Off with Procrastination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today was a stunningly good day. I got in a writing session before noon, and by writing, I don't mean getting down words for the heck of...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/creative-writing-challenge-day-21-off-with-procrastination</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1716b7e91f6c0018b1c22d</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 16:34:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/153018d185af4065bbeac2137b576b7f.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 20: Classical conditioning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I began my writing day bright and early in the morning. Well - a little late but first thing in the morning is what I mean. I put...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-20-classical-conditioning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f15e39cf8ad8a0017681d75</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:41:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0d8033c73554ef387c1fe58268d3c8c.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 19: Word by Word]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today was unique in the sense, I gave the book due time. But I sat with it. From the first page of my notes, I went over everything I had...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-19-word-by-word</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f148e6ccb505e001719e8d5</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 18:29:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d877eba791d4642acadaa870f7d945e.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 18: Occupational Hazards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the thoughts take over. That's when it's important to meditate, clear the slate and find ways to stay inspired. Does it work?...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-18-occupational-hazards</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1328d695597b00177b820e</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 17:10:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d71235a663484333a061c8426eacc3b0.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Day 17: Keeping at it]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's not easy to write on a full stomach. That's two things writers need. A little bit of hunger and a strong back. I'm doing okay, now...]]></description><link>https://www.neharikagupta.com/post/writing-challenge-day-16-keeping-at-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f11e87941224f0017e73244</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Challenge]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:13:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/863143cb82c240ee50654ecc3c8072cf.png/v1/fit/w_420,h_270,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Neharika</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>