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The Hostel Room Nobody Warns You About
7 min·Balanced·English·4.3★ · 2,159 views
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Riya Kapoor
Peer Wellness Educator
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Riya writes about the first three weeks — the sounds, the small grief, the friend you thought you'd have by now.
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