A book for the in-between moments

Two-Minute Truths:
Short Stories of Love,
Loss, and Finding
Your Way Back

A small pause. A truer way forward.

Each story takes about two minutes to read and stays with you much longer. Honest, tender reflections for the moments when life asks you to begin again.

Available in paperback and Kindle · Amazon US · Amazon India · Flipkart

Front cover of Two-Minute Truths by Sarmishtha Parida
A small pause
for the life you’re in.
01For all the moments
that ask us to begin again

A Little Truth Can Change
the Shape of a Day

Short stories, poems, and reflections about unsaid words, the grief we carry, the love that outlasts it, and the courage to start over. There is no right place to begin. Choose what you are here for.

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Best for a busy afternoon

One short piece fits a coffee break, a quiet commute, or the moments before sleep. A small pause, without a long commitment.

Your two-minute ritual

  1. Make a cup of something warm.
  2. Open to any page and read one piece.
  3. Close the book and let it stay with you.

Two minutes to notice. A lifetime to carry.

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Front cover of Two-Minute Truths by Sarmishtha Parida

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Sarmishtha Parida, author of Two-Minute Truths
Sarmishtha Parida

About
The Author

The Author is a storyteller, yoga teacher, and transformation leader. After years as a corporate tech strategist, she turned to the page to explore the emotional truths we rarely say out loud. Two-Minute Truths grew from personal reflections into stories of love, loss, and finding our way back to ourselves.

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Five small pauses.
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Questions About
Two-Minute Truths

Two-Minute Truths is a collection of short stories, poems, and reflections on love, grief, memory, and the quiet work of becoming. It makes space for the words we leave unsaid and the small moments that change how a day feels. There is no single storyline to follow: open to any page and begin where you are.

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