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Happy Birthday Amma!
Happy Birthday AmmaWhat if I answered the door and you stood there,Adjusting the jasmine strand on your plaitSmiling, chuckling, teasingAs if you’d never been away?What if I answered the phone and you...
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Draupadi's Monologue
Courtesy - http://en.wikipedia.orgI know you remember me for that one incident. I'm not the last one to be disrobed though, is it not? Thousands of years later, you lot are still doing the same. How...
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Testing Times
Courtesy - http://ordinarypoet.blogspot.comHello Kaapizone...I missed you mmmmuaaaah!Submissions done. Hair combed, nails clipped and eyes are slowly losing the addict’s look. I thought I’ll take a...
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Book review - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
After months of arduous literary reading (some of which made me pull my hair out); I decided to treat myself to a good old crime thriller. ‘Gone Girl’ came highly recommended; and I grabbed a copy. It...
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We Are Like This Only
Courtesy - http://www.educationupdates.comApparently Air India is not very popular with Indians. I’ve heard this from the time IT opened up the doors to global travel. This was more than a decade ago...
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Back in school, as exams loomed nearer and nearer, I’d realize that the only way I’d get a decent pass mark was by drawing up a strict timetable. One that I would never follow anyway. What would start...
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The Art of Chaklis
As an Iyengar, Gokulashtami is the most important festival for me. This festival has always meant serious business as far as I’m concerned – none of that easy cheer of a Deepavali. It is one of the...
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The Return of The King
Courtesy - http://wikimedia.orgKing Mahabali belongs to the Daitya clan of Asuras. Like his grandfather, the famous Prahlada, son of Hiranyakashyapu, Mahabali too holds a special place in Hindu...
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The Twice Born
When I took a break from my corporate career in 2009 (has it been THAT long?)...it was both exhilarating and agonising at the same time. Exhilarating because I no longer had to wake up to the pinging...
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The Story Behind The Name
In the early stages of my manuscript, I knew the title of my novel had to be the name of the principal character. And it could not be just any name. It had to fit into the storyline - from a time...
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Vagabond
You must’ve come across people like me. On the street, at the bus stop, on the train, in the airport, at the movies, banks...everywhere. We wear a trademark bored look. Not that we are bored; it’s just...
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If you, like me, came out of the cinema hall after watching Basic Instinct, and thought ‘Wow! What a wonderful soundtrack!’ you know you’re a misfit for life. Sure, there was a woeful shortage of...
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Dhoom 3 And Stream Of Consciousness
Just in case you care - CONTAINS SPOILERSJust in case you care more - this is actually more of stream of unconsciousness, hence the incoherent tenses.Courtesy - http://movies.ndtv.comThe invitation to...
View ArticleReminiscence - A Short Story
I was pleasantly surprised when Janaki Nagaraj - fellow blogger, poet, runner - asked me if I'd be interested in doing a 'guest post' for her. Of course I jumped up and down and clapped my hands and...
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A Fortnight Of Letters
I never figured receiving a handwritten letter can make one so hand-clapping happy. I mean I’ve never had anyone write to me and post a letter – ever. When I say write, I mean actually write – bending...
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Interludes
Lilies on my windowsillIn the silences ofThe late morning And of The stupor of the afternoonOr even of The twilight made purple by a swollen moon I cease to be flesh and skinI cease to exist withinAnd...
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Fenced
I stand in the street, the wind lifting my hair and howling in my ears. The red bus in front of me blinks and pulls away with a metallic grunt. I once had a pencil box that looked like the shiny red...
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The Triumvirate
© Sumana Khan - 2014It was a handsome tree. Tall and rough; too broad for a full embrace. Its sturdy, gnarled branches started low and spread high and wide embracing the sky; lush and well-hung with...
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Mr Xavier's Guitar
Courtesy - ClipartIt’s funny how some people just peep into your life...you know they kind of stand at the doorstep, have many conversations, and before long, ways part; leaving you with a warmth that...
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