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Amrapali...and her choice
(This is my first A2Z blogging challenge. For the uninitiated, there will be a blog post everyday in April (barring Sundays), and we kickstart with a post drawing inspiration from the alphabets – so we...
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Boredom
Courtesy: ClipartHow has the day been so far? Are you stuck in a boring meeting, wishing something would happen to shake up things? Like a fire perhaps. Or a meteor-hit. Or at least someone throwing...
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Charulata
(It is the third day of A2Z blogging (at least it is stillthe third day in some parts of the world!) so we are on C)Well, after yesterday’s rant on boredom, I thought I’ll give an anti-dote – a movie...
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Dessert Trance
Courtesy - http://www.factmag.comIf you grew up in a traditional South Indian family like I did, you’ll probably agree that sweets were meant for ‘occasions’ – mostly festivals. The reason I emphasize...
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Ego
Courtesy - http://www.beingawareness.orgThe concept of Ego is something that has troubled humans from the time we’ve formed civilizations. Questions on ego and identity have formed the basis of...
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Have you ever stood in open air, with the fog curling at your feet? It cloaks everything in silence; your pupils, devoid of colours, dilate. You can feel the tip of your nose and ears going cold as the...
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Gravity Fan Club
Courtesy - WikipediaNo, I’m not talking about the movie. I’m referring to the actual gravity. The force that makes your feet stick to earth. And as of now, I suppose I’m the only member of this fan...
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Hello World
Courtesy - http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com‘Hello World!’If you've touched a computer for the first time in the early 90s – you’ll know what those two words mean. I saw a computer for the first time...
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I Am Vertical
Courtesy - http://www.bl.uk(Excerpt from Collected Poems - Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes)I am vertical by Sylvia PlathBut I would rather be horizontal.I am not a tree with my root in the soilSucking up...
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Janice Litman Goralnik nee Hosenstein
Courtesy - http://www.fanpop.comOkay, I’m probably a bit of a loser for this psychoanalysis of something as innocuous F.r.i.e.n.d.s of all the things. Sure, I love the six of them as much as the next...
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Keepsake
I held my niece for the first time on her first birthday. We studied each other warily. Inky black eyes returned my stare. All I could register at such close quarters was a tight shock of curls and a...
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Lonely Hearts
Courtesy - ClipartHehehehe! Cheesy title. Well, today's blog letter is L and I thought I'd dish up a good playlist whether your heart is lonely or not. Back during my assignments abroad, it was a...
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Mania
(Academic submissions = Missing in action. I think the blogging world has moved forward with many letters – but then, I’ve never been known to keep in step with anything in general. So let’s carry on...
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Nightmare
PART – 2 – NIGHTMARECourtesy - http://www.giphy.comI scurried back on the bed; my back against the wall; hands groping for the meat cleaver. I sat on my haunches, the cleaver in my right hand, ready to...
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Oh Maggi!
It’s been a tumultuous week, eh? Here I was, after moving homes and popping an artery packing and unpacking, looking forward to settling down with a bowl of Maggi and a screwed up horror movie, when...
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Predator Within
A very brief intro on cancerIn many ‘tragic’ movies of yesteryears, one of the plot devices used to kill off the wailing heroine (or a stoic hero) was to impose some disease on her/him. In the 70s, it...
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Quest For A Cure
Well, now that most of my to-do stuff is kind of out of the way, I cease to be a stranger at this blog. So what had kept me away from this haven? Firstly, I wanted to get my upcoming book out of the...
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Revulsion
(This post is in honour of Cecil, and many of his fellow-animals slaughtered by monsters)Courtesy - ClipartI’ve more or less given up reading news. Not because the human situation is so dire and...
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Say What?
That'll probably be your reaction if I declare I support The ban. Courtesy: ClipartAny debate on sex and sexuality in India starts and ends with the Khajuraho temples. Many eclectic explanations are...
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The Rebellious Manuscript - ENCOUNTERS
Between my academic deadlines and manuscript commitments, I’ve not had much time to lift my head and look around...and with kids being washed ashore...I kind of felt keeping my head down was a better...
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