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*this is a really old draft which I found today..was written in the month of april!P.S. This post is for 2 girls who are very dear to me. And they know who they are 🙂Life is mostly weird and pointless. And oh yeah, its vicissitudes are vast and complex (to quote JKR). Things are thrown…
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In love with this song from Guzaarish. Thanks Ketaki!Ke tera zikr hai Ya itr hai Jab jab karta hoon Mehekta hoon Behekta hoon Chehekta hoon Oo ke tera, tera, tera zikr hai Ya, itr hai Jab jab karta hoon Mehekta hoon Behekta hoon Chehekta hoon Sholon ki tarah Khushbuon mein dehekta hoon Behekta hoon Mehekta…
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So when I was struggling to get my bearings straight on the Indian timeline, a dear friend who now lives in Chennai asked me to visit her. After the initial inertia from mom dad about the ayodhya verdict, its implications etc (which proved out to be nothing thanks to all of us maturing) they conceded…
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Recently while reading Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy which was based around crimes of domestic violence, physical and mental abuse I was quite inspired to write about the whole issue. Thinking that I would spoil the plot for potential readers I did not go ahead. But after reading Neha’s article I am more than inspired to write.…
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I dreamt a dream.In which you were you and I was me.You were the cloud, I was the rain,You were the plant, I was the grain.You were the leaf, I was the dew,You were the coffee, I was the brew.You were the ‘x’, I was the ‘y’,We were the varying constants in each others’ sky.…
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People like to have opinions these days. The different it is the better they feel about standing out of the crowd. And by just reading the biased, designed somewhat for a child’s psychology history books over the years they like to boast about their meager knowledge about the Mahatma. I could not care less but the…
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There was a time when I used to spam my friends mailboxes with Calvin and Hobbes emails. With some thought poured into it, I would sometimes come with titles for CnH strips or sometimes just borrow them from somewhere. It was during my work days. But then I went to US and it gradually stopped.…
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When I came to Dallas, I was bringing up Chicago in almost every other sentence. From cribbing about the windy weather, to walking in knee deep snow, to charms of downtown Chicago, to shopping outlets and eating joints, to grocery prices, to public transport, to every chindhi thing one can think of. Every time fondly.…
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C.H.I.C.A.G.O.My soulmate, my friend, my love!I don’t know how I will fill the void. I will never forget you!tears,~nightflier