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The Blur and the Bruises
To be honest, my school life seems to be a blur. I can’t seem to remember the details of a lot of things. I don’t remember what we wore on annual day or who topped which subject or who sat beside me in class 8B. But I do remember how I felt. I remember the…
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A Journey to Nowhere……….
Have you ever wondered why is it that our memories are sepia toned? I don’t know about others but whenever i look back to the foundation years of my life, everything seems to be in the form of faded black and white. Like old photographs, torn at the edges, crumpled by time and associated with…
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Acceptance – Part 2
After spending so many years with her Aniruddh still was not able to understand this woman. She had issues. He was a pragmatic man. Working hard for his family, loved his kids, took care of his home. His wife was just his wife. He didn’t have any special feelings for her but he did care…
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The Armchair Traveller
There’s a quiet kind of travel that doesn’t begin with a boarding pass. It starts with a book. A line in a film. A photograph pinned on someone else’s wall. You find yourself staring at a cobbled street in Prague or the curve of a balcony in Greece, and for a moment—only a moment—you are…
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Freedom, Choice and Life
A lot of people have told me that life is full of choices. Is it really, or is it a combination of a lot of other things, luck, fate, spouse, children, parents, responsibilities, liabilities, duties and innate desire. Is anyone free, really? I don’t think there is an easy answer to this question. We all…
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Prisoners of our mind….
What would you consider as an accomplishment? Is it when you reach a certain stage in your career, or is it when you get a desired degree, or when you buy certain things you wanted or when you marry the person you love? I mean what is it really? What should be our driving force?…
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Apne apne Ram…. each to his own
One of the most misunderstood characters in our Indian mythology is Ram. Who is Ram? The eldest and the most dutiful son of Dashrath, who was the heir to the throne of Ayodhya. Due to the evil scheming of his step mother, who wanted the throne for her own son, Ram was sent to the…
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Perceptions
I love surprises. small ones, big ones. they just make my day. When I was younger I used create these surprises for myself. I would never ask my mother what she had packed for lunch in school. the moment when I opened my lunch box was my own, filled with anticipation and excitement. My own…
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Austen and me
I am a self proclaimed Jane Austen lover. I got hooked to the seemingly idealist romances written by Austen at a very young age, thanks to my mother, herself an avid reader. I would like to believe that I am an Austen purist. I have devoured hundreds of literature discussing the nuances of her writing.…
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