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| karkkidakam* The blue darkness unfurled,Wind flew shattering the doors,Trees swayed in the gust,Clouds roared the rageThe rain of Karkkidakam,Its again at my sky The saddles of the skies,The river of heaven,The oceans hid in clouds,The Ganges of Gods,The rain of Karkkidakam...
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| 14:06 | 10/May/2008 |
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| i saw Doors vanished,Shackles withered,Sky blossomed into the cerulean, I ever loved,When the dusk-sun shed its last petals on the clouds,I saw,the rainbow descending on me.Heavens bloomed,Moonlight gushed,Nightingale sung the song I ever yearnedWhen the flame shivered in the wind,I saw,the clouds climbing down the aisle.Wind strayed,Chi...
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| 18:49 | 14/Oct/2007 |
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| BaCk tO tHoSe DaYs..Back to those days! Lying on the bare floor, absorbing the chill out of you; staring at the sky, and sipping you with my thirsty eyes; after years and days. Was in bondage and away from you; cried for you; yearned for you, and dreamt of you; many nights; don’t know how many times.Back to those corners, where I rested my hea...
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| 17:26 | 4/Oct/2007 |
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| TAG POST: Light an EyeI often wonder,What do you see when I say ‘Green’?!,I often cry,When you say that you saw me in your dream,Dear,If I could light those eyes with mine..Like the candle spreading light in the darkness..Burning… one after other!I have been tagged by Cyril Paul. To spread this heavenly message in this beautiful world, and to t...
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| 17:50 | 28/Aug/2007 |
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| n e v e r m i n d never been to thy dale,never knocked thy door, never paused awhile, never turned back,never saw thy world, never loved those eyes,never droned a praise,never read those tales,never saw those streams, never looked into it, never heard thy voice,never touched thy limbs,never stood near you,never said a word,never slept a wink, n...
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| 14:13 | 20/Aug/2007 |
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| Wrecked! Deep within my eyes;Deep within my heart;The pain lingering;Lifting me away from my dark dwelling;Where dreams sowed and loss reaped! Breath devoid of verve;Heart without cadence,Yesterdays staring,Like the sword thrown on my head; and slitting it apart!No pain, no bleed, weighing is my wretched heart! Blaze in my eyes;Fumes in my head;Lik...
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| 19:38 | 1/Aug/2007 |
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| Lifelong LivesThree lives! Three girls! And a mother!Would Pushpa ever have cursed her daughters in her lifetime?!! Would she ever have looked at heaven; with her pleading eyes when three girls flowered in her womb one after one in a respite of fifteen or eighteen months?! Would she ever have cursed her daughters in her life?!I have always seen Pu...
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| 15:06 | 19/Jul/2007 |
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| O Mother,...to die before You!!Nila.. A rich and splendid river that has eventually shrunken into a trickle! She’s a mother.. Mother of a civilization, a language, innumerable poets, myriad writers, divine arts, sages…. and mother of these emotions dripping out of my soul! Mindless sand mining combined with a whole bunch of other anti-ecological ac...
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| 12:08 | 5/Jul/2007 |
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| The breeze, the blue house & the Life thereafter!Books,Pen,Calculator,Logarith m Tables,My Naughty Guruvauyrappan,A pinch of sacred ash, sandal paste, vermilion,The black small radio,My window and the breeze!My study-leave days at the small lone blue house at the banks of the green paddy and the gently flowing Chithrapuzha were largely stolen by the...
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| 12:19 | 3/Jul/2007 |
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| Monsoon knocking!!Monsoon knocking at the door!O, get the pots,O, move out the ewer,Palm leaves are unwoven,Roofs are not laid,Oh God,Can’t you hear?Monsoon is knocking at the door!Trumpets are roaring,Sward of Rain Gods –Glaring at the sky,Sometimes smile, sometimes bark,Oh where gone the children?Where the umbrella?Can’t you hear?Monsoon is knock...
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| alpana | 21:48 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| Walking by the sea side I seized a moment of delight As it flitted aboutShowing me promises of unadulterated funChasing after a butterflyWhile the breeze entangled itself in my hairAnd the sun A brassy oblong medallionHad just begun to melt Within the hovering clouds. Laughed I As the butterfly suddenly became coyAnd sat upon a flower…Did it realiz...
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| cadence | 22:45 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| ingeminating |
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| earmarked for death in this grotesque pandemoniuminept at descrying my way back to the surfaceonly light which exists here, is that of memory flaring up,illuminating rough pictures and writings overheadwhich you'd painted once, to invoke and placate me I abide, gazing in wonderturning first into warmth and recognitionthen growing violent or somber,...
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| ekantapadhika | 22:05 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| Manual Scavenging-II |
| I have just finished reading an old post of 27th January, 2007 of my friend Dilip Krishnan (http://myownboswell.rediffiland.com) . It is titled, “The paradox that is India” and you can find it under the category “Issues of the times”. While Dilip pondered over this paradox, in the course of a metro ride from the centre of the city t...
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| surya s | 18:25 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| Happy times |
| I feel happy. Actually, I feel happier. So what caused it?well...The viral campaign over the new batman movie, maybe? Love the fact that someone finally got it right. You can read about it here.The sun. The sun is so bright that it is almost like a divine presence. May be this is a day when the gods walk the earth, at least in Finland.The top gear ...
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| Nischalson C... | 02:40 | 12/Jun/2008 |
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| OOPS! q: Sorry for disappearing... Hope you guys will like this one. enjoy | nischal
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| K B | 23:18 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| IT's Official! |
| Nomo Takeshita is here! I am No Mo Taa Kay Shee Ta form today (No, no, no, no... I tell you NOT Kahil Tanga !!! He no not from Nippon , he from Darbunga) So sushi you soon!
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| U C | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007 |
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| "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong“ I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”The soulful rendering of this song evokes vivid images of a vib...
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| jofebin@redi... | 09:13 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| A dream came true |
| Hi friends...A dream came true yesterday.... bought a professional camera - Nikon D80 and a lens Sigma - 70-300mm Telephoto lens. It's been long since I dream on having it and yesterday it became true. Here are 2 sample pictures of the trial run i did with em. In fact my first shots with it. :) Luv Febi
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| Cyril Paul | 09:07 | 23/Apr/2008 |
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| Just Between Friends (Short Story) |
| Pushpa Saxena. Age 23, 5'5 in height, slender built, fair, attractive. I know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. Like her address, for example (#3003, 3rd Floor, Olympian Heights, Napean Sea Road, Mumbai). Or her cell number, both Vodafone as well as Airtel. Or her email address. I really know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. In fact, I think I know a lot more ...
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| Ash K | 00:16 | 9/Jun/2008 |
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| Book Review: Keep Off The Grass - By Kar... |
| The novel has an honest attempt - to make you laugh till your sides ache. The book is replete with humor, laughter and funny one-liners which keep you on the edgeto the last word read. Certainly this one tickles your funny bone. The novel's protagonist Samrat Ratan, son of second generation US immigrantschooses to leave hot shot investment banking,...
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| dee vine | 15:12 | 18/Jun/2008 |
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| for old times' sake |
| Visiting my page after months ... have had little time to indulge in leisurely stuff like blogs. Been working hard and partying harder ... ahhh, back to life! Working, Mothering, Travelling, Loving, Facebooking, Orkuting, FlickRing, Housekeeping, Waxing (now waning), Binge-ing (now fasting), Socializing, Drinking, Saving, Spending .... all but bl...
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| Sandhya Suri | 21:47 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| Smirk |
| Wandering…The dark alleys of the mind’s deepest corridorsResounding… Crying…Grasping the folds of the silken shawl of memoriesSearching… Seeking…Truths too bitter to tell, too smattered with the bloodSpreading… Covering…Hiding the realities, the ignorant bliss of a heartless mindSalvaging… Begging…For redemption from the knowledge that defies the s...
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| sunil varma | 17:54 | 11/Oct/2006 |
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| The Search |
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| For long time it seemed to me That life is yet to beLife I would Say…..Just ‘round the corner, it layBut for this small, Debt to payThere is no more traverse en-way.Blissful Gloss.. amorous wayBright and Shining, no cold dayLife is like the leafy swayNo more tempests, just the breezy bayLife would begin I would say,Just around the corner it lay,But...
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| friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008 |
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| Our world is coming unravelled |
| I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...
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| Madhavan PK | 16:43 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| The Song of Hiawatha |
| The song of Hiwatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is perhaps his best work.This one given below is chapter 10 detailing Hiwatha's Wooing of Minnehaha. Written in 1855, the poem is poignant. Have things changed from then to now. Read on. It is long but worth your while. The bold typeface highlight and the headings are mine. Love SickAs unto the bow...
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| aradhana khanna | 17:32 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| Why do i write |
| why do i write.....when i look back i see most of my work is lovesick poetry.....but that certainly had never been the purpose of my writing......sure i have gone through my share of heartbreaks.....but there is a time when you kind of retrospect and see your work in prespective....i have done that of late and with the exception of nemisis and bin...
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| AdityaDas Menon | 19:37 | 26/Jun/2008 |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART -20-"TERELIYE" |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART - 20 - "TERELIYE"Dedication to : All the readers of my blogs..........., The Majestic performing art - Kathakali“Kamdev,you are the GOD of cores of feelings, and emotions…Can u tell me, among all these, which one is perennial…..?” One day Narada asked his younger brother……… The question prompted Kamadev to think for a while….T...
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| Trishna Mumbai | 16:43 | 20/Jun/2008 |
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| Season of Acceptance |
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| It’s been a long two months. The vacant look in mum’s eyes is slowly giving way to a twinkle – very slowly but surely. I suppose letting go of 40 years of togetherness is a tall order for anyone. When she reached Mumbai and I saw her, my whole being froze up. A forehead sans the familiar vermillion and the mangalsutra gone, her appearance gave a...
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| Jessica Singh | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007 |
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| Sleepless in ...... |
| I have always been a dreamer.But, these days I am not even able to sleep properly. A constant irritation itches on in my mind and I know not where it comes from. As a child, our own Doctor Uncle used to point out that diagnosis was pivotal to medication. I somehow found a deeper meaning in those words in connection to our daily lives even when I wa...
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| a b | 17:41 | 1/Jul/2008 |
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| And how it POURED today...Last month on this same date, I was lamenting the heat of summer and eagerlyawaiting the onset of the rainy season...Today, I am smiling and humming to myself as I look out of my office window...My very own friendly neighborhood hills are verdant green... lush grass, bushes,and trees with their squeaky clean washed wet loo...
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| meena sundar | 16:05 | 14/Jul/2008 |
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| Thank you god for your kindness at last! |
| Losing someone is not that easySeeing them sufferingSeeing them cryAll makes our heart tear apart We feel uselessWe feel desperateTrying our hands on every possible wayTo keep them comfortable We know they are going to dieBut we careAnd we pray, For two things…. Let them live peacefullyOn the other hand, take them immediatelyBcoz we can’t stan...
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| Jolly Jacob | 04:38 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the ... |
| Speech given by J.K.Rowling at the 2008 Harvard University Commencement, June 5, 2008. Copyright of J.K. Rowling, June 2008June 5, 2008 · President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates, The first thing I would like to say is "thank you." Not only has H...
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| ZEUS ZEUS | 22:23 | 9/Jan/2008 |
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| 'Away From Her' - A Review |
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| An aged wife tells her husband,“You could have just driven away without a care in the worldfor me, and forsaken me”With a pause pregnant with unsaid emotions he whispers,“Not a chance.”Inthese two lines which appear to be so unambiguously banal in content at first glance there might lay the ultimate test and triumph of an alliance forged over a li...
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| Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| Jab We Met |
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| Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...
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| lalitha kris... | 09:04 | 14/Oct/2007 |
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| The Road To Her |
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| The road to her Begins where all roads to his past endTorrid deeds, craving needsBurning bright yet to be extinguished. The road to her Begins when all roads to his past endFollies committed, sins buriedStill fluttering yet to be unwinged. The road to her Begins where all roads to his past endTarnished heart, unkempt soulShining white yet to be ame...
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| Pavement Freud | 10:05 | 21/Apr/2008 |
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| The Landlady: Concluding Episode |
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| For Fountainahas the night before Good Friday was a watershed in its rather uneventful history; many years after that fateful night, women in the neighborhood would habitually use it as a point of reference to establish facts: so-and-so’s age for example. ‘Oh! Don’t you remember? She was almost knee high that Good Friday!’ That night as Maggie lay ...
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| Kush A | 20:50 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| A bit of me! |
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| So here I am again with your latest dose of torture. :)Cigarette smokingThe dreamy-eyed Piscean at IIIT Hyd would be proud -- proud to hear -- as soon as he does -- that I can now properly smoke. Take a cigg in between the two fingers and sans any noise or huff-puff, fill my lungs with the smoke, hold it there, and exhale. I went to this room -- a ...
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| savi savi | 10:48 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| god forbid....... |
| ‘Hemorrhage infarction!’ pronounced the doctor It sounded horrible! Another one of those things, which happens to other people and not one self or one's husband! Anyway! What does one do when something like this happens? First of all TREATMENT! The question is…… Dr or hospital? If a hospital…... private or government? Of course many factors aff...
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| Jaya Raj | 15:15 | 3/May/2008 |
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| Another Morning |
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| ‘Will you take us to school today in car, Acha (dad)?’ My elder daughter asked me while brushing her teeth in the morning.Sometimes they like to go to school in car, though their school is just 10 minutes walk away. For a change from usual routine walking. Other occasion in which I have to take them to school is when my wife gets up late disreg...
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| Shyama Menon | 13:12 | 28/Apr/2008 |
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| The mallus today are a confused lot! The men in particular are perplexed, dumbfounded even to see their poster boy of aggression, Sreesanth, weep like a baby on the IPL ground. I suspect some of them feel exposed ...a little emasculated collectively, maybe. Now don’t kill me guys I’m nothing but an observer! :D Is this the real macho mallu? A sobbi...
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| dilip krishnan | 13:01 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| The State of the Nation: Some Irreverent Thoughts The nation waits with bated breath,So too Uncle Sam, NSG and the IAEAAs the world's largest functioning anarchyTurns its wheels of democracy.Hastinapura gets ready for another MahabharataBugles are sounded, conches are blown,Flags aflutter, soldiers march on,We shall fight, we shall win.In the corr...
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| Priyan Rebello | 10:47 | 14/Nov/2007 |
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| Anything white..... |
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| The insignia I forgot, In this world whether I exist. Each time I look into my hands. They are white against darkness. I am white and I wish to disappear. But the world is dark and I appear. Anything white can't fade. .......................Priyan...........
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| kanksha p | 14:08 | 12/Jul/2007 |
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| Mumbai Spirit # 2 |
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| The day before yesterday, I was again in a Mumbai local at the declining Rush hour. And was musing about what post should I write next. Few second class passengers were also traveling in the zone, making worse of the crowded situation. A few fellow commuters scared them about TC and got them off. The minute they got off at Jogeshwari, another ave...
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| PGR NAIR | 12:46 | 4/Jul/2008 |
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| HALF A DAY |
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| Half a Day: Naguib MahfouzIntroductionEvery now and then one encounters a story that leaves an indelible impression long after it is read. I read this short short story written by Naguib Mahfouz shortly after his winning the Nobel Prize for literature. I was enamoured by its rich and ornate style, its narrative technique, universal theme and dramat...
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| Thohe Pou | 10:59 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| My Lost and Pains can be Your gains and ... |
| Sometime my lost and pains can be other’s gain and happinessI have lost you but my lost and sadness can be your gain and happinessMy sleepless nights and pains can be your sound sleep and peaceful nights;Forgetting and erasing my love from your head forever and everBut losing and gaining is a part of life for me; I need to accept itI’ve disturbed...
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| firdaus | 23:58 | 18/Apr/2008 |
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| my life |
| Been a year and a month in this city. Time flew by indeed and I have finally begin to feel I am settled here, only thing I miss is my car. I always wanted to have a car because it gives me a tremendous feeling of independence. As if those are not wheels but wings.I guess I’ll get the car in May when my sister would be finished with her MA classes.A...
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| Sahiti Bhara... | 15:09 | 2/Jul/2008 |
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| What does a man fear more, death or life... |
| Lot of people (including yours truly) are struck with a profession which is not their passion. It is not what they love to do. They still do it because it gives "job security" or "good pay" or both.I love kids and i enjoy teaching. Teaching kids would have been my ideal profession or starting a school my dream.What prevents me from going after my d...
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