She – III

That day, she wrote in her diary -
It was so easy to forget about “us”. I lost all “our” memories soon after I got busy in the new city and its new flavors. Getting admission to the MS course in NewYork was like a dream come true. It wasn’t the reputation of the college but [...]

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Emptiness ..

.. is
When you have just finished the huge task that you had been putting off for so long!!

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Birth and death of a story

The movie was good, light-hearted and entertaining. There was a momentary flash of smile on her face as she remembered some of its scenes, but then the pain came back and the smile disappeared. During the intermission, they had a heated exchange of words which had caused a wound in her heart. Like so many [...]

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She – II

(contd from “She -I” …)
And then, I met “her”. She got married at an early age, and was soon blessed with a beautiful baby. She lives with her family in a house that they bought just before their son was born. Having all the possible comforts, and most importantly, the tag of a happily [...]

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She – I

“She” is the woman of modern times – Independent, bold, smart, free, in her early thirties, unmarried, has a great job….
But is she happy? I am not so sure. I have seen her eyes. I have felt loneliness in them, I have seen them lit up with hope whenever she is in a relationship with [...]

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Freedom

There are some who sacrifice everything else for freedom,
and then there are some others who sacrifice freedom for everything else…

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The Positive sign

She saw the second line appear on the test strip. Everything started to make sense now – the unexplainable fatigue, the drowsiness, the headaches and also, the mood swings. Along with that flooded in images of innumerable dreams once pushed aside to give way to more practical decisions. The fears dispelled for a while, and [...]

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I am listening to :

TERE BIN
- By Rabbi Shergil
 Lyrics:
tere bin / besides you
sanu sohnia / my love
koi hor nahio labhna / i shan’t find another
jo dave / who’ll give
ruh nu sakun / peace to my soul
chukke jo nakhra mera / and indulge me
ve main sare ghumm ke vekhia / i have gone and seen it all
amrika , roos, malaysia [...]

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Allergens @ work

A (in a hyper-excited tone): Puja, we have to finish off that module-test today itself.
Me (surprised): Is it? but wasnt that supposed to be done next week? I had planned ..
A (not quite in the mood to listen): yes yes. but if we do it early, we would get more time to analyze.
Me: But I [...]

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