Missing –

- the warmth of my mother putting a blanket over me as I take my rare and unplanned afternoon nap right on the livingroom sofa. These days, Bangalore is rather cold during the evenings leading me to these untimely snoozes! It makes me miss Solan more than ever, and also the concern of my mother [...]

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She – Three hundred pieces

The newspaper report read -
“Wife kills husband, cuts the body in three hundred pieces”
“I just wanted to see what he is made of “, she explained.

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She – The prayer

The bus terminus was as crowded as ever. She felt as if she recognized everyone over there. Her stomach was in knots due to nervousness and anticipation. Would he be there? How would he look like? It had been ten years since she had last met him. They had said an amicable good bye to [...]

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He – The past

He caught her staring at him and his wife having tea together on their veranda.  Strangely enough, it didn’t cause any flutter in his heart unlike earlier years. He had once loved her with great passion, but with time and rejection it had fizzled out. Was his love really as superficial as it seemed right [...]

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Life is good :-)

Thank You Chandni for making me take a pause and realize that I am living a rather blissful life!
There are times when I miss being at office and even the extra cash in hand , but then times like these

make up for all that!
Love the weather (its really delicious – stealing the term [...]

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With each milestone achieved –

- I feel she is slipping away from me..
Diya – trying to sit..

Ludku Ram

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The ’spirit’ of Jaipur

I am tired of hearing phrases like ‘The ’spirit’ of City x or y or z’ every time there is some calamity hitting them. If in India people bounce back to their normal lives soon after the tragedy hits them, is it because of their ’spirit’ or because of their helplessness? A news channel today [...]

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Oh No, Its Friday again :-(

Well, Friday is no longer a reason to cheer for . There was a time when I used to eagerly wait for this day – reason? – Its movie time!!!! But not anymore… I remember waiting desperately for ‘Khoya Khoya Chand’, and then planning with friends to watch it on 7th dec, 07. [...]

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Song in my head today..

Don’t we all go through this? There is a song in my head today. I have no idea what triggered it! But thankfully this is one of the songs that I truly like unlike some unfortunate days when all that I can think of is “sona kitna sona hai“!!
So, today it is Patti Smith’s “Sometimes [...]

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Diya’s new friend!

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