Life Roundabout

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 5/16/2013 3:52:00 PM

'On the twenty-fourth day of an ancient calendar's summer solstice, when the sun, Read more »'

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Modern Healthcare: Finding Melody in Malady

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 5/6/2013 7:47:00 AM

'n.b.: Written as an entry for the Modern Healthcare Indiblogger contest in association with Apollo Hospitals Read more »'

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L-O-V-E: Lust? Obeisance? Veneration? Eccentricity?

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 5/1/2013 10:22:00 AM

'Love! I know how it's spelt, I can look it up in the dictionary, but I never seem to get what it's meant. Is it because the word is so sophisticated or the concept so convoluted? My life, which is a dictionary of a different sort, gives more meanings to love than any book ever did. Guess that messes me up even more!Read more »'

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I search for that world

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 4/20/2013 6:19:00 PM

'I search for that world,I wonder if it even exists,where my life is not so displeased with me.*Read more »'

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Of Strength and Courage

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 4/17/2013 5:54:00 PM

'Strength and Courage seem like two sides of the same coin. They may be used interchangeably yet in their specific context. Courage stands in mental frame, for what strength stands in the physical realm. Yet experience teaches that strength and courage, though springing from the same seed, are fruits of very different trees.Read more »'

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The Gods of Today

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 4/11/2013 3:57:00 PM

'Guruji closed his eyes, took a deep breath and let loose the sermon.. "Every sensation that happens in the fortress of your body has a karmic causality in it. If it's a pleasurable sensation, then it is a result of some good act from the past, and likewise any detestable sensation is a result of an intentional evil act. Every act leaves a residue in karma, and it finally comes back to burn out through sensations."Read more »'

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The Real Poison

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 4/9/2013 9:39:00 AM

'The case had left the police dumbfounded; never had they seen a kidnapping so perfect, so bereft of clues. Absolutely nothing on the kidnappers, only a ransom letter, and that too had come in the mail, neatly typed. There were no witnesses to be questioned nor any mobile calls to be traced...When the parents and police had reached the informed spot with the ransom money, all they found was a deserted shrub, some poisoned leftovers and the dead boy.Read more »'

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Can Life be a Buffet Lunch?

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 3/6/2013 6:12:00 PM

'A simple, sentient wish to see life more flexible is conveniently struck-down by the practical scientists, and quite reasonably so! Life, for them, is already in pretty-much optimal shape. Would you agree? Wish life was like a buffet meal, where one need not stand in line, or rush for a seat; one could take what one wants and ignore the rest. Sadly though, it isn't. Turns out life's'

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Wind, Water and Nivasini's Family Matters Anthology

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 2/28/2013 6:38:00 PM

'Writing, for me, follows the pattern of a waterfall. First, the ideas float about in the mind, like wavelets playing with the beams of mind's inner light. Then the water reaches the 'eye of the fall' where it shines one last time, before beginning its descent onto restless fingers dancing on the stream of paper below. Words spring up, bringing color to the medley of thoughts, like a rainbow'

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The Brotherhood of Pain

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 2/16/2013 7:52:00 PM

'As is the wont of most of my contemplations, the seeds are first sown by observations from daily life.  Seeds, that I guess, are normally sown in anybody for that matter.  The only 'extra' help, probably, that I lend is to hang on to the moment and let it linger until loneliness comes by and waters the seeds into growing roots.  Some roots consolidate your personality, while the others just'

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When Jack and Jill met up the Hill

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 1/30/2013 12:13:00 PM

'Jack and Jill met up the hill, with faces as pale as water... Their eyes meet and hearts speak. Jill feels chill, Jack is a broken shack. In the muted tension of haphazard sighs, their heartbeats speak very similar stories -  of struggle, and hope against hope. Drawn against the same background of pain, their portraits seem to match well.   For Jill, life had been an uphill task. Marriage'

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Is Rape the Rap of an Ape?

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 1/3/2013 5:03:00 PM

'After a day full of shouting slogans, the crowds eagerly waited to 'pack up' for the day. Though the government never seemed to take drastic action, yet they loved making all the noise. 'What is India without its noise?' someone had encouragingly quipped and the crowd had mowed on. Shouting slogans against the Delhi rape case was especially gratifying, as it was such a sensational issue of the'

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The Day the World Ended

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 12/13/2012 4:48:00 PM

'19-Dec-2012. 23:30 hrs. Somewhere along the konkan coast, a lonely soul sits up on his bed.   "It's absurd," he thinks, "All those doomsday theories are bull-shit! How could the world suddenly end tomorrow? A meteor wiped out the dinosaurs, but the world has gladly survived. Volcanoes, storms, tsunamis, nuclear bombs, they all tried their hand, yet the world just continues to roll on. How'

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The Reluctant Escapist

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 11/30/2012 7:38:00 AM

'When I was born, I felt so vulnerable. Whenever I tried to speak, I only managed to squeal. I hated seeing my mother naked, yet she forced me to suck at her breast. I couldn't even do my own toilet. My tongue wasn't twisting the way I wanted, my limbs weren't responding to me. People made funny faces at me, and I had no choice to ignore them. I wondered why man had to be born so helpless and'

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Blood is Thicker than Water

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 11/24/2012 6:07:00 PM

'The old woman lived alone in the home she had built with so many aspirations. Her husband died long back and son had settled with his young family abroad. On many days, she would yearn for activity around the house, for grandchildren to run up and down the hall, for her daughter-in-law to try new dishes in the kitchen. Yet she wouldn’t try to convince her son to come back. He seemed happy with'

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Breaking News. Blasting News.

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 11/14/2012 5:09:00 PM

'Breaking news   Series of co-ordinated car bombs heard across Baghdad. Iraq resounds with the wails and cries of relatives and friends. Sporadic riots sparked across Syria. Rebels and army fighting on the streets. Civilians take cover from flying projectiles.  Rockets and bombs rain down upon Turkey. Streets filled with rubble and bodies. Mobs and crowds are out on the streets of'

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Chicken-Egg conundrum: Solved?

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 11/7/2012 1:21:00 PM

'Person A: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Person B: Whose egg are you referring to? Person A: The chicken's egg, of course... Person B: There you go! you just answered your own question.'

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'Celebrating India' - The Book

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 11/1/2012 8:13:00 AM

'A moment of pride as I take baby steps into the league of published authors. Thanks to the belief and persistent effort of Nivedita, from Nivasini Publishers (website, blog), who has been a good friend and a constant reader of my blog, my article 'Oh Calcutta!' is now a part of the book 'Celebrating India' (ISBN 9789350871157) Celebrating India is an anthology- a collection of short'

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Miss.Understanding

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 10/25/2012 4:41:00 PM

'"I needed just one sign, just one indication that you weren't what they made you out to be, just one move to prove that you hadn't changed, that you were still the same girl that I fell in love with. Just one hint and it didn't have to come to this" he murmured to himself as he watched her from the corner of his eyes. As both the lawyers walked over to the judge, he could see her more clearly'

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Me, not Me.

Author : Vicky Dada (Vikas)      Blog : V I C K Y ~ P E D I A      Date : 10/9/2012 3:47:00 PM

'The world is so full of disparity, Wondering if it's actually in me. Why so A.lienated, myself I see? amongst my own folk and family. Why U.nderrated, I assume to be? breaking myself, ever so casually. Why does T.error habit my ground? when perfection is not seen around. Why am I I.rked, like a mad hound? as they make noise, of every sound. Why do I go on a S.hivering streak? when to a group,'

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