Love is like a Friendship Caught on Fire – Is it?

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 5/8/2013 10:34:26 AM

'This morning, over a cup of tea, I had this meaningful discussion on “love” (my favorite subject ) with my brother-in-law and sister. We discussed about the difference between “love”, “attraction in friendship”, and admiration. The perspectives that we shared were indeed interesting. I immediately decided to write on this topic and share with my [...]'

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Flight of a Restless Bird

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 5/8/2013 6:43:54 AM

'An old bird takes a youthful flight The other birds laugh at her forlorn plight She is in love with a life never lived With a million dreams tailored and weaved. She has found a love already lost In the quest of which a million rivers she has crossed Knowing not what she wants from [...]'

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They Say love fades with age……I ask ;Really?

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 4/14/2013 7:42:24 AM

'They Say love fades with age……I ask ;Really?.'

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Confessions…

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 3/26/2013 12:48:13 PM

'Pir Vilayat Khan said: A perfect human being is a man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less! But, is anyone perfect? I am born as a human being, faltering at every step; falling and then rising; failing and then succeeding. I am not perfect; I am not all-knowing! I am just a [...]'

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A Teacher – What does she mean to YOU?

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 3/18/2013 5:18:25 PM

'Having spent half a decade in teaching profession, I had the opportunity to work and interact with the most unfortunate fraternity of the most powerful, yet the most helpless souls on earth – teachers – and yes, I was one of them. I am calling teachers the most powerful souls becuase they shape a country’s future, by nurturing [...]'

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The Edge of Desire – Tuhin A. Sinha: A Review

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 3/12/2013 12:39:47 PM

'I read Tuhin A. Sinha’s first book, “That Thing Called Love”, in the year 2009. A randomly-picked book became one of my favorite books. Reason? Its simple flow of story and unique love tales – articulately woven and told. It became such a favorite, that I proudly treasured it in my bookshelf. This year, when [...]'

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I Fought…and I Achieved Happiness

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 2/16/2013 12:56:39 PM

'Year 2002, in Guwahati – I was about to graduate out of college in a year’s time. I was very happy, not because I could now go out of town for my higher studies, but because I could now “earn”, not for myself alone, but for my family, comprising my mother and sisters. I couldn’t [...]'

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Hungry Desires

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 2/16/2013 9:48:26 AM

'Those pregnant desires… Those eyes full of dreams… I saw them getting burnt, With the falling autum leaves. A fist full of hungry fulfilment Painted in the color green, I found them wrapped and shelved In the folds of an incomplete dream Woke up from the grave of breathless fear To find myself dead again. [...]'

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Silent Mumblings of a Restless Soul

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 2/12/2013 12:05:22 PM

'Today is one of those days when I am having a desparate urge to go back in time – be a child again; spend a beautiful childhood; have the protection of a caring father and the shelter of a loving mother. Play for hours in the fields, chasing dragon flies – playing doll house. I [...]'

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Promise of a Broken Heart

Author : Monika Amita Bakshi      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 2/10/2013 6:55:09 AM

'(Dedicated to all single women, who dared to live without a man) A bit of you and a bit of me made ‘us’. Together we sang the song of love, from morn to dusk. Lost a bit of ‘you’ and us became ‘me’. What a game is love, you see! … a win for you [...]'

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Let’s Demand Strict laws for Rape Cases…

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 12/20/2012 7:43:34 AM

'Ever since I heard of this brutal rape case of Delhi, I can’t stop thinking about the girl who is battling to survive. It’s not the first time that I felt so sick to the core of body and soul. The gang rape of the 8-year old, Barnali Deb in Guwahati, also gave me the [...]'

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True Love – Through my eyes.

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 12/10/2012 3:20:07 PM

'True love is selfless. It seeks no reason to celebrate togetherness. It is all about building trust and living up to it. True love makes you feel cared for. It makes your view myopic in so far as seeking beauty outside your beloved is concerned. It’s about bothering the least about anything else besides seeking [...]'

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Just One Life to Live

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 12/7/2012 9:57:38 AM

'Do you believe in previous birth, or next? If you do, still this post holds some message for you. And if you don’t, then this post is just for you. To start with, I’d like to share an experience with … Continue reading →'

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Promise of Undying Love

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 11/29/2012 2:31:49 PM

'“What if one day you see me no more physically around, to kiss you with love galore? What if one morning you wake up finding me no more to kiss you awake or hug you tight? Here, today, I promise you my love, that in the blossom of the spring, or in the paling leaves [...]'

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Reason to Celebrate Life

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 11/20/2012 2:17:13 PM

'I am blogging after months, and thanks to the nature of my job! Business consultancy keeps you so busy that you hardly have time to spend quality time with your family, writing for leisure is a distant dream, no doubt. I don’t regret, that’s my choice of life. And, when the choice is mine, I have [...]'

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Bewildered

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 7/9/2012 2:35:31 PM

'In darkness profuse, She stretches out to ‘Him’ to get rescued. With evil surrounding her existence, She restlessly longs for her fears to be subdued. Wakes on the clamor of the ruthless time But, she loses her battle to cling to her savior – the ‘Him’ of her life. Bewildered by the fearful squawks of [...]'

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Teri Yaad

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 6/26/2012 3:41:44 PM

'Falak say aaj tapak rahi hai barsaat ki boondeinHer boond pay aqs tera hi kyun hai?Roz jeeti hoon in saanson ko gin kHer sans teri yaad mein bojhal kyun hai?Yun to laakhon logon mey ghiri hoon main lekin,Tujhe kisi chup sannate mey paane ki aarzoo kyun hai?'

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What SHE feels for HIM?

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 6/22/2012 7:50:27 PM

'SHE felt SOMETHING for HIM,SHE looked in HER, for HIM.Lost in HIS thoughts,Forgot what’s there without HIM.Woke up at mid-night, and found a bit of HIM.Asked her beating heart, do I love HIM?Said the beating heart: What else do you think is brimming in me for HIM? ♥'

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Ek Din…

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 6/14/2012 4:37:50 PM

'Ek din hum khwaabon kay… Sunehere palon ko payenge. Sath reh kay pyar kay… Satrangi indradhanush banayenge. Jub chaiyn ki meethi chhaon mein.. Sukoon ki neendein souenge, Tub aaj ko yaad kar kay hum, Ek doojay sang muskurayenge.'

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Ek Bauchaar

Author : Monika Bakshi Singh      Blog : Penning thoughts...      Date : 6/14/2012 4:34:38 PM

'Sannate ko naapte-naapte… Dopeher say ab raat hui. Maine jub khud ko tanha paya, To badi tez namkeen bauchhaar hui. Ek faasla jo simatney ki koshish mein, Thakk kay andhero mein gumm hua.. Khoj kay dekha to paya.. Wo mere bheetar pada hai sunn hua…'

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