Darkness in the labyrinth of mind…

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 7/9/2012 7:01:00 AM

'If I put in abstract terms, memories are the building blocks of any human being. We are what we acquire throughout our lives from our surroundings and all the incidents, minute or big, transform into memories, or in practical terms we call them ‘experience’ and this warehouse of memories remain with us as an integral part of our being and define us what we actually are. Yesterday I read'

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What's The Word?

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 6/17/2012 12:13:00 PM

'What is the first word/words that come across your mind when you see this picture? For me the word is 'The Dream Tree'. My dreams are always so vivid that sometimes they amaze me. Once I even made a Dream Journal, to record the daily occurrences of my dreams. But one day my entries to that journal suddenly stopped nevertheless dreams are still pouring in every night or any time of the'

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The Last Words...

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 6/11/2012 10:49:00 AM

'Dear All, Allow me to be frank at the commencement of the very last post on this blog. This decision of mine does not grant me leave to take pride in doing so but with not much of a heavy heart, as I have learnt in all these years of my life that every new beginning is enshrouded behind the inevitable destruction of something that has enjoyed the subtle flavors of existence, I am marking the'

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If You Are Not Afraid To Find The Truth Answer These Questions

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 5/31/2012 4:32:00 PM

'This questionnaire is intended to give you the answers of the questions which you may have never asked to yourself but being a part of other persons’ lives, I think you should know the reality behind the scenes.  We all nurture the vicious desire deep inside us to be always on the right side of the divide, of course, if any such divide does really exist like Hell or Heaven. So, if  you are'

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मन की बातें

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 5/11/2012 2:19:00 PM

'Lately, I have been thinking of writing something in Hindi. Here I go:  कभी लोगों की ज़िन्दगी का हिस्सा बनना  कभी अपने आप से भी नफरत  होना, कभी कहीं दूर भागने  की  चाह   कभी एक  कमरे में उम्र  बिताने का मन , कभी, कभी-न-मिलने वाले प्यार को पाने की उम्मीद  कभी सिर्फ अकेलेपन की धूप सेंकने की ख्वाहिश, कभी सो के उठने पर उमंगों से भरा मन  कभी काले रंगों से भी ज़्यादा सियाह सुबह का'

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Satyamev Jayate: Truth Will Definitely Prevail This Time

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 5/7/2012 11:27:00 AM

'It was a painstaking wait that finally came to an end on yesterday morning 11 a.m. I was sitting with eyes-ogled in front of my television set. Suddenly the dreadful power cut left me staring at the blank screen with a sinking heart. After 15 or 20 minutes so his face was on the t.v. and all my wavering senses got focused on what he had to offer this time. This entire wait was not'

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Bookmark: Much needed but oft-neglected artifact

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 4/29/2012 8:33:00 AM

'I never had patience of collecting objects like coins, stamps, key chains, postcards etc. Many of my friends in school days would collect such items. Once with my sister, we started collecting matchboxes. We would cut the side bearing name and logo and paste it in a notebook. We had collected around 500 different matchboxes. But as we grew up my parents got relocated to some other town, my'

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Somehow I come across the primal theme behind life...

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 4/25/2012 11:30:00 AM

'Cleanliness is godliness, such a trite statement. Arranging things all around in the house or specifically in my room and clean them at regular intervals never interests me. But to afford chaos to such a large extent that at some point in time it really gets harder to find things and you have to turn up each and every object in order to find the relevant one, is an art. Similarly, my life'

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Even old habits die one day…

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 4/18/2012 12:44:00 PM

'Some affectations do sustain the blow of time, terrible mood-swings of the concerned person, irresistible charm of new things and eventually gain the cult status of ‘old habits’. One can define ‘Old habit’ as an inexplicit mannerism that becomes the very essence of our existence. But some long cherished habits lose charm as time passes by and by and we suddenly realize that we still have left'

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SUPER-B-LOGS

Author : abhilasha      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 3/23/2012 2:07:00 PM

'Yesterday, while checking for the latest posts on The Delhi Walla, one of the blogs I often check for its ‘City Library’ and the recently started 'The Delhi Proustians' sections, I saw the post that proudly stated about the entry of its blog in The Guardian Newspaper under cover feature called 'Tales of the City'. This feature listed five local blogs that are exploring their city and unfolding'

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The Bridge Across

Author : a      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 10/20/2011 11:03:00 PM

'Two extremesa bridge in betweenfew missing beamsrestrict the reachAnxious eyes,sans solutionsmall frameshort legsgap still remainsParched soul unsettling mind,fuels the thirstDoubts...go back ormove forwardreckless desirelogic versus intuitionattraction for unknowndesperate momentsperiod... JUMP!!! Fingers touches the beamloose gripdispirited breath an impasse...sound of deatha shining smear on'

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Paperback visit

Author : a      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 10/20/2011 3:33:00 PM

'A visit to crossword...lips curved into a smile just at the sight of books...so many books.  Books have their own persona, their own fragrance, touch....one automatically feels by holding them. The store was flooded with new arrivals. Books were stacked in the corners even on the carpeted floor. Cards bearing authors’ names were displayed on the shelves to ease the search but I suppose the'

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When more is less....

Author : a      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 9/24/2011 11:32:00 AM

'Sometimes I think that I pretend all the time that I am busy doing things, things that should be done, things that are useful for one’s living, things that make you feel a bit useful to everyone or anyone around  you....but actually I do nothing. Am I expecting much from myself or from the outside world, or I am in search of something that could be trivial but having enough sense to give some'

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The Name is Bond...Ruskin Bond

Author : a      Blog : Hodge Podge      Date : 9/23/2011 11:56:00 AM

'Waiting for nothing, he is living his bliss,the bliss of the creative artist, the bliss of being alive. There is one name that resonates the above lines in true sense and the name is Bond, Ruskin Bond. I always wish to live life like Ruskin bond. A writer, a hermit, who lives on hills (Mussoorie, Uttaranchal) in an old rustic house, who knows about each nook of the place where he dwells. His'

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