What I Am..

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 10/29/2012 8:48:23 PM

'**I turned a year older the Sunday before last.  Apart from the fact that I have successfully taken a step closer to the grave, I also think I have taken a step inward to see myself clearly. This post is about that feeling. Caution – The essay is fairly narcissistic. ** I have always believed [...]'

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The Thing With Faith.

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 10/11/2012 12:10:48 PM

'More often than not, people have called me a cynic. A believer in most things practical on virtue of experience. And then, there are the close sets of people who call me anything but cynical. I have often found myself swaying between these perceptions. Sometimes, even for the lark of it. The truth is, I'

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Her Vermillion Longings..

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 7/18/2012 11:40:11 AM

'Indira stood in front of the mirror, decked in ornamental gaiety. Ma and Baba looked at her reflection with pride and adore as their only daughter stood to be relieved from her maternal home. To embrace a new life. While Baba went out to get the car, Ma gently brushed the ends of her hair'

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Everyone Breaks Up.

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 7/17/2012 6:16:08 PM

'So another someone broke up and I was witness to the usual symptoms of post-breakup trauma. Yep, irritability, rage, eye leakage, drinking, increased hugging of pillows and curling up, all of that. And inadvertently, I had to ask the question. “What happened?” While she kept blabbing about how, when, why and what of things, I …'

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The Flower Bed

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 6/16/2012 6:59:04 PM

'There was once a young girl, With a spring in her step, she did swirl, She took to flowers one fine day, A fine flower bed she did lay Daisies and lilies, they made their way Roses and lilacs were lined in a splay With bated breath she let them stay A blossom twas expected, …'

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Stalled..

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 5/18/2012 11:37:00 AM

'Days take ages to embrace death Nights just mock at my faith, The breath needs a breath Like a body under rubble Something is stuck somewhere Sometime then, I find my succour, My fingers entangled in yours, This feeling, twas dangerously candour, My eyes rest upon your memories, Wreathes of which make my soul freeze [...]'

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Some Secrets…

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 5/4/2012 6:33:35 PM

'इक बात होंटो तक है जो आई नहीं बस आँखों से है झाँकती तुमसे कभी, मुझसे कभी कुछ लफ्ज़ हैं वो मांगती जिनको पेहन्के होंटो तक आ जाए वो आवाज़ की बाहों में बाहें डालके इठलाए वो लेकिन जो यह इक बात है अहसास ही अहसास है खुश्बू सी है जैसे हवा में तैरती खुश्बू [...]'

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Brilliant Thought.

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 5/2/2012 6:38:38 PM

'I had to share this. “If someone has something bad to say about you, it probably cos they have had nothing nice to say bout themselves“  - The very plagiarised Live Laugh Love. over and out.'

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Err, Reassurance.

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 5/1/2012 7:34:18 PM

'More times than not, when I have opened up about life and its quirky way of worrying me, i get a reply…”Don’t worry, everything will be alright”. And when it comes to their questions, I am expected to come up with a solution almost as instantaneously as the question is asked. [Yup, hypocrisy is an [...]'

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Escape. Right Now.

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 4/30/2012 12:45:02 PM

'If I’d hear one more break-up story from women who’ve been hurt in their past, I’d snap. Not to sound like an ‘evil bitch’ but it seems the level of maturity of women has gone down drastically in the recent past. After the ‘bad one’ has broken their heart, these women go into this don’t-touch-me [...]'

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Nothing Twice..

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 4/25/2012 6:29:09 PM

'In a dusty book, lying in the  corner of an old library, were some golden words.. What an arbitrary. Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. Even if there is no one dumber, if you’re the planet’s biggest dunce, [...]'

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Curious Case of the Virgin Cougar

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 4/20/2012 8:01:04 PM

'I recently came across this 50 year-old cougar spitting out weird remarks at me for being unkind to her in a way or two. She used to be an acquaintance and so I initially chose to royally ignore her using the “Barking Dog” syndrome [The barking dog syndrome is generally assigned to people esp women [...]'

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Of Defining Moments..

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 4/17/2012 8:16:24 PM

'On a fine evening in January, a number flashed on my cellphone.  In a hurry to leave office, I took the call and called out my name (yes, that is how I greet people)..A gruffly voice on the other end greeted me a good evening. Hesitating a little, he identified himself as a long lost acquaintance (3rd [...]'

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The Chaos Theory

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 4/12/2012 9:26:49 AM

'Have you sometimes felt vaguely sad about life being perfect? I have been grappling with this feeling for the past few weeks..And strangely I havent been able to figure a way out of this. This phase of my life has nothing wrong in it. Everything appears to be smooth-sailing. And every now and then, I [...]'

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Fading Places…

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 3/21/2012 12:50:39 PM

'Moving to a new apartment is a task. Right from packing up the smallest things you own to the biggest things your apartment owner does not know he owns, the process of packing in itself is an ordeal. For me, however, the ordeal was more emotional than physical. Moving out on my own was a [...]'

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Never mentioned warnings about Growing Up!

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 2/23/2012 7:56:28 PM

'At the end of every day, I feel confused about the due course of my life. When I was a teen, I never did think about a life. In my early twenties, I had the impression that life is a big long party and now in my late twenties, I cannot define my life in [...]'

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The “Forever” Fallacy

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 2/6/2012 5:44:50 PM

'As someone who has been in and out of love so many times, I am often ridiculed about decisions regarding relationships by people. These people are mostly in the form of your parents, friends who are fond of ‘philosophising’ and ofcourse, hypocrites who change all rules for themselves I just have one sentence for such [...]'

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Saying it Out Loud..

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 1/16/2012 3:55:30 PM

'— Strong contender of the “Cheesiest Post of 2012” award — Yet another day begins and I see you packing your bags in frantic and running for the airport. A hug here, a kiss there and off you go. The thought of you not here in this room next to me seems ridiculous and very [...]'

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That ‘D’ Word

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 1/12/2012 8:27:41 PM

'We desire to work upon a better way of living every day. However, as human beings, aren’t we designed to be slightly dissatisfied with everything that we do, achieve or simply gather? There is always this painstaking habit to ‘better the current situation’. We satisfy one desire and almost instantaneously, the world agitates another one [...]'

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One Day..

Author : A      Blog :      Date : 12/26/2011 6:50:00 PM

'Midst the much awaited release of MI-4 and Don 2, lay a tiny advertisement of Anne Hathaway’s “One Day”… Being a vintage photograph lover, the ad really caught my eye. And like a true movie buff, I picked this one to watch at home. The Story – Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) meet [...]'

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