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Changes
What a day! It is 10.30pm. Another hour and a half and I would have missed writing my 500 for the day. Truth be told I’d much rather be sleeping right now. I am that tired – mentally and emotionally. But writing has always helped me unravel the knots of my mind. A weekday, today,… Continue reading
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500 Words A Day
This is the first of my 500 words a day challenge. https://www.facebook.com/groups/my500words/. I hope to start doing the 500 words as writing for my novel from tomorrow. But for today, this is it. My motivation for taking up this challenge is to get into the habit of writing every day. I need to work on… Continue reading
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Every Woman
This was something I had written in 2001. Still relevant I guess. Please do feel free to give feedback. Thanks 🙂 EVERY WOMAN The mother of all souls The seed of all thoughts I chose to be a woman. To live through the pain To grow through the shame To crawl through the cage Of… Continue reading
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Cinderella – A Modern Take
Hi sharing a poem I wrote in 2012 as part of a writing workshop I was conducting for two of my friend’s daughters. We decided to revisit the fairy tales and give them a modern twist. A 100 or maybe 1000 years ago, in a rather grim tone Two brothers sat down to write a… Continue reading
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Don’t Send Me Another Memo
The page is back under my control… Am posting something that has been with me for a while. And forgive the spacing between some of the lines.. I am trying to figure it out It has been a while. The kids have been shot and they have been buried. We have since moved on. Sydney,… Continue reading
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My Himalayan Odyssey Part 10 – Manali Magic
If the trip in and out of Jalori had been fraught with a sense of danger, the drive to Manali was like a breath of fresh air. It is really no surprise that so many travelers list Manali amongst their favourite places to go to. It is a lot like a perfect Mojito – clean,… Continue reading
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My Himalayan Odyssey Part 9 – Goodbye Jalori
I seem to be making a habit out of apologizing for my tardiness! But please blame IE. I am no longer able to open WordPress on Internet Explorer. AAArrrghhh! HATE Chrome cause of all those pop-ups, but am now back on it. If any of you have any advice on how to get Wordpress functioning on IE… Continue reading
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My Himalayan Odyssey Part 8 – Lil Brown Mouse and Some Unwelcome Rain
We just dumped our bags outside our respective tents and headed to the rickety plastic table and chair arrangement outside the dining tent for a few beers. The local beer that we had purchased in Solan from a local shop (the plan to buy it from the brewery had amounted to naught as it was closed… Continue reading
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My Himalayan Odyssey Part 7 – Camping with spiders and a little brown mouse
What is the distance between the road and the ravine? What is the distance between the path and the edge? I really believe that it cannot be measured in meters or feet or even inches. It can only be measured in heartbeats missed, gulps and gasps swallowed and the duration one’s breath is held. To… Continue reading
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Prime Minister Numero 15
Today Narendra Modi, India’s PM elect is all set to be appointed India’s 15th Prime Minister (15th if you combine the two terms of Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh). That makes this the perfect time to take a look at all those leaders who preceded him. What they did after they became… Continue reading
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