Just as I begin to fade ...

The shade neath that peepal tree is cool and inviting. The tree talks to you if you go down on your knees. If this sounds too dreamy then you may do yourself a ...read more

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In the afterglow of that great wheel of fire.

I know you read this book long time back. You got hold of this one during your graduation days. Sometime it feels as if it was read in some previous birth of yo...read more

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Listen to the rains bringing music from afar...

The wind blew in gusts and swept the vast and sylvan lands. It brought rains with it with an amazing force. My umbrella proved too delicate and made me face the...read more

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When hero takes a fall ...

"Is there God in everything?" asked my 4 year old daughter. "Y .e .s." said I, taking as much time as I can to say that monosyllable. In between I let my mind r...read more

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Liberty, Equality and Fraternity

Probably one of the best of Dicken's literary works, "A Tale Of Two Cities" is set in the backdrop of French Revolution. "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" are ...read more

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Standing on the line between desire and duty.

Mahabharata War was fought around the year 3000 BC. A lot of us who have read or heard stories from this epic must have either scoffed at, or felt fascinated by...read more

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It's you who is closest.

I should say this is one of the most realistic and most romantic stories I have ever read. I read it 8-9 years back. I read it in just one night and that too be...read more

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Very few a wagon a'R'e recreations.

I was always afraid of driving. Leave alone driving, I was always afraid of venturing out on my own in traffic on a two wheeler even. Blame it on the positionin...read more

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So many years went under the bridge.

Sometimes even predictability works wonders for a story. In real life, very few would not want the outcome of their efforts to be predictable. Isn't it? The las...read more

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The endangered race.

Fellow humans, or should I refer to you as the endangered specie; the vanishing race? They say that centuries back ascetics would get so engrossed in their medi...read more

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From River Gomti to Calicut Station.

Whether you have traveled in India on your bike or on some vintage steam railway, one thing that you cannot avoid is, is falling in love with India. Whether you...read more

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Sweetheart ... Sweetheart... Are you fast asleep?

I became a member of MS and put my first review on it almost 2 years back. Neither did I have the notion of what all MS was about and nor did I care back then. ...read more

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Of Mahasaya and Maharishi and the secret search.

Let me begin by narrating an incident that happened to someone I know. A couple of years back this'someone' was traveling on a bus in Uttranchal. They were some...read more

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Whispering sweet nothings in your ear.

Very recently my boss told me that I will be given a corporate mobile connection. That would mean I become a part of the coveted bracket of executives in the co...read more

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When lightning strikes...

One of the stories from my schooldays that I still remember is "The Sniper" by an Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty. In brief, that story was about a place torn due ...read more

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The Great Divide or The Great Confluence?

Let us talk about something totally different today. Mother Earth has done many a revolution around the sun from the time Bhagawad Gita was recited to Arjuna, t...read more

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Inky "PING"y "PONG"y. Don't play like a donkey.

Most of us would be able to remember the original nursery rhyme. If not, it went like - "Inky pinky ponky. Father had a donkey. Donkey died. Father cried"It is ...read more

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The vision of limits or the limits of a vision?

A very important aspect of rating any book(that I consider) is to assess how much justice it does to its title. Before anyone feels dismayed about the poor rati...read more

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If you love me and don't leave me ...

The movie was released sometime in early 80s. And oh yes! This is not the same movie that featured Mel Gibson. This one was directed by David Drury and does not...read more

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Eb, F#, D - They float, they kiss & then melt awa

Sometimes there is no justification for certain things we take up. It is later that we realize how that chance initiative of ours has resulted in some subtle ch...read more

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