Mani Padma

With the summers scorching up everything on sight, I have decided to give the power of thought, visual stimulation and tele-transportation a chance to beat the heat and provide some relief to us mere mortals. Hence this summer I will be portraying as my next four jewels of the crown (that is India), four...
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The one scary aspect of being part of this universe is that one never knows when one’s life may turn topsy-turvy with a single incident or how a happy family may turn into a mere number in the statistical records of some official document or just become the headline of a newspaper daily. At...
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Ok this isn’t about Lady Gaga! But its my about my jewel Goa of the crown called India. Yes friends ,I am back again to take you from the heights of Spiti to the depths of the Arabian Sea in Goa, but first of all I would like to say that – Since Mani...
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Death mocked at Life once “Tremble in fear, for I have the power to destroy in a whim, all that you hold dear.” Life smiled. “You may have the power to destroy, but I stand for hope. I enjoy what I do, while can you truthfully say you enjoy bringing tears to so many eyes?”...
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The thief tried to escape, but the guard was stronger. The guard overpowered and threw him to the ground. The packet dropped open, spilling out- A baby’s dress, doll, rattle and baby food. He froze… remembering his own baby. Silently he let the man go. They shared an inexplicable bond. The bond of parenthood....
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They met in a chat-room. He seemed  a decent fellow unlike those  creeps…. One  day he asked her out for a movie. She declined . But he was sweetly persistent, so she relented. “Thanks for coming. its difficult to watch movie alone with my three kids,”, handing the youngest kid to his shocked date....
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My name is Komal (name changed). I am an NO (nursing orderly) working in a government dispensary under Delhi Govt. I stay in the Government quarters and have been on my job since 14 years. My husband works as a driver on a contract basis and I have three children.  Other than occasional irritation...
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  Prologue Shweta screamed. Rajwanti pushed her daughter inside the room and locked it. She was shaking and screaming herself when she grabbed the sheet lying outside and started beating out the fire … with little success. Her neighbors rushed in with buckets of water.. the smell of burning flesh mixed with kerosene pervading...
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Hello friends. Here I am back again to unfold yet another pictorial travelogue and the jewel for you is Spiti, in Himachal pradesh. Barren, desolate, stark landscapes situated at a formidable altitude , breathtaking(quite literally )but beautiful place Mystical Spiti shot into limelight with the John Abraham and Udita Goswami starrer movie Paap Rudyard...
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  Where were you this late?…Another woman?" she sobbed He remained silent… "since… when?" "Month" he replied, her fears confirmed. He was relieved when she left next day. He died after seven months a lonely man… cancer… Love was a poor excuse to deprive a dearest the last moments of togetherness, no matter how...
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