Stories

The Visions

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February 8, 2012
vision

It’s a Sunday afternoon. It’s cloudy. Sitting here on my terrace peacefully, as I close my eyes, I get a vision… I’m climbing a cliff. Cliff? Or mountain is it? I can’t see the top. The slope is pretty stiff. I have the climbing rope tied around all around me. I’m wearing helmet and...
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A life of choices

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February 2, 2012
choices

“Our choices make us who we are.” We hear this many times, sometimes from our elders when while sipping a cup of tea they tell us their experiences, or from a friend who found out that pursuing a career in IIT was not her best decision or maybe even from the 5 year old...
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A Stamped Love Story – Part 2

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January 25, 2012
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If you have missed the part 1 of the story, please read the begining of the stamped love story here Thunder woke me up from my daydreaming. I made another cup of tea and opened the letter without damaging the stamp. China was a nice addition to my collection.   “Dear Jenny, Am back!...
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I look around if it is a dream

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January 22, 2012
dream-distortion

I look around if it is a dream With the grey I see not the green. Vision forced to look back inside Barely anything is left outside. And this the fire that called their desire, When the supreme seemed to be written, By the demon who was there, hidden. He then exposed it on...
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Wasted Breathe

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January 18, 2012
Inhale-exhale

 Inhale. Exhale. Another wasted breath. Exhale. Exhale. Exhale. And like the smoke of the cigarette, Inhale exhale, another wasted breath; We fade away. Swear on the face which asks my mind to race. Countless times, even now, I see Fear behind the smiles, comfort in the pain. Dust, dust it is, we accumulate Wearing...
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The Tea Story

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January 12, 2012
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Guest article by  A Delhizen who loves the fact that she belong to the capital city. A friend of hers, described ‘Delhizen’ as ‘City-Buddhist philosophy of effortlessness’. Let me start by asking what gives a perfect start to your morning? Shakes off the slumber effect? Warms up you on a cold day and refreshes you after long hours...
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Finding Soul

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December 28, 2011
finding-soul

From the time I stepped into Junior college, I was eager to graduate and start working. My life goals were set, planned and ready to be executed.  But when I finally graduated in the recession year, I realized that the world was nothing as it seemed.  The corporate mayhem, confusion, pressure to catch the...
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The Lost Fragrance

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December 15, 2011
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I met her today. She was an ordinary woman, not a celebrity not some politician or some fighter, she was just like you and me. Rather, I would say she looked like you and me, but she is not. No, no, this is no sci-fi, action thriller novel preview. This story is true and...
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Strangers in Life

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December 7, 2011
strangers-in-life

There comes a time in a person’s life when you meet a complete stranger despite not feeling like they are. I go for walks regularly to FG’s and over the years I have met all kinds of people- the weirdos who keep following you, the smiley who smile at you for no reason (trust...
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The Big Interview

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December 5, 2011
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Yesterday was the big interview.  This was not a job interview or college interview, this as some would say was bigger than that, and this was the US Visa Interview. For some years now, there has been so much said about this and I felt as nervous as I would feel if I am...
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