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In Defence of a Poet!
“Oh, who is he?” She pointed her finger in my direction. “A crazy man. A crackpot. He has totally lost it. He is someone who is of no particular importance,” he said, his voice cutting like a serrated...
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The Casual Vacancy / Book Review
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling My rating: 3 of 5 stars That’s the truth. Maybe we don’t like it, maybe we brush it under the carpet to delude ourselves that the world is full of good people and...
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Alienman: the Anthem!
Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! A nuke fries up my insides, Forming a passive layer of oxide, Protecting my heart against the rancid, dank and corrosive air, Breathed by a thousand ugly aliens with their...
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The Golden Gate / Book Review
Cover of The Golden Gate (FF Classics) Insuperable the task seemed, at library, Should I give a shot to this masterpiece literary? To linguistic excellence, I lay no claim, Should I read Vikram Seth, a...
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Me and My Reflection
I stare the guy, who’s staring back at me, Yes, I am at a tête-à-tête with my reflection. I tell you, he is a silent guy, doesn’t speak much, Has got a scar up his forehead, like a lightning bolt, We...
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Differentiator
Were you there when they tore my dream down with a shredder, And beat it to a sodden pulp? Oh, I didn’t cut a pretty sight then! I was young. Were you there when they chose the Smart Pants over my...
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Embrace
Sheltered in her canopy, entrapped in her protective embrace, The city has cast a spell on me. Speak not of the time when I will have to leave her! Let me play under her watchful gaze… Was it not in...
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Cocoon
The snug status quo that I had ensconced myself in, The shock-absorbing fluff that I had holed myself in, The certainty that it afforded lasted just a while, Had more than estranged me from reality,...
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Shit Things
Prologue What makes a hero? I don’t know. I have never been one. But right now, I can find an answer for you. You first of all visit an obscure little planet called Earth. Roll the globe a little...
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The Difficulty of Being Good / Book Review
This knowledge I have taught is more arcane than any mystery- consider it completely then act as you choose. Towards the end of the Gita, this is what Krishna told Arjuna. That defines Krishna for me....
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Lost In Translation
7 million things, lost in translation each day, An analog being, being digitalized each day. When the nimbostratus cloud meets the triangular hill on the wayward side, A moderate drizzle of...
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Marry Go Round : Book Review
Warm though the morning was, he shivered, as only a confirmed bachelor gazing into the naked face of matrimony can shiver....
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‘Arjuna- Saga of a Pandava Warrior-Prince’ : Book Review
English: Draupadi and Pandavas (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ‘Arjuna – Saga of a Pandava Warrior-Prince’ by Anuja Chandramouli is a healthy if temporary respite from the slew of over-dramatized,...
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Essay No.1
Q: Study the following statement and present your views on the same in not more than 350 words. You are expected to support your viewpoint(s) using suitable arguments and examples, if required. “The...
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Book Review : A Salesman’s Lesson by C.R. Jena
A Salesman’s Lessons by C.R. Jena My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I was asked to review this particular book, I thought, ‘Why?’ Because I happened to be far removed from the subject matter. I initially...
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Essay No. 2 : Can grow fast now and clean later work?
‘Myopia’ is a condition associated with short-sightedness. Humans are often blamed for that when it comes to environment. Too many diabolical sci-fi novels have been written, but soon enough, they...
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Essat No. 3 : Large Swings in India’s policies – Environment, GAAR derailing...
The once ‘Shining India’ has lost its sheen. With inflation skyrocketing, a large CAD, amid low manufacturing outputs, India’s growth story has hit a bumper. The normal tendency of the ruling party is...
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When Hell Recruits
He wasn’t looking at me. ‘Bhenchod, dual placement karvaega?’ The asshole wasn’t still looking at me. I glowered at his hunched back, had I been Superman, it would have sliced him to pieces. But of...
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Book Review : Take Me Home
More than the simple lucid style in which she writes, it is that quality of careful and laborious handpicking of the stories of the men and women, each of whom have a different mindset, a different...
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Book Review: The Cuckoo’s Calling
Normally, people cannot associate a meandering pace with a detective novel. A detective novel has to be race against time, it has to be a high stakes game; the protagonist has to be silent, brooding...
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