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The Rise and Fall of a Hot Air Balloon
The Sunday on 22nd February 2015 was planned five days in advance. An early morning ride in the hot air balloon sounded a mix of adventure, suspense and exhilaration to us. A half an hour ride was an experience beyond the limited quantum of time. It started with Bertha, Kalyani, Garima, Varun, Piyush and myself…
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Sad Thoughts
What is the point of doing anything if I feel like I am going to get yelled at by someone because of it? I don’t want to be a Muslim because I don’t want there to be an after life when I die, I hope death is like a very deep sleep dark quiet and…
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My Experiences at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2015
Literature festivals are full of accomplished, acclaimed and awarded people, some eccentric beyond our wildest imagination and some gracefully grounded. Their intensity and grade of intellect makes them win our approval without hesitation. There were intensive sessions for 12 hours each day and yet we did not seem to have enough. Some sessions we sat cross legged on cold stone floor in Rajasthan cold weather, with pleasure, when no chairs were available. Diggi palace, the venue for the Fair, had six places where six sessions would continue simultaneously like the Front lawns, Baithak, Samvad, Mughal court, Darbar Hall. It was a literary interactive conference quite like and yet unlike Mumbai Lit Live or Bookaro festival at Delhi.
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Shamitabh : Music Review
Here is the music review of Shamitabh, the sound track album for the Amitabh Bachchan – Dhanush – Akshara Haasan starrer. Expectations were high, because the album is composed by Ilayaraja, the four times national award winning 72 years old music director. The expectations were high not only because of Ilayaraja’s huge fan base, but also because of the movie’s director Balki’s making claims that Ilayaraja has composed probably the best album of his life. And for the note, Ilayaraja has already composed music for over 1000 movies. Did the soundtrack live up to the expectations? Let’s find out.
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Tsunami Day
December 26 2004. A fine Sunday began with shakes. It was not my mother , it was the earthquake. By 6.00 AM a sluggish guy didn’t even care about it. He spent his time in good monstrous sleep. Yeah it me. My sister woke up early and she experienced the peculiar drift in gravity and…
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The Dog at the Station
Some attachments never develop into a blossoming relationship. The cords of attachments however built of pure emotions, snap away against much stronger forces leaving you with memories- of love, regret, etc. Maybe, that’s called fate. What do you say?