The Winning Point

Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 14:02 | Category : Fiction, Tiny Tales, Writing, X-Desicritics, X-post
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Vineet was an ordinary young man with one remarkable talent that came to fore only in his late teens in college. It all started with an inter-collegiate festival.
His college and the hosting campus had a long running feud and the annual festival was both, a new episode in the war as well as a chance [...]

Killing Romance

Monday, 29 December 2008, 13:29 | Category : Poetry, Reflections
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Romance is dead, this is true.
Romance is just a myth foisted on the world by men to keep women chained to their stupidity.
Which is why I think romance and its sorry butt can get kicked, strangled, have acid poured down its eyeballs, buried barely breathing and have its grave danced upon.
Instead I’ll just switch off [...]

Things I Wrote At Sea

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 8:22 | Category : Ideas on the move, Reflections
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Yes, I did think of the world that makes home – friends, blog, work, people – a lot. I promised myself I wouldn’t blog or worry or stress or do any of the things I normally do, while on vacation. But two measly days in, I found myself reaching for my pen and notebook. I [...]

Sepia tones

Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 16:08 | Category : 55ers, Fiction
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“Will you blog about today?” he murmured. 
Outside almost curtained windows, a hot afternoon had turned to the kind of evening she’d describe as romantic or dreary depending on who she spent it with. End of day or night being born, depending on who she answered. 
Inside, she thought, was like a sepia toned photograph. [...]