How I met Shahrukh Khan
He was a successful man…a married man, with a kid. I was a confused teenager who could convincingly fall in love with a movie star or a book character… and …
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So many ways to love..
So many different ways to love .. like waves love the moon A heaving chest Rising and falling breaths Passionately- from a distance night after night of torment
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A Collision of Tales
It all started with an apple falling on his head on a lazy afternoon. As he looked up- the sight took his breath away. Behind him the formidable castle rose …
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Been looking..
“ I was looking for you…” “When?” “All day today…” “But I have been here for several hours now!” “Yes..”
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Those who tell stories..
“Tell me a story..” “A story?! I don’t know how to tell stories..” “I’m sure you can tell a small one!” “No I swear, I don’t know how.. I can …
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Mount Teide: Tenerife (Spain) III
Though we were not hiking up the mountain, it was still a very uphill task getting to the top, and even more painful (as in life) to come down. There was …
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Allow me to be cruel..
This longing.. this bitter-sweet constant companion – that distant dream that one true north ..that moment you can almost taste amid quickened heartbeats ..when you know it will all fall …
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Tenerife(Spain) Part I: Of Aimless Wandering
A large and lovely part of our long-awaited trip to Tenerife consisted of a persistent pursuit of nothing. There was a large chunk of this: and this.. walks along the …
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A Box of Sunshine
Beginnings excite me.. as do endings in a different, subtle way.. as do changes of season.. and birthdays.. and of course new years’ days! Some may argue that there really …
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Imprints..
Meeting you was not for nothing Though I knew you weren’t here to stay But all that made sense to me Was to immerse in you While it lasted I …
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Excellent Women, Barbara Pym
There are some books, and even movies, that delve into one day in the life of their characters, and project a kaleidoscope of emotions, explore layers upon layers of their …
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Punched
Know that feeling Of being punched in the brain? One difficulty is, for the longest time You cannot find any words To describe what it feels like Till in a …
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Who does history remember?
How does history pick whom to remember? Can someone end up ‘going down in history’ just by happenstance? Increasingly I think that somebody has to make an effort to get …
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From Workshop to Workplace
It seems to be the season for off-site meetings, and the one last week brought on something completely unexpected: unadulterated joy!
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Fire Fire
The human emotional experience is such a complex thing. We have this beautiful gift called empathy. And then there is this invisible, permeable but definite boundary that we also create …
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Have you been young?
The voice asks dreamily, “Have you been young?” “Yes”, I nod.. “I have earned my scars I have let love burn me down and ambition wear me out… pursued …
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Bad Säckingen: A small station in Germany
I did not have any expectations: it was supposed to be a business meeting, the weather was getting progressively colder, I was jet-lagged (having returned from India a day before).. …
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Where’s Home?
Some weeks ago, we had packed our bags to go home. Some days back, we got back home and unpacked.
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“If I want, I can”..
The day before, I met my grandmother after almost a year. The last time I saw her, she was an incredibly independent 85+ years old lady, who was always dressed …
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वह पूछा करते हैं जो कहाँ गए थे? कब आओगे? कभी यह पूछ लेते रातों रातों क्या ढूंढते फिरते हो? यह पूछते हैं जो क्या खाया? किसके साथ? कभी यह …
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Hiking up Mount Rigi, Switzerland
Autumn is setting in, infusing shades of red and yellow into the greens, and the misty smell of dried leaves in the air. On a warm enough day at this time, it …
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Bhima’s Perspective
I keep reading Mahabharata in one form or another- it’s like comfort food- easy to digest, having read the stories so many times- and yet nourishing. Bhima- The Lone Warrior, …
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Lake Constance and the Island of Flowers
This has taken long to get around to doing… perhaps because it seemed that words would be either inadequate, inaccurate or misleading…Pictures, though, will be only inadequate.
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