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  • You Better Admit

    “Are you great?” “No” He said “But we are” “You can be” “Admit your greatness” They shouted “Why?” “Only then can we claim our greatness” “No I cannot” He said “You are lying” they yelled “Send him to the Gallows, he is great and he does not admit,” “Kill him, Kill the liar” They screamed Written for the Bluebell Book  challenge to write a story in 55 words.

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  • Was the new Agneepath Unnecessary? May be Not

    Was the new Agneepath Unnecessary? May be Not

    This was my first take on the movie and my review was going to be the shortest “Agneepath was an unnecessary film”. The main reason being that you really don’t have to try and get your hand dirty on remakes just because it is a trend. But then when I thought the movie is not at all tragic like the fiasco ‘Aag’ from RamGopal Varma which still holds the top rank and is a model for film makers to know [...]

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  • Mothers of War

    Mothers on this side mothers on that side loosing their sons to dirty wars wounded on this side wounded on that side wounded in heart on every side No animosity, No anger Just tears and hope that it will end some day When the gunshots stop and silence descends hushed up wails that break open walls mothers who learned to cry in silence, Sons and daughters – whose fathers lost Widowed women buried in sorrow Scenes of battles tales of [...]

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  • Dive The Film – When Waste can save the World

    Dive The Film – When Waste can save the World

    Jeremy Seiferts Documentary ‘Dive’ opens you to the world of waste. Not just waste, but waste that can solve the problems of the world. Not just any problems, but problem of hunger on which millions of dollars have been wasted in theories, solutions and contemplation. If the world can be solved by wastes, correction by the avoidance of waste, it can make every individual who wastes a contributor in the greater good. It takes a load of self realization to [...]

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  • The Rogue Wave

    The Rogue Wave

    I Standing by the sea, I whispered to a wave that touched my feet and played around “Give me a piece of history that I can take home; something that someone gave you; when they stood here years ago’ the wave retreated promising to be back soon and I waited II I waited for days and months and then one day it came back gave me a torn shoe, a baby shoe eaten by fish, much of it I asked [...]

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  • Is India trailing behind in education?

    Is India trailing behind in education?

    This question may sound absurd to many and a few might even say that I am nuts asking this. But I was recently reading an article in Times of India blogs that probed the idea  “Do nations have a split personality? especially India” something like the famous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story. While we could clearly identify that the Dr. Jekyll personality of India would be its economic growth, large military, space initiatives, being tech savvy etc… and Mr. [...]

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  • What Kolaveri teaches us – 15 lessons in one song

    What Kolaveri teaches us – 15 lessons in one song

    After being the most popular song last year ‘Why this Kolavery di?” teaches us a few lessons That we can all sing if we want That Social media can popularize something That what people like has nothing to do with what is termed as ‘brilliant’ Brilliance is also acceptance not just the piece of art alone No marketing data would have predicted Kolaveri success Though point 5 is true many jokers will still spend money in marketing research And marketing [...]

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  • 8 pieces of empire – Book Review

    8 pieces of empire – Book Review

    8 pieces of empire is a twenty year journey through the Soviet collapse. Written by Lawrence Scott Sheets who was the National Public Radio NPR’s Moscow bureau chief from 2001 to 2005. The book traces history of the region in the wake of the ten minute December 25th 1991 address that in his opinion made 300 million people ‘the citizens of other countries’ without them really realizing it. As a young correspondent in Soviet Union to being the Caucasus region [...]

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  • Rushdie, Freedom and Jaipur Lit Festival

    Rushdie, Freedom and Jaipur Lit Festival

    When Salman Rushdie decided to pull out of the Jaipur Literary festival, seems like it shattered many hearts with people calling the action cowardly (even calling him a coward) and many telling that it is sad and it should not have happened. But is that really true? While it is true that the Government did not have the balls to tell the damn extremists to go to hell and guard the freedom of a visitor, it is also true that [...]

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  • Nostalgia

    Nostalgia

    I Nostalgia is not getting stuck in the past it is unraveling memories stuck in time reconnecting with parts of a forgotten you about faces that smiled and frowned at you the hands that hugged, cared and guided you words that mattered the world to you simple fun that made you complete once remembering people who touched your life. It is about missing the true moments that made you II A part of me often visits from the past shows [...]

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