Tag: india
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Freedom
And of course there must be something wrong In wanting to silence any song. I remember looking at the moon and thinking why it follows us to the street and the woods and along the route of my father’s scooter. I must have been six or seven but it didn’t matter. What mattered was the…
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The Book Club
– I feel sad for the world and the people I see around. Stuck in their 9 to 9 jobs throughout the week, they eat, walk, sleep, wake up thinking about their work. Sometimes, they would come back and have sex with their spouse/partner. Come weekend, and they would mechanically go out of their homes…
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Sister
10th January, 1995 My name is Kiran. I am a boy. Today I celebrated my birthday and I am now 11 years old. But I will tell you a secret. I was not born today. I was born on 17th June but my parents have been celebrating my birthday on 10th January. That was when…
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The Land of Congruence
Calcutta, 2012 Here is the guy one would have killed for, walking beside me on the busy sidewalk of Esplanade. On the right, across the road, is the iconic Maidan – A large expanse of free land right in the heart of the city. My heart goes out for him when he says, -I like…
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Ship of Theseus – Movie Review
Directed by Anand Gandhi Cast – Aida El Kashaf, Neeraj Kabi, Sohum Shah Rating – 9/10 There is a 45 seconds scene in the movie where we see a caterpillar crawling on the floor with shoes passing by and over it. Each time, a shoe comes on the screen, you cringe and pray for its…
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One Day
The CM wakes up rubbing his eyes. Its 6:30! His wife is already in the kitchen preparing breakfast for the two children who are polishing their shoes and getting ready for the school. They are still not out of the sleep. ‘They’ includes the children and the wife. CM has to drop them to the…
Shishir Chaudhary 