Tag: Magical Realism
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Ice and the Storyteller (बर्फ़ और कहानीकार)
In the works of Kalhana, Aryaraja has been depicted as the king of Kashmir (300 BC) who was brought back to life from his dead self of Samdhimati – a wise man. Kalhana tells his story as a king who renounced worldly affairs and his throne to take on the ascetic mode of living and…
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I Will Take You There – Part 1
I have been driving on a road that is bordered by nothing. The sun is shining at its best and the dust is everywhere. At times like these, you realise everything being at its best is not always desired. My view is so monotonous, it seems I am going deep into a painting for which…
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Sunset – Part 2
In this mesmerizing tonality of vicious humanity, we stay closer to the dominance of the netherworld with an abstinence of youth lingering through the insurmountable pain of anachronistic virile humor that we call, and apparently seem to believe, the wheel of life, a wheel that transcends through the path of unforgettable and almost reproachful understanding…
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Traveler
– I have a question. (She said) – What? – Why can’t we love more than one person? (I gave a puzzled look, because I was.) – When one can love her mother and father and sisters and brothers equally, why can’t she get involved romantically with more than one person? Why can’t she care…