The Ordinary Life
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The Best of Times – 2022
It is already that time of the year. The bite in the air, a longer darkness everyday – you know in your bones that another year is drawing to a close. As with any beginning that can exist only with a wrap-up of something else, this bitter-sweet longing to relive past moments are hard to Read more
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The Human Inside Us
This past week has been unusual. At night, I refreshed Instagram every few minutes, manic with anticipation before succumbing to sleep. As soon as I opened my eyes the next morning, I frantically groped for my phone, trying to read the screen through sleep-dazed eyes. No, it was not your run-of-the mill social media addiction. Read more
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An Ode to Soap
I am sure that I have scared away many a person from an already paltry pool of readers with this very original title. If you have persevered till the second line thinking I am about to unleash a deep, philosophical musing on the meaning of life with analogies to soap, then I must warn you. Read more
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Remembering Mr. Harvey
Fred Harvey paused for a moment to take in the shop’s front. The sober board, with its black background and white letters reading “Bombay Tailoring Company” gave him a quiet satisfaction. The steps leading to it, as always, was spotless. A cycle lounging in the alley beside the shop’s wall told him that Giriappa was Read more
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Aftermath
It was an afternoon like any other. They sat, in a circle, laughing. Carefree teases, mindless comments rung in the air. The sky seemed to agree with their joviality, clear and cloudless. Almost buried in their books & records, they seemed to have a resolute will to enjoy their youth. Looking at them, one would Read more
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The Extraordinary Lives Among Us
“The camp-boys used to set up tents. Your grandfather used to take people and go into the forests for surveys. Nowadays, the officials just sit in their offices and write reports. Who will go get their boots dirty now? The forests near Karwar were always dense and full of animals and reptiles.I still remember, when Read more
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A Wasted Attempt
I have friends, and they can all be counted using my two hands. So when one of the few flies off to a different country, it brings out a strange nostalgia. It also gives me a chance to pen a letter, go to the post office and buy a stamp. All rare things, I can Read more
The Ramblings of A Most Ordinary Mind 