The eye and the horizon

The setting It was going to be a long flight to UK and a still longer journey up to Cambridge - one of the longest I had ever undertaken. Probably tha...Read more

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Excerpts from the life of Sayuri

On her mother: **Instead of being dark brown like everyone else's, my mother's eyes were a translucent grey. When I was very young I told my mother I though...Read more

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Prabhu tero naam

The morning starts early. And being the sleepy head that I am, I look for inspiration beyond the usual cup of tea *(more about that here: http://www.mout...Read more

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Once heard never forgotten

On March 30, 1853 Anna CorneliaCarbentus gave birth to a boy in Groot-Zundert, Holland. Unbeknownstto her or the father, Reverend Theodorus van Gogh of the ...Read more

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Let sleeping dogs lie

Mile jo na tujhe des main hamare *De jaayenge nindiya ke andhiyaare *Mile jo na tujhe des main hamare *De jaayenge nindiya ke andhiyaare *Mile j...Read more

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Murder, he wrote

Flash My father killed my mother in a drunken rage when I was five. My little sister died while I was looking after her. We need money to get our field b...Read more

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Do you hear what I hear?

The same is true for the MS trusted circle, with certain important differences(essentially because it is the www). *How to build trust? First things f...Read more

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The connection

Yeh Arzooo kaise rukey, Yeh hausla kaise jhuke Dor is the story of a person who just doesn’t know how to give up. Call it stubbornness, survival or just ...Read more

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Have you been loved?

If it is important enough to you, it will go wrong. Sooner  or later there will be a misunderstanding. You are, so you will disagree.  You will stamp your f...Read more

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One two three four

.….five six seven eight, went the instructor. Surveying the thirty odd participants of my aerobics class, I’m a little puzzled. These girls are not fa...Read more

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Muggles and magicians

The whole world is divided into muggles and magicians. When I picked up the first HP book at the roadside, it was not the phenomenon it is now. But I'm n...Read more

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The eightfold fence

Do you want to know about the eightfold fence? Have you ever watched a stone grow? Have you ever been gifted a sunrise? Can you sip cha from an emp...Read more

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Are the children home safe ?

Close to the border of the capital city, Delhi, stands the suburb of Noida. Of all our neighboring places, this one is the swankiest, boasting of malls and ...Read more

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One looks at the stars...

There are two facets to every great system: –        the glory of being great, the applause, the success, the sheer exultation of having arrived. It’s co...Read more

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Pandora's box

The curve of her lip defies her sorrows the sparkle in her eye defines her spirit Goma hansti hai…. and yes, she’s the center of the world. ...Read more

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Of pigs and pigeonholes

I’d heard so much about this book – touted as one of the best monologues on relationships and a step towards better understanding man-woman inte...Read more

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That which no one can bring me….

I may as well declare at the outset – this review can be of no conceivable use to anyone. None at all. So read on at your own risk. All the stars have...Read more

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Dreams and ideals

We start out in life with both dreams and ideals. As long as both complement and fulfill each other, life is rosy and pink. The castles of dreams are made w...Read more

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Like a fish in (loads of) water

Delhiites spend half of the year in mind-boggling heat and another quarter in muggy humidity. To smile through it all, you need - loads and loads of the squ...Read more

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Breaking the mould ??

Many a times, when God generously confers some exceptionally quality on a person, she is miserly with the others. Almost as if she thinks We done enough ...Read more

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