Into Dreaminess and Back

on Monday, March 12, 2012

It was an evening quite like today. The scent of the wet earth still lingered in the air. Yesterday, rain was the devil. It had in it's power to destroy what was going to be the most memorable day in the life of this bride But today, the rain humbly...

Crossroads (Urban Shots) - A Review

on Monday, March 5, 2012

Now this is quality stuff. Genuinely. I do not know how many times did I find myself touched and connected and affected by the short stories compiled in this yet another brilliant anthology under the Urban Shots series. I do know, however, that...

Balancing

on Saturday, March 3, 2012

If you are incapable of tears, you will become incapable of laughter. A man of laughter is also a man of tears- then a man is balanced. They both go together. And out of this togetherness of polarities a balanced being is formed.I have with me a...

The Love Collection (Urban Shots) - A Review

on Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Love is sacred, yet to many lost and caught in this web of society, it remains forbidden. Love is universal, yet to most who devote all their senses to its pursuit, it remains elusive. Love is ethereal, yet it is defeated more often than not by...

With A Smile

on Sunday, February 26, 2012

When I entered the festooned gates of JMC on the morning of 23rd February, I found the atmosphere inside ridden with confusion, with some palpable heat and anxiety flowing around. Reason? The Women Studies and Development Center, my alter ego while...

Freedom At Midnight by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins

on Thursday, February 23, 2012

Here, I am attempting to review a classic historical treatise, which has won acclaim for itself from diverse corners of the world. I feel inadequate. To exacerbate my feeling of inadequacy, the fact that it has been more than a month since I finished...

Of Patch Ups and Filibustering, Two Roses and Some Debating

on Tuesday, February 21, 2012

"Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time".Don't read much into it. I just wanted to start with something catchy. And this line more than fitted the bill. Two days of lecturing an unfortunate score of eager...

Two Hours Of Eternal Splendour (IV)

on Friday, February 17, 2012

Part I- The EndingPart II- The PremonitionPart III- The CelebrationPart IVThe Last SongLove is not what you arrive at. Love is what you travel through. The two hours are about to end. I will have to wake him up. Should I just let him sleep?...