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July 18, 2025
A Homeless Writer
A Homeless Writer

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He stood at the crossroads,
Looking for a tiny roof,
For a place to rest and relax.
He scoured for a shelter for his family,
From the incessant rain and blistering sunshine.
A place to partake of a meal,
A place to laugh and cry.
Oh, he is a poor man.
He is a writer,
Or thought he was one.
Till he was unburdened of this delusion,
When his books did not sell,
He thought he could write a bestseller,
But he ...
June 10, 2025
Dainty Little Grandma
Dainty Little Grandma

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Grandma had always been a timid woman. Grandpa often used to say that she was the kind of woman who could not say gah to a goose. Grandma and grandpa were a total contrast to each other. Grandpa was big and beefy and had been a great hunter in his time. Little Johnny was very fond of grandpa, and he was contemptuous of grandma.
He also...
Circle With No Centre – Deepak Khurana – Book Review
Circle With No Centre – Deepak Khurana – Book Review

Title: Circle With No Centre
Author: Deepak Khurana
Genre: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Notion Press
Price: INR 399
Link to Purchase: Amazon
My Take:
This book devotes its considerable length entirely to the building of a solid, strong relationship between two people who are spinning in their own orbits. The book is written in the form of monologues by the hero and the hero...
June 1, 2025
Christina’s Surprise – A Short Story

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She approached the unfamiliar door and nervously took the key from her pocket. She took a deep breath, unlocked the door, paused, then opened it. To her horror, she saw her pups, Terry and Jimmy, lying on the floor with their eyes closed. It was dark, but she could see clearly that neither of the dogs was breathing. They lay very still. She rushed over to their side...
May 23, 2025
The Rise of the Hitman – The Rohit Sharma Story – R Kaushik – Book Review

Title: The Rohit Sharma Story – The Rise of the Hitman
Author: R Kaushik
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Genre: Biography
Link to Purchase: Amazon
Price: INR 595
My Take:
This biography, written by R Kaushik, traces the evolution of Rohit Sharma as one of the greatest cricketers produced by Mumbai and India. The book begins with an introduction by Ritika ...
May 16, 2025
A Poem For My Little Princess
A Poem For My Little Princess – From Her Loving Father
A mountain of gold coins,
Boxes full of money notes,
Enough to build ten dream castles,
With towers stretching up into the sky,
Would not be equal,
To my little one’s affection.
I don’t mind living in rags,
Like a beggar,
As long as my little one is happy and content,
Her dazzling and wondrous smile,
Is enough to quench my zest for life,
For seven births.
I want her cheeky grin,
To permeate her beautiful ...
March 14, 2025
Ram C/O Anandhi – Akhil P. Dharmajan – Book Review
Ram C/O Anandi – Akhil P. Dharmajan – Book Review

Title: Ram C/O Anandhi
Author: Akhil P. Dharmajan
Translated into English By: Haritha C. K.
Publisher: Harper Fiction
Genre: Fiction
Link To Purchase: Amazon
Price: INR 399
Synopsis:
Ram a young man, who has ambitions of becoming a director/actor travels from Kerala to Tamil Nadu to study at a film institute. There he meets Anandhi, Vetri, Reshma and Patti. The book is all...
March 11, 2025
My Challenges As A Fresh Programmer
My Challenges As A Fresh Programmer

In this post, I will briefly describe my journey from a newbie programmer to a confident coder. I was very nervous when I started my first job as a programmer. We were a bunch of ten to fifteen coders, and we worked on packages individually.
We had a boss who explained the requirements and supervised us as and when needed. He was a kind man who let us use our imagination and innovative abilities to the fulles...
February 19, 2025
The Man In The Mirror
The Man In The Mirror

Today I decided to try out an exercise suggested by a friend in a newsletter she posts every Monday. She urged us to stand in front of a mirror look at ourselves and repeat the following lines every time we feel down in the dumps. Here are the lines…
It can be hard sometimes, to stay your path
It can be hard sometimes, to find hope
It can be hard sometimes to not fall apart when things are taking too long
It can b...
SEO Content Writing Vs Free Form Content Writing
SEO Content Writing Vs Free Form Content Writing

SEO content writing is all fine for businesses whose objective is to drive traffic to a website and advertise products. Generally that is the purpose of SEO and I have no quarrel with content writers who spend a lot of time researching keywords and filling their writing with those words to rank higher on a search engine. But one thing I can’t help lamenting is that the process of writing anything wi...
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