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Does My Life Belong To Me?

Does My Life Belong To Me?

As I sit in front of my laptop,
Dashing away these lines from my head,
My mind despairs at the day ahead,
Dulled by the ache and agony of fear.

I woke up today morning,
And burrowed my head deep into the pillow,
Never wanting to wake up again,
To another day of life on this earth.

Yesterday I went to the temple,
Hoping that I would find solace in Gods abode,
The God whom I despise,
For making me go through this cruel life.

From my earliest days,
I have been an...

Yesterday’s Ghosts: Nikhil Pradhan – Book Review

Yesterday’s Ghosts: Nikhil Pradhan – Book Review

Title: Yesterday’s Ghosts
Author: Nikhil Pradhan
Genre: Thriller
Price: Rs 189
Link for Purchase: Yesterday’s Ghosts

Synopsis:

It’s been three decades since Black Team disbanded in the wake of a disastrous war in Sri Lanka. Three decades since they set eyes on each other. Three decades since they decided to lock away their secret forever.

The four men, now in their fifties and sixties, ha...

The Story Of The 84 YO Man Who Single-Handedly Ended His Village’s Water Woes – #WATWB

The Story Of The 84 YO Man Who Single Handedly Ended His Village’s Water Woes – #WATWB

Eighty-four-year-old Kaamegowda digs ponds. You might be surprised but digging ponds is this Octogenarian’s passion in life. He is a small-time shepherd and farmer from the Daasanadoddi village of Karnataka’s Mandya district. Thanks to this man’s single-handed efforts the hamlet has not faced any water problems for a long time.

He has earned praise...

Conversations Across Cups

Conversations Across Cups

A cup, or is it just a cup?
A cup of coffee or is it Milk?
Look at all the great decisions,
made during conversations across a cup.

When two businessmen want to discuss a deal,
guess what they do it over?
Yes, you guessed right,
it is over a conversation across cups.

When you are on your first date,
with your college crush,
it is your conversation over a drink,
that lets you get closer to her.

Pondering over a cup of...

Gangster on the Run: The True Story of a Reformed Criminal: Puja Changoiwala – Book Review

 

Gangster on the Run: The True Story of a Reformed Criminal: Puja Changoiwala – Book Review

 

Title: Gangster on the Run: The True Story of a Reformed Criminal

Author: Puja Changoiwala

Price: Rs 259

Link To Purchase: Gangster on the Run: The True Story of a Reformed Criminal 

Format: Paperback

Synopsis:

He ran from a life of drugs and bullets.

Now, he runs to shatter records.

Rahul Jadhav took the name ‘Bhiku’ after a character fro...

The Story of Sindhutai Sapkal – A Mother To Orphaned Children – #WATWB

The Story of Sindhutai Sapkal – A Mother To Orphaned Children – #WATWB

The story of Sindhutai Sapkal is truly inspiring. She was married off when she was a mere ten years old and was abandoned at the age of twenty. She became a mother at twenty and had nowhere to go. The poor woman had to beg for a living. But other plans were ordained for her by God. She decided to adopt a child and slowly it became a movement and she gradually opened...

Lovesickness

Lovesickness

I have been sick,
with several illnesses.
But I have always recovered from them,
because they were curable.

When I was eight,
I got afflicted with Malaria.
But after several doses of Quinine,
I was back on my feet again.

When I was twelve,
I got afflicted with Typhoid.
But after a month in the hospital,
I was my old and cheerful self again.

When I was fourteen,
I fractured my leg while climbing a tree.
But they put the broken bits...

Will you please give me one more chance, my love?

Will you please give me one more chance, my love?

You were like a lovely blooming Rose,
when I met you the first time.
The minute I set eyes on you,
my heart was all yours.

I proposed to you in a garden of flowers,
and to my delight, you accepted my love,
and agreed to be mine,
and we got bound together for a lifetime.

I loved you and cherished you,
for years and years,
but somewhere along the line,
my love for you began to wane.

I took you ...

Book Review: You Beneath Your Skin By Damayanti Biswas

Book Review: You Beneath Your Skin By Damayanti Biswas

 

Title: You Beneath Your Skin

Author: Damayanti Biswas

Price: 250 INR

Link to Purchase: You Beneath Your Skin

Format: Paperback

Synopsis:

It’s a dark, smog-choked new Delhi winter. Indian American single mother Anjali Morgan juggles her job as a psychiatrist with caring for her autistic teenage son. She is in a long-standing affair with ambitious police commissioner Jatin Bh...

Betrayal

Betrayal

I faced the blazing fire,
from the enemy’s tanks,
without flinching or wavering,
and without any fear in my heart.

It was your love for me,
that gave me the courage to carry on.

I moved deep into enemy territory,
always on the lookout for a sniper’s bullet,
knowing that my life was in danger,
and I could become another distant memory.

It was your love for me,
that gave me the courage to carry on.

Men were falling all around me,
the...