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April 1, 2023
Varun and Anandi (B)hairav
12th June 1989
Varun Bhairav was besotted with his actress wife Anandi. They had married six months back. He had been a stuntman quite often in the movies in which Anandi acted as the heroine. Many people had predicted that the marriage would end within a year. They said she would tire of him quickly. But Varun and Anandi were very sure of their love and till now their relationship had be...
March 31, 2023
At (A)ravankolom Village…
12th January 1934
The following events take place in the village of Aravankolom in Tamil Nadu.
It was midnight, but Akhila was fully awake and agog with excitement. She was smiling to herself. Akhila was sixteen and was an extremely pretty girl. She looked up at the roof of the small hut in which she lived with her mother and stepfather. There was just one room in the hut. But her mother h...
March 16, 2023
Theme Reveal For A2Z Challenge 2023
Hi Everyone,
This is going to be a very short theme reveal. I am Sitharaam Jayakumar, and my friends call me Jai. I passed out as a Metallurgical engineer in the year 1988 and took up a career in Information Technology in 1991. I took to writing seriously only in the year 2017. I have participated in the Blogchatter A2Z campaign twice till now. These were in the years 2018 and ...
March 13, 2023
The Unwanted Boy And Other Stories – Charmila M Sankar – Book Review
Title: The Unwanted Boy And Other Stories
Number of Pages: 52
Author: Charmila M Sankar
Genre: Fiction / Short Stories
Publisher: Self-Published On The Notion Press Platform
Price: Rs 125
Link For Purchase: The Unwanted Boy And Other Stories
My Take:
Pros:
This book has a string of eleven short stories. The stories are tightly packed. Sweet...
The Blue Women – Anukriti Upadhyay – Book Review
Title: The Blue Women
Author: Anukriti Upadhyay
Genre: Fiction/Stories
Publisher: Harper Collins India
Price: Rs 399
Link For Purchase: The Blue Women
My Take:
Pros:
The stories in this book are written in sleek, pleasing and powerful language. There are twelve stories in all, and they take the reader on an intense and emotional roller coaster ride. The endings...
March 3, 2023
Me In A Nutshell – #BlogchatterBlogHop
It is a Friday afternoon, and I am in a reflective mood. This week’s Blogchatter BlogHop prompt involves describing myself using content that I have penned before. After some thought, I interpreted it to mean that I have to look through my blog posts and pick out the interesting bits and pieces that can give people an idea about what sort of a person I am. Ha Ha! A narcissist w...
February 18, 2023
The Sorcery Of The Senses – Tanima Das – Book Review
Title: The Sorcery of The Senses
Author: Tanima Das
Price: Rs 289
Format: Paperback
No of Pages: 220
Publisher: ArtoonsInn Room9 Publications
Link For Purchase: The Sorcery of The Senses
Pros:
This book belongs to the fantasy/sci-fi genre and is based on the premise that the universe began with the creation of the senses. The protagonist Dhruv goes through...
February 12, 2023
Three Romantic Films Everyone Should Watch Before They Die
I am in deep thought right now, sitting in front of my laptop, and trying to come up with three of the most romantic movies that I have ever watched. I was always supposed to be a dreamer and most of my friends considered me an incurable romantic. Be that as it may, the aim of this post is not to do a character analysis of what I am like, but to line up thr...
January 28, 2023
Reminiscences Of My First Love
It was a sunny Monday afternoon, and I was visiting a science exhibition presented by the students of some of the premiere colleges in India. I was feeling bored. Though I worked in the IT field, and I was exposed to cutting-edge technology every day, the exhibition, unfortunately, did not have anything to do with my field of interest.
Suddenly, from a remote corner, I heard a bespect...
January 27, 2023
A Mermaid Speaks Philosophy
I stood waist-deep in the waters,
Of the raging sea on a rainy day.
Ahead of me were massive waves.
I knew if I did not turn back now,
The waves would swallow me whole.
I had just cremated my beloved soul mate,
Of more than forty years of my life.
I knew not how to live without her.
I did not know East from West,
Nor did I know South from North.
All I knew was that I had to put an end,
To my mis...
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