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by
Kalki
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May 24 - May 29, 2024
suzerainty
ingloriously)
overtures.
careworn
gnarled
robbed him of speech.
her voice dripping with honey that was as intoxicating as nectar.
suspicion reigns supreme.
chide
there are many in this world whom we do not know and we have nothing to lose if we don’t.”
If your beloved queen doesn’t know my person then it is indeed a loss for me. Allow me to introduce myself to your
derisive
crooned
I am not in the habit of telling lies.
If for some reason, lies are called for, even then, my tongue betrays me by telling the truth.
unabashedly
but the honeybee that has smelt the nectar will seldom turn away!
ensnared
guile
“The lamp might be extinguished but is there any power in this world to dim a full moon’s light! The moon rises over the sea because of the natural order of things in this world but why does the sea try to reach it with its endless waves?”
austerities?
banish
My ears are fortunate to hear anything that you care to say with your honeyed voice,”
smitten
glean
vainglorious
forthwith…”
People who commit acts of unspeakable evil, one day become devout and renounce their old life. There are others who spend their lives immersed in devotion but irrevocably commit evil acts.
reverently
fratricidal
strife.
besmirch
inconceivable
vociferously
elated!
Our family is cursed. Some are born mute, while some remain mute despite the gift of speech, like my husband,”
assertion
extricate
As the day dawned, the night flew away from the world like a reluctant lover who was withdrawing from the arms of the woman she loved. The goddess of night and darkness withdrew from the world with the same reluctance and hesitancy. As she kissed the world goodbye for one more time, one might even imagine the conversation they had. “Just a few more hours, my love and we shall meet again, tonight!” and then she moved away from her lover with many a hesitant step.
After released from the tenacious love of Goddess of night, the world cheered happily with thousand chirping birds that herald the dawn of yet another beautiful day.
“I don’t lie. I just give a free rein to my powers of imagination.
muss
Malay peninsula of today was known as Sri Vijaya Nadu in the olden days. Kadaram was an important city of this Kingdom and the Kings of Shailendra Vamsam ruled over Sri Vijaya Nadu for many years.
acumen
magnanimity.
ochre
How many castles did we build in the air?
arduous
retrospect.
meandering
