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by
Kalki
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May 24 - May 29, 2024
perchance
he was accosted by Nidradevi (Goddess of Sleep) who started weaving her hypnotic magic over him. After escaping her clutches for many days, Vandiya Devan found himself too weak to resist and he succumbed to her allure. He fell asleep sitting down and soon stretched himself near the Ironsmith’s furnace and slept deeply.
Life is strange. This was a living man or woman once whose heart was brimming with dreams, hopes, ambitions and aspirations but in another hour or so, all that would remain, would be a mound of ash. It didn’t matter whether he was a beggar or a king whilst living, one day their body would feed the fire.
vagaries
futile
inadvertently.
lassitude
think you are a heavenly damsel who has been cursed to be born here, amidst us mortals…”
pander
beautiful eyes are sharp enough to unearth the truth of my heart,”
austerity
vagrant…
soothsayer?”
abhorred
subterfuge.
Dowager
resolutely
broach
tepid
anchorite
It is the bee that hovers around the beautiful flower for its sweet nectar. But to the flower, the bee is inconsequential. The flower instead looks up to the sun and smiles… who could be the sun that makes Kundavai smile? I wonder…
hoodwink
concoct a believable story.
impertinent.
unequivocally
imbecile
“No matter how intelligent a person is, it is possible to poison their mind with the choicest words.
mortified.
a common thief steals gold from other people and in the same manner the King tries to covet lands from other Kingdoms. What’s the difference between the King and the thief?’
tirade
devilry
there were two types of beggars in the world – those who did it as a profession and those who were forced by circumstances.
they would surely compare it with the lovely elegance of the dusk. When the sun sets in the evening, after a glorious day, there is a hint of sadness and a still peace. That’s probably why, the Gods of nature, lit the skies with the lustrous moon and many millions of stars to compensate for the disappearance of the sun.
heady
bereft
bone of contention
astutely
ominous.
Vanathi
learned opinion,
unsullied
semblance
infamy.
copiously.
placate
trepidation
relent
acumen
kith and kin
carnage,
