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Without You

    Existing without you, isn’t difficult at all. Surviving on my own, in not impossible.   Going through the notions, of living life is easy. Getting you out of my, heart and mind is pure agony.   You refuse…

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Happy wedding anniversary

Pradeep wed Vandana on this day, 17 years ago. It was then that  an angel entered our home, she stole everyone’s heart with her loving smile, and her generosity of spirit from her eyes shone. She became a loving daughter…

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Campfire

    Mussoorie was the destination chosen by the college authorities for its class of 2004 to celebrate its last overnight picnic. Students were very excited about this trip and had made plans since long before the D-day. Raj and…

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Love Struck

  Love struck   Shri took off his reading glasses and leaned back against the headrest of his easy chair while clutching the book to his chest. The girl in the story had conjured up Sia’s face on the pages…

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Wounds of Time

  Wounds of time   Once upon a time, long ago in Bombay. A happy girl was born, into a loving family, on a lucky January day.   She stole her dad’s heart, the moment she first smiled. Seasons changed,…

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Untangled…Unraveled…Undone

Today’s post in AtoZchallenge… U for undone Untangled…Unraveled… Undone Sia twisted a strand of her wavy hair around her finger and looked at the news-clip which was being aired for the third time on the television screen. Tuhin was engrossed…

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Travel

T for Travel in the AtoZchallenge Travel   I am going on a little trip with my mother and my siblings to Dehradun and Mussoorie this week. This is a long-awaited trip because my mother has been pretty unwell in…

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Sulekha’s Book-Spine-Poetry

S is for Book-Spine-Poetry by Sulekha 🙂  AtoZchallenge This is the second year in a row that I am attempting to write Book-Spine-Poetry.   Social Potpourri – An Anthology Chicken soup for the writer’s soul The Notebook Three Sisters Those…

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Remembrance

Today’s post in the AtoZchallenge is R for Remembrance Sia is running late for a meeting and mentally chiding herself for spending so much time in the garden earlier in the morning. The flowers had been in full bloom and…

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Q is for Quotations

My post for AtoZchallenge today – Q is for Quotations. Here are a few selected quotations about quotations as quotations 🙂   I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much…

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P is for Prestidigitator

P is for Prestidigitator Dentist:  a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.  ~Ambrose Bierce   P for Philosopher 🙂 For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. ~William Shakespeare,…

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