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2015 In Review

2015 was the year when I got into blogging, and it has been a fun year. Check out the annual report for Halfway To Asphodel! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for...

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A Tribute to Solitude

It was raining outside; heavily, but not harshly. The dark clouds had made the afternoon sun vanish and the daylight had dimmed as if nature had a sudden case of low voltage. I sat there, with a book...

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Shayad Zindagi Zyada Jeeli Hoti

आज बैठे हुए, तरंगो को सुनती, इन हवाओं मे लहराती, यादों से कहती हूँ, काश ज़िंदगी थोड़ी ज़्यादा जीली होती! बचपन में जब बाहर आवाज़ हसी की आती, तब अगर नंगे पाव खेलने दौड़ती, तो शायद ज़िंदगी ज़्यादा जीली...

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Book Review: Abhaya

This is my first attempt at a proper, written book review, and hence I shall do it my way. Gear up, folks. In a brilliantly written book, Saiswaroopa Iyer takes you back to ancient India, to the...

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In Lots Of Vehement Emotions

The setting was perfect. The mild breeze over the vast blue lake was rustling the canopy of the tall trees around the terrace of the lakeside restaurant. The wooden bridge connecting the restaurant and...

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What Goes Around, Comes Around

When I was a little child and would come home crying from the playground; complaining that I had been bullied and robbed of my fair chances at play, my mother would often say, “Happens, son. One day,...

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In Lots Of Vehement Emotions

The setting was perfect. The mild breeze over the vast blue lake was rustling the canopy of the tall trees… Read more In Lots Of Vehement Emotions

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The Little Things of Life

All the world’s a stage and we are playing our part with every single breath we take! However, taking a… Read more The Little Things of Life

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A Tryst With Trust

“A string of letters, a yarn of words; Truths and lies and sayings of sorts. Knitting together a tapestry of… Read more A Tryst With Trust

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A Tryst With Trust (Poem)

A string of letters, a yarn of words; Truths and lies and sayings of sorts. Knitting together a tapestry of… Read more A Tryst With Trust (Poem)

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Before I Sleep..

The world is a drama where the actors are mute, the viewers blind and the writers deaf. The stage is… Read more Before I Sleep..

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Highly Haughty Honesty

The old man sat in his rocking chair, his spectacles on his forehead and his hands clasped on his chest.… Read more Highly Haughty Honesty

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Is Sheher Ne Baarish Ko Nahi Bhula

  इस शहेर ने बारिश को नही भूला! गर्मी से रिहाई का, बोझ उतारना नही भूला| इस शहेर ने बारिश को नही भूला! बादलों के आशीर्वाद का, शुक्रिया अदा करना नही भूला| इस शहेर ने बारिश को नही भूला! चहेरे पे पड़ती...

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Beauty Beckons

The sun remembers it's beauty of the dawn at dusk and promises more, for every dark night ends with dawn's beauty to the fore.

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To Her Ravaging Memoirs

I make into my quietude, and try to break the impasse with my heart. ‘Is this a night, or I am merely shrouded beneath her hair? Is this a mere gust of wind or the smells of her? Are these mere...

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tête-à-tête

Sometimes, all it takes is a little chat to simmer down the jitters.

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Dear Dad;

A letter from a son to a father, to wish him on his 50th birthday.

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That, Mi Amigo, Is Love

3 AM. In the balcony. With a cup of decaf coffee. A solitary inspiration.

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The Ugly Manling

How rich of us to label someone a positive or a negative based on what they look like, rather than what they look at things like!

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Roads Diverged in the Wood..

Does the end justify the means? Or the means validate the adherent failure to get to the end?

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