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When The Mind Is Idle

The mind is idle...rather I (as an individual) have been idle since long. Lot of work to do, a lot to accomplish, yet I remain idle. The thought of completing the unfinished tasks drives me crazy. As I crept into bed last night, I consoled myself by planning my day today. It’s been a good 12 hours and yet I haven’t done anything constructive. Murphy is laughing at me-“If anything can go wrong, it will “.  I care little for Murphy that I shrug away his thoughts. I cannot quote Murphy to...

Basics of Speech Preparation

Fundamentals Of Speech Writing Speech and speaking are distinctly different. This is the primary thought a speaker needs to remember while preparing his speech. While you speak, you have ample time and disposition to convey your message, whereas in a speech you need be structured and precise. A speech calls for organisation. A few basics to preparing a good speech are discussed below: 1)    Purpose: A speech needs to have a definite purpose. a)    What is it that you intend to convey?...

The Railway Girl

The train rolled away from the station, leaving behind a bustling life of vendors and waving relatives biding adieu to their dear one’s. As the train picked speed, a sense of having left behind a distinct lifestyle slowly descended on me. Each railway station in India has a distinct culture and mannerism. The dialect, attire, the services, it’s people are all unique and different in their own way. A journey through the country is a lesson on the rich cultural diversity of an unexplored...

Life On the High Street

The high streets in India have always fascinated me. They are filled with life, colour and are representative of  the changing culture of the city. Every person who walks the street as a notion of being cosmopolitan. There is a sense of being sophisticated and up to date, yet there exists distinctness between its ‘regular inhabitants’ and the ‘ visitors’ who cross each other’s paths everyday. As a child, visiting the high street (in my case M.G Road, Brigade Road and Commercial...

Politics

The science of politics can seldom be unravelled .The unpredictable nature of man and the zillion stray thoughts that pervade his mind, makes it close to impossible to understand a person’s behaviour. How often have our “dear friends/colleagues” turned foes overnight? How often have “our own “ people betrayed us? How often have the people whom we trusted most cheated on us? Yet, life must go on. Life is a journey of both the pleasant and not so pleasant encounters. Each experience...

Paa – Film Review

Indian cinema is slowly coming of age and Amitabh Bachchan continues to fascinate, endear and silence his critics in times when slapstick, under-the–belt comedy is raking in the mullah at the box-office. Cinema in it’s true sense is a reflection of reality, bringing forth the various shades and characters in life on the large screen. Paa is one such movie, which depicts a “god gifted “chromosomal disorder with subtle humour, grace, wit and maturity. What appeals most is the movie...

The Teenager

Chapter 1: My First Tryst Traveling in a jam-packed local bus to college, hanging on the footboard always gave me the thrills. The adventure excited me not for of the element of risk, but the beautiful girls aboard the bus who made my journey eventful. I still remember the first day that I cribbed for having to travel by bus to college. Life seemed miserable and tough. My neatly pressed shirt was in shambles in less than a few minutes. Before I even knew, someone was on my leg. I cried in...

24 Hours

24 hours... I do not know whether it’s too short or long a time to make or break life ,but in this vicious cycle of joy and pain , happiness and sorrow , anger and frustration ,it is a 24 hour cycle that defines the little life around us. As the time ticks by, the date changes and the sun rises in the east, it marks the beginning of a new dawn. Each day brings with it a sense of anticipation .If you’re going through a rough patch, you hope to leave behind the past and make a new beginning....

The Midday Bus

“Life is strange”, these words keep ringing in my ears every other day, just as if to remind me of those dark days of poverty, hunger, temptation, fascination and dreams. Yes dreams, cause dreams are the only solace to relieve one of his misfortunes. ‘Misfortunes’, did I say? , may be not, for life is really strange. To consider myself, not to have been successful in terms of currency would seem inappropriate. I today own a fashion boutique, a unique, ‘one of its kind’ store in...