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2 states - a look through

The first thing I realized after reading this book was that it had the exactness of a powerpoint presentation. Just the right number of characters that people can remember and would be turning back pages to find out who they’d actually reading about. Quick witted humour laced with sarcasm, delicately bordering on insolence. From a practical perspective perhaps, there’s not much. A boy and a girl meet, fall in love, overcome some resistance from families, but eventually get married. There. You have the story. But that would not be right. It just isn’t that simple, not yet. There’s a lot more to it, still. The obsession of north Indians with food, and of south Indians with education. The brawls in a Punjabi family and the solemnity of a madrasi home. You could almost end up doing a comparative analysis of the two. Generalizations galore, yet underline the uniqueness of the human mind . The simplicity of the emotion called love, the subtleties of which make you smile, probably compare yo
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Coming BAck......yet again

Have come inafter avery long time......dnt exactly remember y i nvr blogged in during all this time....there have been times when I've started writing....reached halfway...remembered smthing else and left tht blog nd gone away........so much has happened during these 2 years....i've grown..matured (ok...smwat may be!).....seen so much...learnt so much...nd still it feels as if the journey hs just strtd.........finished college....went to work...left a company...joined another...the transition happened without much emotions or drama.......immersed myself in work in this new company...keeping it a priority above everythng else........days pased......the work continued......months went by without a break...with the occasional hi - hello to friends....and meeting up wid them occasionally....all in all..a very busy time.......seem to have lost a good number of friends maybe.......people hu were really important at some or other point of time....seem to have drifted away....and attem

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Real birthday cards.....where did they go????

Hi!! found this poem in one of the cards.......of old times...just went thrugh the lines...really liked them....and would like to dedicate it to all the people who've been close at some or the other point of time in my life, dont actually remember who it was from...the name's got smudged....but anyhow felt it was too good to be confined to that piece of paper.....so here goes..... How is it that you can tell me things that would make me really angry coming from anyone else........ Whether its that my new haircut looks like its straight out of a horror movie, or that someone I like is a champion jerk in real life When you say them I realise they are not meant to be mean, But things that we both know I should hear And I know I can be just as honest with you Maybe its that we are close enough that we can respect each others opinions, Whether we agree or not It takes a real good friend to recognize things we may not see and point them out in a warm and caring way I'm glad we c

Rainy days!!!!

So...where was i?? yeah.....those rainy day one - liners...and then you have the people trickling in...."My!! what a weather!!!" or "the rain water came up to my knees".......the more dramatic ones like "You know what????i fell into a manhole"......"puray engine mein paani ghus gaya tha"......desperate ones ( i mean...the more committed ones) "no taxis coming this way........the one that did charged me double"...bla bla bla............I know there's nothing new in this blog yet....probably happens every time there's a shower.......and probably would happen in all the years that I'll stay alive for maybe........but the thing that actually made me write about this was because it just occurred to me that I'd probably hadn't heard anyone saying anything nice about the weather today......or the other rainy days, for that matter.....true.....it is a bother to have the rain when you are going out somewhere.....and it is a
Just logged in....didnt have anything else to do on the net...no friends online......not in the mood to surf those "informational" sites.......nothing new in the mails......not even the fwds that my mailbox usually seems to be flooded with....... Anyways.....the weather outside is great....its pouring.....been raining the whole day......and the streets are flooded.......something thats not unusual in a place like cal.....was outside for some time....atop the roof of this 13 storeyed building.....and the view is just awesome!!!! the whole city is lighted up (miraculously no load shedding!!!).......and there's something special in seeing it this way......the wind is at its highest......and you can actually see the rain getting carried away.....the trees trying in vain to resist the onslaught......there'd probably be lots of branches lying around tomorow morning.......and believe you me.....could actually hear the frogs croaking from that height!!!! A typical day at the
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