I guess, at last I have understood why it is important to celebrate the dawn of the New Year. Whatever day, month or time it is – all cultures and parts of the world have their new year demarcated.
Being ordinary
..the reactions ‘ordinary’ gets are anything but regular or commonplace. Being ordinary is perceived as a sign of failure, of not having made it, or still a work in progress, aspiring to the extraordinary.
If they could talk…
She had been lying there in the corner of the cold dark room, surrounded, suffocating with the others for what seemed an age. It had been a long journey, and now that the fatigue had worn off, she tried to move to look around at the others. “Why has there been no movement for so…
Gettysburg -a promise made
The promise made on that day entails a continuous battle to remain fulfilled. The battle to preserve the promise takes place across cities and continents, in different languages, in different forms, but it continues tirelessly.
New Lover
Every morning, as soon as I swing my feet towards the ground, it kicks in. From the first step I sense the presence. Throughout the day, the lover stays with me. Rarely leaving the spaces of my mind, and my body – never. I met this new lover about four months ago. The meeting was…
Autumn Musings
It is that time of the year when one yearns to sit and sip a cup of tea with an old and dear friend. Hold a hand that promises comfort and engagement. Its a time when longings and desires seem to stir deep within and seek fulfillment.
Getting lost
The advent of GPS technology has in a way removed the strangeness of any place. With an address keyed in, in any part of the world one can now reach the destination without getting lost. It is a blessing, but as with any other gift of technology it takes away something from our lives.
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION!
I wish to celebrate my life as it has been. It has given me much more than it has taken from me. I also wish to celebrate the coming years. I stand at a wonderful crossroad of my life.
Yellow butterfly
While I relive my childhood, my daughter makes friends with the earth. What wonders a small patch of earth holds, it makes me wonder!
Atlanta – History and beyond
In Atlanta , Georgia the past has ‘gone with the wind’, and the city today is modern, new age and grasping the future with an impatient hand.
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