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Paras ka Bas

Having travelled extensively in India and internationally, I have come across many people who I have connected with. Through these interactions, I am able to gather bits of information about their local area, culture, food, traditions and practices. I am curious to understand life through their prism. Small interactions with them, during roadside tea breaks […]

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Shivratri rituals and roots !!

Herath mubarak to you all !! Yes, this is how we Kashmiri’s pandits would greet each other on this auspicious day. With celebrative mood and expanse of exotic food, we recreate the marriage of Lord shiva and parvati at home. As ancient as it can be, we still keep it this way, the walnuts play […]

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Covid-19 Mores

Almost seven/eight months of covid times have passed away. The beginning was full of fearful uncertainty, the uncertainty of living life with new norms. There were so many noises in the air, the instructions/ Government guidelines were passed on how to keep yourself safe in the unhealthy traumatic virus kind of situation. PM’s call to […]

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Trip to Kashmir, Year 2011

I had left Kashmir in the year 1985 after completing my college education. The following years had just begun to show traces of disturbances within the state and it continued resulting in the turmoil, suffering and militancy for next two decades. During this period, many families were terrified, their sufferings escalated with killings of innocent […]

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My Indulgences

I just flipped through my blog site and my last post seemed to be some two years back, and this realization dawned that how come I had missed on so much. I have been writing on this favourite place of mine because it has been a platform to express myself through words and it satisfies […]

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Time to pause!

Rewind, Reflect, Rethink, Revalue and Reposition; 5R’s The ongoing Covid virus has resulted in threatening our lives in its invisible avatar. Invisible in a way that one fears of one’s own self, making us wonder how, when, where and whether it may invade us silently. Till then, we are putting ourselves through tough regimes of […]

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Reflections

Few lines on untold stories of my life, a reflection today dawned over, and all those years passed thru my eyes, a vision which can be seen distinctly with eyes open and mind gently rolling over. The roles and responsibilities were changing throughout and the little girl born to her sweet parents little and tender, […]

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Quest

Who is the killer & who gets away?Who is the hired one & who gets fired? Who flips in the air & who slips in the soil?Who is a racer & who races ahead? Who is guilty & who hides the guilt?Who works hard & who gets rewarded? Who lives life each day & who […]

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My Birthday Party – Short Story

My Birthday Party I had butterflies and my little mind jostling with new ideas, as my birthday was nearing, I had to get everything arranged from my room to invitations to the end of the day. Whole affair had taken my thought process towards this big day. It was the day I was turning thirteen […]

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Call to God

When I was born, I had nothing to wear,You gave me suffering when I learnt to cry,You gave me love when I was held high,You gave me warmth when I was surrounded by,You gave me ego when I was played down,You gave me dishonesty when I was cheated by,You made me wear all this, as […]