Category: epiphany
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Making life mine,
Sometimes a simple shift in attitude helps us recognize so much for fulfillment in every event. Here was a person in my space, a fair good writer, she was acknowledged for her work. During her awards ceremony her mother observed”haa now you have to be careful. Once people give you an award you cannot let…
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City Energies
City energies. Coming from a semi urban background, for me large cities are extremely draining. I kept wondering how does one get to harmony. In an idiotic movie called Fanaa I heard a profound statement, every city has as a soul. Musing over it, Mumbai has a different rhythm from Delhi in the north or Chennai…
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The Winnin’ Way.
The Winnin’ Way. What does winning mean to me? I wanted to win at everything, everyday, since I was a kid. And time does not change a person; it just helps you get a handle on which you are. At 47 I still dislike losing, but I pose to be more gracious about it. But…
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learning…..
Last week, I shared an experience about a workshop. Of course fresh from the experience with my ego teased, and general malice to people in the establishment I wrote what appeared apt to me then. I am not apologizing for the article, though in retrospect i wondered what could we have done differently that we could have…
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A stoaner decision Ah took,
A stoaner decision Ah took, Well crying about decisions is all right in its own way while it lasts. But sooner or later we have to stop and decide what do. The Middle English decisioun from Middle French, in turn from latin decision- decision from decidere was first used in the 15th century. It essentially…
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Wa ay it aw.*
Maya Angelou said there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story. Playwright Girish Karnad dramatized this in play Nagamandala. Why do I write? Because I have a song to sing, a story to tell, Somewhere between being everyone’s scullery maid, doctor, nurse whatever, the soul cries FINIS and FINITO and in my case…
