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  • The Inheritance.

    “Imagine getting an old, heavy book and a letter from your ancestors.”  Bella was saying. Well, when I did it was not an old heavy musty book, but set beautiful lemurian crystals. They were sleek, shiny with as though with barcode within, this was the legacy of my clan, the snake people, I never really…

  • Aah! for some refreshment.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ3uhnByS1k Rain drops  and roses and whiskers and  kitten, Blue satin ribbons and warm woollen mittens These are a few of my favourite things The sleeping murder is about a woman who remembers seeing a murder when she was about 2yrs, she did not remember who, and did not remember anything else  of course through…

  • On Being Mary Kom.

    “Priyanka earned much more than Mary Kom did in her entire career” the social media seem to scream. Well like Chinmayee Sumeet pointed each did their jobs and the disparity only mirrors our attitude towards the professions and not the competency of the professionals. Again as Priyanka herself pointed out, the battle that Mary Kom…

  • An autobiography is the s…

    An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived. Herbert Samuel  Autobiography, the story of a person’s life as or written by the person.Yes I know the Gandhi one got on our nerves too, and Nehru’s does not ring true.Daphne du mauriers is right when she says autobiography is self-indulgent. On the…

  • School … and peace prevails.

    I am looking at all those back to school articles. Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation.  If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.  ~Erma Bombeck ask my kids they’ll vouch for its verity. A friend of mine was envying  …

  • Literary Agent

    Originally posted on My Bookshelf: This is an interview mailed by Louis Vas, I am sharing this without his permission. I hope he will excuse me. Since there seem to be quite a few aspiring authors in Goa, below is anot so recent  interview with a literary agent in Mumbai, which may behelpful in their…