I love writing passionately for the creative pleasure it brings. And no less passionately I love turning conscious of getting into the writing mode- it’s kind of witnessing the metamorphosis of my usual self into another self, the feel of which is just magical. Silence ringing even amidst din, solitude waxing even amidst bustle, vague sadness flaming into a brilliant…
‘My Inspiration to Write’. I believe writing is a matter of natural gift, and so is any other art form. I got inspired by the feeling that I am incomplete without writing; it was a compulsion, not a choice.Using John Keats’ metaphor writing comes as naturally to a writer as leaves to a tree . But yes, once you have…
I wished you all a happy celebration, laden with piety. Not long ago I shared with you how I am turning out to be an agnostic. Paradox? Why did I acknowledge the day then? Is the transformation yet not complete, and I am still oscillating between faith and doubt? Or is it the natural reflex of habit without any sincerity?…
Tejal dave 4.0 out of 5 stars Desire is a reality!! 24 October 2018 ” Knowing truth is a pleasure, but living it can be such a pain!” So true and deep!! Seduction by Truth by Mukul Kumar is a story of Shiva and women in his life. Shiva in his early forties; a Smart, handsome, successful, well settled man…
I grew up with the wish to be a writer someday. I can’t recollect when this wish was born; it just happened that often my emotions compelled me to put them to put them down on paper, and doing so made me strangely happy. Strangely because it felt so different from the other shades of happiness life brought. Strangely also…
Tara, bored with the lifestyle of her husband who was immersed in knowledge and rituals, grew attracted to Chandra, the moon god, who was intensely passionate and a crafty lover. Believing that in him she would find what she really wanted in life, she eloped with Chandra. Brihaspati was both sad and angry, but he needed Tara to conduct the…
‘Hats off to the emperor! He gave the world probably the finest monument of love; see how he lies close by his beloved queen even in death,’ the awe in the officer softens into tenderness. ‘It is truly amazing that a king could love only one woman so passionately! His love for Mumtaz is truly matchless.’ Zeba’s face grows grave.…
‘This is the famous one, The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo,’ intones the guide. ‘You are shown how God, floating in the heavens after creating man, releases him down upon Earth. You see the pain in the separation between God and man, see how their fingers don’t meet after God has transmitted life into him, how the realm of God…
Friends, Of late the happiness seems to have changed its source- from the first person – ‘I’, ‘me’, ‘my’ and ‘myself’- to the second and third person-‘you’ ,’he’ ,’she’ etc. Instead of acquisition it is giving which gives happiness now. But giving entails quite some physical costs – one has to take a lot of pain in reaching out to…