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THE YOUNG OF NEPAL
The young of Nepal live in crowded streets while moving their hips to Beyonce’s beats. They wear their lion-sized hearts on their sleeves and protect the tinges on rhododendron leaves which curl upwards and give them new life untangling sheepishly like a khukri knife. The young of Nepal walk among bushes and trees and… Continue reading
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Book Review: ANNAPURNA
Maurice Herzog’s Annapurna is a mountaineering classic. Written with utmost precision regarding all the hardships that were encountered by his team, this book is different from other books in the same genre in a manner that is quite pleasing. It is not too overbearing with mountaineering lingo, and can be understood very well even by those… Continue reading
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CHANCE FOR MODI TO WIN BACK ELECTORATE AFTER DELHI CRISIS
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a nation-wide people’s curfew on Sunday, 22 March to combat the deadly coronavirus which has threatened to ruin the lives and livelihoods of the general public. This move has led to the garnering of praise towards him, even from opposition quarters, who have hailed it to be a… Continue reading
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THE BJP HAVE TOPPLED DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN MADHYA PRADESH
The Bharatiya Janta Party has wreaked havoc and played with the voter’s emotions in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The saffron unit’s latest coup has come after the incumbent chief minister of the state Kamal Nath resigned on Thursday before the scheduled floor test was about to take place. Mr Nath stated that he… Continue reading
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FORMER CJI’S APPOINTMENT TO PARLIAMENT WILL INCREASE THE PUBLIC’S DISTRUST IN THE JUDICIARY
Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was inducted into the Upper House of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday on the basis of a recommendation made by the President of India. This comes months after Mr Gogoi retired and goes against the common etiquettes and standards of appointing recently retired public servants in higher… Continue reading
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THE NEW MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE ARRIVED, AND THEY ARE HERE TO STAY
Manchester United drew blood across their cross-city neighbours Manchester City in an unusually subdued Manchester derby at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday. Goals from Anthony Martial and Scott McTominay ensured that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men moved up to fifth in the league table, and as things stand now, in a Champions League… Continue reading
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Opinion: RELEGATION-THREATENED WEST HAM MUST NOT LOSE HEART FROM ARSENAL DEFEAT
Arsenal won a tight game against West Ham United in a London derby at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday after much of it proclaimed that it was destined to be drawn. Bukayako Saka’s late run on the left-wing gave the Gunners acres of space and after he passed the ball to Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, who… Continue reading
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MORNING LIGHT
It’s an unending saga of finality and hope; That’s all he has known from the outside And everything that came inside love’s envelope Bites him but he takes it in his stride. Of an attachment going beyond words And a bond which moves past hearsay, Can’t escape being seen going backwards, It’s time to… Continue reading
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SHADOWS
It’s not you but a very close resemblance of your scarf falling across your neck like a bent leaf trudging across the windows of an old brownstone laced with rust; it’s not you but the everlasting smell of teenage regret and images of an unexciting and aggrieved past. It’s not your voice but the… Continue reading
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LET THEM KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS
Bouts of hatred sugarcoated with precision hanging precariously by a thread which unravels in a world threatened with collision and warns you as soon as you make the switch to a life of normalcy like a simple decision which usually comes into your life to enrich every known passion associated with man and each… Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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