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IN DELIRIUM
The hands of the clock are set in their ways displaying the time that was last seen before a calamity of this size erupted; they stare at me in mock annoyance as they oscillate between deciding whether to keep up with this pathetic charade or accept themselves for what they are. I raise… Continue reading
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IF RAIN IT MUST
(In the memory of Irrfan Khan) If rain it must on your snowy peaks when the wind stopped howling into the gale and turned the golden precipices into white, you remained unmoved, untouched by the fanfare that had enveloped us lesser mortals who only had a tiny idea about what you were trying… Continue reading
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WALLING OFF CHINA MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT MOVE
The decision by the Indian government to wall off Chinese companies trying to purchase shares and trying to take over distressed Indian organisations has come at a good time. While the entire world has blamed the Asian major for not being able to contain the virus and spreading it, only Donald Trump, the American president… Continue reading
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WHEN REGRET VISITS
Sometimes I can’t sleep at night fearing memory’s diatribe. Soon darkness engulfs the light which I had tried to subscribe. I shiver to see my sorry plight and waver upon my shaken skin, a part of it had once been bright although now it’s dead from within. Why can’t I shake these visions… Continue reading
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Book Review: A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms is a poignant tale of a fierce romance set in the heart of World War I. The fable makes for easy reading with the American legend’s famed iceberg theory of writing making constant entrances into the narrative proper. The book goes along at an easy pace but picks up speed… Continue reading
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ANNAPURNA
(Composed while gaping at your marvellous structure but put into paper much later.) Annapurna, your precipices looked forbidding enough without that hostile glare that you gave to onlookers; your walls covered with knee-deep snow, your tongue lashed with the smile of loss, your lips curled in a laugh that was cruel than death… Continue reading
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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
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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