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Book Review: CRY FREEDOM
Cry Freedom by John Briley is one of those books which force you to question the very existence of the human race. Dealing with the themes of hope, friendship, expectation and betrayal set upon the background of the Apartheid regime in South Africa, Cry Freedom tells the real-life story of an unlikely friendship between… Continue reading
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FANCIFUL CONVERSATIONS
I touch your fingertips and you tremble like a house on fire I whisper ‘come on over’ into your ears and you get startled like a cat in the rain What is it that makes this so different from what the two of us have battled before? Why is there no longer any trepidation… Continue reading
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BROKEN GLASS
The snapping of your heels, The clicking of your tongue in annoyance, The sound made by the ocean upon hitting the rocks wave after wave; Every possible opportunity we snatched from the jaws of disapproving friends who supplicate us with the same questions. What are we leaving behind? The waves finally gain traction and… Continue reading
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MOTHER’S DAY
Never could I bring Tagore’s genius alive Nor was I there to see the hopelessness arrive Yet your touch on a sweltering day Upon my forehead could kiss the worries away, You never wanted anything more than a hug But I had the heart to reply with only a shrug It hurt you so… Continue reading
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ALL THINGS ASIDE
Through a frown upon your face and a half-twisted smile you call out my name I shrug, quiver and stir from the self-imposed reticence I had climbed into awakening with the gentle thud of the all-knowing and the all-encompassing by comprehending close to nothing about the kind of predicament that awaits us today … Continue reading
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A NIGHT AT THE GRAVEYARD
We stand apart, hands on thighs There’s a visible nip in the air There’s so much to say yet we relinquish the chance As if its mere existence has scared us in advance and the wind gently tousles your hair. There have been lots of dreams made That found their place ultimately here Yet,… Continue reading
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ADMISSION
I’ll call you under trying circumstances but there is still going to be a tiny bit of fragility, a little bit of tenderness hidden inside this crevice I don’t know why you never show that side of yours to the world, I can only guess but it strikes me before I can call out your… Continue reading
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Release of book: THIS MEANS WAR
Dear friends, It gives me joy unspeakable to be able to inform you that my first book This Means War: Poems that never should have been written has been published and is available for sale now. It is a collection of thirty poems based upon a wide array of human emotions. From being able to… Continue reading
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Book Review: THE MAHABHARATA
This version of the Indian epic ‘The Mahabharata’ which was compiled by former Chief Minister of Madras and the first Governor-General of independent India Mr Chakravarty Rajagopalachari, offers insights into the thinking and mindsets of men who existed a million years ago and how Dharma (a sense of righteousness) should always be upheld. I… Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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