tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36100267172845979642024-03-09T18:22:59.402+05:30Strokes Of PenNikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-84712430247349062402023-01-02T11:13:00.003+05:302023-01-03T11:55:47.535+05:30365 Days of Journaling <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 1.1.2023</span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">"In the older wounds,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">And new hopes;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">During the crying nights,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">And every day's new sunrise</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">Will my fate shine, this year?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">- Nnikitta Dudannii ©</span></span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">2.1.2023</span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">The sun was up when I woke up. It was windy yet warm. It was cold yet comfy. I felt happy. I have felt happier before but today, I was happy and I appreciated it. </span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">I drove to my work and I thought to myself that something never changes - the traffic, the pollution, the rush, the 'being blind to other travelers on the road attitude', and everyone running to chase something. But today, I chose to register the trees, the road, the cool winds, and all things happy on the road - like a mother getting her child ready to go to school, a father dropping off his children, the tea vendor making tea for the commuters, the school bus having happy faces in them and all the things that Universe gave me. </span></span></span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">3.1.2023</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">My workplace is exciting - every day it is a new exploration with counseling and therapy clients. No matter how much I prepare myself to talk about certain goals and themes with my client, it is always in the moment about how they are feeling. That's the entire point of being a Person Centered therapist, you let the client take the charge and empathies with them about how they are feeling in the moment. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Today, also marks a new chapter for me because I am going to do my first Live on my workplace page @maanas_tis. The talk is going to be on Exam anxiety: Managing Anxiety and Performing Well. I'm nervous tbh. It isn't like I haven't done live before but it is more about saying things in a way that helps students understand what this workshop is about. It is funny and quite ironic because as a kid, I used to be that anxious student who used to sit with a smile in the exam hall but internally would be petrified of not scoring well and all the shame that may come with it. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Less marks meant that you are not intelligent and that you are not cut-out for world because marks defined everything. If, I had these workshops around my time as a teenager, I would have definitely benefitted from it. And today, I just hope it benefits other teenagers like me who may be sitting at home with a book in hand and wondering about all the "what-ifs" before taking THAT exam.</span></span></span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span></p>Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-30853621614790186082020-10-17T21:55:00.001+05:302020-10-17T21:55:40.435+05:30Nargis and Other Stories ~ Book Preview<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><b>About The Book</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>The book is a collection of 8 short stories, each unique and different from other, covering various facets of life, inspired by real life characters and incidents.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The stories address the contemporary social issues like loneliness, binge dating, domestic abuse, social media addiction, celebrity worship and also contemporary environmental issues like pollution, dwindling water resources, declining fertility rate, chemical warfare, etc. </div><div><br></div><div>The stories also attempt to illustrate the pain and wounds of contemporary political issues like lynching, conflicts, refugees, etc</div><div><br></div><div>All the characters seem very familiar and we can easily relate to them</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Book Excerpt</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>Nargis</div><div><br></div><div>It is 2030 and most of the water on earth is polluted.</div><div><br></div><div>In the beginning, it was industrial pollution that rendered most of the water beyond human usage and then the water wars that followed resulted in the extensive use of chemical and biological weapons, which further left the remaining water sources toxic.</div><div><br></div><div>In less than 10 years, water had become the currency and owners of non-toxic water sources the new age kings, with their own militias, protecting their wells and supply chain.</div><div>Water trading was the most lucrative business now</div><div><br></div><div>Namita</div><div><br></div><div>Namita had stopped thinking about resistance or confrontation long back. Domestic abuse and sometimes physical abuse had become part of life for her. She had accepted it. It was no secret either. Most people around her knew. It’s difficult to hide the scars, especially the physical ones. </div><div>Lybched</div><div><br></div><div>Since that fateful day, he had wished for only two things. To meet the family of the boy he had killed and the people who had killed his brother. </div><div>He couldn't make up his mind as to what will give him the closure he needed. </div><div><br></div><div>The atonement of his sin or revenge. Guilt and vengeance had been consuming him.</div><div><br></div><div>Neha</div><div><br></div><div>All she could manage was “Why are you good to me Shoeb? Why do you still stick around when everyone else has given up on me, and now you brought my child to me”</div><div><br></div><div>Neha could not control anymore, tears started rolling down her cheeks. </div><div><br></div><div>Shoeb softly spoke almost in a whisper to Neha “We have taken him out of the shelter and legally adopted him. We will raise him as our own now</div><div><br></div><div>Banaras</div><div><br></div><div>He had plans of getting married next year. An arranged marriage.His parents in Hyderabad had already selected the bride for him. He knew nothing about the girl, and was not interested to know either. He believed that arranged marriage will ensure that his parents will be taken care of in their old age, which was his prime responsibility, being the only son, as has been repeatedly hammered into his head, by the society, since childhood.</div><div><br></div><div>Lipsticks</div><div><br></div><div>The night was beautiful, a bit cold though to be sitting in the balcony in only a t-shirt, this had been her ritual, night after night. </div><div>The silence at this time of the night is addictive. It calms the volatile souls and tames the inner demons.</div><div><br></div><div>TikTok</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, she read out Waheed’s post aloud “I respectfully decline The Smith Award, which is considered no less than Noble prize, awarded to me for my thesis “Impact of Social Media on the Psyche of Celebrities”, due to the sad and unfortunate demise of a subject during the course of an experiment.”</div><div><br></div><div>Oh Syria</div><div><br></div><div>Qasim, on the other hand, was sad, very sad. He had this foreboding that his days on his homeland were numbered and he won’t be able to return, ever. </div><div><br></div><div>This was the home of his ancestors. Their graves were here. His father used to tell him that for centuries his family had lived in this town. </div><div><br></div><div><b>About The Author</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>The author Mr. Hermit Pen is a regular contributor of short stories and articles for various anthologies, magazines and own blog. </div><div>Mr. Hermit Pen is a Business Consultant by profession with a degree in Engineering and an MBA. He is well travelled, having spent half of his life outside India; he is presently based in Gurgaon, India.</div><div><br></div><div>He is a movie buff, music connoisseur and a cricket fanatic. He also closely follows politics and current affairs. He is a vocal advocate of education, human rights and equality and he occasionally dabbles in social activism.</div><div><br></div><div>At the cusp of reinventing himself once again, Mr. Hermit Pen with all humility showcases his debut book, Nargis.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-72435216614816673402020-09-04T20:17:00.007+05:302020-09-04T20:17:51.256+05:30Book Review: Backyard Tales by Aniesha Brahma<p><b><u></u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><b><u><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VMmuivukMu76IH1c7oEDbjx3aA-XOcvflUa4irP6phaCqaZXHYtmd6GYTOSnMZa9h9iEwLVwd_XuIjqVdNNGKNdv3Vo8TMR00jUnlkwl5m6uWx46_Tswj3LghNd3dNDLtH5UKoMRpZQ/s4608/IMG_20200831_132439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VMmuivukMu76IH1c7oEDbjx3aA-XOcvflUa4irP6phaCqaZXHYtmd6GYTOSnMZa9h9iEwLVwd_XuIjqVdNNGKNdv3Vo8TMR00jUnlkwl5m6uWx46_Tswj3LghNd3dNDLtH5UKoMRpZQ/s320/IMG_20200831_132439.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">About
Author</span></u></b><p></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">Young Adult and Children’s
novelist, Aniesha
Brahma, studied Comparative Literature. She started her career has as a
social media manager in a publishing house. Currently works as a senior content
writer in a digital media agency. When she is not working, she is dreaming up
stories, conducting sessions for her popular YouTube Series, Chai
& Chill, or planning how to get even more books and bookish content to
readers via BUZZ Magazine. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Book<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">The
Backyard Tales is the story of the bond shared between 17-year-old Mia Basu Roy
and her beloved cat, Pippo. She seems to understand him far too well for a
human. And he seems have another life that Mia begins to suspect. She follows
her cat to their backyard and down a very dangerous road which leads her to
witches, talking animals, and a story that’s much bigger than what she
initially suspected. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">Read
this story to discover all of Mia and Pippo’s secrets, be enchanted by magic,
and get the answer to a question that has haunted us for ages: does a cat truly
love their owner? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><br /></span></p><p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicr-PwXHbH0wXGK3VC5BSVKO1lOGpEjqTHRW2qKKostfjoHg0mgStlv5bwGBIe_cHrEUP__uT-A2KgbS6VCbqYap3ViYmiC-do4H0aEDiF2lVNJUOtBbwV8-PmvQgNGWk8uMUz0YejMZM/s4608/IMG_20200831_132459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicr-PwXHbH0wXGK3VC5BSVKO1lOGpEjqTHRW2qKKostfjoHg0mgStlv5bwGBIe_cHrEUP__uT-A2KgbS6VCbqYap3ViYmiC-do4H0aEDiF2lVNJUOtBbwV8-PmvQgNGWk8uMUz0YejMZM/s320/IMG_20200831_132459.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">My Take Away From the Book:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">A Pure Bond:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"> The story revolves around
a stray cat, Pippo who was adopted by Mia and became a house cat. The story
talks in detail about growing up Mia and Pippo’s bond. The depth and love with
which it is written, tells a lot about author’s imagination. I was engrossed in
every bit and piece of this ever growing relationship. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">It is a common knowledge that
pets are very special. But, the way in which, author has described their bond;
it generates more sensitivity and understanding of a pet’s world. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">The Mystery</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">: Interlinking the owner
and pet bond with a certain mystery going around town gives it an interesting
twist. The introduction of animal working along with a witch to save neighbour;
is a really commendable plot that author pulled off very well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">Teenage world</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">: Adolescence is an age
that kids want to explore or fight for their identity. Yet, here, our
protagonist goes all out to bring peace in neighbourhood by helping the witch.
And, also taking the welfare of animals very seriously. Yes, the story also sketches
crush and love that any teenager would be inclined to experience in a very skilful
way – without disturbing the original plot. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="m1541383220585323680msolistparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";">Overall, I loved reading
it and would recommend it to all animal lovers! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-30550061741590197062020-08-31T23:02:00.004+05:302020-08-31T23:02:28.727+05:30Book Review: Ready For The World - Driver’s Education<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstOaJXk0oPqxAkSyOvitivrULN3aALsmnREIiIORCs4zUXh9JRE4OKbzoktvzKisU6X33hcia4VOhyZiQGOjlc4PWKDAz2oNQk0bVCX8fR1AMZrLv61Hi-lC0dELlrDJBMTSiqOC2jfs/s2048/Copy+of+Untitled+Design.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstOaJXk0oPqxAkSyOvitivrULN3aALsmnREIiIORCs4zUXh9JRE4OKbzoktvzKisU6X33hcia4VOhyZiQGOjlc4PWKDAz2oNQk0bVCX8fR1AMZrLv61Hi-lC0dELlrDJBMTSiqOC2jfs/s640/Copy+of+Untitled+Design.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;">About The Author</span></b></p>
<p class="body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Charmeljun Gallardo is a former
Radiologist and author. His first book is Ready for the World young adult book
series. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a
Creative Writing degree in 1996. He is a writer, photography
enthusiast, sports fan, movie geek, stroke survivor, and an adventurous foodie.
He lives in San Diego, California with his wife and son. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif;">About Book Ready For The
World - Driver’s Education:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">All Brandon Delacruz is asking out of his young life is
popularity, riches, and the girl of his dreams. But what he does have are good
grades, a ten-speed bicycle, and his two lifelong friends, Josh and Ally, at
his side. And together, they’ll navigate their way through the rigors of high
school life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">But unlike high school, real life doesn’t come with study guides.
Brandon realizes that the girl he’s always dreamed about has been there all
along. And as he untangles his feelings for Ally, something tragic happens to
her family that changes everything. Now, Brandon will spend the rest of the
year balancing his romantic feelings for Ally and his life-long friendship with
her while also dealing with tough teachers, classes, and toughest of all,
meeting the Filipino parental standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Brandon will learn that the world moves pretty fast, whether he’s
ready or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;">My Take Away from
the book:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><i>-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>Young Love</i>: We all
have been through our teenage where love meant unicorns and rainbows. Falling in
love during adolescents was one of the memories; a kid can ever have in his/her
lifetime. Be it falling for your best friend or a sweet next door neighbor, the
feeling of being in “love” was the best. This book explores same feelings between
two best friends who have been together through childhood. Brandon and Ally
find love for each other in the most unexpected situation & place and that’s
what marks a turning point in our protagonist (Brandon’s) life. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The book explored the complicated
and confused feelings around love during teenage, very beautifully. The entire
wondering about “what next” after first kiss to figuring out balance between
friendship and relationship – this book has it all.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>Adolescent Period:</i>
The book basically focuses on the adolescent period where our protagonist and
his two best friends slowly grow together. They share a deep bond and it is
interesting to read how their bond deepens, evolves, overcomes obstacles, and
grow during their adolescent period. It is a wonderful treat to read the author
exploring most confused feelings in simple language, dialogues, and scenes. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Studies being an integral part of
it; the author explores that part brilliantly too. The story also s quite informative
about each character’s family and the peculiarities they have.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Overall, I enjoyed reading this book
as it refreshed my memories from my teenage. The author has done an extraordinary
job by portraying feelings and conflicts simply yet effectively. I love the
narration style.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I would highly recommend t</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">his book to my readers.</span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-77725363262226940922020-08-21T18:07:00.004+05:302020-08-21T18:16:40.873+05:30A Talk with Charmeljun Gallardo, Author of "Ready For The World Series"<p><b>About Author </b></p><p class="body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Charmeljun Gallardo is a former
Radiologist and author. His first book is Ready for the World young adult book
series. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a
Creative Writing degree in 1996. He is a writer, photography
enthusiast, sports fan, movie geek, stroke survivor, and an adventurous foodie.
He lives in San Diego, California with his wife and son.</span></p><p class="body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">In an exclusive chat with strokesofpen.com; Gallardo debunks some of the common questions around his book and life.</span></p><p class="body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnU3hZUyxaHLm4N_mxCrjyG0VJnSObO17S8QCT-6LgLehanldSaZ94XypQwTy80xCy2cCxS7LUMEZyoOCQeqDUT8D8Izqhm4JStH8TUc8I1ngUGhANxwWcaW1zf7TmmOLUJHScnkKNs4/s2048/Author+Pic.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnU3hZUyxaHLm4N_mxCrjyG0VJnSObO17S8QCT-6LgLehanldSaZ94XypQwTy80xCy2cCxS7LUMEZyoOCQeqDUT8D8Izqhm4JStH8TUc8I1ngUGhANxwWcaW1zf7TmmOLUJHScnkKNs4/s640/Author+Pic.jpeg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Tell us something about yourself, your
life.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I grew up mostly in San Diego,
California but since my dad was in the US Navy, I also lived in Japan and
Guam for a time. I went to college in San Francisco where I earned my degree
in English and later became a Radiologist.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Seven years ago, I suffered a stroke
that severely limited the use of my right arm and right leg. I can walk,
albeit slowly, and do need to use a cane at times. But I have to do
everything one-handed, including write.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">What inspires you to write?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I’ve always loved stories. Whether it’s
a book, movie, or play, I love it. But growing up, there weren’t many stories
about characters that looked like me or told stories about my heritage. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">When I was in college, I took a class
that discussed Filipino books and authors. It was great to read those stories
and learn about their experiences. Everyone’s got a story. So I decided to
tell my own.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">How did you come up with the idea for
your current story?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I came up with my story when I was
still in high school. It started as a diary where I’d just write about my day
and what was going with me at the time. It was just a way for me to get my thoughts
out of my head. And then, I thought those events would make a good book one
day. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Years later, through college, marriage,
raising a son, and I still felt it could be a good book and always wanted to
revisit it. So here we are.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Are there some stories tucked away in
some drawer that was written before and never saw the light of the day?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Before I started this series, I had a
project that I started and never finished. I got to a point where the story
turned and I didn’t know where to take it. Also, the idea for my current
series gnawed at the back of my mind which made it easy to abandon it for
now. A few of those elements did make it in my book.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">What is your favorite scene in the
book? Why?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">For the first book, it has to be
Brandon and Ally’s first dance. I wanted to capture that excitement and
uncertainty that we’ve all had about first love. And since they are such
great friends, I wanted to emphasize the change in their dynamic. How
do you handle a romantic relationship with someone that you’ve been friends
with your whole life?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">My favorite scene in the second book is
another one between Brandon and Ally when she is performing on stage. Brandon
grows in that scene. He’s able to see the world through someone else’s eyes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLw-D4I-jb-nKCSz2ExtTqPXf7qayZl02OpzF8g7FHP0ElduoxNA6u-usa3NzVrgzrnyBMbzKkVR9z4GMwUAPyDoWGSMoOCXyOAosy3f-_HlVrZaKmRiOoJombw3ncECFnN1qm_euIA0/s1541/Book+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLw-D4I-jb-nKCSz2ExtTqPXf7qayZl02OpzF8g7FHP0ElduoxNA6u-usa3NzVrgzrnyBMbzKkVR9z4GMwUAPyDoWGSMoOCXyOAosy3f-_HlVrZaKmRiOoJombw3ncECFnN1qm_euIA0/s640/Book+Cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Did any of your characters inherit some
of your own quirks?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Definitely. There is a lot of me in
Brandon, but bits of me in all the other characters too. My friends and I
have been friends for decades now and we believe that a great friend will
tease you to your face and praise you to others behind your back. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">A lot of my interests are scattered
throughout the series (sports, movies, rock music, photography) and I spread
them among the different characters.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">What is the best piece of advice you
have received, as a writer, to date?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">My college professor once told me to be
true to my story. Whatever I wrote, I needed to make it in my own voice. I
didn’t have to write like Hemingway, Shakespeare, Stephen King, or whoever.
And it didn’t matter what it was about or if you’d read something like it
before. What will make it unique is how you tell it. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">What is the best piece of advice you
would give to someone that wants to get into writing?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Art inspires art. Read and learn from
other writers. I still do this. Whenever I get stuck (and that’s often,) I
read. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the same genre or completely different. I
read to get a feel for the story. How did they describe things? How did they
set the tone with dialogue and setting? What made me laugh or cry? When a
book isn’t helping, I look at a painting, sculpture, or photograph for
another source of inspiration.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">What would be the Dream Cast for your
book if it was to be turned into a movie?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I’ve always seen my book as a
television series since that fits the expansive nature of my stories.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Since my book has Filipino and
Filipino-American characters, I’d like the cast to reflect that. Asians in
general aren’t a big part of American film and television, but I hope that is
changing. There are signs of progress. If I had my way, I’d make sure that
the cast had faces and skin tones similar to mine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">How do you spend your free time? Do you
have a favorite place to go and unwind?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I loved writing at my neighborhood
coffee shop. I’d take my son to school and park myself there until it was
time to pick him up again. I got to know the staff and the owner very well.
It was where I did the bulk of my writing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">These days, I unwind at home with a
nice cup of coffee and bagel in the morning. My wife has been working from
home so I tend to hide out in the master bedroom to read, write, or listen to
podcasts. Once my wife is done, we all get together and hang out. Usually
with something funny on YouTube...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">My
hobbies are cooking, reading, movies, and photography. I’m a huge foodie and
love to try and cook new dishes.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-6115295072018377522020-06-17T22:49:00.002+05:302020-06-17T22:51:55.982+05:30Book Review: Irrationally Passionate by Jason Kothari<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8eEtokmmcRxHXSEFnq9rELqlUHPtL44uhQSQZyQnrfxKWYlPF6XpVrJefoZU01hyphenhyphen-4FKYxcVXrIeMb8ltwk8yV4N_gWwe39Y_Sw_1wBtRmWg_sRM7nWsti4MLtalumFqu3BF-59C-naU/s1120/WhatsApp+Image+2020-06-17+at+10.42.54+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8eEtokmmcRxHXSEFnq9rELqlUHPtL44uhQSQZyQnrfxKWYlPF6XpVrJefoZU01hyphenhyphen-4FKYxcVXrIeMb8ltwk8yV4N_gWwe39Y_Sw_1wBtRmWg_sRM7nWsti4MLtalumFqu3BF-59C-naU/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2020-06-17+at+10.42.54+PM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About Book & Author</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Irrationally
Passionate by Jason Kothari is a book about dreams, struggles, and
achievements. In this book, Kothari has shared his life-changing events and
incidents tha</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">t helped him develop his entrepreneurship skills. He has been open
and honest about his life struggles such as facing bullying, coming face to
face with gangs in Hong-Kong, to being almost lost to addictions – everything
has been conveyed as it is! There has been no shying away in expressing the
journey. And, these things make this book more interesting to read.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I just dived
into it and kept reading it in a smooth flow. The writing is in story-telling
style, which keeps the interest together. The language is crisp, easy, and
simple to understand. Since, the author has been open in conveying his life
experiences; it makes the story relatable. For example: bullying is something
that happens with a lot of people and while reading Kothari’s account, many
people would empathize with him. Similarly being a lost soul in teenage and
eventually finding way also makes it more relatable. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Take away from the book</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cultural Roots: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I personally liked how the author has
portrayed his struggle of being Indian in foreign land. The entire idea of
being a confused<i> Desi</i> is beautifully
explained. The lost child who wants to hold on to roots yet to find his own way
through the different cultural backgrounds seems like all of us – who are lost
with the way our cultural is moving towards westernization. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Determination: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kothari’s determination to be a
successful entrepreneur starts from his childhood. Even through the ups and
downs in his life; his determination to make his niche in the world of business
doesn’t shake. Never give up!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Openness</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">: As I have mentioned above, Kothari
has been quite open in sharing his failures, detour, challenges, and making it
in the big world. This has been my biggest take away to be open about your
failures as they shape us as an entrepreneur. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For budding entrepreneurs <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This book is
a must for all the budding entrepreneurs. If they want to make it big, this
book will tell them a lot about how to handle tough situations in life and how
to start seeing smallest things as opportunities. I am an entrepreneur and I
got to learn a lot from this book. From aligning my ideas and thoughts in the
right direction to start dreaming big – the book has been a key to shape my
entrepreneur journey. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
am thankful to the author Jason Kothari for bringing this book and helping
young entrepreneurs take their journey.</span>Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-6738932440516007472020-06-12T02:38:00.002+05:302020-06-12T02:38:43.809+05:30The Imperfect Perfect ‘Me’<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Since childhood, I had dreamt to a writer. I didn’t know
what it will require or what skills I should develop before starting my writing
journey. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">I only knew that I love writing as it is a channel of
emotions. Little did I knew that I would be judged on basis of my grammar,
context, content, spellings, and thousands other things that come along it. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">I wasn’t perfect – I knew it since beginning. But, everyone
wanted me to be perfect. As I started to write, instead of focusing on the feel
of what I had written, I was pointed out my mistakes. They said I have lots of
potential but need to work on my grammar. They made sat with me and pointed my
flaws; so I can be perfect. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">But hey, they didn’t ask me if I was looking for perfection.
Of course, I brushed up my skills because in that moment, I was writing under
some other banner and not for mine or for myself. I also tried to reach at par
from what was expected from me – but did I succeed? NO! </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">I always felt as I am trying to reach for a shooting star,
which disappears as I am about to seize it. I honestly tried to fit into
different molds, try different things, and work on myself. But, nothing proved
beneficial. There were subtle changes in the way I wrote but nothing more than
that. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this process, I realized
that I gave up on myself. I gave on the idea that I can be a writer and I gave
up on writing blogs. I didn’t realize that the hurt was deeply engrained in me
until I started writing this piece. This is the moment where I getting in touch
with my inner wall that I have build to stop me from writing. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Whenever I see other’s writing; especially in today’s time
where everyone is an aspiring blogger; I feel sad. I feel deeply discouraged because
I was one of the fewer bloggers who made their name in blogging industry;
solely for presenting my feelings in a raw form. With it, I was one of the few initial
bloggers who took blogging seriously before it become big. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, there were grammatical hunches but people
applauded me for what I wrote and how I wrote.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">In process of sharpening my skills; I forgot how to bring
forth my feelings in a write-up. I lost my passion for writing. I have zillion
of pieces pending but whenever I think of them, I dread them. I fear that
someone from somewhere will call me out for my write-ups. And, I cannot bear that
thing happening to me again! </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Even though, the people who pointed this to me are really close
people and I know they meant no harm but I cannot stop feeling hurt. I know
that all they wanted was perfection because they wanted to ensure an error-free
article on their platform. I understand that they were not wrong in their place
but something in me – destroyed forever. When I saw all my articles undergoing
editing, I was still okay with that process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But, when I saw that there were questions around everything I write,
even if it is writing something that I connect with or is personal; the pre-set
notions such as “get grammar checked once”, “send it to XYZ person so it is
error-free”, or “please show us what you have written” made me feel like I didn’t
even know basic of English language. It pained hard! </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcbSY79Aww-CqZlpHXjCsFHb2Lb6SS4P5DTsausiSLiPX4yEneLpzHAoTfnMQyE518milAJYLIlEDO2qnsGQzOureup5rBke1DoEZCV_3pnQkZeCYSZhLIcpA6AGZEMoPm-MO0qxjgt0/s1080/Write+to+express+and+not+impress%2521.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcbSY79Aww-CqZlpHXjCsFHb2Lb6SS4P5DTsausiSLiPX4yEneLpzHAoTfnMQyE518milAJYLIlEDO2qnsGQzOureup5rBke1DoEZCV_3pnQkZeCYSZhLIcpA6AGZEMoPm-MO0qxjgt0/s320/Write+to+express+and+not+impress%2521.png" /></a></div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Today, something flickered inside as I was watching ‘Mental
hood’: a series on an app. I got in touch with my old soul who just wants to
express things without fearing the grammar Nazis. And, here I am writing about
this article – The Imperfect Perfect ‘Me.’</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Because, I promised myself today that I will write for
myself and chuck whatever the world has to say. It has anyway never been kind. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People will always have their opinions but I shouldn’t
tuck under my bed. If they like it, they will read. If they don’t – they will
not! </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Finally, I found freedom to express again without any structure
or worrying about “who’s going to edit it?” Nah, from today, I will write
however and in whichever way, I want to. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">As I always used to say, </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><font face="verdana" size="2">“Write to express and not impress!”
</font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Signing off,</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Nikita</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font face="verdana" size="2"> </font></o:p></p><br />Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-18925510704789349272020-06-10T11:57:00.000+05:302020-06-10T11:57:35.840+05:30DetourI shifted this blog by shifting it to a website. I thought, I will be able to create a full-functioning website, which pays and gets me fame. <div><br /></div><div>I also roughly invested 20,000+ in it. But, I guess, I wasn't lucky enough. After collaborating with people, who would help me in running it, my website failed. </div><div><br /></div><div>I realized that my ambitions were too big than the reality. I had to shut it down and here; I am taking a U-turn and coming back to blog of words. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-88383872321078418552016-06-04T02:48:00.004+05:302016-06-04T02:48:39.992+05:30Datsun – A car for everyone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The all-new Datsun- Redi-Go is a car, you have always dreamt off. With beautiful feature and all new comfort features, it is a dream car. Resonating with today’s young generation longing to be ever ready for anything – this car fits the bill by being designed accordingly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It provides you fun, freedom, and confidence whilst you are on the roads. I would love to test it in Ahmedabad. The sleek and comfortable features would make it an excellent drive in the busy streets. With that, its compact and small size is a perfect fit in the driving hazardousness. It would be easy to move and drive it in complicated and narrow lanes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Whether you have a big or small family, the interior are comfortable and spacious enough to accumulate all. The latest technology and the computer based system keep you informed on all the fuel and other details. You do not miss anything with Datsun, Redi-Go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The fabric is a combination of class and elegance. The interioris a thing to brag about. The all-new interiors bespeak of your choice. It is a car; you can show off with all pride. After all, it is the ultimate <a href="https://www.datsun.co.in/redi-GO.html">Urban Cross</a> – Datsun Redi-Go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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phase, which slowly ventures into our life and makes it complicated for us.
Partha Sarathi Basu’s book, ‘Mid-Career Crisis’, is an answer to all those
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and pieces fo your life has been woven in a different form. I felt so. When I was
reading this book, I can safely say that I was going through my mid-career
crisis, a bit too early. You know the time when you have given everything to
your job and it cannot get better or worse; in some cases. That is the
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hopes, which generates this phase. And if you believe or not, you are bound to
feel it. Then what? This book exactly tells you how to overcome your crisis and
shine like a star. If had not been this book, I would have too carried out
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struggles with reasons that bring you to a halt. This book is helpful read. Moreover,
the simple and precise writing style does the trick. I would definitely recommend
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Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-18333120738526985712015-05-24T13:09:00.002+05:302015-05-24T13:09:58.585+05:30In Conversation with Photographer Richa Maheshwari<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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started my Fashion Education at the age of 18 in Fashion communication at NIFT,
New Delhi. Always having a bent towards fashion and aesthetics I wanted to make
into a career where I could portray my imagination and enable the art to come
out on the fore. Therefore, I kick started,” says Richa Maheshawari. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Economics was my first love but I had a bent towards creativity and fashion was
my calling. I appeared for NIFT entrance and got AIR 16. Hence, the entry into
the Fashion world. But somehow I felt that graphics was not what i would like
my career to be. I did this photography freelance project as suggested by one
of my faculties, and that’s how i generated interest in it. I started
practicing and reading more about photography and thought it was the perfect
medium through which I could present my creativity across.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a wider term. It offers various fields to specialise in like fashion
photography, architecture photography, high speed photography, product
photography. Since I had an inclination towards fashion , I chose to develop my
future in fashion photography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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making is possibly the broadest and most varied creative opportunity in mass
media.A blend of creativity and technicality, Films are an important media, not
only for entertainment and information, but also for communication. It is
inclusive of feature films, documentaries, Promotional films, TV commercials,
music Videos, etc. So people who want to express their views beyond a still
frame, can graduate to the world of moving frames which is cinema. So with an
increase in demand for an effective communication with the audience, I
broadened my career boundaries to film making as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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design encomapases photography and film making; infact everything or every
medium which is used to communicate design forward to people in a creative
format. Being a communication designer, it is easy for me to manage and
understand the need of the market , thereby delivering it through
photography,graphics and films.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has a different style of working . I have my own. my pictures or frames express
a deep research or thought process which goes behind clicking it. and to make
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is a challenging yet a very promising career. All you need is a creative eye
with visual imagination. You can be self-employed and run your own studio or
take up freelancing projects. You can also start as an assistant with a
professional photographer or work with creative people like art directors,
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serious challenges of child labour, recycling, waste management, environment,
and many forms of ‘divides’ in the forms of interesting and spell bound story
woven around an orphan like rag picker with adopted ragpicker family in
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I was always interested in writing about what I have learnt from traditions and
people around me in my teen. However, that could not move me writing something
as lengthy as a book. In my late thirties I found myself filled with many
things which caused me thinking about expressing the experiences and
observations on my surroundings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And since then, the experience
of seeing someone, or myself for that matter, in painful situation(s) had
always moved me to pen down the pain that people undergo. That has gone behind
my writing this book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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account of a person from the most neglected section of the society engaged in
recycling and waste management we know them as rag pickers. Male protagonist,
Inder, dreams a lot about doing something to improve his ‘lot’ on the way back
from Canada where he had gone to attend a conference. However, harsh realities
gave him a ‘welcome back’ contrary to his dreaming on improving his lot. He faces
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experiences one after the other do not let him have a breathing space and
dimming the ‘dare to dream’ spark in his eyes which he comes back with. One day
he finds himself on the crossroads whether education could get him a place
under the sun or a path full of crimes which would force him to hide from the
sun after one his relation finds that the jail is a good place to survive
rather than getting rotten in the landfill area of Ghazipur or the streets in
the city where everyone scornfully looks him down as a sub-human being. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or Who motivated you to pen down ‘Kidney?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Primarily, I saw a person in his mid-fifties wrapped in rags, at mid night, was
searching food in the garbage in the colony. Secondly, at Ghazipur is on the
way to my office and I experience the rotten smell and watching the filthy
waste mounting in the landfill area. These two forced me to think about the
people engaged in the work of waste collection, rag picking, and recycling.
When people like me are not able to walk nearby without covering nose and these
people are working in that filth and waste must be brave. When I started
searching, re-searching, observing, I found it was the matter of their survival
and not of their choice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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theme explores one of the problem our country is facing. Was it difficult to
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theme explores one of the greatest problems that our country is facing. People
around the world have image of our country full of dust, dirt, filth and waste
here and there or everywhere rather. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yes, it was very difficult to write on it. I wrote and
re-wrote twice before staying with the present shape of the work. First of all,
choosing this subject was highly challenging as it immediately made think over
who will read this book. The re-cyclists or rag pickers are not dear to anyone
in the society where 65% of the populations are young and under 35 years of
age. This section of the society is capable to make someone celebrity on the
basis of google search or following on twitter or facebook. Remaining 35% of
the population is in finding what they have missed in their prime age due to
the rapid changing and fast proliferating technologies. So members of the both
halves of the society are busy in dreaming riches and/or what they have not yet
gotten in the their possession. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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determine on writing the book leaving me with pride that I am taking an
initiative to write full book on the a subject on which every talks with
intentions limited to lip service. I can say the book is first of its kind to
deal with the subject at that length. Such a vivid and live account on the
subject makes me being proud of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us something about the information you have gathered in it. How did you collect
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I spent lot of weekends interacting and observing these undeclared
environmentalists or re-cyclists in the landfill area of Ghazipur and other
streets wherever I found them collecting or working with the waste. Information
is gathered from reports from national and international bodies. Lot of
secondary research I have done on the data I have got from study material
available on environment, health, wellbeing, child labor, rag picking, and
waste management. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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If I account writing and rewriting twice before coming in agreement with myself
on present content and form then I must say that it took me more than 8 years.
However, working on the present content and genre of representing the work as a
fiction it took me around 5 years of highly active weekends where my wife took
the pain of managing every house activity and kids took their study on their
own. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Intense study on the subject put in thought process gave me an analogy as outcome.
This analogy presented me with a scenario where I find the re-cyclists are
working like nephrons of the kidneys. They pick the rags and waste and sort
them out for recycling industry where they get little money for their poor
survival. Money works for us like oxygen in the body. Their recycling of reusable
items from the waste is a function similar to that kidney does in the animals. This
similarity of their function gives the first reason to have the name ‘Kidney’
as title of the novel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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population of these re-cyclists are kids or children. I am of the opinion that
these ‘Kid(s)’ are working in the fecal, filth and waste which itself is not
less than any bravery for that matter. So, ‘Ney’ part is coming from Michael
Ney from French culture whose name became synonymous with ‘brave’. Thus
complete it as ‘KidNey’ to convey that these brave kids are daring the fecal,
filth and waste every moment of their life when they could been dreaming to be bravely
serving the nations more productive had they been provided opportunity to have
gone to the schools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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message that these helpless ‘Kid(s)’ are on their ‘knees’ begging your
attention to look at the waste we are generating mindlessly. So these are the
ideas behind the title of the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In the novel, the issue related to recycling, waste management, child labor,
gender discrimination, woman freedom in different perspectives, health and
well being of the people in general and these rag pickers in particular are
raised along with the all the kinds of ‘divides’ whether it economic or digital
divide to name a few. Issue like organ donation as an opportunity to relive in
another body and another life is discussed in the novel. Also the role of
various organizations in environment and waste pickers’ life are also
highlighted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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take on the same issues in real life situation and how could everyone
contribute for better India.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raj</span></b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:
Small initiative ‘Inder Babu’ is being started with one of my readers of the
book. To him, before reading this novel, these people did not exist. Same may
be true, I believe, for most of the other potential readers of the book. Now
when he has gone through the entire novel he is so inspired that he has started
one project and named it ‘Inder Babu’ which focuses on gathering opportunities
for education, access to public libraries, and skill development for these
re-cyclists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you would like to share with our readers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raj</span></b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:
In the back ground of Swachchh Bharat Abhiyaan these people have working for
decades but to go unnoticed, ill-treated, left alone to starve, and survive as
if they are sub-human beings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So, in this Clean India Mission initiated by the Govt. of
India they should not be left alone for any criteria or any filtration
principle. This is my earnest request to
all of us, concerned and aggrieved, authorities enjoying power (in whatever
form) to heed to the needs of these people usher India into a developed nation
from a developing nation. Most of the developed nations have equality and
opportunities for all.</span></div>
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Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-24273269216440466412015-05-13T12:06:00.000+05:302015-05-13T12:13:18.550+05:30A Tête-à-Tête with Makeup Artist, Shreya Chadha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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artist. She has a charisma and originality in her works that is ever growing
and is establishing herself as an esteemed makeup artist. She prides herself on
versatility and attention to detail finding her greatest inspiration in fashion
lifestyle and bridal makeup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She has an enduring passion for the arts. She has
developed a love for the limitless nuances of lifestyle and bridal makeup along
with hair styling. In an exclusive chat with <b><i><a href="http://nikitadudani.blogspot.in/">Strokes of Pen</a></i></b>, she shares her
journey from dreaming to making it big in Fashion industry. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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did the journey of make –up artist started for you?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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beautiful journey started long back during my teens. My passion towards makeup
drove me to take it up professionally. It was always in me but somehow i never
took it seriously. I always thought of painting beautiful faces and enhancing
their features. This is how my hobby and desire to create beautiful faces drove
me into the world of makeup and glamour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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did you choose it? Some idea or inspiration behind it?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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is a tool that makes a beautiful person look stunning. It is studied and is
used to magnify the beauty that already exists. . The thought of perfecting the
perfect drove me to study makeup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us some of the famous or unique experiences you had in career so far.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shreya:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> There
have been many great experiences I have had in my career so far. There are many
perks of being a Makeup Artist from travelling to learning different things
each day..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do you strive to make your style unique and different from others?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shreya:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I
always try to be original in whatever I do ..I follow my heart and satisfy my
clients. I empathize with them and
handle their queries with patience . My main motive is making them happy and
satisfied .The strive is to be original yet unique.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people to do their grocery/needs shopping within 3 minutes over mobile. They
will be able to Compare, Shop and Save at the same time from choicest of their
retailer via Shopezzy Marketplace. Shopezzy has launched its first app in this
step to enable offline shoppers move over to mobile aided shopping and is
alternate to users normal shopping list routine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Ahoy! for past 4 years, which operated in B2B Space. He reckons that
experience of working with Brands and Retailers in Ahoy! would come handy in
ShopEZZY, as that'll allow him to create parallel revenue streams, and realize
full potential of Shopezzy platform.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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him to develop this app. Read the exclusive details here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shopping very tiresome and weekend slayer. Plus the hassles of creating
shopping lists, half of the times forgetting them at home, and when you take it
along still miss some of the items from the list. Hence we created an app that
can give you respite from that routine. Now lists could be created easily,
shared on fly and you can even tick off the items that you’ve purchased,
without forgetting anything. That’s what Shopezzy List app is all about in
current avatar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that makes shopping easy – shopEZZY (shopeasy.com wasn’t available hence had to
settle for shopezzy.com)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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comparison to other shopping apps, how is Shopezzy different?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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List is one of the first Shopping Planner app from & for India dedicated to
Grocery / Needs. The treatment of Grocery Shopping experience is completely
different from any of the prevailing Indian apps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are the hits of this app?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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List is inching towards 5000 downloads within 1<sup>st</sup> month of its
launch. It was trending on No. 1 slot in 1<sup>st</sup> week in New Free App
under shopping category. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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did took more than 3 months to complete. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were the challenges faced by you in creating this app and how did you overcame
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has been fantastic, people are praising our work, and their lives are becoming easier
– which is the perfect reward for our hard work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there any bugs or issues after it was released? If yes, how did you rectified
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2 Minor bugs were reported, which Team promptly fixed in the updated version.
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plan is to make the app full fledged Marketplace for Grocery / needs. Consumer
can buy all the supplies they need via this app
i.e. in addition to creating the list – user would be able to compare
price of the cart, shop it from their choice of retailer and in the process
save time and money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shopezzy our mission is to resolve all your grocery/needs shopping woes and
help you #ClaimYourWeekendBack. For premium invite, Kindly register yourself on
<a href="http://www.shopezzy.com/">www.shopezzy.com</a> OR download our app from <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopezzy">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopezzy</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It just shows how much you are addicted to mobile. For me,
mobile is a device that is much more than that. My blog Strokes of Pen is a
place, where I update about book reviews, interviews, and stories. For me,
being online on desktop or laptop is not easy. Therefore, I like to do it from
mobile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I can update my blog on the go and anywhere. Moreover,
using app to update my blog makes it easy since most of pics are stored in
mobile. Whether I have to add visuals, audio, or both, it makes it easy for me.
Nowadays, synchronizing data is common and in just some taps, you can have everything
you need to make your blog more wonderful. The coming of apps has really
improved over life. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<a name='more'></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Whether it is food hunting, shopping, lifestyle, electronic,
personal, or home care - there is nothing that cannot be ordered online. Some
of the reasons how app has improved over life are:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">All it takes in one tap to open the app. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I normally use Bloggeroid App to blog. It is quite convenient
and I can easily share my thoughts while lazing around or taking rest. I need
not necessarily carry my laptop with me. The magic lies in my palm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Therefore, I use many other apps, to order stuff. <a href="http://www.myntra.com/mailers/">Myntra</a> being one of them. It is one
stop destination for my shopping. And, the recent news that they are completely
shifting to app than website has really intrigued me. The flexible and friendly
app, gives me delight whenever I login.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8FqQZMCDgwOZgqDTM2uGyaiNt2hxC1Uuqoifxp9MU8EBi5P7pwMUid9rB48WKXvCAQC6OG1-l2XrFvcr_yjfT3yyt78cLcEsOtbADB_zV7JOe4OSokpEdtLybTUe5tjIi4DRe_5dKsw/s1600/Screenshot+2015-04-29+16.51.54.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8FqQZMCDgwOZgqDTM2uGyaiNt2hxC1Uuqoifxp9MU8EBi5P7pwMUid9rB48WKXvCAQC6OG1-l2XrFvcr_yjfT3yyt78cLcEsOtbADB_zV7JOe4OSokpEdtLybTUe5tjIi4DRe_5dKsw/s1600/Screenshot+2015-04-29+16.51.54.png" height="179" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The UI and UX are very comfortable and
there is nothing amiss. Myntra has literally made a breakthrough by this decision.
And, I hope that others take similar decision. Because we are evolving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Earlier everything had to be brought, then everything had
to be ordered online and now, everything is just one tap app. Even companies realize
that and are busy introducing phones that come with great space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The more the merrier. This is our future and now, all we have
to do is welcome it with open hands. What do you think about it? Share with me,
in the comments below. </span></div>
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Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-26376054568512617262015-04-29T17:55:00.000+05:302015-04-30T17:56:13.645+05:30Y: Yogurt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She loved eating yogurt,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She would eat day and night,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Was her hut. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Alone she would eat,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">All flavors of yogurt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Strawberry, Lemon, Kiwi,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Watermelon and even Chocolate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yes, Chocolate yogurt;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She had her factory of manufacturing it,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Behind her hut, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Away from everyone eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One day there appeared,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A child from nowhere,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And yogurt was all that he saw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So many colors, so many flavors<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-40074329989326891952015-04-25T17:28:00.000+05:302015-04-30T17:31:24.517+05:30V: Vagabond Vejali<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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here, sometimes there. She did not have any fix place except her parent’s home.
But she had left it since her late teens. She did not liked to be under
someone. Better to have a life, she can handle than letting others taking decisions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Her job kept her busy and on toes. She travelled a lot. And
had made an OCD that she would not stay in any company for more than one year.
Whenever asked her, she used to say, “Staying with someone or something for too
long makes you emotionally attach. And I do not want emotional complexes.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She was totally a wanderer. She explored, travelled, ate,
enjoyed life more than anyone else. On such a travel, she befriended a group of
gypsy and had a blast. They spent there days & night, partying, drinking,
and smoking. She loved this kind of atmosphere. No guilt, no remembrance and no
one knows the other person. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On such a party night, when she was not too high, she saw
a new member to the group. He was tall, dark, and handsome. “The typical
romantic guy,” she thought, picked up her dink and left. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That guy too noticed her and followed her to her table. She
was sitting there, her legs spread on other chair and happily smoking cigarette
and enjoying her Vodka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Can I join you?” he asked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She moved, saw him, tried to get her vision clear. Her head
was thumping loudly due to smoke and drinks. She said, “O! Do I know you? Never
mind, you can join. You do not need permission, everything is open her,
sweetheart.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Thanks. I am new to such place.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She laughed, “Are you a kid? Don’t look like one.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Is it necessary that only kids stay away from such place.
I am a time-table guy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Ah! The boring tycoon’s
type, I get it. Most of the people in my office are like that.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“So you work too, great.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She narrowed her eyes, came
closer to table and said, “You think I am a rich b***, who does not work? No
sir. I very well pay for my life style. You see, I am free, strong, and
independent women.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The way she stressed on the
words, surprised him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“that’s nice. I am a </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">feminist</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> too. I support women and their rights.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Oh! Sure you do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You do not sound convinced.
Can I ask why?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well, I know </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">feminist</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> guys
like you. Double faced you are. On one hand, you speak about great rights and on other, you cut the wings,” she uttered them with strong voice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He smiled, “Well, you see,
you are not position to judge me. You are quite drunk. When you are conscious,
maybe we can talk.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She just looked up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Anyways, thanks for the
company ma’am. I am leaving my card, in case you remember me and want to
discuss my </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">feminist</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> views.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She looked at the card and
began smoking. He did not respond and left. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Next morning, she woke near
the beach. She was there where she was drinking last night. Her head ached and
she made her way to her room. She did not remember anything last night. She
slept for some more time. It was quite late when she woke up. She as relieved
that her hangover was gone. After all it was Showtime now. She had a meeting
next day and spent her evening preparing for it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next morning, she reached
on time for her meeting. The clients were happy with her work, her views, and
plans. Everyone complimented her for being so foresighted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Congratulations. Well put
presentation. We soon send this our boss and he will finalize it,” the manager
said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“That would be great.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She left the place by leaving
her visiting card. While surfing, she found a new card. “Amazing. I do not
remember meeting this guy,” she thought. She went back to her hotel and
pondered upon it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Should she call him. Was it an important person or random. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Let me call. I have to take
the risk,” she thought. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She dialed the number and the
ring went. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Hello,” a young and dynamic
voice replied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Hey. This is Vejali here.
Hhmm… Actually I have your card and I do not remember taking it. Can I know
where did we meet?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“O Vejali. I thought you were
never going to call me. You sound very polite unlike yesterday night. Is your
hangover over?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She was surprised that an
unknown man knew so much about her. “It is but I do not recall remembering you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Haha. Quite evident. You
will meet me soon. See you tomorrow,” saying so he disconnected the call.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She could not understand it. “See
me tomorrow, what the heck is going on?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Next day, she headed over to
the office. She had to meet the boss and </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">finalize</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> the deal. She reached there and was guided into his office. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He came in five minutes and
said, “Hello Vejali. Sorry to keep you waiting.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She greeted him and said, “not
an issue.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Great. See I will come directly
to the point. I loved your ideas and proposal. So from me, it is a ‘yes.’ After
all, I had never seen such an amazing presentation before. And that too, when
you had prepared it in just a day. Even after being so drunk.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“What? How do you know?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You called me yesterday,
remember?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“No. I called a guy whose
card I…” she thought and aloud said, “Shit. It was you. You are the same person
I met and do not remember.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Haha. Yes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“How did you know that the
girl in the bar and the one coming today are same?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Because of you. That night
after I left you my card, you called me before passing out. Challenging me to
have the “</span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">feminist</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">” debate. And I agreed. Before we could finalize the date,
you told me how you still have to prepare for the presentation and where you
are giving it…” he chuckled”, and I knew.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She felt uncomfortable but
she did not repented. She sat straight and smiled. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Good. Now, you are in
senses, would you still want to go for the debate?” he joked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well. I do not actually
remember our conversation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He smirked, “Let us catch for
dinner. Not office dinner maybe a personal dinner where we can share our views
so that you can know that not all men control women.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Shit. I did spoke a lot”,
she thought. Aloud she said, “If that is causal discussion, I am okay. But if
it is a date, I would not prefer.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why so?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She combed her hair with her
hands and said, “You see. I am powerful the way I am. If I ever date or marry, I
would look for a companion and not a “husband – husband” kind of guy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Your freedom is safe with
me,” he said. “So is the discussion dinner fixed?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yes.” She said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They shook hands and she left
the office, promising to meet him in her full senses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had to make tiffin, prepare breakfast, tea, make milk for kids, get ready for
school, and prepare for other small things. This was a regular routine of her
life. She had adjusted herself to it and her speed had increased a lot during
last years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Her parents could not believe that she was doing so much
in her in-law’s place. Her maiden life had been easy. She was born and brought
up in Dubai. She never had to ask for anything. She lived life a queen’s size. She
had never entered kitchen and now, she was a master chef at her home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On such a conversation with her mom on skype, she said,
“Mom, it is not so. I am happy here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yeah. I can see that. Whenever I talk to you either you
are busy in kitchen or with other household chores.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“So what’s the big deal in this? You too do it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I do it but to a limit. Just look at you, you have
degraded to a typical homemaker. Why do not you start working, bacha?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I am not permitted. You know that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Ridiculous it is! Why don’t you speak to Dhiraj about it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Speak what mom? This is something; we knew is going to
happen”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yes. But I cannot see you like that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Mom, it is my responsibility of taking care of my house.
And I am happy here, do not worry. It is not necessary that every women works.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“What about your identity?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“So I have it here. Who’s saying, I do not have it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It does not seem so,” her mom affirmed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Mom, do not be sad. I chose this life for myself and I
have no complains on it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Your life is epic. People choose to progress and you have
chosen to go down.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Mom, now this is going far. I cannot tolerate anything
for my family. Why do you associate larger than life picture as success?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“That’s how it should be.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It is not so,” Urvashi spoke sternly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Whatever it is. Your life is a perfect story of travel
from Unveil world to veil world.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Now what is that supposed to mean?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You know it. You have limited yourself to your house. I
am not saying No but at least do something for yourself.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Doing stuff for family is doing stuff for myself,” she
said and there was a knock on the door. “Chal, Ma, I will talk to you later, he
is here. And do not worry, I am happy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Fine. Just take care of yourself.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I will mom. And Dhiraj loves me more than you can
imagine. I love that and my life.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Her mother chose to believe her, knowing that she is true.
But she was mom, how cannot she worry?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Connecting it to<a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/"> A to Z Challenge</a></i></b></span></div>
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Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-13228082410788946162015-04-23T19:09:00.002+05:302015-04-23T19:09:41.178+05:30T: A Tarot Love Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I love doing Tarot. It is recent passion that I completely
love to indulge in. I have done so many readings till now, that I feel being a
Tarot reader. I feel as it’s my skin, always had been; only I started taking
care of it now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Love, Money, Career, and marriage – most of the questions
revolves around this issue. After all these are, the pillars that make world go
round. Ain’t it? I was so confident in answering because I had learnt that
these questions would be at peak, of course, situations would vary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One day, I received a call from a guy, Naman. He was
confused with the way, his life had flowed. I sensed something very sad by the way,
he spoke. I finalized an appointment with him and then, he appeared at my door.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Can I come in?” he asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“O Naman, is that you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yes ma’am,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Sure. Come in. I was waiting for you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Thanks”, he came in and searched around the house. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I asked, “Is everything okay?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“O yes!”, he sniffed, “Your house is different from
others.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Sorry?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I had been to several tarot readers before. But none of
them could give me a proper answer. What I need is a proper answer and that
search, brought me to you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He appeared quite unorganized in his thoughts. He had worn
an old shirt and jeans. It seemed as it has been ages since he had proper rest
or peace. His eyes were pretty but they were covered by darkness of something
bad. Finally breaking my thoughts, I asked him, “Oh! Well, I hope, I try to do
justice. But why are you so surprised to see my house?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It is casual. I like it. Others were decorates as if I have
entered a superficial maze. Honestly, sometimes, they sucked and made me
suffocate. Here, it is so sunny and bright. So optimistic!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I do not believe in decorations. I am doing Tarot reading
and not any magic.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For the first time, in the encounter, he gave a fade
smile. There was something about him, which made my heart swell. I wanted to
help him professionally and personally. “Should we begin our session?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“yes. Of course,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I explained him my rules, knowing that he knew but he
heard them patiently. And there I was, ready to answer his first question. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I want to know, where is my future heading?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Pick up the cards,” I said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He did that. On the basis of the minor card, which he
picked, I told him, “You’re past has been traumatic. Something that you knew,
you could prevent but couldn’t. It is still haunting you and stopping you from
moving on. But I see a ray of hope, maybe in next two weeks, you will see it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Okay. Next question, would I ever be able to forgive
myself?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Pick up the cards.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The cards he picked were complicated. And I knew who was
at fault but I need to tell him the truth by being nice. I cannot be crude.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Hhmm… Forgiveness in inside you. You are not letting it
approach you. Whatever you are trying to forget for yourself, you need to let
that episode go first. It is over. Leave the burden. The mess you are in, has
been created by none other than you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You are honest. I knew that but no other reader told me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Thank you. Next question.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Who killed my mother?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was shaken by his question. But as a reader my duty was
to just answer what card says. Though it is a complex question, I did not
denied it. “For that, you have to more specific.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“As in?” he inquired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Finding who’s at fault is little tricky since you are
asking about your mother and not youself. But we will break the questions and
find it out.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Okay. Do whatever is needed until, you can help me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I want to help you,” I almost said that aloud. </span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Pick the cards.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He obeyed. On basis of it, I told him, “Your mother death
does have a reason. And you are right to know it, but we need to be more specific.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Like how?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Break it down,” I said, “Like you have to ask the reasons
in form of questions.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Okay. So did she really died on medical reason or someone
was behind her.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Pick up the cards.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next reading was clear. I knew what was it but I also
knew it that he would not agree to it. Out loud, I said, “Your mom died of
medical reason, Naman. You think that something was wrong but that is not the
truth. People around you did whatever was in their might to help her. But later,
she asked for it. She wanted to be free of pain. Her death was purely natural
and no one had tampered it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Is she at peace then?” he asked and chose cards. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yes. She is. And she is watching over you. Let that love
flow in and do not be overshadowed by other talks.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I have some strange dreams where I see my father killing
my mother. Are those dreams true?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He picked up the cards. It was getting serious. I read his
cards and said, “No. he is not at fault. In fact, he has been wronged. The dreams
are result of constant talks, which others created to destroy your family.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Oh. I hope you found the answers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I do not know. Yes, your answers are different and
reading too. But I need to check on something.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“No issues. Take your time.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He opened his purse to pay me, I denied and said, “Please
not now. If you find your answers then pay me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He was surprised, “What about your fees, I mean? I hope
you are not so grateful to everyone than why me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I honestly had no answer but I said, “I didn’t say no.
once you check on the stuff and are satisfied, you can pay me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Later in the night, I was deeply lost in his thoughts. I want
to erase his pain. What effect he had on me, I do not knew but I was attached
to him, in some way. My phone rang, it was him. I picked up and said, “Hey. How
are you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Good. It was a strange coincidence. I was going through
my childhood stuff. And I found a book, which had notes from my mother. I read
them and whatever came in reading were mentioned there. I do not know how I overlooked
them for so many years. Thank you!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I literally danced, “I am glad I could help.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Can I see you tomorrow to pay you?” he sounded different,
like other casual guys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Sure.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Till then to till now, we have been great friends. And I have
seen drastic change in him. We both enjoy each other company and I am glad, I could
help him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Hey, what are you thinking?” he asked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I came out from the visions and said, “Nothing”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He took my hand, went down on knees, and said, “Then, will
you marry me? I would love to have an in-house tarot reader.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-91631664760119567322015-04-22T16:12:00.000+05:302015-04-27T16:35:50.070+05:30S: Salt and Sugar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Salt and Sugar are essential in life. No one can live
without them yet they never meet. Something similar is the story of Sakshi and
Sujal. She was a breeze of elegance, class, beauty, and elite(ness). She was on
verge of building her own boutique – exotic and classy, just like her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sujal was street smart. He wore colors and not fashion. He
ran a medium sized cloth business where employees and their emotions were more
valued than the notes, they earned. Something that everyone should learn from
him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On a bright and sunny day, Sakshi was busy discussing her plans
for her boutique. She searched a lot for a good cloth supplier and found
Sujal’s company topping the charts. She immediately contacted him and fixed a
meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They were supposed to meet at a café for discussing it.
Sakshi reached there at the decided time and waited for him. He was nearly 15
minutes late, which irritated her. She was not the one who postpones the things
so causally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sujal arrived in a rainbow shirt and white pants. He
approached her and asked, “Are you Sakshi?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She looked at him, almost exasperated at his style and
behavior. “No excuse me, nothing. How rude!” she thought. Aloud she said, “Yes.
Are you Mr. Sujal?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He laughed and sat down, “Do not call me Mr, madamji. I am
a roadside Romeo types. I do not believe in all this formalities and titles.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Weird” she thought. Aloud she said, “Well, okay. So as we
spoke over the phone, I would want you to be my clothe supplier.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He sat comfortably, aligned on the chair and spoke, “Hhmm…
yeah. I am ready to sell you clothes on wholesale rate. I have already e-mailed
you the details. If the rates are okay, we can make a contract soon and start
working as partners.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Are you open to negotiate?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He smiled, “Ab hum aapko isse sasta mein denge toh
khayenga kya?” (If I sell you in lesser amount, what will we eat?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Still… since we are going to be partners for long.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Do you want to marry me, kya?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sakshi was exasperated. “What…? What are you talking
about?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Arre chill madam. I was just joking. The way, you spoke
about partnership.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yeah. But that does not mean that you crack such jokes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Have you not learnt to relax?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“That’s a personal question,” she said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Ahem. I see. You
have the final quote. We can send in batches so it makes life easier for both
of us.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She moved her glasses from her head to her eyes and said,
“Done. Then, we will sign the papers soon.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He raised from his seat, shook his hands and left. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Two year later, they met at the same café, same time but
for different agenda. She was waiting for him. He was late as usual, something
she hated but something, and he enjoyed doing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">15 minutes he arrived, “Hi love”, he said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She gave him an angry look and said nothing. He settled
down and said, “I know I am late and I am sorry for it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She stared and spoke angrily , “That is what you always
say. Why can’t you be little responsible? You are not unemployed. You have
business. Why don’t you value time?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He became serious and replied to her sternly, “look, this
is me. I am like this. You know it. I run a business and it is working fine. I
do not run as per the clock. I am my own boss.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“That’s ridiculous.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“For you, not for me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Can’t you change a bit for god’s sake?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Can you?” he questioned her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Me? What’s wrong with me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Aha! So </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">every</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> freaking thing is </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">wrong</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> with me? Why do you
take life so seriously? Why do you compare with me your friend’s “elite”
boyfriends. Your life is superficial. Fake friends, all glamour and no emotions.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Oh please. That is not so. this is called a class, a
standard and I compare you because I want you to be same.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Who are you to decide that?” he asked her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Your girlfriend, your lover,” she said boldly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“If you love me, love me the way I am. Why are you </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">changing</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> me? Have I ever asked you to change for me?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She was silent, as she knew that was right. They both knew
that they are poles apart and can never become what other wants. Damn, but they
loved each other truly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Then, what should we do?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You tell me,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“We can love each other but I do not think, we can
tolerate each other as couple.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“True. It is best we keep our love and friendship alive
then complicating it with a tag.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yeah. Because we are like Sugar and Salt; we both are
awesome at our own places but we cannot gel together, ever!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Agreed. So cheers to that,” he said by raising his coffee
cup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Henceforth, they decide to follow their dreams and settle
with someone who shares common thought than running their love, forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Connecting it to <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/">A to Z Challenge</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Love is easy. So are romantic date’s and drive’s. But are
all love stories meant to have happy ending? At least not for Mita and Sohil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It is decided. I need to move to Delhi,” Mita asserted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“What about me? What about us?” Sohil exasperated. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“We have to work it out. I cannot refuse this offer as it
is a good package.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“But I love you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Baby, I love you too. But I cannot sacrifice my career,
my life”, Mita said in kind yet stern voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Is your career important than me, our love?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Sohil, do not sound like male chauvinistic man. It is not
about just career or job; it is about my identity and individuality.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Now, you are sounding too feministic.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Oh! God Sohil. Why are we doing this? What happened to
the person whom I loved?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sohil being silent for a while and softly spoke, “I am
still there. I care for you and understand you. But I cannot live without you.
I said all that… do not know thinking about what but did not mean it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mita held his hands into her and calmly said, “Dear, we
will work it out. I love you more than you think. Trust me!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left;">It was still some time for the train to leave. Mita stood
in front of her, full of colors. Her yellow long skirt complimented her orange
shirt and the green stole just added the right bling. Her wavy black her were
tied loosely and her oxidize nose ring shined brightly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“God, I am going to miss her” he thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She was smiling, laughing, and hugging her friends and
family who had come to see her off. She noticed him, standing away from the
crowd, silently crying but smiling now and then. When everyone left, they both
settled down on her berth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Do not love me so much. It is scary sometimes”, she
laughed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sohil became serious and said, “I am scared of myself. I
love you so deep that I think this love can damage us.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mita froze. That was something unexceptional and uncalled
for. She pressed his left arm tightly and rested her head on his shoulders. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The train hooted. It was time to leave. Sohil bade her
final goodbye and she smiled as the train took her to a new journey. When her
compartment was out from sight, Sohil cried. His hidden tears welled up and he
used tissues to keep them away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You’re next” a voice shouted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mita turned around, seeing his colleague Aarif, she
blurted out, “You crazy? I nearly died of heart attack?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well, my dear, I would not have let it happen. You know
that”, he winked at her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“What is it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Half early appraisal. You are next in line!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mita grasped, “Thank god! I nearly had forgotten it. Thank
you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Anytime babe. By the way, you look very sunning today!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You say that every time. It is time you stop loving me so
much,” saying so she left for her appraisal meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She loved the new life she had in the office. She was
living her dream. But was unaware that the dream was stared by someone,
dreadfully. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was done. The damaged had happened. A single picture
and it destroyed her. Not that she would sit down and take it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She had plans for him too. “How could he do this? Hadn’t I
told him, we could have worked on it. O, Sohil, why did you this?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Her silent tears fell on her laptop. She left, leaving the
pictures on. Those were random pictures of her and Aarif. They were good colleagues
and spent a lot of time together. But she didn’t knew, her causal pictures
could be twisted and molded in this form. Sohil had edited, and circulated
those pictures among their group and on different social media sites. Something
that she never expected him to do. But she was not going to be a ‘victim’ but a
‘fighter.’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She knew what she had too. She searched her laptop, old
folders, and her hard drive. There she saw the pictures, she needed. “You
damaged my reputation, I will damage your life,” she thought. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She buzzed Aarif to come over her place. And anyways, the
pictures had done damage to both of them. Aarif however, choose to stay silent
and supported Mita because he knew they were not wrong. Their office was
gossiping, their friends giggled, and their families knew about the “leaked”
pictures. But they knew only half the truth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“What are you saying Mita? Are you out of your mind?”
Aarif stared blankly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It is the justice. He deserves the fruit of the seed he
has sown”, she was firm yet gentle in her voice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“No. that is childish.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It is not. A dose of his own medicine will teach him what
it feels to be like in this situation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He calmed and counselled her, “Look. I know you are hurt. But
think practically. This will not do well. I know we are not at fault then why
clarify?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Aarif, it is not about clarification. It is teaching him
a lesson. If you trust me, let me do it please. Otherwise, I would not be at
peace.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He sighed and agreed to her plan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The morning cracked and it was a beautiful and sunny day. The
casuals of the morning chore were carried out. The newspaper was thrown, milk
was being supplied, and the beeping of the phone tore the silence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Everyone in his or her circle received a video. It was a
video of Sohil and his ex. Mita was just his friend back then. They went into relationship,
some good six months after his break-up. But Mita had some of their old
pictures and she twisted and turned them exactly, the way he had done. And, it
made perfect sense since, she had heard rumors of them being back together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That video shook everyone. Because most of the people knew,
and they too had heard rumors. And the video just sufficed that whatever Sohil
did was because he was at fault. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He destroyed her image; she destroyed his character and
life. Sohil cried tears of vengeance, hatred, and anger. When his mind was
overworked, Mita texted her, “Hope you had a lovely morning seeing your past
and present. Tit for Tat. Have a happy life – Your Ex, Mita.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She smiled and cried tears of happiness as everyone
favored her. She gained it all back. She secretly, hated herself for going down
to his level but he had not left her any option. “Revenge… Because it is a
sweet feeling”, she smiled and counselled herself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Aarif hugged her from behind as an appreciation that he
would always be with her. She just stood there, letting the calmness sink in! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Rishi loved Mitali from the core of his heart. But he
could not express it. They had mutual friends but even the group get-together,
he use to shy away from her. Rishi was like that only, an introvert. He loved
her quietly, without any questions asked or formed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He used to notice all her little things. Her hairstyles,
her clothes, her love for Pani – Puri and her sunshine smile. And he was happy
from loving her that way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mitali on the other hand was an extrovert. She had many
friends and loved hanging out with friends. A single sight of her and the group
was brighten up. She knew that Rishi liked her. And she too loved him. Yet
awaited him to confess his feelings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Days went by and it was their farewell. Everyone was busy
partying and enjoying with his or her friends. Mitali hoped that, at least
today, he would confess his love for her. She tried to approach him but every
time, he was either buys or surrounded by his friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“In this way, I would not be able to either make him
confess or share my feelings,” she thought. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He did notice her unusual behavior and sensed that she
needed to talk to him. He was quite observant in that manner. He took some time
off and went to meet her. She was standing alone, watching crowd pass by. “She
is sitting alone! That’s unusual,” he thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Hmm… Can I sit Mitali?” he asked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Seeing him, her face brightened up and she said, “Of
course.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He adjusted himself and asked, “Why are you sitting
alone?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Waiting for you,” she smiled. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He did not speak. After a brief of few minutes, she asked,
“Are you in love with anyone Rishi?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He was taken aback by the question. He fumbled, “I… Me… I
mean… yes… No… that’s not what I meant.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Are you in love with someone or not?” she sternly asked
once more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yes.” He said and looked away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Planning to purpose her?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“No”, even he was shocked at the way the answer came.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Because I abide by my parents. I know it sounds boring
and old school but I will not marry without my parents wish. So I have left it
to them to decide.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“By killing your own love?” she was baffled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yes.” He said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Anger grew within her. No explanations, nothing just plain
blunt truth. Tears welled in her eyes
and she spoke nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Do you love anyone?” he asked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yes and No. I do but I am thinking on re-considering.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Something inside him broke. Before he could say anything,
she said, “Chal, I will leave. It is quite late. See you around. Have a nice
life Rishi.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The both stood up and hugged each other, knowing how much
they loved each other but cannot be together. “Bye. Have a nice life Mitali,”
he said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He saw her going with silent tears flowing down his eyes.
She too walked away with heavy heart, without looking back, tears rolling down
on her cheeks. The dream, the hope, they secretly cherished broke, forever! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Five years passed since they graduated. All of them joined
some companies or went for higher studies. But all their friends used to hold
get-together, where Mitali and Rishi would face each other. They were friends
and remained that way, but none of them could forget their secret conversation.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In such a meeting, Mitali said to her friends that her
parents have found a match for her and he would be coming to visit her. Everyone
was happy except Rishi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day, Mitali waited for her prospectus groom in a café
with her parents. Sometime later, the groom’s parents walked in. They told them
that the groom would be here soon. After some chitchat, they asked Mitali to
sit on another table. She obeyed and sat with her back facing the entrance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The groom walked in, to be greeted by Mitali’s parents. They
spoke to him and told her to meet Mitali. He walked quietly and said, “Excuse
Me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to them, totally dazed. Their parents asked them to chill and explained, “Beta,
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Nikitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839315565419162028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610026717284597964.post-49373970603472259902015-04-17T17:32:00.000+05:302015-04-17T17:32:17.520+05:30O: Optimizing Time With Books<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Collage - This is just 50% of my dad's collection</td></tr>
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companions. From what started to be mere, reading hobby has now turned into a
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numerous books… so numerous that we have stop counting. If we have to collect
and count his books, they will all sum up to somewhere around 80,000 +. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of 15 when most children were concerned with buying chocolates or cricket gears
I decided to make use of Rs. 2. That I would get and buy newspapers and
magazines. I started with “Dharmayug” and today I have a more that 70 thousand
copies of different magazines and supplements since 1971.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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converted into passion. I wanted to get into journalism but in those cultural
settings of 1970s taking up a profession like that was not just hard but
frowned upon. I ended up taking Physics in college but I was hell bent on
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period of struggle I ended up with Indian Express where I spent the rest of my
working years. Throughout my life -through all my periods of happiness and
struggles I never stopped investing in what I truly like! You name the
newspaper, magazine, comics, movie scripts from Hindi to English to Telgu and
Gujarati- I have them all.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gain recognition. Well, I believe it is true! Today, I just received a message
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Being in a branding company, I know that red is a safe option to describe or
denote something related to food. Red also stands for aggressiveness. And when
you are super hungry, well, you know how you feel!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and eye-catchy. Now, haven’t we all learnt that Simplicity is the greatest
virtue! Well, so it is. The red-white combo did brilliant. You can add food
pics, tag them, share them, and rate them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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too. Everything that one needs regarding food is present there. It has a great
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Naughtiness is a </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">characteristic</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For naughty people like me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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