June 2020
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Enlightenment of the day
‘Pum’, is the first note of wake up alarm in Gautam’s phone, then a silence of a few bars, then ‘pum pum’ and later melody with beats start; but there is no point overloading this space with this extra information. Of course there is a valid reason for this. Reason is that Gautam always manages… Continue reading
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Imperial Cinema, Mumbai
In Mumbai many old single-screen cinema halls have been shutting down regularly due to economic reasons. Historically the most important of these was Majestic cinema in Girgaon. This is ‘the’ most important theater in India, because country’s very first feature film, Raja Harishchandra made by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke released in Majestic Cinema on May 3,… Continue reading
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Yours Religiously
Do you know how old is this earth? It is billions of years old. Homo sapiens did not exist at that point of time. We all came up from a single-cell life to this present state. Some say we evolved from fish, others think monkey is our ancestor. In one of the study by a… Continue reading
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Graduation of a City
One day… Suddenly one day In down town, Gunshots were heard There was a shoot out We heard a politician was shot School going kids Men & women walking to work Suddenly confused, scared Running for cover, hiding Here and there To escape from the unseen It happened close by But you could see nothing.… Continue reading
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Leopard in my Dream
Sometime back a dog in his playfulness scratched my arm with his tooth. It made a slight crack in the skin, so I was advised to take full course of five anti-rabies injections. After the course was over, a friend told me that now I am safe for next five years of any dog bites.… Continue reading
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Red Eye Effect
My right eye is red. It hurts a bit too. As if I got something stirring inside there. But I know there isn’t anything. I got some eye drops from the chemist. It was his suggestion, ‘here, you will be fine in a day’. Eir called first, “whats up bro?” I told him about my… Continue reading
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