Mixed Expressions
Kanupriya Sindhu Ramrakhyani from Bangalore
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Karthik Calling Karthik
3 Mar 10, 11:25 PMGet-togethers, Karthik Calling Karthik, Holi and lo the weekend disappeared just like that :(. It was surely an action packed weekend with main highlight being ...
Isn't optimism overrated?
16 Feb 10, 9:34 PMHave finally let go of it…had to do it. Evaluated the priorities of my life and finally took this call. At times I’m repenting my decision whereas at times ...
Long live Indian comic characters
8 Feb 10, 9:20 PMWas off on a trip to different places up north in January & what a deadly weather it was this time! Chilling cold with dense fog leading to almost zero visi...
Life goes on???
5 Feb 10, 11:13 PM1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … 365. 365 days i.e., 1 full year without him. Its 5th February today, the fateful date when Kishu left us forever exactly an year back. Whole ...
The curious case of Jyoti Basu
6 Jan 10, 5:34 PMBack after a nice weekend trip to Pondicherry. It was yet another impromptu trip which got finalized the same morning & what followed was the usual "dump cl...
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