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One Night in a Bar
The sky was particularly clear that dayTwinkling with stars not seen everydayThere I was waiting outsideTrying to catch the signal to get inside A tough smile greeted me at the entranceA warm smile welcomed me beyondA familiar smile bade me into the tranceA strange smile wondered how to respond One round of tequila with salt and limeAnd the tongues loosened with timeThe glasses clinked once againJust in time for the rest to troop in A short smile noddedA long smile flattenedA mischievous smile goadedA sober smile gladdened One round of gin and tonicThe music started to panicBut the hands were still on the tableAnd the ears were listening to many…
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Shadows in a Mirror
As the morning dewRolled down the blade of grassAnd the rays of the morning sunBegan to embrace the dawn mother A muffled footstep echoed down the hallSlowly walking away from the centre of it allHands in his coat and a gait that was slowHe stepped out in the morning glow As his eyes flickered acrossTo the post of steelAnd the lonely figureLying on top of the wheel A smile struck across his face andHe increased his paceThe memories became a collageOnly for him to find it a mirage As he gazed up at the skyHe saw a cloud that was blackAnd the raindrops fell downA drizzle down his cheek He…
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On Gratitude – Part 1
Beware the ides of March So said a soothsayer in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. While that quote remains in most people’s minds, it is what Caesar replied with, that stayed in mine. He is a dreamer; let us leave him It was January 2015, the first time I saw multitudes of comics on stage as part of an event organised by Times of India. I knew of only one amongst those comics and that too in a completely different avatar. I loved what I watched that day. All but one (an interesting story for another day) succeeded that day in getting consistent laughs. Following that high, I pushed myself to…
