Emotionally Speaking

My Nokia 1100 phone has completed four successful years

Almost unbelievable but true! Nokia 1100 for me proved to be a very reliable phone. It was also my first phone bought in 2663 Rupees: a basic, low-end model with all the basic functions (no camera, FM and such like). The photo on the left is my phone. I had bought the Nokia 1100 in [...]

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Reasons I did not like the film Avatar

I am just back from the Sangam Cinema Hall in New Delhi after viewing James Cameron’s Avatar (Hindi version, 2-dimensional) and I am not very impressed (like many others in the cinema hall). Here is why I did not like it in a nutshell: Weak story line does not complement the visuals All attention on the [...]

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The Jhatpat Tag: Without Looking Guess what time it is?!

Tagging and Blog Memes [pronounced meem/mi:m] are quite popular in the blogosphere. I have been tagged before by fellow bloggers but unfortunately could not follow them. Recently Arpit tagged me and I am doing the needful better late than never. Read more on Blog memes here. This Jhatpat tag is very interesting and funny. Jhatpat means [...]

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Some Great Photos: Silhouetted Rainfall behind my room and Amaltas tree-lined Yellow JNU

These are some of the interesting photos from my hostel room and the JNU Campus that I shot some months ago with my Sony W55 digital camera. The images will take some time in loading, needless to say. Rainfall captured behind my room, Sabarmati Hostel, JNU [6 photos] The following photos were shot from the balcony of [...]

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An excerpt from my favourite poem on the woman I love(d)

The following excerpts are from one of my favourite poem (on my unrequited love; ‘labour of love’ so to speak, March 2005). A few corrections have been made in the original before republishing it here. You may have seen many women around Tall, short, fair, dark, thin or sound! But the woman who is the most beautiful Is [...]

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Hindi Poem on would-be wife: पत्नी की बाँहों में आकर

This is a short, sweet Hindi poem, pure imagination. Image from the web. मैं अपनी पत्नी की बाँहों में आकर खूब सुकून पाता हूँ सारे दुःख गम टेंशन परेशानियां पल में भूल जाता हूँ! गोरी-गोरी उन बाँहों में दिखती है मुझको जन्नत हर जनम में मेरी ही रहना मांगू रब से यही मन्नत! उसकी बाँहों की जकड़न हर दर्द निचोड़ देती है थक रही सी जिन्दगी [...]

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