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Pages off Life
http://pagesofflife.blogspot.in/
A compelling set of true stories about my life, passions, adventures, travels, motivations, innovations and random ideas about life and love.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 446 )
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Understanding Chennai
Chennai is not a city of joy, nor is she haunted by the phantoms of melancholia. Chennai is neither plain nor placid, She has a sense of vigor and liveliness... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
The Real You by Radhanath Swami
A crispy square book, with crispy pages and intriguing cartoons in it, a fabulous cover with a heart shaped tree and a lot of orange tint in it is what meets th... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Lost
Stranded in the crowded Island, Often I find myself alone. Staring at the starry water that knows not malice. True its heart it shows me my wet eyes and the dam... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
The Story of Amazon.com by Sara Gilbert
“The Story of Amazon.com in a nutshell”, that is what this book could easily and accurately be described as. To begin with the book is short and matter of... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Severance
And old unfinished poem I wrote in another lifetime, recently found in the moth infested pages of my old diary. By what coins shall this debt be paid, By what... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Why I Want Modi as My PM
Before any one rushes to the end and starts commenting that Modi is communal, Let me just say that I am well aware of that argument and let me say that I have... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
The Future of Retail
Today is just another normal day, a very normal day in the year 2030. Bill is still sleeping soundly in his bed with his wife in his arms. Read more
Posted on 15 September 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
The Man Who Made The Chocolate Factory
Do you know ho made The Chocolate Factory, in whose fertile imagination sprouted the fantastical world of Willy Wonka and Charlie Bucket? He must have had an... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Book Review : The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
How relevant is the humane-ness of the detective in a mystery thriller. Be it Sir Doyle's Mr Sherlock Holmes or Miss Christie's Miss Marple or Mister Poirot,... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
The Memoirs of a Dream
Yesterday Hi Honey! What are you doing ? Nothing dear. Nothing at all. Then why did you close your laptop when I came in? Oh! Hmm... Just like that. I thought... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
A Girl in the Morning
“Molle…, Wake up, it’s already past 8’o clock” came the shrill angried voice from downstairs. There was a murmur that followed but she did not catch that neithe... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Why Do We Ditch a Book by Goodreads
So some time back Goodreads.com came up with a very interesting info graphics as to why we ditch certain books like we do. So when I came across it I knew I... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Forever a Malayalli
Under the green trees whose shadows she rested I grew up playing, in the very rain that drenched her I bathed, by the bank of the many rivers that nourished... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Mistakes and Regrets
No matter what you wish and how hard you think, there are times you inevitably end up making a mistake. What can e done about that? It just eats you up and... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
To Burn a Man Alive
“If you had been on that jury son, and eleven other boys like you, Tom would be a free man. So far nothing in your life has interfered with your reasoning... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
I Shall Lay Down My Worthless Life
On a six pence parchment draw me damned line,Give me a flag and a staff to hold,A song to sing and a worthless lie,Tell me a story and give me a speech,Give me... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
The Missing Girl Child
I still remember the joy my sister brought to our household, my sister would be my maternal aunt’s daughter, but she is not my cousin but my very sister... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Romi and Gang by Tushar Raheja
“The quintessential Indian story of a quintessential small town Indian teen.” In India where cricket is a many a times much more than just a sport, it becomes... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
Oh! My Lovely Lass
, why don’t come sit by my side and lay your head upon my lap. Let me rock you to sleep and ever so slowly to the world of a million dreams. Read more
Posted on 05 July 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES -
The Plucking of the Daffodil
There was once a little daffodil, Leaving beneath the great oak tree, Who was also her dear uncle Bill, Under his shade she dreamt a life free Of chasing her... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES