Jairammohan

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• The Perfect Groom – Sumeetha Manikandan – Book Review

  

  Goodreads blurb: Very little has gone right in Nithya’s young life. So, when a proposal from a young, handsome NRI comes along, her mother jumps at the... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Winds of Hastinapur – Sharath Kommarraju – Book Review

  

  When Sharath Kommarraju, author of “Murder in Amaravati” [Read my review here] approached me to read his latest book “The Winds of Hastinapur” and write a revie... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Second Time Around

  

  Today’s prompt was “Tell us about a book that you can read again and again without getting bored – what is it that speaks to you? Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Narasimha Avatar – Part 6 – The Confrontation

  

  <<Read Part 5 >>When Sukracharya realized that his other students were slowly being influenced by Prahlada speaking to them and they were also... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Narasimha Avatar – Part 5 – The Story of Prahlada’s Birth

  

  <<Read Part 4 | Read Part 6 >>In Sukracharya’s ashram, when the other students learnt about Prahlada’s story, they approached him and wanted to lear... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Narasimha Avatar – Part 4 – An Introduction to Prahlada

  

  <<Read Part 3 | Read Part 5 >>Despite having acquired the boon which was beyond anybody else’s reach Hiranyakasipu still remembered his brother... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Critical Eye – Music Meets Mythology

  

  Today’s prompt was “The Critical Eye – Write about the subject you usually blog about as if you were a music critic”.Now, I have never written a music album... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Onus of the Oath – Epilogue – Guest Post

  

  When my good friend and fellow blogger Sid B (http://iwrotethose.com/ and http://foodnessme.com/) wanted to post an epilogue to my novella “Onus of the oath” I... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Constant Headache

  

  Giri always had a throbbing headache. He had this headache ever since he could remember.Every day of his life was just the same as the previous day, just like... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• 16th May – Freaky Friday

  

  16th May, 2014, the day when all of India will know whether I have lived up to the ‘dynastic’ expectations that the country had of me; the day when the whole... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Narasimha Avatar – Part 3 – Hiranyakasipu Desires Immortality

  

  <<Read Part 2 | Read Part 4>>Hiranyakasipu then started nurturing ambitions of becoming immortal. He wanted to be unconquerable, free from old age... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Narasimha Avatar – Part 2 – The Story of Suyajna

  

  <<Read Part 1 | Read Part 3>>After performing the ritualistic observances for his brother’s death, Hiranyakasipu starts to console his nephews, his... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Narasimha Avatar – Part 1 – The Revenge of Hiranyakasipu

  

  <<Read Part 2>>Hiranyakasipu, the asura king and brother of Hiranyaksha was the earthly incarnation of Vijaya, one of Vishnu’s doorkeepers (read... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Onus of the Oath – Part 6

  

  Read the rest of the story here – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6——————————In the six months that followed, Ravi was completely distraught a... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Onus of the Oath – Part 5

  

  Read the rest of the story here – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6—————————————-Standing in the pouring rain with a Duckback raincoat that... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Onus of the Oath – Part 4

  

  Read the rest of the story here – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6————————It was on one such day when Bhaskaran had one drink too many in... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Dream

  Jamshed or ‘Jammy’ as he was fondly called by all his friends was having quite a ball this particular Sunday. Both his parents had to attend a wedding and were... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Onus of the Oath – Part 3

  

  Read the rest of the story here – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6——————————Bhaskaran was having yet another bad day in office. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Onus of the Oath – Part 2

  

  Read the rest of the story here – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6————–At Kumli, Ravi realized the nobility of his profession and how he coul... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Onus of the Oath – Part 1

  

  The outgoing batch of Bangalore Medical College said these words in unison –At the time of being admitted as a member of the medical profession: I solemnly... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION