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• Murder in Amaravati – Sharath Kommaraju – Book Review

  

  Author : Sharath KommarajuGoodreads blurbPadmavati, the village hostess’s body is found in a sacred chamber of the Kali temple. Men wanted her; women hated... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Deja Vu

  

  As he always did, Jim took off from the steps on the porch in a small jog and quickly crawled under the hedge that formed a natural demarcation between his and... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Prisoner, Jailor, Prime Minister – Tabrik C – Book Review

  

  Goodreads blurb: India has a new Prime Minister but is Siddhartha Tagore the product of his genius or of his dangerous mind?India is on edge, as a subversive... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Game on

  

  Being an only child, most material things were handed over to me quite easily and I wasn’t expected to share them with anybody else as a kid. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Varaha Avatar – Part 5 – Varaha Appears

  

  <<Part 4 of the story>>In the meantime, given that the humans who resided on earth had become very sinful over the ages, they regularly indulged in... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Varaha Avatar – Part 4 – Hiranyaksha

  

  <<Part 3 of the story | Part 5 of the story>>After a hundred year pregnancy when Diti gave birth to her twin sons, the event caused a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Chalk and Cheese

  

  Although Kamakshi and Gayathri were similar in a lot of respects, they were like chalk and cheese when it came to their public persona. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Varaha Avatar – Part 3 – The Means To Salvation

  

  <<Part 2 of the story | Part 4 of the story>>When they were cursed by the sages, Jaya and Vijaya realized the gravitas of their mistake and begged... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Varaha Avatar – Part 2 – The Doorkeepers Of Vaikunta

  

  <<Part 1 of the story | Part 3 of the story>>Diti however clearly understood that the sons within her womb would be the cause of great disturbances... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Varaha Avatar – Part 1 – The Story Of Diti

  

  The majority of the stories surrounding the Varaha Avatar begin with Lord Vishnu assuming the shape of a boar, killing the asura Hiranyaksha and saving the... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Plan

  

  Gauri was somebody who had always prided herself on having a plan in life. It was probably her Appa who had inculcated this habit in her right from a young... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Sorting out Sid – Yashodhara Lal – Book Review

  

  Goodreads blurb: Meet Sid, a master at the art of denial, in this hilarious, insightful tale of modern-day living and relationships.Siddharth Agarwal a.k.a. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Shakuntala and Dushyanta – The Mahabharata Version

  

  Although today’s prompt was to write a post about “Erasure: You have the choice to erase one incident from your past, as though it never happened. What would yo... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Letting Go

  

  If you read my previous post “All grown up” here, you will realize that some experiences in my past, specifically the ones dealing with the passing away of my... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• All Grown up

  

  We all have occasions and instances in life when we are catapulted to adulthood from our carefree teenage years. For some of us, it might the first day of our... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Book Thief – Movie Review

  

  Every once in a while you watch a movie that speaks to you at multiple levels. To me, The Book Thief happened to be one such movie. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bankerupt – Ravi Subramanian – Book Review

  

  Quick blurb from the author’s website A university is an institution for higher education and research.  It can also be a place where academic brilliance leads... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Kurma Avatar – Part 3 – The Churning Ends

  

  << Part 2 of the story >>Thus, the gods and the asuras began churning the sea of milk with the hope of obtaining the nectar of immortality. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Kurma Avatar – Part 2 – The Churning Begins

  

  Part 1 of the story | Part 3 of the story >>Indra was despondent and by the time he returned to his capital city Amaravati, he was completely lost as to... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Kurma Avatar – Part 1 – Durvasa’s Anger

  

  The Kurma (tortoise/turtle) avatar of Lord Vishnu is inextricably tied to the churning of the sea (samudra manthan) story from the Puranas. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION