Elan's Blog

• News from Raichur

  November 17, 2009

  • I am on the move. I am travelling. No big deal, right!? But to me it is because I have stepped out of my coccooned life and I have travelled to Raichur, a small town in the border of Karnataka. The bus ride to Raichur was a nightmare for my Australian friend xxxx. We went on a roller skater ride along the bumpy roads on the outskirts. We were fascinated by the vast country side , the plains, the ...
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• Redroom Anniversary! Over 5000 reads!

  November 8, 2009

  • My affair with Redroom started in the month of November, year 2008. I remember I was dumbstruck as I signed into Redroom, looking at all those famous author profiles and the blogs of the members. I watched  like a kid in front of a candy store. I had admired and wondered how these great authors wrote and wrote. Though I had signed in Redroom in November, I was an occasional visitor, too shy to ...
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• My Birthday

  October 24, 2009

  • I am not in the habit of making a big fuss about my birthday. But I thought of breaking the routine and give it a go. So I dressed well and went to school. The wishes began right from the school gate, because people understood something was amiss. Seeing me in my finery obviously was like a wall poster that one could not miss reading. I liked it, contrary to my behavior I met my colleagues and ...
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• Happy Diwali

  October 17, 2009

  • India celebrates Diwali today. It sure is a great Diwali. I too am celebrating, but a silent one, with light oil lamps. I look out the Balcony and watch People moving about in their fineries  and bursting crackers non stop adding to sound pollution. The honking of the Bus drivers and Cab drivers is nothing compared to what is happening right now outside my window. My dog Lucky is frightened, ...
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• Is it a lost smile?

  September 29, 2009

  • When one ponders deep, about life in general, life moves on an individual basis. In city life, a nuclear family has still again fragmented itself into a single nucleus and that is the self. Look around and we find everyone fighting one’s own battle for existence; of course exceptions are there, and I am not touching them. We have stopped looking out and have closed our eyes to our ...
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