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Taj Mahal & You.

Promotional Content for a bridal wear company for it’s SEO For many , the love between Shahjahan and Mumtaz Mahal which resulted in the Taj Mahal and fourteen off springs is the greatest love stories of all times. But to our thinking if a love story results in decapitating the hands of the artisans who built the shrine to love and if one of the off springs incarcerates the father in a dungeon in…

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Published stuff ! ( might as well, or you may not take me seriously 😂😁)

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A HOLE IN ONE

Some mistakes can make a hole in your pocket / wallet 😁

( published in Writer’s Talk ) Our aunt married a businessman and suddenly the alien concept of style entered our lives. We were wide eyed at this vision in white pants and what was in those days the epitome of fashion, the terylene bush shirt that screamed ‘Japan’!  On my twelfth birthday, he arrived with a well known actress in tow. He then handed me his terylene shirt and asked me to iron it…

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Stories with Movies & Animated movie snippets (so you don’t have commit three hours of your precious time)

Introduction to characters and episode one Melody the movie A cuckoo with stars in her eyes abandons her daughter in the crows nest. Follow Melody’s journey along with the folks from Jungle Land in a roller coaster of fun, laughter and some lessons learnt !Twenty minutes Meet two important characters from ‘Melody’ , the falcon king, KING COO- TWEET TOOT FRUIT- TWEET TOOT TOOT SWEET – TOOT TOOT…

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junglestories in hindi

पढ़ो हँसो सीखो https://junglestoriesinhindi.wordpress.com

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THUGS

THUGS Log line : The story of India’s murdering fraternity and the man who destroyed them, Colonel William Henry Sleeman. Synopsis: Set during the British rule, a British officer stumbles upon the secret cult of Kali, the goddess of destruction, and the men who worshipped at her altar by killing hapless wayfarers and looting them. One such thug was Ferranghea who proudly claimed to have strangled…

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Published in Writer’s Talk. Bridge over troubled waters

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Published in Writer’s Talk Our Father

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PUBLISHED IN WRITER’S TALK THE HARE & THE TORTOISE … WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE RACE

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Published in Writer’s Talk. Land of Gods

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Published in writer’s talk F for fish fox fire

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E FOR ELEPHANT EGG EMU

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THE MOUNTAINS CALL…monuments, monks, monkey, moksha

monuments monks monkeys moksha Collage of memories If one were to make a mural of our recent trip to Punjab and Himachal what would stand out will be the beautiful and graceful monuments, some extant, some crumbling and some which have made a pact with time to allow them to survive the ravages of time and destiny. A collage of memories While the golden temple at Amritsar shines bright , it’s…

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LAND OF GODS, HIMACHAL PRADESH

Is India going away from its secular mindset ? And who’s to blame ?

One of the interesting sights of Himachal was the image of a soldier protecting a temple , usually a large statue with a gun toting military jawan . Have things come to such a pass that the Hindus feel they are under attack ? The military presence too in these border areas is strong and visible. Yes, Hindustan feels it’s under attack and is girding it’s loins to fight off any attack. This has…

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Go ! Before it’s too late.. destination India Kashmir

The Hindu state, replete with cultures from all over the world has been hospitable to all and sundry and has been paying a price for it .

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Blast from the past , Naseeruddeen Shah and Heeba Shah / play review too

38 years ago I was an assistant director in a film called “Jalwa” in which the main actor was Naseeruddeen Shah ! It was shot in Goa. And yesterday I saw a play directed by Heeba Shah, “ Defending the caveman’ a one man show in a new place which I did not even know existed called Veda Kunba theatre , behind Kokilaben hospital . Heeba, is Naseeruddeen Shah’s first wife’s daughter who is the…

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Life comes a full circle when one meets Heeba Shah, chip of the old block, Naseeruddeen Shah !!!

38 years ago I was an assistant director in a film called “Jalwa” in which the main actor was Naseeruddeen Shah ! It was shot in Goa. And yesterday I saw a play directed by Heeba Shah, “ Defending the caveman’ a one man show in a new place which I did not even know existed called Veda Kunba theatre , behind Kokilaben hospital . Heeba, is Naseeruddeen Shah’s first wife’s daughter who is the…