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Baazaar – Movie Preview
‘When it is a question of money, everybody of the same religion’ – lines from novel ‘The Sialkot Saga’ The upcoming movie – Baazaar starring actor Saif Ali Khan as an ambitious trade tycoon Shakun...
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Manto Saheb: Friends and enemies on the great maverick
Book Title: Manto Saheb – Friends and enemies on the great maverick Publishers: Speaking Tiger Genre: Memoir In the wake of acclaimed biopic on the great maverick writer ‘Manto’, I picked up this book...
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Malgudi School days: Adventures of Swami and friends
Malgudi School days is abridged version of author R.K.Narayan’s classic novel – Swami and friends with additional new stories of Swami, a lad residing in fictional town called Malgudi based in South...
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Why Louisa May Alcott’s Jo March is an inspiring literary character?
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s book ‘Little Women’ Maya hawke as Jo March in BBC One TV adaptation of Little Women If I had to...
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Literary character from Little Women – Beth March
As Louisa May Alcott’s acclaimed book – Little Women completes 150 years in literature, more new TV series and movie adaptations are coming to screens to celebrate the legacy of Little Women. The...
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Finding Neverland
Every person in the world craves for a magical place called ‘Neverland’. Neverland is the fictional place created by playwright J.M.Barrie in his play ‘Peter Pan’. Peter Pan is the boy who never grows...
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Marilyn and Me – A glimpse at Monroe’s undisclosed relationship
‘Marilyn and me’ – That’s what every admirer, fan, devotee, follower and lover says about her, claiming his ownership on her emotions. In this long queue of admirers, I find myself standing last to...
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Uri: The inside story of India’s surgical strike
‘Yeh Naya Hindustan hai, Yeh ghar mein ghusega bhi aur maarega bhi’ A homage to the slain army officers, The upcoming patriotic movie ‘Uri’ is retelling of India’s surgical strike against the...
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Creative Writer or a Marathon Typist?
‘We need 4000 words per day in the daily report. If you fail to meet the word count, you will be fired!!’ Who is writer? – A fast paced data entry operator or marathon typist. Does his creative skill...
View ArticleBid Adieu 2018 – A year that shouldn’t have been
There is nothing to write any good thing about year 2018. A year marked by dismal failures, heart breaking rejections, haunting loneliness, undeserved blames etc. The views expressed by me in this...
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Rangbaaz – An engrossing crime saga of a ruthless gangster
‘Vyavastha kar dijiye, varna famous kar denge’ – dialogue from upcoming web series ‘Rangbaaz’ on Zee5 Director Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur started a new trend of gangster saga based in rural...
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At school with Ruskin Bond – Rewind to the childhood innocence
Reading author Ruskin Bond’s books is like sitting beside a campfire and hearing to the stories narrated by a storyteller in chilling winter nights. That’s what I experience every time when I pick a...
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The forgotten patriots of mission Kakori
‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna, ab hamare dil mein hai, dekhna hai zor kitna bajuye qatil mein hai’ There is not a single Indian who won’t get patriotic goosebumps after reading or listening to these lines...
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Why publishing articles weekly/monthly is beneficial?
Every Friday a new movie releases in theatre. Audiences are attracted to it. If they don’t like the movie, they wait for next Friday’s new release. Same theory applies for writing too. There are...
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The untold story of Sela & Nura: Bravehearts of 1962 war
‘Every man dies. Not everyone man really lives’ – lines from movie ‘Braveheart’ Sela Pass reminds people about the story of Sela the tribal girl from Arunachal There are ballads, stories and...
View ArticleTake your reading challenge: A busy reading year in 2019
‘Every writer must read at least 100 books a year’ – Nicholas Sparks First of all wishing all my WordPress followers a happy new year and a great 2019 full of creativity, refreshing concepts,...
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Parchayee: A spooky web series based on Ruskin Bond’s ghost stories
No one writes ghost stories with mix of humour and chill better than Ruskin Bond. They are scary, but not disturbing. The ghost stories penned by Ruskin Bond have a sense of nostalgic charm and a touch...
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Ek Ladki ko dekha toh aisa laga – A path breaking love story
Is falling in love with the same gender a sin? Topics like ‘gay’, lesbian’ are not discussed in conservative families of India. The 2019 motion picture – ‘Ek Ladki ko dekha toh aisa laga’ is a...
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Writer, coffee and stories – A new title for my wordpress blog
‘As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle’ – Honore de Balzac...
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Memoirs of Neerja Bhanot (7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986)
‘Every man dies, not everyone really lives’ – lines from movie ‘Braveheart’ Photo of Neerja Bhanot A flight attendant’s story was just limited to a newspaper article in 1986. Very few knew about her....
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