Category: English Compositions
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The Horse
Full of pride, horse astride I wished to set off on a mission To find for me the prettiest bride That had ever crossed one’s vision
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Journal April 18, 2021 – The Mona Lisa Man
Morning arrived like every other morning. The usual chores, … Click title to read the story.
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Jr March 26, 2021 — Gangajal, or One Day in the Life of an Unknown Indian
This had happened well before the arrival of Covid. However, as is my custom, it invaded my stream of consciousness only this morning. I rarely know why I think about what I think about. For I have nothing much to think about to tell you frankly. Unless of course it is Descartes who pushes me…
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Jr 23 March, 2021–Paper and Pastry
I can’t quite recall when I woke up this morning. Nor am I sure if I looked forward to my day ahead. In fact, I am a habituated non-forward looker. I see nothing much blooming ahead of me, except of course the final day. But there is a great deal that forces me to recede…
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Jr 17 March, 2021
Frankly, this covid thing never really bothered me. I was not even planning to be vaccinated. Till of course they said that I was too old not to be vaccinated. And that meant I had to visit the clinic along with my wife. Which I did, my wife grumbling all the way, since she is…
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Utpal Dutt and the Magician: A Tale of Two Performers ©
Utpal Dutt, before he turned into a professional actor commanding pan India fame, was a school teacher. No run of the mill teacher he was of course. Any student exposed to his teaching skills in the early days of South Point High School in Kolkata will probably affirm this. Not unlike a magician, he could…
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Yellow House
By the field, the mason deftly made The yellow house, with a modest strip of a yard Latticed scaffold, a boundary-wall brick-laid All of these the mason deftly made.
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More or Less
By the time he had made enough money to buy …
A KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD 