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My Babies
Looking at you twoMy heart swellsI made you two!Isn’t that wonderful?To watch you grow into the person you are,Makes me wonderIf this is what magic isTwo tiny bodiesGrew in my bodyCame out and grew into beautiful beingsToday, when I look at youI’m overwhelmed by the amount of love one can…
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Mother Mary Comes To Me – Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy’s memoir is a must read for various reasons, the primary one being her writing style!
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Sebastian & Sons – T M Krishna
A mrdangam is a percussion instrument played as the primary percussion instrument but the makers are relegated to the far end of the hierarchy
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Hridayapoorvam
#JioHotstar Language – Malayalam Year of release – 2025 Cast – Mohan Lal as Sandeep Balakrishnan, Malavika Mohanan as Haritha, Sangeeta Madhavan as Devika, Sangeeth Pratap as Jerry Trigger warning – Prepare yourself for your heart to explode with love and very strong feelings for Mohan Lal! Plot –Sandeep Balakrishnan…
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Getting Ready For School
Rajiv has always been known as a sensitive, empathetic man, all his life. So when he married and started a family, his entire family and circle of friends gushed to his new bride that she had struck a lottery! She was very lucky to have married Rajiv and that he…
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My Lovers Gifts
When my lover gave me griefI realised I could hurt that muchWhen my lover gave me happinessI realised the depths of joy I could reachNow when my lover gave me silenceI know that my mind chatter has to cease to love myself again
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Ajji
#Amazonprime Language – Marathi SPOILER ALERT – The what is explained but have left out the how and that’s the most important element of this movie! Trigger warning – CSA, rape, violence Plot – A little girl, Manda, living in a slum is brutally raped and her parents, being daily…
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My Utopia
Close your eyes, darlingHold my handTightlyI’ll lead the wayTo the place whereThere is beauty, love, hope and happinessThis place is safe, enriching and gloriousFlowers bloom all dayTrees sway in unison to the winds tuneRivers flow gently, steadilyBirds chirp and sing all dayThe skies are blueThe clouds wisp past in gentle…
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The Elusive Indian Public Toilet
When was the last time you thought you had died and then managed to resuscitate your being?? I experienced this painful process very recently! Here we were going from one place to another for most part of the afternoon and typically, the way it normally happens, without warning, my bladder…
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Women & Food
Let me tell you a story. In a land far far away lived a little girl. Radhika is a cheerful, happy girl who loves playing in the mud, climbing trees, stealing mangoes from the neighbours trees, eating juicy tamarind from the store room, digging into Amma’s avakai chetti and taking…