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The big gift

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

Little Smriti was thrilled beyond words when her aunt gave her that gift. It was long, and was wrapped in the most beautiful wrapper she had ever seen. The wrapper had pictures of balloons, angels, teddy bears and candies on it. It was colourful and even glittered at some places. Adding to Smriti’s delight was the beautiful, soft, pink satin ribbon that held the wrapper.She felt her hands shivering with excitement as she held the gift. Why, it was the BIGGEST gift she had ever received so far!She ...

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Chennaiyil oru mazhai kaalam!

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Chennaiyil oru mazhai kaalam!First: Credits for title go to Sandhya, as she told me about this movie which should have been made.Now, IT’S RAINING IN CHENNAI!!Every road is marshy, everything is dirty, and all leaves in a bright, nice green, unique only to plants drenched in rain.Walking down the rain after going out with a friend with a silly black umbrella said to protect me, I was thinking of various things. Black umbrellas are sad, but worse are those colourful umbrellas printed with flowers. ...

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Whither gone Neverland?

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

Finding Neverland….a beautiful movie. A movie I would rate as one of my favourite English movies. What an awesome portrayal by all the people involved, especially James Barrie (Johnny Depp), Sylvia (Kate Winslet) and Peter (er…I don’t know his name!). a story so wonderfully told, that the narrative just drew me into it.The movie talks about what inspired James Barrie, a playwright, to write Peter Pan. Barrie, a man who I assume is in his 30s, has such outstanding imagination – one that every kid ...

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Tag-o-tag-gu!!!

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

Tag number 1:Was asked to do this by Praveen. Paavam avan solrachey naan romba vetti-nu nenachutaan. I wasn’t then. Now that I’m vetti, I’ve qualified to complete that stuff. So here goes.THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:LuVaniluKinP.S: Requests for origins of these names will strictly not be entertained.THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:sugarspiceandniceFree! Free!! Free!!!! (Exam mudinjapram aarva kolarula MSN-la vechadhu!)Look at the half full glass (intelligent people should have noticed lots of traces ...

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Hazards of a bus journey

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

Hah! A month long internship finally over. And more than the pain of sitting in the air-conditioned room of the office, was the pain of travelling to and fro by bus. Whoa! Plain torture, that’s what it was.Half of my school years I’ve returned home from school by bus. It had never been such a pain. Now, suddenly, every bit of torture seems to have elevated itself to a higher degree, with the aim of draining me of my energy completely.These bus journeys have given my character shades of grey! I’ve ...

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Ah! That carefree life!!

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When I was going down for a walk a while ago, this little kid in my apartment put out both his hands in a “Wide” cricket decision giving manner and yelled, “Stop it!” at me. Yeah, I wanted to say “Yevan avan…” but decided to humour the kid and stopped. He then smiled and said, “Go!” I found it so cute and said “Thank you!” to the kid and his joy knew no bounds. This kid Mone has always been a sort of mystery to me. I was taken aback this time when he acted traffic cop, as for a change, he had not ...

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How to name it? Random scribbling-2??

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My eyes want to shut as I type this; but I don’t want to leave it and go to sleep. My mind has just chilled after some hectic time…all thanks to the amazing music playing right now. As I listen, I wonder how music has the power to keep so many of us in good cheers…. what would we do without music? Oh my god!When I went to Singapore to study, all I heard about my music taste during the initial periods of ragging was that my music taste was kiddish; and what did I listen to that was “kiddish” according ...

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Going out...

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

Whew! Finally back home after two days of hectic (!) life in Karaikudi for a marriage. Marriage of an aunt I’ve never kinda met before. Watched a marriage almost completely after years. Went by train after a year too. Was good fun and a pain at times, too.First my kiddo cousins. SR, Ad and Aj, I know you guys wouldn’t be reading this, but I must let you know you guys were some helluva lot of trouble in between. These kids pestered me to play Dumb charades, quiz (guess the questions? “Which is the ...

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