Ramblings of a stressed out mind

Just a filler post. I wanted to take a much needed break. My mind is filled with all kind of stuff I have been gathering from the www and there is no better place than my blog to chill a little.
Freelancing for the first time took me over to Sydney and man what a [...]

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Post 3: Bold and Beautiful : Top 5 Hollywood women I love

Saw this post doing rounds and realized how much I miss writing about the hot bods of Hollywood which can make even women drool over them. Normally we all have some dream date of the opposite sex so here is a role reversal. Women I love, for their sheer beauty and talent.
Here are five of [...]

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Nanhi kali ( the tender bud).. I too want to blossom

The village was slowly waking up to yet another day. The birds had left their nest in search of the early worm and one could hear the bells in the temple on a distant hillock.
Very few people were out at this time. Two figures emerged from behind a cluster of houses and started walking [...]

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Life at the Crossroads

This is a story of a street child. A girl born and brought up on the streets of Delhi and her everyday struggle for survival.
See more at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1537581/life_at_the_crossroads.html

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Mysteries behind the veils

As a young girl ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Arabian Nights’ were two of my favorite movies. The mysterious Arab world with deserts, camel caravans, palaces, spice markets, handsome Arab men in Thoub , Shumagg, Tagiyah and ogal and stunningly captivating women in veils and exotic dresses. Abayas, HIjabs, Niqabs were part of my [...]

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Intimate betrayal ….The untold trauma

I had wanted to take up the issue of Marital rape for a long time now .The movie DAMAN by Kalpana Lajmi where Raveena Tondon plays the role of a marital rape victim, made me write about this heinous crime against women.

Violence against women within the family has become a major issue in our society.

Marriage [...]

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The Verdict

She watched the mob with vacant dry eyes. Her legs and arms felt heavy .She had been tied up to the tree for more than five hours now .The remains of what were her clothes, hardly enough to cover her body.
She winced as a stone hit her forehead, unable to move .Blood tricked down her [...]

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Rabia …A story

The sun was melting behind the pillars of the huge mansion. A deep burnt orange in color, it looked extremely captivating .Rabia stood mesmerized by the divine beauty .She glanced in the huge courtyard and saw Rubina, her step sister, skipping rope.
“Rubina, get in, soon the guests will arrive.”It was her older sibling yelling, [...]

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Life at forty Rocks !!!

“One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it’s such a nice change from being young”
 
Dorothy Fisher.
 
 
For many people especially women , turning forty is a difficult time, a dead man’s curve on the road from youth to old age but I will always feel that you may not [...]

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With love to my 18 year old self

Tagged By Ritu to go down the memory lane ,I decided to pen down something for my 17 going on 18 self …Trust me we hit it off instantly …so here is the letter to an older tiks from a younger tiku
 
hey cutie pie ,
when I think of you ,those dreamy black eyes [...]

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