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Month: May 2012

28May
79 comments on “The Northern Planes”

The Northern Planes

Posted by umashankaron May 28, 2012May 15, 2016in Poems, Such is Life79 Comments

  The heat is baking the Northern Planes, Frankly, I am least worried, Father's beyond all heat waves, Mother has receded into her ribs. The summers bring the mangoes too, They now grow on puny trees, Long gone are the…

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20May
66 comments on “Murder in Amaravati -A Review”

Murder in Amaravati -A Review

Posted by umashankaron May 20, 2012November 10, 2013in Book Reviews66 Comments

Nestled in the lap of the ceaselessly gurgling Krishna, idyllic tranquillity of the ancient village of Amaravati is shattered one morning by a murder most foul and unnatural. Or the murder of a trader most foul and unnatural, as the…

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14May
96 comments on “The Ghosts of Jamun Trees”

The Ghosts of Jamun Trees

Posted by umashankaron May 14, 2012October 1, 2017in Fiction, Such is Life96 Comments
Jamun Tree Ghosts

Before he died, Karamuva was the best tree climber of the village and the clusters surrounding it.  He loved to clamber up anything green with stalks and leaves, planted to the earth and capable of withstanding human weight. From the…

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06May
131 comments on “Truth Alone Triumphs”

Truth Alone Triumphs

Posted by umashankaron May 6, 2012August 18, 2013in Such is Life131 Comments

There was this ordinary man who having found an ordinary job found himself an ordinary girl who became his wife. Man’s parents were miffed as they had queued up several astrologically perfect girls for him to choose from. The man…

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Sam was Sad

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Wet Charcoal

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Years in the Ash

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Pebbles You May Like

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Hangmen of April

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Haruki Murakami’s Well

The Same Night

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Silence of the Scrolls

Unnameable Things

Reading The Forgotten Waltz

Writing is So Long

Fungus on the Filter

Flames and Ashes

A Hole in My Pyjamas

The Slippery Slope

An Owl Reflects

The Last Salute

Truth Alone Triumphs

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My son, must I stay?

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While I be the Banker

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