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22Aug
30 comments on “The Jury and the Assassins”

The Jury and the Assassins

Posted by umashankaron August 22, 2020September 26, 2021in Poems, Uncorked Angst30 Comments

(This brief ghazal is dedicated to Disha Salian and Sushant Singh Rajput who were brutally murdered on June 08 and June 14 of the year 2020 seriatim, in the city of Mumbai.)

01Feb
41 comments on “Train to Nada Land”

Train to Nada Land

Posted by umashankaron February 1, 2017December 23, 2019in Such is Life41 Comments

Dear friend and patrons, by the time you read this post, I’d be rocking away to my old hometown in a still older train panting over the ancient tracks laid down by the British looking to save the Indians from…

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16Dec
24 comments on “A Few Black Sheep and a Black Hole”

A Few Black Sheep and a Black Hole

Posted by umashankaron December 16, 2016December 18, 2016in Such is Life, Uncorked Angst24 Comments

If I was never really proud to be a banker, these are certainly not the times to have a change of heart when the entire species is steeped in disgrace around these tracts of the planet. In the apocalyptic times…

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21Nov
25 comments on “Bombastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”

Bombastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Posted by umashankaron November 21, 2016November 22, 2016in Uncorked Angst25 Comments

All right, that is a shameless rip off from the latest opus of J. K. Rowling, also churned into a movie by Warner Bros. But isn’t this the joy of being a nobody on the Internet, that you can pilfer…

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