The Last Jump.

I had always wondered what it takes to stand at the edge, the very edge, you know, of a cliff, a bridge and the like. Today I know it. Absolute courage or absolutely nothing.  I take a look at the abyss and try to remember my God. Only, I do not have one. It is as if the God mocks me! I try to remember the reasons why I am standing here today. Friends theme song comes to my mind - "Your...

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First of the Many - II!

[Copied from my Facebook notes, sort of a travelogue] Read First Part My train starts climbing. I see below a rivulet flowing through grey stones, green grass not very far from it. The rolling green fields, you may only read about these in a travel magazine article about Switzerland or Scotland, are also visible. Very far away, I can make out different layers of hill ranges covered with clouds,...

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First of the Many - I!

[Copied from my Facebook notes, sort of a travelogue] My train is snaking through a tunnel cut into a mountain as it enters Madhya Pradesh. The stones, originally light brown in color, drenched in rain water, are now slaty in color, with patches of green on them. I see an abandoned, roofless railway hut covered with moss.  The scene quickly changes as I see farms, green farms as far...

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Life, or How not to screw it by chance - I!

The funny thing about life is that it doesn't give you a second chance. It will put your most desired thing right in front of you, just on the fringes of your fingertips, tease you with it, may let you taste it once or twice, and then pulls it away from you. Mercilessly! But most of the time, there is a split second window in which life puts that thing well with-in your grasp, and you have to...

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Rain

I love Brunch, the Sunday magazine which comes with Hindustan Times. I have been reading Vir Sanghvi's editorials and food columns since, I don’t exactly remember, maybe class ninth. So was going through it and saw an article on monsoon. It was well written and reminded me of the several monsoons I have been through. There was a time when, in Patna, it didn't just rain. We were used...

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The. Nahi bhi the.

[Copied from my Facebook notes, wrote it long back.] पता था,नही भी था|तुम थे,नही भी थे|तुम्हारा इल्म था,एहसास नही था|तुम मिल रहे थे,तुम बीछर रहे थे|हमारा क्या था,कोई था, नही भी था| -------------------- Pata tha, Nahi bhi tha. Tum the, Nahi bhi the. Tumhara ilm tha, Ehsas nahi tha. Tum mil rahe the,  Tum bichhar rahe the. Humara kya tha, Koi tha, nahi bhi tha...

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Make Anagrams, or, Remove duplicates

Intro: This is a very basic question. I am writing about this just because I want to get into a habit of writing technical stuff. I am not so good at expressing my ideas and that is why I am starting out with such a simple example. I hope to start writing and keep on improving my writing skills. Any suggestion is welcome.  Problem Statement: There are two given strings. You have to find out...

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First Post!

I have been thinking about posting for a long time. Too long, I think. I went through several blogging platforms, read reviews, thought a lot and talked a lot. At last, I realized the best blogging platform is the one I start writing on! Now, coming to the purpose of this blog, my life, the universe (mainly, this blog)- 1. Write about technical stuff I learn,  2. Write stories and...

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