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Student. Opinionated. Loud. Silent. Shy. Out-spoken. Contradictory. Dreamer. Personal Blog:http://thesilkenthreadofnescience.blogspot.in/ Political Articles: http://blogcritics.org/writers/pooja-wanpal
Fantasy’s Fool [Entry for Love Story Contest]

Fantasy’s Fool [Entry for Love Story Contest]

“Here she comes…” His friend nudged him as the girl of his dreams walked in through the door. There was no need for that nudge, really. He lived for every chink of her anklets, every playful dance of her hair and the flutter of her thick eyelashes. The room brightened at her very presence and [...]

The ‘Movement’ in 2012

For a generation that grew up listening to the tales of awesome courage in the struggle for Independence, and later in the 1970s and during the Emergency, the Jan-Lokpal Bill movement was like a dream come true. In 2011, the movement caught the imagination of the public at large, and tri-colours, chants of ‘Vande Mataram’ [...]

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The race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan

India is in a flurry. And it’s all due to the highest post in the government that will soon be vacated by Mrs. Pratibha Patil. The race for Presidential post is as dramatic as the prime time serials and scripted reality shows. The reigning Congress party has announced their presidential candidate as Pranab Mukharjee, the [...]

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Life Goes On

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Life Goes On

He left me with a depleted bank balance, some cheap trinkets, shards of my heart and a ‘single’ relationship status on Facebook. I collapsed on my sofa, trying to look at the situation bravely through my heavy kajal-ed eyes. Everything seemed beyond repair. Even the heart. Already jilted by two and a half lovers (the [...]

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A long wait for the Lokpal Bill

So, now, Team Anna is staunchly defending its stand, and activist Arvind Kejriwal has expressed that he will face any action that the Parliament will take due to his insinuation and description of the Members of the Parliament. Meanwhile, all the members of the Parliament have rallied together, baying for blood. In this volley of [...]

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Shiny? Not any more

My sister and I were lying on the couch, watching Mumbai Indians battle it out against Chennai Superkings. I casually picked up my phone, and texted a friend…about cheese. That’s right, cheese. My sister let out a horrified gasp, her eyes popping out of their sockets as she read the text about cheese and then [...]

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The fall of the elephant

It is an understatement to say that the poll results took the country by surprise. Exit Polls were inadequate to predict the results in Uttar Pradesh, the populous centre of the Hindi heartland.

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