Amruta's Writing Block!

Trying to find a balance between my need to communicate, to be in control, and to get over my writer's block – all to fulfill my dream of being the new kid (or old lady) on the "writing block"… Yeah, yeah, I do sarcastic comedy on the side! :D

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  • Happy New Year!!! :-)

    Hey all, Here’s wishing you lots and lots and lots of good luck and joy, in the year thats coming by!! Do no bad, and atleast some good, let’s all give it a try!! 🙂 Read more

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  • Knock Knock!!!! Who’s there?? It’s me, myself!! :-)

    Hey all!! First of all, please accept my most sincere apologies for not being on the blogging scene regularly. If I’d asked myself why, there wouldn’t be any particular reason I could give. I was busy, I was pre-occupied with things, I was not in the mood or the right frame of mind to write….. No excuse Read more

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  • Yipppeeee!!!! 5000!!!

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    Life is unfair!!! Get used to it!!! Enjoy the happy moments to the fullest….and ignore the not so happy ones completely!! And most of all, keep smiling….If nothing else, it atleast keeps u cheered!  🙂 Read more

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  • In search of the First Citizen of India………

    Once every five years, our country experiences an embroglio over who should be (s)elected as the First Citizen, i.e. the President of India. This year too, a lot of bandwidth, that of print, television, internet, and human mind as well is being used up over the discussion about who should be the next President of Read more

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  • Hellooo!! M Back!! :)

    Hi everyone!! I am finally back on the blogging scene after  loong loong time!!(OK….admitted that the above line makes me look as though I’ve been a regular professional blogger, which am not, just a trivial one…like a small glow worm trying to find its feet in a huge diamond mine….OK…also admitted that this above line sounds Read more

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  • India is a tolerant country!!!(Is that a matter of pride btw??)

    I’ll start this one with a real  life incident that I happened to witness of late. Our office transport vehicle stops outside each office, and collects passengers, and drops them home. Outside the Rajashri office bus stop, is a Rickshaw stand. For some obscure reason, the rickshaw drivers have a problem if our bus stops there. A Read more

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  • Three cheers to the Karnataka Government!!

    After a long time, got to read something positively good (read that as – not irritating, not depressing, not infuriating!) in the papers. The Karnataka Government has planned a Bill on making it mandatory for private hospitals to attend to the victims of accidents and other emergencies, rather than sending them to Government Hospitals, or Read more

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  • The idol stood still……….

    This is a story I once read in a Marathi newspaper that truly deeply touched my heart. It was translated from Kannada, I think. This is an abstract English translation of the story from memory, in order to reach a wider audience. There was this small village surrounded by a forest. In the centre of Read more

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