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

About Me

Writeups

Different write-ups that i published at different places

  • Movie Review – The Great Indian Kitchen

    [This post was originally published in a Marathi magazine called Palakneeti, published from Pune. You can read the original post on the magazine’s free online version here] Once upon a time there is this beautiful girl – educated, trained in Indian classical dance, an expert at cooking; and as she grew up in a gulf Read more

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  • Kai Po Che? – The decline of traditional sports and games in India

    [This is my first post featured on the TheFrustratedIndian website] So, what is your favourite game, I asked my neighbourhood children at a party in India. “Angry Birds”, said a 7 years old boy. “I love cricket”, said another 14-years old girl. “To watch, I mean, you know… IPL and stuff… it’s so exciting”, she Read more

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  • Their feelings, too!

    Here is the loose translation of a Marathi poem I wrote a couple of years ago (You can find the original poem on my Marathi blog, here). It is based on the concept of irony, and me having to tell you this explicitly, is an ode to irony itself! **************************************** He was a little boy Read more

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  • Should I venture into fiction??

    For a long time, I have been at a loss of ideas for new blog posts… and more than ideas, it’s the expression that I am not able form. So i thought, why not try my hand at fiction? Stories and topics that have interested me, but never happened to me…. I guess I should Read more

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  • If….

    Just came across this classic poem by Rudyard Kipling…and thought it would be nice to share with all my readers…..Enjoy folks! 🙂  ===============================================================  IF…………. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for Read more

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  • Yipppeeee!!!! 5000!!!

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  • The journey of a million miles, starts with thousand steps!

    Confused with the title?? Think it should be “The journey of a thousand miles, starts with a single step.”? Well that holds true if you intend to travel only a thousand miles, if your journey is going to continue beyond that,(well in life, it does, right!! Much beyond that!), in fact to a million miles,then, Read more

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  • Is money equivalent to Happiness?

           So true is the above sentence, isn’t it!! just happened to see the above picture stored somewhere on my PC, and it started a chain of memories in my mind. Just jotting down a few of them here. When i was in my 3rd year of Computer Engineering, We had a debate in my Read more

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  • Life and Death…..

    Now this one is completely original ! If life is like a dream, does death mean waking up from sleep? 🙂 Read more

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  • What’s in a signature????

    I have always been a big fan of quotable quotes…and have liked collecting them since childhood… It may sound like I am bragging; but yeah, many people have told me that they look forward to reading the signature in my mails, that I change everyday! 🙂 Now for all those people who have encouraged me 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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  • My first experience of social service

    [Post updated on April 20, 2016] There’s this organization in Pune called Eklavya Nyasa, that works with the children of Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs.) Recently, my employer wanted some volunteers to go to this NGO and interact with these children every weekend. I jumped at this opportunity! It was an overwhelming experience! For the first session, Read more

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  • My answers to a questionnaire circulated in TCS on Women’s day…I won the 2nd prize!

    1) I am proud to be a woman because: It’s only a woman who can both rock the cradle and rule the world. 2) If there was one thing that I could change in today’s world, it would be : discrimination against any caste, creed, religion, community, gender, etc., because once we rise above such Read more

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