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Yoshay's Blog · 2d ago

A Face in the Crowd – By Sanjay Pradhan

Translated directly from a Nepali newspaper article in Himalayan Darpan dated 23rd May 2012) Even today, when we see Shobha bahini (sister Shobha), we hear her tinkling laughter in the eminently popular radio show called  Shambhudai Ko Hulak (Shambhudai’s Post. Brother Shambhu’s Post was a witty que
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Yoshay's Blog · 1W ago

Finding Poe (four stars)

I recently finished reading Finding Poe by Leigh M. Lane and was both gently nudged  and perplexed through the course of the story. I was perplexed with the idea of a dream within a dream for it seemed so real as I often find myself lost in the very maze of it. Just like it [...]
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Yoshay's Blog · 2M ago

Housemaids and Mobile Phones

This is a light poem I wrote some time ago to bring up the inevitable tension between housemaids and mistresses. While on one hand, you think you are being very generous when you hand a mobile phone to your housemaid, on the other hand, you are not at all mentally prepared to see her indulge [...]
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Yoshay's Blog · 2M ago

Waiting for Godot-ian Miracle

We clasp our hands and pray, fretful woe not held at bay. We mumble incantations of intricate intonations, and all we want to say, (to the mute idols with droopy eyes, and idle smiles) is that we are not okay. we want our strife allayed, our misfortunes slain. Indeed we are thankful, but in truth [.
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Yoshay's Blog · 2M ago

Nothing is Alright (Lyrics)

This a song dedicated to Ben, a figment of a person who resides in the corner of my head. I feel sorry at the way things are for him but he really is an epitome of a malcontent human being. A serious whiner Why can’t I just be alright Why can’t I just break a [...]
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Yoshay's Blog · 4M ago

The Thirteenth Tale – An uncanny and persuasive literary treat

I become miserable when I am nearing the end of a book I have loved so well. I try to stretch my reading of it, so that I have more time to spend on it. However, the last page has to be read sometime, and the book has to be put to rest sometime. The [...]
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Yoshay's Blog · 4M ago

A Piece of Yesterday (Another Short Story)

  In the land of rain Monsoons in the North-Eastern part of India can be extremely cumbersome with nothing but endless stretches of rainy days and nights for months and months. Moist, mouldy rooms and the ubiquitous smell of half wet clothes, are what greets you in every household in the hills durin
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Yoshay's Blog · 4M ago

The Ominous Friday the 13th

It’s Friday the 13th today, again. This occurrence is observed to have cropped up thrice a year at the most. Am I convinced by the overall pall that is cast over by Friday the 13th? The answer is a simple no. First of all, my favourite day of the week is a Friday. Good things [...]
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Yoshay's Blog · 4M ago

My Own Book of Job

Illustration from Book of Job by William Blake I spoke to god the other day, as to my window he made his way. Pattering wildly on the pane, in small droplets of rain. One drop two drops and three more drops, a tired face of an old man it was. A steam of smoke rose [...]
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Yoshay's Blog · 4M ago

The Man Who Thought He Knew Best – a lyric

He thought he knew his very best he wore a dagger up his  sleeves He thought he was number one he rode untamed like a hurricane He thought he was the only one he would not, could not, stop to think He thought he was ever desired barged in wherever he saw fit Chorus The [...]
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