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Tag: love

The universal emotion that fills every beating heart, love, is a feeling that continues to dazzle and perplex me at the same time. The more I try to unravel it through my writing of stories, the more mysterious it gets, the more possibilities it throws up. And I don’t complain, really. I move along, tackling its many dimensions, as it leads me through a maze of the various forms it manifests itself in. From playful to mature to sincere to non-committal, this is one emotion that lets my imagination soar and conjure stories that I truly enjoy writing and that I hope the readers can relate well to.

Anamika to Anamika

February 14, 2010April 19, 2015

In notes to her fourteen-year-old self, thirty-year-old Anamika writes about the various shades of love that she has witnessed and the little lessons of life that she has learnt through the sixteen years. Anupama Krishnakumar tells you the story.

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Jasmine Memories

June 14, 2009November 7, 2014

The tradition of arranged marriage is quite an old one in India. It’s a practice that raises many eyebrows these days but I do believe that magic can be found in an arranged marriage. The story of Vasundara and Sankaran was written to put forth this point of view. Vasundara is one of my favourite creations and she epitomises the balance between respect for traditional values and a rare and beautiful kind of courage in a woman. This is Vasu’s story.

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The Moment

December 4, 2006March 18, 2016

Sometimes the memory of beautiful moment can bring joy for a lifetime. This poem is about yearning for one such moment, a moment of togetherness when the writing on the wall is clear – the journey together isn’t going to become a reality.

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Categories: Poetry

Confessions

August 4, 2006November 4, 2014

It’s important to preserve one’s individuality and space in a marriage. But is it worth it to take it to an extreme? Can there be no room for some compromise? There’s nothing more comforting than the enormous scope that fiction offers. This story was just the perfect outlet for presenting a point of view – that it doesn’t hurt to compromise a bit. It’s about a woman’s realisation.

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The Dark Secret

May 3, 2006March 18, 2016

Unrequitted love hurts deeply. However, the sadness is the perfect ingredient for soulful poetry. ‘The Dark Secret’ hopes to capture the feelings of a desolate lover whose affair is destined to last just a night.

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Duality

February 21, 2006March 18, 2016

The duality of love – devilish possessiveness and strange detachment. Can these two coexist? I believe they can. It eventually depends on how one perceives the relationship and the person in question. A poem on this interesting perspective.

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Categories: Poetry

Sarah

January 11, 2006November 10, 2014

Sarah is the story of a young girl. As much as she flows with her dreams, she is anchored to reality as well. It is this maturity that I have tried to focus on in this story. But sometimes love can send even the most balanced of perspectives flying out of the window. Could Sarah be an exception? The story explores.

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Between You and Me

February 14, 2005November 2, 2014

One of the first works of fiction I wrote – not surprisingly, it’s a theme close to my heart, ‘Love’. Titled ‘Between you and me’, this was written way back in February 2005.

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Co-founder & Co-editor of the online literary magazine, Spark. Author of 'Fragments of the Whole', a flash-fiction collection and 'Ways Around Grief & Other Stories', a short-story collection. Creative specialist with expertise in content strategy and management, editing and magazine design.

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