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Don’t Go Raging Into The Night

By Shyam Somanadh On May 31, 2011 · 3 Comments

The gap between “is” and “could have been” determines so much of who and what we are. Most of our lives are then spent trying to either overcome the gap or trying to overcome the fact that there is so much of a gap.

For most of my life I have never really wanted [...]

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An Ordinary Greatness

By Shyam Somanadh On May 6, 2011 · 2 Comments

One of the more regrettable losses of my recent life is drifting farther away from my writing. I make half starts now and then, promising myself that I will persuade me to write more often, that the spark still lurks somewhere needing only a bit of gentle pushing, But, as time mercilessly grinds its [...]

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Roundtrip To Kerala And Back

By Shyam Somanadh On April 21, 2011 · 1 Comment

Nothing spectacular about this one. It was a 10-day trip to get some errands done in Trivandrum, so it had precious little travel within the state involved in it. Otherwise, it was mostly work and short runs around town. I also got to experience the new Indigo flights to Trivandrum. Flew in on the early [...]

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Himachal – Early 2011 Edition

By Shyam Somanadh On April 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Did a trip with the family in Himachal over 4-days. Since my co-travellers were not accustomed to the kind of cold you are likely to experience in the north, the decision was made to play it safe and keep Kullu as the base. This opens up Manali, Kasol and Jalori as options within a 60 [...]

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The Duke and Louis

Azalea – Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

By Shyam Somanadh On January 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Duke and Louis together – rest is magic.

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Leon Uris Double: Milla18, Redemption

By Shyam Somanadh On January 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I like reading an old-school well written lengthy story every now and then. I prefer it without any major metaphorical gymnastics and delivered straight and preferably on a vast canvas. In Leon Uris I found all that and more and I have to say that I am a fan.

The first thing that I noticed [...]

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2010

By Shyam Somanadh On December 26, 2010 · 1 Comment

A large part of 2010 was purely about trying to survive. This time around, last year, I was well on my way rampaging through everything I held dear after, once again, being proven incapable of handling a relationship that went bad. A year on, much has transpired. There are instances where I have doggedly held [...]

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Have A Heart

By Shyam Somanadh On October 8, 2010 · 1 Comment

The past three months were unprecedented. Here I am, trying to find the right words that would fit what I have to say and I can't do any better than to say it like how it was. I normally spend my days cooped up in my own bubble. Most of my thoughts are about things [...]

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What Do I Know?

By Shyam Somanadh On August 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I do not know if this is some sort of a penance, for crimes that I may have done and crimes that I may not have. In its doing, and under repeated questioning, all I can see is that this is nothing of that sort. There is really no reason behind this other than that [...]

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Twilight Is Approaching In The East

By Shyam Somanadh On July 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Day and night is the difference between clocks, time zones, the time we go to sleep and the time we wake up. Overriding all of those is the consideration of light, whether it is making its first appearance in the day for the world or if it is its last. I’m listening to a famous [...]

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