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The Transsexual Question

Eunuchs are a freak of nature. But they continue to be marginalised from mainstream society, forced to earn their living through prostitution and looked down upon through no fault of theirs, due to ignorance and superstition.
Professor Shomenath Bandopadhyay of Naihati is a 36 year old lecturer in Bengali at More >

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Are you ready to quit smoking?

The other day my 20 years old son announced that he had given up smoking. He had picked up this ‘cool’ habit in the first year of college and had smoked cigarettes for almost three years now. I had accepted this ‘fad’ as his right to choose his own life style; but the news of More >

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My daughter Divya’s wedding

I am happy to inform you that my daughter Divya’s wedding with her long time friend Deepak went off well on 11 September 2008 in the presence of close relatives of both the bride and the groom.
The marriage conducted according to Kannadiga rituals, was a solemn affair consisting of a simple Kasi Yatra, Kanya Dhan, More >

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Brain of an Indian

IT IS NOT A STORY BUT A TRUE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN AMERICA.
An Indian man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to India on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.
The bank officer tells him that More >

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The Cocoon……

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly, and he brought it home. One day, a small opening appeared in the cocoon.
The man sat and watched the cocoon for several hours as the butterfly struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making progress. It appeared as More >

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THE ART OF PERFECT HATRED!!!

It took a long time for me to realize that there is something special about the way i hate someone.
It is just not ordinary ,plain or simple hatred.
Its intensity is powerful and i have NO regrets for it.
If love is artistic, so is hatred.
Unless you know how to love, you wont know how to hate.
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poetry of the mystics

To see a world in a grain of sand
And heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour – to quote blake

From this the age of reason seems to have taken over, mysticism relates more to romanticism.
The poet traherne claims, ”our enjoyment of the world More >

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BARE HANDED BABA story poem

The bare handed Baba was so called as
He never carried anything with him. He
Did not welcome any company in travel.
He didn’t store food for tomorrow, nor
Was his next meal, any of his concern.
Villagers used to ask him “Baba, is it wrong
To think of tomorrow?” He would reply:
“I don’t know. But this is the way I More >

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