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The Tiny Weed
The Tiny Weed stood clinging precariously to the barren rocks. Its leaves were carefully painted a beautiful green with the little moisture its tiny roots could gather from the surroundings. There was something about the Tiny Weed standing proudly against the grey barrenness of the rocks that caught the eye of the passing Dark Gray Cloud. It sent down a gentle shower. The Tiny Weed looked up in surprise.
The Masterpiece of Oblivious Jean-Pierre Houel
Among the innumerable days, lonely rains and the glare of orange lozenge that I am obliged to contemplate, I submit to September 13, 1999. I spent the fateful day at British Council Library beside the vertiginous (and voluptuous) pillars of Connaught Place, New Delhi. This is how it all began
The Guava Tree
Just beyond my window was flickering an endless play of life! A callous man I was, to be proud of my concrete building that accommodated a few of us. But this poor guava tree that was to receive a brutal blow of my axe, was in fact, a gigantic asylum that provided not only food, shelter and playfield but also a worthy home to infinite sparkles of life.
TOP-5 FEBRUARY 07-2010
Guria’s Top-5 Posts brings the best of the last week, every Sunday and sometimes to complete the list, a post from the past further than that.
One Flew Over My Nest. Not Anymore..
The ‘House Sparrow’, as the very name suggests, is a hanger-on to man and his dwellings. In many parts of the world, especially Asia and Europe, this humble bird was accepted as a part of life and also as a harbinger of peace and prosperity. Lately, in many Indian cities, this dependence on human settlements [...]
We Built This City on Rot and Rubbish ?
Guest Post by Ankith Athreya — a student of Carmel Convent as a part of his school essay. Of the estimated 3,000 tonnes of solid waste Bangalore generates daily, only 1,200 tonnes are processed. This, despite the fact that the five solid waste management (SWM) plants around the city, can handle over 3,400 tonnes per [...]
Earth Day
The past week being the Earth Week & specifically 22nd April being Earth Day – channels on the television seemed to very responsibly do their bit towards it…by airing programs on “Earth-friendly tips” and promptly wearing green and earthy colored clothes (Oprah looked like a bright daffodil in her lemon yellow attire). It caught my [...]
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