The unmarriageable man
Author: Ashok Ferrey The saying that never judge a book by its cover has its own importance. I don’t abide by it always. Every now and...
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J.S.D
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Mundane
I have been binge watching a bit of Hindi cinema lately without an ounce of guilt. The idea to make every spare minute productive is way...
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J.S.D
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Comfortable in an Uncomfortable Relationship
While growing up, I have been closer to my mother, more than I have been to my father. One of the reasons may be because Maa was mostly...
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J.S.D
- Apr 3
- 7 min
What goes In, will come Out.
Much like the cliched saying, "what goes around, comes around", the topic for today's (writing+gossip) writssip, holds some truth to our...
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J.S.D
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Full Dark No Stars
Author: Stephen King Total Pages: 453 Total Words: 140000 (approx) This book has 4 different stories, all under the broad genre of...
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J.S.D
- Jan 11
- 1 min
An above average new Year!
It has been eleven days into 2024, and I must say, that I am impressed by its generosity! I say it with the risk of ‘saying it too...
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J.S.D
- Jan 11
- 1 min
The Moroccan Daughter
Author: Deborah Rodriguez Pages: 293 Words: 87000 approx The Moroccan Daughter is Rodriguez’s second book that I have had the pleasure to...
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J.S.D
- Dec 26, 2023
- 2 min
Everything is Mucked
It is all meaningless, isn’t it! Our home has completed yet one more circle around the big ball of fire, and it’s time to celebrate that...
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J.S.D
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2 min
BITTERSWEET
Human life is meaningless, a bottomless pit of unnecessary chores and things to do till we die… we hurt others, knowingly unknowingly,...
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J.S.D
- May 11, 2023
- 3 min
I have had enough of Self-help books!!
So here how it is…. I am 32. I have always wanted to be a flight attendant from the time I figured that it could be as much of a...
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J.S.D
- May 9, 2023
- 4 min
Improving Communication Skills - a slightly different approach
When we say communication skills, it usually is presumed to be about its importance in our professional life! However, what we are as...
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J.S.D
- Apr 20, 2023
- 2 min
Making Peace with the Present
We can’t change the past. No matter how sad, bad, terrible, heartbreaking, unfair, unfortunate it has been, there is just no way to go...
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J.S.D
- Apr 10, 2023
- 3 min
The Guilt of Pleasures
I come from a lower middle class family from an extremely small town in the state of West Bengal. My family is Bengali, and by taking the...
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J.S.D
- Mar 15, 2023
- 3 min
One Question Answered!
Why do I say things I don’t always mean? There is this constant struggle inside me with me, between who I am and who I wanna be. I don’t...
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J.S.D
- Jan 29, 2023
- 2 min
Never Have I Ever... wrote a review on a Netflix Series
The perks of living alone are many! Apart from having the whole bed to yourself, not having to have any routine, and no chores debate...
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J.S.D
- Jan 11, 2023
- 2 min
Not a Happy New Year!
The word ‘happy’ is overrated! It has been used way too many times than it has been meant! Call me a ‘negative Nancy’, but a more...
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J.S.D
- Dec 25, 2022
- 2 min
Feliz navidad!!
It’s Christmas Eve tonight! One more cycle completes, almost. One would think that after ten years of staying away from family during...
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J.S.D
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
Monologuing 2022!
Never in the past decades have I felt time running away so fast! The older I am getting, I more I realize that time is slipping faster...
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J.S.D
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
LOOKING BACK
124 Days 21 Books Read 19 Books Reviewed 6 Funky poems composed 2 Vodcasts made That was 2021 in a nutshell for THE BOOK GULLY. I think...
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J.S.D
- Sep 8, 2021
- 6 min
POOR ECONOMICS
Authors: Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo Total no. of pages: 402 Total approximate words: 1,08,540 My only source of getting...
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