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THE BOOK GULLY
RETROSPECTION
ON LIFE
WITH
POETRY,
BOOKS & BLOGS.
J.S.D
Apr 281 min read
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 83 min read
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 37 min read
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 112 min read
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 111 min read
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 111 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20216 min read
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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