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Feb.22.2011
A lone bird sits at the top of the thatched roof. Now and then, a few more black strokes appear on the roof. The black roof, the black silhouettes of the birds, the red bricks of the buildings and the sky smudged with blue and grey spread together on the canvas.
A woman, her head covered in...
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Feb.19.2011
Her white sari is swollen with the wind. Her small round face moves towards you. The carvings on her face sit benignly together with her twinkling eyes. Her eyes are shining and yet seemed to hide some thing. You look into her eyes. Her glance is moulded in love. You feel that her love is different...
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Feb.18.2011
I can't make myself understood in your world, the world of bodies, of tongues and fingers; and most of the time I have no listeners, not on your side of the river. Those of you who may catch the odd whisper, the odd squeak, so easily mistake my words for breezes rustling the dry reeds, for bats at...
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About susmita
susmita has done her masters in English literature from University of Calcutta. She was pursuing her M.Phil studies with a focus on Michael Ondaatje's works. However that remained an unfinished degree. She emerged out of it in a new state of confusion which...
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susmita’s Favorite Books
Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, Dubliners, Fictions (Translation of Ficciones), The
Art of the Novel, Gift from the Sea, 'Subtle is the Lord...'The Science...
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