Category: From the number 23
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A New Dawn
He woke up; woke up to the same darkness that he woke up to every morning. He looked around and there was the same stillness all around. He tried to find something out of the ordinary but, as always, there was nothing. All around him was, everything was enveloped in the same dark stillness, save […]
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The laces of change
Robert Smith was dressed in a brown tweed jacket. Under it, he wore a white shirt with blue pin stripes, and a pair of brown trousers. On his left hand was a Breitling timepiece, which kept time accurate to within 2 seconds a year, and on his feet were a pair of neatly polished brown […]
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The equation of life
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the meaning of ‘Nothing’ is ‘Not anything‘ .That got me thinking and here’s something .. Nothing is not anything.Anything is, well, any thing.Now, any thing, is something.Again, something is, some thing .. right ?Cool.So now, Everything is some thing. Agreed?Super. Now, everything is, … you guessed it .. every […]
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Sin City
Italy, AD 2079 ‘Old man Ves seems to be grumbling an awful lot today,’ said Fabio. ‘He has too much to complain these days, as all the old geesers do,’ replied Franchesco. ‘I can’t really see what he’s upset about though. We have food, water and a living. Sure, crime is on an all time […]
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They dont make ‘em like that no more
I read a while ago about this place called ‘Indian Coffee House’, an institution in Bengaluru that was going to down its shutters very soon. There were glowering tributes from greats of the city like Ram Guha and others about how it had been a hub for the social and political stalwarts of the city […]