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Leaves – A Ghazal
It is August. Soon we will be in Autumn – Fall. I like the manner in which fall as a word rolls inside the mouth, in the end making the tongue meet the roof of your mouth. For that reason and a few...
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Going away – a visit to NIAS
Our team at work went for an offsite to NIAS in Wassenaar. I wrote a small feature on the outing. I am sharing a snippet (the one which Purab made me read out again): Autumn is an extraordinary season....
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The Blossom on the Bough by Anne Dowden
Last year at the ISA (located in Amstelveen) I bought this second-hand book. The book was last issued from the library in 1995 and they had decided to part with it. I paid very little for it. Firstly,...
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Wild Things are a Joy Forever
Two years back, on my first visit to New York, my friend from school Shalini recommended a visit to The High Line. We walked there; she stylishly in her boots, and me clumsily dragging my massive...
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Walks around Beatrixpark
I have been enjoying my walks around Beatrixpark. It is a quieter, smaller, and more romantic park than the other ones in Amsterdam. There are secluded sections that allow for solitude, which can in...
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Autumn Moments in Amsterdam, 2017 Edition
Fall, leaves, fall By Emily Bronte Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. I shall smile when wreaths of...
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They hand you a box
They hand you a boxFour neat lines joined at supremely perfect right anglesYour body, rounded at the edges, pliable, more flesh than muscleSqueezing yourself into shape you triumph, look you say, I...
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Belmonte Arboretum in Spring Sunshine
A visit to the Belmonte Arboretum in Wageningen yielded joy and sunshine. In full bloom were rhododendrons, cherry blossoms, magnolias, camellias, and narcissus. There were plenty varieties of rose...
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