Top stories published by Shaktian Space in January of 2014

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Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 28, 2014

D-word + M-word

I’m at that stage of my life where i can’t pretend to be something else. I am what i am. During my younger days, i thought i was so many things. All at once. Today, i look at myself only to see that i find it difficult to be even one thing at a time. As a kid, i assumed i won’t last a quarter of a…

Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 3, 2014

Of pens and keys

If you can write 25 lines without feeling a hint of discomfort in your knuckles, you’re awesome. Your handwriting — good or worse — be damned! No joke. There’s a reason to it too. You haven’t been destroyed by QWERTY. Yet. And that should be a matter of pride even if you’re not Murakami or Rowling…

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Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Dec 31, 2013

New year, same old shit

2013 is dead and gone while 2014 seems like a promising infant. Insofar, the ghosts of the former will be instrumental in shaping the latter. Things won’t change drastically unless somebody close — if not you yourself — chooses to pass away. Regardless, the sun shall continue to work…

Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 29, 2014

Mouth on foot

They think you’re wise. And then you talk. This has happened to me (and consequently to those who interacted ad interim) over and over again. Anyway, i’ll point out six recent instances where my lack of attention and oversmartassness created unwittingly sitcom-ish scenarios.

Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 14, 2014

Skipping from lesson to lesson

A journalist who works for a daily can’t really afford a hangover. At least not during weekdays. However, the journo in our story learnt it the hard way. He got hammered the night before he was supposed to meet a top cop for a sensitive scoop. No surprise he barely woke up…

Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 5, 2014

When dreams kill

If you were to ask 10 people their most preferable way to pass away, almost nine of them would say “I wouldn’t mind dying in my sleep”. Even if this weren’t the exact sentence, the words to be noted here are mind and sleep. [We’ll get to that later.] This reply has more to do with lack of…

Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 6, 2014

Captured

I don’t need a DSLR to know that i’m not a photographer. The same is true about millions of others who are suddenly empowered by Instagram. With the exposure we are party to — thanks to the rise of technology — there’s this unexplainable urge to click and share and upload and stare. Set against this trend was a…

Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 12, 2014

Blinded by tears

Overcome by pity, she handed out a note from her purse. The blind old man was expecting a coin or two but the smile on his face suggested that he liked what his fingers felt. In superbusy cities like Bombay, one often find himself/herself expecting a change in themselves by handing out some change…

Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 4, 2014

What matters

If somebody pointed out Natalie Portman’s forehead gives Sonakshi Sinha’s something to worry about, i’d laugh along. (One of the benefits of being a joke is you can always take one!) It’s never been as much about physical attributes as it is about one’s perspective of a person one blindly admires. You…

Shakti Shetty in Shaktian Space

Jan 27, 2014

Spaced out

Everyday i notice you slipping away,
like a language dying a slow death…
without a word or two.
Everyday you shine brighter than before,
i don’t see or understand how…
that ember enlightens a spark.
Everyday we shrink a bit more,
not only in lifespan but also in sight…
warm within our cold darkness…

February 2014

These were the top 10 stories published by Shaktian Space in January of 2014. You can also dive into daily archives for January of 2014 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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Whenever I obtain something to spiel in more than 280 characters, I visit this space. I write about things that don’t matter. I write about things that matter. Either way, you are probably wasting your not-so-precious time here.

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