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Archive for March, 2007

Road woes

Welcome to the City of Hyderabad! This post is an introduction to the city roads and driving in it. The Municipal Commission of Hyderabad (MCH) has a new motto- Make Commuting Horrible! And so to honour their latest endeavour of digging up all roads – the main ones as well as the smaller by-lanes – [...]

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I meant the count for rejections of my short stories. Now as soon as I received a ‘no’ some minutes ago, for my second attempt at having my stories published, I was hurt. Then I continued with my task of finishing my article which I have a self-imposed deadline on. I have been struggling with [...]

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I remember my writing professor MKB Nair drilling into our heads:” Read 3000 and write 1500 words everyday. Brevity is the key. Be exact, be precise.” Vigorous writing is concise, he would often go on quoting, William Strunk Jr and EB White, from the legendary bible for writers- The Elements of Style.

I was appalled [...]

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