Praveen Shivashankar

Hmmm.. something about myself?!! One of the kind... :)

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Me and my blog!!

Ok.. herez what one of the websites had to say about my blogging, ie. after I answered a few of their questions.. ehehhe.. what do u guyz think? Your Blogging Type is Pensive and Philosophical You blog like no one else is reading…You tend to use your blog to explore ideas – often in long …

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Rivers of Blood

Ok.. I seem to have written this poem when the carnage at Godhra and Ahmedabad happened. This poem was dedicated to all the victims of these massacres. The Rivers of Blood Deep in the interiors of the battered landsCarving the courses with shapeless hands,Unhindered flow, a thousand scarlet streamsFed by sadness, endless tears and shattered …

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What a discovery!!!

When I was ravaging through some of my old documents, surprises of surprises… I discovered the collection of my English poems and short stories “Hope and Despair”. It was a mushy moment.. as if I were watching Hrithik Roshan and Shahrukh Khan meeting eachother in K3G (yeah true!! Duh!!). Well, without much ado about nothing, …

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Lost in the celestial music…

I am not a connoisseur of music! I probably am not a layman in terms of it too, and hence, can feel a good song, when I hear one! Transcending the boundaries of language is probably the greatest achievement of music! Albeit, in the current scenario, the negative elements seem to have gained momentum in …

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On Chronicles and Potter!!

So I did say that “Chronicles of Narnia” deserves a special mentioning of its own, in a separate blog altogether! The movie, it must be specially mentioned is all about one of the books – “The Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe”. The Chronicles, itself has different sets of books, probably 7 in number, totally. …

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Of movies and more..

Ok.. today I went on a rampage in terms of viewing movies. I watched “The Chronicles of Narnia”, “House of Wax”, and a disgustingly horrible telugu movie “Idiot” (well.. thankfully its aptly titled). While the Chronicles would warrant a very special mention of its own, and a separate blog altogether, I would also not like …

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