Collections —> Reflections

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R-1. Love Letter


Written for a woman I wanted to marry and couldnt because too many notions got in the way.


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R-2. Gratitude


Written for John's wedding in 2011, this remains my standard wish for any couple and forms a part of other writings like Valima and Fray


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R-3. Brittle


Why do we have to be so brittle with our religions and ideologies? Lets be more tolerant and loving esp towards ourselves.


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R-4. Love Thy Self


Imploring the reader to love him/herself as I beg myself the same


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R-5. Musings


Musings Interrupted (thoughts on the way to Pondicherry in 2013 - spiritual pilgrimage)


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R-6. Love Again


On the rebound from love and questioning everything.


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R-7. Islam


Short essay on Islam (not Atheism) as inspired by my own teacher.


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R-8. Writer Tick


"What makes a writer tick" - All my sources of Inspiration over the years


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R-9. Church


Notes for HCLC in Bellevue and read over 2 Sundays - this includes Cliff Rihcard's Sing a Song and Kansas' Wall


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R-10. Copyfight


Written in America, a CURATOR imploring Authors to make their more profound works free


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R-11. Valima


Naazesh - At a cousins wedding - a reading out of Gratitude mixed with a few other thoughts and quotes.


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R-12. Let There Be Love


Random trip on love and caring for our fellow human.


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R-13. Sleep Eros


Fictionalized Romance where it takes a couple a whole year of bonding before igniting the sexual spark.


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R-14. Quality


A plea not to judge other on religious grounds, but to let a true spirit of harmony reign


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R-15. Divine


128 atributes of the Divine - Mahakala and Mahashakti (Lords of Time)


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R-16. Unspoken


Planned selection of prayers and my own "Harmony" prayer - unspoken at Hussain Day, Bangalore


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R-17. Partners


Puja - Few thoughts on romance and partners, ends with a note to my cousin on her wedding day.


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R-18. Linger Near


Thoughts on death - for the Jim Reeves song


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R-19. Letters Jun2017


3 separate essays for 3 people (at the hospital)


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R-20. Grace


Another random trip on a day at the hospital


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R-21. Affirmation


Imran's personal affirmation in 2017


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R-22. Expectation


The 3 types of expectation (essay written at Veena's request)


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R-23. Good Enough


A plea to everyone strive to be deemed good enough


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R-24. Inspired Teaching


Written for Edlusion, my former employer, this underscores the need for inpired teaching - seeing it as a calling rather than yet another profession.


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R-25. Particle Physics


Kinda cryptic love note, this one inspired by "Will and Lyra" in Philip Pullman's Dark Materials


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R-26. Intangibles


Written for Edlusion, my former employer, this talks of the Intangibles in Teaching Frameworks.


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R-27. Join Us


The YM Join Us Video of 2018


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R-28. Feeling For Others


Short appeal to people not to be indifferent to each other's pain.


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R-29. Keep Smiling


Long message to students about "never losing that fire" and making life spectacular.


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R-30. Devalaya


Some random trip on "Devalaya" - the Abode of the Gods


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R-31. ID 2018


Imran's message / video of Independance Day 2018


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R-32. The Fray


For a friend when her cousin got married - a mix of various essays and prayers for partners.


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R-33. Bless Us Father


A short prayer as we "undertake to manifest our very Heaven on Earth".


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R-34. Taminders Legacy


A barrage of questions based on characters of the book of Richard Bach ie: Curious Lives


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R-35. Messages 2020


Messages on Independance day and 2020 Eid


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R-38. Regaining Faith


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