Where Thoughts Play

Just a collection of thoughts, Ideas, and things that go on in my mind

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#SimplifyIn2018

Finally #JaiWrites about 2017 and her plans to #SimplifyIn2018

2017 a year that for me has been a year of almost been.  Things, work, ideas, friendships and even blog posts that were all almost posted, almost successful, almost happened, almost real. It has also been a year that has been physically painful, and we have made more trips to the doctors than anything else this year. Now for all those who know me, know that I like to be the optimist, but this was…

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You

#JaiWrites an ode to the most important people in her life.

You feel the pain, you understand, And hold me close and take my hand, You say love can conquer all, You say I should always feel tall, Therein lies my hope today, Therein fades the yesterday, This faith, this belief I had never seen, Making me something I had never been, I look in the mirror and I see you… In everything I feel, everything I do, Standing beside me, holding my hand, Passing your…

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Changing Policies Need A Change In Mindset Too...

Welcoming a super special guest on the blog for this super special post.

I have spent a long time trying to make up my mind about the recent policy changes and I remember being unsure about how I feel about them. For a person not directly being affected by the said policy changes, it is maybe a tad bit easier to take an unpopular view. And I wondered would I feel differently had the situation been different.When I read the below post for the first time, I realised,…

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Anything But Books!

#JaiWrites What do I do when I am not reading or writing. Read on to find out!

Hello everyone! It has been a while. I hope I haven’t lost your attention. But with all the dust that I had to clean off here I won’t be surprised if I did. After all we all have only so much time…and so many things to do. So to answer your first question Where was I? I am working hard toward the fulfilling of dream, I had mentioned in a post earlier. You remember the one in which I dreamed of…

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When I Said "No"

#JaiWrites #Poetry Does Difference trump love?

In your eyes, I see disappointment, And in the lines of your face, The sadness evident, For a change something’s not going, Exactly the way you imagined. I shudder, I pause, for a moment I think maybe give in, For the disappointment and sadness All I see is fear, not madness A lonely heart beat, a broken dream I want to hold you, hug you reassure, To tell don’t worry or hurry anymore, A silence…

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Movies THat Shaped Our Generation - Done To Death Tropes

#JaiWrites about common tropes that Bollywood loves to Explore for the #AtoZChallenge

Bollywood is known for its formals and tropes that most of its films reverts to on a regular basis. I thought it would be fun to explore some of these tropes that have been done to death.   Every Bollwood film has a basic formula, a masala that makes it interesting. But the fact of the matter is that Masalas also need to follow their specific recipes to get it right in the end. There are the top…

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Movies That Shaped Our Generation - Comedies

#JaiWrites about the movies that tickle the funny bone for the #AtoZChallenge

Comedy has been a part of our movies forever.  What was initially used to induce humor, and provide relief has grown into such a big and diverse genre with sub genres and the like.   Initially movies were not comedies, but they were comedic actors, whose sole role in the movie was to present comic relief. We have seen many stalwarts fill this role –  Keshto Mukherjee, Johnny Walker, Mehmood, …

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Movies That Shaped Our Generation - Biographies In Motion

#JaiWrites about Biographies In Motion for the #AToZChallenge

The only scenario in which you would have missed hearing or reading the word biopic is if you were living under a rock, and the rock was in a deep dark cave on a highly inaccessible mountain. What is with the recent bollywood obsession with Biopics. The Biopic craze is not new, the first ever biopic was made in 1900 and it subject was Joan of Arc. We have come a long way from there, and our…

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Movies That Shaped Our Generation - The A's

Movies That Shaped Our Generation – The A’s

The A to Z challenge begins today, and I promised to take you through movies that shaped our generation this April. Not just movies that changed the way we think but some that were path breakers and others that carved out an entirely new path, or genres we just couldn’t escape. If you have grown up in the 80’s and the 90’s then it would have been impossible to escape Action movies. The Die hard…

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Theme Reveal for the #AtoZChallenge

#JaiWrites her #Theme Reveal for the #AtoZChallenge

Yep, I decided to do the A to Z challenge again. What is the A to Z challenge you ask? It is a month of frenzy, fun and writing every single day except Sundays. It’s a challenge that the entire blogging world participates in and the month of April becomes month to find new blogs and bloggers. I have found amazing friends because of the A to Z challenge. You can read more about the challenge here.…

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Sisterhood

#JaiWrites An ode to the women who are my closest friends and my sisterhood. #WomenOfBlogging

We are all celebrating #WomenOfBlogging this Women’s Week. I was wondering what to write about so many talented and wonderful women (and men) I met since the time I have been blogging and writing. The following poem is my attempt to talk about all these wonderful women (and men), who have not only read me, but actually supported me, and raised me up and continue to do so. I am not just a better…

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Love Like Blog Is a Four Letter Word

#JaiWrites a #poetry to show her #BlogLove

I take on the baton of Blog Love from Roma Love like blog is a four letter word, They say it makes the world go round, If you think this all absurd, The right words you haven’t found.   Love like Blog is a four letter word, And they the same all the time, Within the lines that blurred, Yet sadly they don’t rhyme.   Love like Blog is a four letter word, Like acting to actor, & stage to theater,…

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Paint's Day Out

#JaiWrites Paint's Day Out #BergerXP

I could hear the buzz of activity outside the giant door. From what I had heard these bloggers are a very happy and friendly bunch of people. I was looking forward to seeing them. The place was majestic and the mood was festive. I could feel the excitement in the air, friends meeting friends, people making friends. The excitement outside the door was so much better than the sound checks, and…

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The Page Turned

#JaiWrites about What she found at the turn of the page? #Poetry

And the page turned, The recipe changed, New tastes discovered, New dishes will be made. And the page turned, The story moved on, Some people got lost, Others a path to move on. And the page turned, New lessons were learnt, New places discovered, New dreams woven. And the page turned, The past left behind, The future hasn’t arrived, The new now celebrates.

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Experimental Theater: An Experience To Have

#JaiWrites about her Experiences with Experimental Theater

When you think of the word play or theater what comes to our mind is great content, presented in a linear manner and we as audiences sit and watch what unfolds, a passive interaction with what is happening.  In such a case the audience is involved in as much as the story unfolding in front of us lets us be. There is always a wall between the stage and the audience. What if we were a part of the…

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Happy New Year Indeed!!!

#JaiWrites about her #WordOfTheYear and other things. #BarWoWe

  I was on a break this December so technically this is my year end – New Year post. As I write this the words that have indelibly left a mark on me last year are Michelle Obama’s “When they go low, we go high.” Our reactions to things are more of a reflection of us rather than the thing done to us. I had forgotten this rule until Richa reminded me of that, during our conversation on Sunday. That…

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The Approval

#JaiWrites about the Approval that can change both their lives. #ShortStory

“Stop it dad, just calm down,” Nia was exasperated.  Her father needed help, but he was stubborn and he wouldn’t let her help him. She still remembered how he would turn to her for every little thing. But one moment and her reaction changed all that. Nia was no longer her father’s partner in crime; she was a monster that had fed her parents to their doom. She had decided to follow her heart two…

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