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Metaphors of life
By Nandini Sengupta
Poet and Writer
'Writing is the painting of the voice' - Voltaire
I write to inspire, think and dream. My works are a reflection of my way of perceiving the world in its varied nuances.
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Nandini Sengupta
22 hours ago2 min read
The Valentine's Letter-Chapter 1
The Valentine's Letter- Chapter 1 His eyes were looking around for someone until he spotted her at one corner of the room. She was buried...
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Nandini Sengupta
Feb 52 min read
Diary Entry 7
Diary Entry My adorable D, Meeting you after a long pause...was caught up with life and much more. Didn't have the time to sit and...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jan 311 min read
Wait by the seaside
By the seaside I was there, waiting for you lost in the turbid water of the animated sea as it made its way through those triangular...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jan 233 min read
Dilli haat- the shopper's paradise
Dilli Haat "that small woolen doll, happy sitting with the knick-knacks, those earthen wares and trinkets, kashmiri shawls, phulkari, and...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jun 1, 20241 min read
Homecoming...
As thou sprinkle the colors of thy love on my wandering essence: all over my inner and outer self, the warmth of thy closeness awaken my...
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Nandini Sengupta
Feb 11, 20242 min read
It's Me
Laura was doing her laundry. It was a Sunday afternoon and she was finishing up all her pending work from the week before. She worked as...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jan 4, 20241 min read
Cobalt love
the crazy me went on to weave an unrealistic dream spun out of the void that very day crossed my mind today the day i waited for you near...
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Nandini Sengupta
Dec 3, 20233 min read
The Monk on the rock
"In uncertainty, I find my freedom In the crowd, I find my voice My stories are the pieces of a game of puzzle that we essentially call...
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Nandini Sengupta
Sep 2, 20231 min read
In a life hereafter
I will meet you in a life hereafter in a different land away from this chaos where all barriers will cease to exist where all your lies...
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Nandini Sengupta
Aug 3, 20231 min read
The night sky tales
Of kings and dragon tales, Of mysteries and fables in place, Of lobsters and fishmonger, The night sky deals in all. Have you ever gazed...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jul 27, 20231 min read
To cook or not to cook
The grand perils of cooking the steaming hot khichdi in the making: to stir and when to stir the eternal dilemma while tasting. The...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jun 24, 20231 min read
For Him, with Love
'Sweetheart' A name you would often call me by... Today I celebrate our love. In the aroma of flowers, you gifted me that day, I still...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jun 10, 20231 min read
A letter for Him
An excerpt from a letter written for her love with love: The moment you smeared me with your colors of love, I was no more me. As your...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jun 5, 20233 min read
The gypsy and the tree
The human forms were not visible clearly as the sandstorm blew its part over the rolling desert land. It was a tiny village set in the...
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Nandini Sengupta
May 20, 20231 min read
Beloved
That night has arrived, after a prolonged and agonizing wait: he would embrace her in his arms while her bangles would make a jingling...
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Nandini Sengupta
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Diary Entry 6
Just 'D' Today 'dear' feels out of space. No reasoning whatsoever. Certain aspects of life always remain inexplicable. Trying to write...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jan 24, 20231 min read
The Door
Escaping through the traverse of the ever flourishing mustard field, her tired soles no more feel the rough texture of the rolling dry...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jan 6, 20233 min read
Monkey on the go...
Peeping through the glass door six year old Amu could see the infant monkey nibbling an apple with an unwavering gaze on the object of...
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Nandini Sengupta
Dec 21, 20222 min read
On languages- mirror to the soul
At once understood and misunderstood-- the words once let out of the box, assimilates into the universe- can work wonders and also cause...
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Nandini Sengupta
Dec 3, 20222 min read
Mountain trails
Autumn dissolves into preachy winter...the fallen leaves have started accumulating themselves...Stunted feelings, residual talks, still...
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