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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
- Jul 27
- 1 min
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 10
- 1 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 1 min
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
- Jul 5, 2022
- 1 min
For hundred years
I will not sleep for hundred years for the raging soul aspires to be poetry of your endless nights a dreamer of your dreams. I will not...
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Nandini Sengupta
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
Diary Entry 5
Dear D, For a long time, I couldn't open your pages, lest I fill them with unpleasant memories. I want your pages to be filled with hope...
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Nandini Sengupta
- Jun 18, 2022
- 2 min
Why do I write?
"I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways" ---Rumi I never knew I would write. But ever since I remember, I have...
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Nandini Sengupta
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Diary Entry-2
Dear D, I have often come across a thought, a particular one in fact. With age, this thought is gradually turning into a realization....
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Nandini Sengupta
- Sep 4, 2021
- 2 min
My friend
"Standing in front of the glass door at mid-noon When the sun reaches the center, I see my reflection And I stare back at my shadow." "A...
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