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 I would like to thank the guys at the Administration Office of Rediff Iland for taking prompt action and  banning the imposter Lissome Lady’s blog. They kept their word. They do exist. They can be approached and they do listen to reason. Thank you Rediff Iland. I believe this person went on and on pushing the [...]

  The other day I got asked a question that got me stumped and thinking. The question was this. Who are the three people who have inspired you? It sent me hurtling down memory lane…and a long lane that is…. knocking briefly on one door only to zip to the next, shaking my head… no… not [...]

    A poem on the pains of Adolescence                                  It started as an imperceptible  blipOn the unbroken innocence of my spirit. I watched it grow in perverse fascinationEngorged in its own evil juicesInto a mesmeric caustic carbuncleTranslucent, turgid, malevolentDangerously pregnant with toxins  A tumescence, a burgeoning sacrilege.The shame of it! The humiliation!  But it was only an outgrowth of my awkwardnessIt [...]

 Growing up in the seventies was no cakewalk for a middle class Indian girl. College at 16 was a wonderworld of youthful magic and cultural angst. One of my earliest poems, reminiscences dug out of the past, found in an old plastic bag when cleaning up.             ADOLESCENT WORRIES Khol lined eyes. side burns. side locks. bell [...]

  Lissome Lady  never refuses a challenge.  Friendly Ghost writes to me:  Except for oversensitive me, the rest of you reach a consensus? Really? I shall be happy to see what consensus you have reached with other bloggers on other issues, LL. Maybe you can put a list of such ‘consensus’ statements on your blog: (i) Some [...]