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Rudra


ದೇವನೆಂಬುದೇ ಕಲ್ಪನೆ 
ಅದರೊಳಗವನದೇ ಕತೆಯ ಹೆಣೆದು
ರಂಗಿನೋಕುಳಿಯ ಬಳಿದು
ಕಾಲ್ಗೆಜ್ಜೆಯ ತೊಡಿಸಿ
ಮನಬಂದಂತೆ ಕುಣಿಸಿ ನಲಿಸಿ
ಮೆರೆಸಲವನ ಮಹಿಮೆಯ ಛಾಯೆಯ
ನಿಜವಾಗದಿರದೆ ಕಲ್ಪನೆ
ಪೋಷಿಸದಿಹನೆ ನಿನ್ನನೇ
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Living in the Now

It was a quiet evening, the kind where the air feels like it’s carrying secrets. My teacher and I sat beneath a canopy of stars, a gentle breeze rustling the leaves. He always had this way of drawing out the questions buried deep within me, and tonight was no different.

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The Button That Broke His World

It was during one of my consulting visits to an insurance company that I met Suresh. He worked in the underwriting department—a meticulous, soft-spoken man who radiated a quiet sort of diligence. He was the kind of employee you’d expect to be a fixture in the company, quietly reliable and entirely uncontroversial.

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