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On an old man sitting on the verandah of the house at night.
Issue #011: A flash story about an old man, life and mortality.
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On the Idea of Windows, a Tanka, and Heartburn in a Cafeteria
Issue #010: A window triggers an epiphany on freedom and human condition. / A Tanka inspired by nostalgic imagination of the vast blue sky. / A breakup…
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On Seventy Five Years of Independence
Issue #009 of Brief Notes on Life : An old man in a small village reminisces as children in the neighboring school celebrate Independence Day.
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On one afternoon of 1998 and the art of drinking coffee.
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On the Idea of Windows, a Tanka, and Heartburn in a Cafeteria
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On Songs, Skies, a Buddhist aphorism & First love.
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On Apu the monkey, a Zen tale, Two seasons, a Poem and a book on the Singer.
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On a toy autorickshaw, Amma's miracle & fading memories.
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On Writing and Consciousness, a Zen Story and a Tanka
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On a toy autorickshaw, Amma's miracle & fading memories.
24 July, 2022. Issue #008 of Brief Notes on Life.
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On one afternoon of 1998 and the art of drinking coffee.
Issue #007 of Brief Notes on Life.
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On Uncle J-, Borges, (and how people are different than books).
Issue #006 of Brief Notes on Life.
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On Writing and Consciousness, a Zen Story and a Tanka
Issue #005 of Brief Notes on Life.
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On winter and memories, a beautiful break-up and the last ceremony of life.
Issue #004 of Brief Notes on life
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On Cooking Maggie & Finding Love, A Fib called Time, a Poet's autopsy, and Krishna's question.
Issue #003 of Brief Notes on Life by Tarun S. Kuckian
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On Apu the monkey, a Zen tale, Two seasons, a Poem and a book on the Singer.
Issue #002 of Brief Notes on Life
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Brief Notes on Life
Brief Notes on Life
Short fiction, stories, magic realism, vignettes and ruminations on life & existence. A fisherman trying to meditate on Silence - the space-time between breaths, pondering, lost in reverie, waiting..
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