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Between Choosing And Letting Go

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The monsoon had a way of making Pune feel like a city caught between breaths. It had arrived in Pune with the kind of insistence that felt personal, as if the sky itself were trying to wash away memories. Clouds hung low over the skyline, pressing their weight onto the glass towers of the business district. Inside one of them — Worth Financial Services — Kavita Joshi stood by the tall window of the twenty‑second floor, watching the rain blur the city into a trembling water color. Her navy‑blue cotton‑silk sari clung lightly to her frame, the fabric whispering against her skin as she shifted her weight. At forty‑six, she was composed, respected, and feared in equal measure in banking circles. Senior Vice President of Corporate Risk. A woman who had built her life on discipline and precision. For her, building reputations was stronger than most marriages, and in the quiet hours after boardrooms and balance sheets, she believed that success had its own kind of intimacy ... And she a...

One Year After Retirement : A Comedy of Freedoms

It’s been twelve months since I waved goodbye to deadlines, meetings, and the mysterious office printer that jammed only when I used it. In the days approaching my last day, my colleagues, friends and acquaintances used to ask me of my plans post retirement. I was actually looking forward to life where I did not want to make any plans, but I had to give a stock answer to all because they wished well. Retirement, I’ve learned, is not a peaceful stroll into the sunset but a delightful circus of small surprises, new hobbies, and the occasional existential crisis triggered by a missing TV remote or home broadband not working. So I decided to put to words my thoughts on the year I spent after retirement! Here it is complete with laughter, revelations, and a few questionable lifestyle choices 😃 The Maid Chronicles Ah, the maid (our बाई 🙏). In my working years, her late arrival was a minor irritation, like a mosquito buzzing near your ear. Now, it’s the central plot of my daily so...

I used AI to set tunes to my poems - Part 2

  So I learnt something new. I used AI to set tune to my poems! The tool is so powerful that it gives you a ton of options like male/female singer, type of song, musical instruments, tempo and much much more. I have used the free user trial and the options increase and get better for paid users. Click on the links to access the files stored on soundcloud.com Song 1 11th June 2026 - Kyu Naa version one Same lyrics as above but with a different tune and bit different orchestration Song 2 11th June 2026 - Yoon Hi Same lyrics as the above but with a different tune and different orchestration I am just an amateur who tried this for the first time and there's ample scope for improvement. But this technology will surely get better in the coming days. And is this going to be the future of how music will be created? Will this put music creators and musicians out of work? Only time will tell. Fingers crossed.