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What could my mother be
to yours? What kin is my father
to yours anyway? And how
did you and I meet ever?

But in love

our hearts have mingled
like red earth and pouring rain.


Vikram Chandra

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Let my soul mingle with You, NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA Life is a combo of attachment and detachment.

Love is the most natural thing and you are...
NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA Charity is the best form of prayer. Do whatever little you can to help the not so fortunate. You may...
NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA A circle of hugs,
A give and take of love and affection;
Keep it passing on and on,
...
NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA Discarded lay all the dreams
In the bin of unwanted things
Till you came and set them free...
NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA Thirst is the aim for quest,
It keeps inspiring to find more and more;
Otherwise, satisfie...
NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA The songs of separation
Are not always full of pain
Often they talk of the fondness
...
NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA The heart is delighted by the first,
The other makes the mind go numb;
Happiness and gloom...
NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA Our minds must be as ready to move as capital is, to trace its paths and to imagine alternative dest...
CHANDRA TALPADE MOHANTY You realize the speed at which you are going to move while ascending. You can reckon the speed at wh...
NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA