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Did You Ever Love Me? Book Review: Can Rithvik singh turn heartbreak into a homecoming?

Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is a tender contemporary poetry collection about love, heartbreak, longing, self worth and learning to let go. Its greatest strength is emotional accessibility: Singh writes directly to readers who feel intensely and care deeply. The collection offers comfort without pretending heartbreak is simple, though its simplicity may occasionally feel familiar to seasoned poetry readers. Did you Ever Love Me? Have you ever loved someone so completely that, after they left, you were left wondering whether they had ever understood what they had been given? Not merely whether they loved you, but whether they ever noticed how much you loved them, how much patience you offered, how many small things you remembered, or how often you chose to stay when leaving might have been easier. There is a particular loneliness in that question because it rarely arrives at a dramatic moment. More often, it finds you while you are doing something completely ordinary. Yo...

Akansha Tagged me.... Now its ur turn to do it.

Akansha Tagged me. But i had done a similar tag on fb which was passed on by blogger Asbah.

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. If you didn't want to be tagged, you have my apologies.


1) I don't like talking much about me. Forget 25, not even two or five.

2) I am a very humble person by nature.

3) I detest egoism. I fail to understand why people label me as a egoist at times.

4) I have a religious bent of mind. I am Ram Naam Sadhak.

5) Can never see people in pain.

6) Love to drink coffee and tea.

7) Reading, listening music and watching movies are the only hobbies i enjoy

8) AM an intellectual person, and have little care for techno craze.

9) Am a very active person. Why do I feel the need for sleep, I wonder some times. Most of the times you can see me, doing multiple things at one time or thinking about a dozen things at the same time.

10) Me a very frank, straight forward person. Never like to keep grudges or feelings hidden.

11) Money holds not much value for me. Its your character that matters not your money or attitude.

12) Still am very much money minded person. Can't see money wasted but will not hesitate to spend it lavishly at times. Very shrewd about money I am.

13) I always wanted to be an artist and always knew I can never be an artist.

14) I hate mathematics. Dread it.

15) Knowledge, and spreading it around, enlightening people, eradicating darkness, is one of my missions in life.

16) Am good at face reading, as am a very sharp observer. I know a lot many things, even if no one has revealed them to me.

17) My wish is to create the largest books library on this Earth.

18) I dislike writing. Even though I make some moolah out of it and seem to enjoy it at times.

19) A very principled man I am. Living life by rules since I was a kid.

20) I believe that no one could ever understand me, and perhaps I never allowed anyone to understand me. My life is a open book, but written in some code language.

21) I have packed off my pepe's and Levis' and bidding adieu to denims. Only ethnic wear I wish to wear as I grow up.

22) I always seem to have a solution to every problem. But then again that leads to a problem.

23) I believe God sent me here on Earth and my only aim should be that mission.

24) Orkut and Blogger marked a steep change into my Life.

25) The other day, another person remarked that I look and even talk like Hrithik Roshan (Minus the body). Having heard this so many times before, now it embarrasses me, maybe.

Ok this one was veryyyy Tough. Hope you people have a great time doing this. Now everyone reading this, has to do it.

Comments

Akansha Agrawal said…
hey!thanks for taking it... loved knowing more about you... :)
Pallav said…
it seems u r very nice and honest person....
I reaally respect whatevr u written...
one can find very few people like u on this earth
Tushar Mangl said…
Thank you Akansha
and Thank you Pallav, for such kind appreciation :-)
anurag said…
Very brilliant and very original, I couldn't have expressed it so adeptly even at my age.
tamanna said…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...you don't look like my hrithik...he's da ONLY Greek God of his type...you luk like anyone bt not him.

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