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title="Content Search" /> <item><title>The Purpose of Lucifer</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2011/03/the-purpose-of-lucifer/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2011/03/the-purpose-of-lucifer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alethiology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[existence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/?p=1449</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hello world, I am god. On Earth, I had the dream to create life. I am the one who painted green. First, I weaved grass – they served a purpose. They held onto the skin of my Earth. Then chiselled trees with a different purpose. I gave them fruit, knowing that someday The fruits would [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2011/03/the-purpose-of-lucifer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Crossover To The Adversary</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2009/10/crossover-to-the-adversary/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2009/10/crossover-to-the-adversary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alethiology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[disparity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[futility]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hypocrisy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[insanity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[love]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/?p=1093</guid> <description><![CDATA[Deserted myself; blew up into the smoke, Drowned in liquor; walked out of all ties, Tied to posts and hung from the cliff; Gasped for drown; vomited dragon. Made more alone; walked out of body, Flew off the ground; hit the clouds, Blasted through the mountains, Burnt into ashes; destroyed in oblivion. Bled to the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2009/10/crossover-to-the-adversary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Of Life and Death</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2009/04/of-life-and-death/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2009/04/of-life-and-death/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:48:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Philosophies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/?p=210</guid> <description><![CDATA[Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2009/04/of-life-and-death/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Live Not a Carcass</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2005/12/live-not-a-carcass/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2005/12/live-not-a-carcass/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 10:37:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/?p=335</guid> <description><![CDATA[Simply because there is no road, does not mean that the journey stops. Perhaps, after the meandering journey of our lives, all of us do reach an end. But, as someone had said, &#8220;at the end it is the journey that matters the most.&#8221; Occasions remind us of the end &#8212; birthday, anniversary, new year [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2005/12/live-not-a-carcass/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Birth of The Flow</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2005/09/the-birth-of-the-flow/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2005/09/the-birth-of-the-flow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:09:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/?p=76</guid> <description><![CDATA[The next best thing to death is sleep. The debutant said:
“Believe it is true, believe it blindfolded,
Do not ask for explanations.”
‘Coz the answer had been repentant since repeated eternities.
The colours perceived through the kaleidoscope of time
Manipulate the perception of soundings,
Scribbled to estimate the depth of the mantling lake.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2005/09/the-birth-of-the-flow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Day I Was Happy</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/05/the-day-i-was-happy/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/05/the-day-i-was-happy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2003 21:27:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Short Story]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mother]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/2003/05/the-day-i-was-happy/</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the bed in our old house, I could see the park and all those playing there. How lucky they were! Ma said that rats would come one day, take my teeth and give back stronger and sharper ones. “Ma, when will the rats come? It pains!” Ma was not there to hear me. Nobody [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/05/the-day-i-was-happy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Too Lucky To Be Yours</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/05/too-lucky-to-be-yours/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/05/too-lucky-to-be-yours/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Short Story]]></category> <category><![CDATA[beautiful]]></category> <category><![CDATA[insanity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[love]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/2003/05/too-lucky-to-be-yours/</guid> <description><![CDATA[As for me, I am a thirty-two year old spinster, living alone in my eleventh floor apartment. And if you too think that I need a physical fitness program, let me tell you that I get enough by beating around the bush, by jumping to conclusions, by going round in circles and by running down [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/05/too-lucky-to-be-yours/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Looking Down At Myself</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/04/looking-down-at-myself/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/04/looking-down-at-myself/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 08:36:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stars]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/?p=41</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I look up at the sky, I see not any stars;
Nor do I see any planet, moon, cloud, neither any comet.
What I see are faces.
Faces, looking down at me, speaking to me and calling me…
Every face forms a star; and every star — a face.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/04/looking-down-at-myself/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Perplexed Choice</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/02/the-perplexed-choice/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/02/the-perplexed-choice/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[disparity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[love]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/2003/02/the-perplexed-choice/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The peals of laughter seems so spiteful With its sympathetic touch, It is really frightful. Everything in life is cursed. But cursed be life For the birth of such superfluous emotions, Full of redemptions, Spanning beyond the reach Of the tattered and the scattered Grains of torrential curse. Here, reasons never win, When attachments feel [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2003/02/the-perplexed-choice/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why In Vain</title><link>http://www.shamasis.net/2002/11/why-in-vain/</link> <comments>http://www.shamasis.net/2002/11/why-in-vain/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2002 08:15:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shamasis Bhattacharya</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Lyres]]></category> <category><![CDATA[futility]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[question]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.shamasis.net/2002/11/why-in-vain/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Why I write again Why am I in pain Why can’t things be right Why you ask, why again? Why can’t people do good Why can’t dreams come true Why aren’t things controlled Why you ask why untold? Why shall one see result Why there needs be solution Why can’t roads be smooth Why you [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shamasis.net/2002/11/why-in-vain/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
