Got Paid !!! Yippeeee

This post was in the pipeline for a long time. I got paid for a designing job. Modest sum - yes, but how much do you expect for a couple hour's job? Well this is the cover for the mathematics Department Magazine. The job was done a month back ... but was waiting be paid before posting here. That happened last night. So here it is.

Xponent Cover by ~ritwik-mango on deviant ART

Xponent Cover - II by ~ritwik-mango on deviant ART

MORAL of the STORY : You can earn doing what you love !!!!

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Coming of Age

Sometimes, I just feel lucky to be born when I was , to be born in this time and age, to have seen so many contenders for the "Greatest of All Time" tag. Lucky to be born in the age of Michael Schumacher and watch him beat record after record. To be born in the age of Lance Armstrong, for whom beating opponents and records was but a secondary feat. To be born in the age of Zinedine Zidane, most certainly the best of this generation, the marquee headbutt notwithstanding. Lucky to have watched not one, but two legends, pass the baton in tennis. When Pete Sampras lost in the Wimbledon of 01, it made fans of him hate that pony-tailed guy for ending his quest for a 5th consecutive crown. I know I did. But Pete shouldn’t mind that now, for over the course of next 8 years or so, Roger has shown that when it comes to beauty on the tennis court he has got the entire WTA beat, by a long shot (down the line). And then there’s Sachin Tendulkar , whose one mistimed shot makes your heart s...

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The Year Of - Derivative Poetry

Embers, fires and slumbers stoked, fanned and broken dreams, promises, kisses borrowed, begged or stolen palms sweaty, knees weak, arms heavy ribs bruised and eyes swollen from earth, dust and ashes rising unbowed, unbent, unbroken.

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