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The City Beacon(s)

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Sometimes a city becomes a living organism. It develops a personality of its own. Myths develop about the city. People start relating it to their life, Hell it even becomes their life. They think they can't live anywhere else but there. People leave/change their jobs just so that they can stay in the same city. We Indians have a special attachment to places that we stay in, and this is more true then ever when we talk about ...where else but 'BOMBAY'. What can I have to say about the 'Maximum City' that hasn't already been said so. Better still, Who am I to talk about this city when I have never even stayed there. Maybe to the millions of residents of the city and my readers from the different parts of the world, I can dare to give a third party unbiased outside opinion about the city. Bombay is one of the few cities in India that is known the world over. Its our very own Big Apple, The City of Dreams, The (Indian) City that never Sleeps. The names give...

Am I a Professional Writer ?

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Its been almost 5 months since I last wrote something here. That doesnt mean that I have not been doing any writing at all. You would be happy to know that I write on a regular basis and get paid for it. People who publish my writings get paid even more then me. Wait a minute, Did I quit my job in the past 5 months and become a full time writer ? Have some of my books been published, so that I am making money for myself and others ? Well, as tempting as that sounds to the amateur writer in me, sadly thats not true. I am still doing what I did last. Then why am I suddenly talking as if I am in contention for winning the next Pulitzer Prize ? One fine day, couple of months ago when I was in my office at my desk, banging at the keys of a computer, staring at a screen much like this one. An idea suddenly crept up in mind. " How would I define a Professional Writer in Layman's Terms ? " Out of habit I hit windows+r (Yes, this linux lover uses windows at work) , typed ...