This is the view of the arena from the Gladiator’s cell. Looking through the open door wasn’t so bad, but as soon as you turn your gaze to the barred door you feel trapped, even thought an open door is right alongside.
This is the view from the dais above, a commanding, sun-kissed view of the bloody spectacle below. Eight vertical feet made all the difference…..
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I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then.
I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile!
A few points about me because I don't want to lead anyone on(and trust me this does become an issue more often than I'd care to admit).
I'm Indian, the brown-skinned variety; if race, ethnicity or skin colour is an issue, you don't have to get to know me any more than what you see on my blog.
I'm 40, so if age is an issue, please be informed accordingly.
I was a doctor, an ophthalmic surgeon for 10 years before I quit practice.
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The first one a great capture, Dr. Hb! 🙂 I like the lights coming through the two doors.
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Posted by Amy | 03/01/2016, 8:08 PMThanks Amy, and welcome back. I trust the holidays went well? 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/01/2016, 9:16 PMThank you, Dr. Hb. 🙂 Visited friends and relatives, then went to Florida, the sunshine state. It was 85F, 15 degrees above normal… 😕
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Posted by Amy | 03/01/2016, 9:22 PMLiving in India, I’m enjoying the cold winter as much as you must have enjoyed Florida. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/01/2016, 9:25 PMWhen I read, “Gladiator’s Cell,” I thought “tall, olive skinned, muscle bound man.” Because, who wouldn’t think that. Right, now I will go back and read the post. (I was temporarily distracted by my dirty mind). SB.
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Posted by Sabiscuit | 02/01/2016, 7:50 PMThere’s a spindly boy in the corner, and a
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 02/01/2016, 8:40 PMThere’s a spindly boy in the corner, and a tall-ish darker than olive and hardly middle bound man behind the camera… That’s about it..
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 02/01/2016, 8:41 PM“Spindly boy.” 😍 You slay me. Thanks for the realistic information, HB.
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Posted by Sabiscuit | 02/01/2016, 8:54 PM