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Ajesh Sharma

@sloword.bsky.social

Critically ignored author of "A Couple of Choices", a romantic comedy in 3 acts, and "Uncommon Pie & Other Stories", a collection of short stories to thrill, chill and make you chuckle (and groan). Okra fanatic. www.sloword.com

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ISBF25: Untitled by Sonakshi Angras : SloWord SloWord : Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival ISBF2025: An introspective post fromSonakshi Angras, a first time participant in the Festival.

NEW: Here it is, the last piece in the SIXTH Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival, 2025!

Sonakshi Angras brings us this rather open and honest reflection of a fleeting moment in time and the feelings it generated.

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02.09.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ISBF25: You, My Lord by Indrani Ganguli : SloWord SloWord : Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival ISBF2025: An introspective post from Indrani Ganguli, a prolific participant in the Festival.

NEXT on the SIXTH Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival is a poem. A poem from dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Laureate for Literature, 1913.

From, none other than Indrani Ganguli.

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20.08.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ISBF25: The Good Husband by Balesh Jindal : SloWord SloWord : Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival ISBF2025: A very personal account of a time when fear enveloped the world.

NEXT up on the SIXTH Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival is from first-time participant Balesh Jindal, award winning author and artist.

This is a fabulous, true story of character, human frailty and strength.

Read it here.

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15.08.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ISBF25: Music in the Afternoon by Peter Philipps : SloWord SloWord : Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival ISBF2025: A very personal account of a time when fear enveloped the world.

NEXT on the SIXTH Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival is from Peter Philipps, a Holocaust survivor and a former staff writer and editor for The New York Times and Business Week magazine.
A highly charged personal memory.
Please click here to read.

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13.08.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ISBF25: A Joint Agreement with My Cat by Darlene Campos : SloWord SloWord : Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival ISBF2025: Author Darlene Campos shares a personal account of healing.

NEXT: On the SIXTH Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival is Darlene Campos, a previous participant in the Festival, writing a personal account of grief and a very special friend.

Please visit this link to read this.

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09.08.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ISBF25: Poetry by Joan McNerney : SloWord SloWord : Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival ISBF2025: Two thought-provoking poems from Joan McNerney, a past participant in the Festival.

Next on The SIXTH Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival 2025, is Joan McNerney.

Joan brings us two thought provoking poems. She is a previous participant in the Festival.

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05.08.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ISBF25: Dear Baba by Indrani Ganguli : SloWord SloWord : Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival ISBF2025: An introspective post from Indrani Ganguli, a prolific participant in the Festival.

SO! Here, delayed due to technical reasons I shall curse about at a later time, is the first participant in this, the SIXTH Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival.
An introspective post from Indrani Ganguli, a prolific participant.
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01.08.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, I took the drastic step of removing the paperback version of "Uncommon Pie & Other Stories". Over the next few days, it will disappear from view.

Pity, the cover was gorgeous. But, you knew not to judge the book by its cover, you smart people, you

13.02.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cleaning up and planning for the 2025 edition of The Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival!

11.02.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interesting!

23.01.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

22.01.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's the big deal with that Onyx book? Why are people freaking out over it?

Old curmudgeon doesn't really want to know....

21.01.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A gorgeous day to work on the many manuscripts or a travel plan!

21.01.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was great! Gorgeous weather, miles and miles of walking! And great company.

21.01.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. Read them multiple times over the years. 2022 went and walked through Herriot country and over The Herriot Way.

21.01.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Past, Present and Future : SloWord SloWord : Miscellaneous A review. What of the Past has built us? What of the Present do we like? What does out Future look like?

NEW: A review of life so far.
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19.01.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never read anything by Neil Gaiman, except memes quoting him. And, now, even though I manage to separate the art from the artist, I won't begin to try and read anything by him.

13.01.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Achar Rice : SloWord SloWord : Recipes & Food A recipe, an extremely simple, tasty and desirable use of leftovers. Includes a recap of 2024, be warned!

Fixed the issues with the images! www.sloword.com/achar-rice/

07.01.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Achar Rice : SloWord SloWord : Recipes & Food A recipe, an extremely simple, tasty and desirable use of leftovers. Includes a recap of 2024, be warned!

NEW: The first for 2025 is a recipe for using up left over rice! Easy, not at all peasy, unless you want it to be!
Comes with a recap of 2024! At no charge!
www.sloword.com/achar-rice/

05.01.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Competition without cause... I find it crazy, but hey, I'm an old fuddy duddy who doesn't understand social media, clearly!

31.12.2024 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not about how many. It should be about what you get from them. I hate this obsession about quantity. It's the quality that matters.

31.12.2024 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The SloWord Poll : SloWord SloWord : The Polling Booth is aimed at a bit of fun every weekend. Yes. It will be weekly! Like every weekend! Almost!

This weekend poll is up!
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20.12.2024 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The SloWord Poll : SloWord SloWord : The Polling Booth is aimed at a bit of fun every weekend. Yes. It will be weekly! Like every weekend! Almost!

Weekly poll fun!
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13.12.2024 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If it's an anthology, I might read out of order. If a collection from a single author, in sequence.

12.12.2024 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Notes Written in CafΓ© Daguerre : SloWord SloWord : Travel Notes I wrote on my first visit to France in 2014. Ten years ago. As I head over again, I wonder what I shall find.

Notes from Paris.
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01.12.2024 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For me, the recipe is secondary. The primary purpose is to write something I find entertaining. Me. Myself. Me. Alone. Scroll function exists....

28.11.2024 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fruitful Work : SloWord SloWord : Writing Relaunching a project from the past is no easy task, especially if you're doing it solo and learning as you go.

Here's an account of my journey to the second edition and paperback of "A Couple of Choices"

www.sloword.com/fruitful-work/

26.11.2024 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love in the time of Cholera.
Life of Pi.
My two big DNFs

24.11.2024 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love that movie! "What do you think I am, dumb or something?" And "Moses suppose...... etc!

23.11.2024 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Now at sale prices through 30-Nov-2024!

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