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Did You Ever Love Me? Book Review: Can Rithvik singh turn heartbreak into a homecoming?

Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is a tender contemporary poetry collection about love, heartbreak, longing, self worth and learning to let go. Its greatest strength is emotional accessibility: Singh writes directly to readers who feel intensely and care deeply. The collection offers comfort without pretending heartbreak is simple, though its simplicity may occasionally feel familiar to seasoned poetry readers. Did you Ever Love Me? Have you ever loved someone so completely that, after they left, you were left wondering whether they had ever understood what they had been given? Not merely whether they loved you, but whether they ever noticed how much you loved them, how much patience you offered, how many small things you remembered, or how often you chose to stay when leaving might have been easier. There is a particular loneliness in that question because it rarely arrives at a dramatic moment. More often, it finds you while you are doing something completely ordinary. Yo...

Why blog?

 ۩ सर्व शकितमते परमात्मने श्री रामाय नमः۩ 
Found this at bookeywookey
1. Do you promote your blog? Not much. A little bit i used to do.
2. How often do you check hits?Never i guess.I don't bother much about them.
3. Do you stick to one topic?No.I have a versatile personality.I like variety.
4. Who knows that you have a blog? No ideas.Many known people are aware that i blog,and some unknown too.
5. How many blogs do you read? Many.Its a very long list.
6. Are you a fast reader? Yups.When it comes to blog reading, i read very fast, as i have to read a great number of blogs at a go.
7. Do you customize your blog or do anything technical? I am not someone who is very very tech savvy. I like my blogs to look very good, so i dwell into the technical details at times.
SO i do it only when a very important need arises.
8. Do you blog anonymously? No.I somehow don't like the idea of blogging anonymously.Many people do, especially the females. I am most comfortable signing with my full name.These are my words, i stand by them, why hide my name???
9. To what extent do you censor yourself? I don't censor myself much.Except when i am breaking one of my own rules.Blogging is all about writing your informal thoughts.If you have to put up a plastic smile and weigh every word you speak, then why blog?why donut we just socialize in a coffee shop with so many friends we can make there??

10. The best thing about blogging? Its a good venting out medium.I can be just myself here.Plus share info about me with people known to me.
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Ok, So i pass this one to Sheetal, ANkeita

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