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The Balloon Seller

Shashi Gupta May 15, 2006

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#5 Posted by Ms.Imran on May 23, 2006 1:37:51 am
A gentle and heart warming story.Simple yet deep.I liked it very very much.
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#4 Posted by kaptain on May 20, 2006 3:15:42 am
ghurbat key is safar mein..
ik choti see kashish.zindagee kee..

kitni maasoom per bojh kitna..
woh mohoom or shaffaaf see ummeed..

ha haaa..ghurbat to na jaanay..hai..or anjaan hai or nabeena..
kya bachchay kee choti khushi..
jis per qudrat bhi..jhoom jaaye..
per ghurbat..ney lapayt rakha hai..bandhan..


nicely written..

good work..
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#3 Posted by ixno on May 19, 2006 12:47:45 pm
how sweet.
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#2 Posted by kalihawa on May 18, 2006 8:06:49 am


Do something about the title. The hero seems to be the man.
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#1 Posted by swarrier on May 16, 2006 6:55:05 am
Nice premise, but I think there were too many colours.
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