Category: india
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With growing old sometimes comes the feeling that you understand life in much better sense. Of course if you are a person who likes to have filters in place and constantly seeks clarity. You are thankful for a lot of things that have happened and helped you grow. And at times you are just forgetful…
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We had Malyalam speaking neighbors for the longest period. Brother and I practically grew up with V and V, eating generous amount of dosa and coconut chutney. V and V would always go on summer vacations to their ancestral गांव (village) in Kerala. It was always a mystery for us owing to our poor pronunciations. I…
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The moment our tavera (a chevrolet multi purpose vehicle) reached the homestay in Malvan at 3 am, all of us knew this was going to be a special road trip. A, R and I had gone crazy planning a road trip over the past 2 months. Sometimes the distance was the problem, sometimes the mode…
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Letting evil thrive : from here I am thinking about the numerous times I have ignored guys (sometimes guy-friends) indulging in blatant objectification of women. I also have close guy-friends using the term ‘RAPE’ lightly around women. I have ignored that too. Instead of ignoring I think I could have spoken up and shown my…
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I *lurve* watching movies! From the amount of my life I have spent in watching movies, I now have pretty toned instincts about various movies (upcoming or the one’s that skipped my vision). By instincts which are toned, I mean I have become cautious with where I spend my anticipation and energy in. Well, that’s…
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Happy New Year/Navreh/Nowruz/Ugadi etc etc to everyone 🙂Wonderful how different parts of the world welcome the new season (spring) during the same time of the year 🙂Maharashtrians erect a Gudi (as in the pictures) outside their homes, a symbol of prosperity, growth, one which wards off evil. Funny thing, I was giving sweets to the maid,…
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So when I hear my father’s generation raving about *those special times* I have always wanted to feel how it must have felt. To be part of *that* I think today I got my story. The story of my (26 years) life. Now on, everyone born after 2nd april, 2011 will get to hear this…
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I never call myself a cricket fan. Never have I understood the game in its full technicalities. I don’t remember names of players except if I have a crush on them. I don’t even care about the turn or the dead-ness of the pitch. I lived outside India for 2 years sans cricket. I tried…
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This post is about some remarkable people/professions I have come across in the past few days.I met the first 2 on field trips with another best friend for her March wedding. I could not help but think more about them and the professions they have chosen. And hence the post follows.Small beauty parlors, specially the…
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Since the 4 of us (family) are hardly together, the moment brother announced his around new year’s eve trip, we planned a little excursion to Shegaon (the karmabhumi of Gajanan Maharaj)My views/thoughts about god are still evolving. Or so I think. And I have strictly no opinions about any religion. It always fails me why…