Category: musings
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I got a very kind and talkative Afghani uncle for my cab ride to the airport yesterday.Because he had lived in Delhi for an year and had visited Goa, Kashmir, Taj Mahal, he had a lot of travel tales to tell. I told him Afghanistan seems like a very beautiful country based on the few…
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A scam.I ate 7 times today.Scavanged the refrigerator for all left overs and finished them or disposed them neatly.Small talked with house maid. Drank 4 cups of tea. A liter of orange juice.I also sneaked in an episode of ‘the newsroom’ during the day.I viber-ed with friends.I cursed the slow internet speed. Imaginary throwing bricks at…
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he said : ‘you know you could return that old phone of yours and buy a new one in exchange. You could save some money as well!’she replied (instantaneously) : ‘Can people in life be replaced this way ?’ A pause. she added ‘I think, no’.———————————————————————————————She stood a few meters away from me. She looked at…
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My work addled weekend found this -> http://www.purisubzi.in/post/50163457409/happyboxI stopped working after that. I started thinking about happy boxes.An image came to my mind. Grandfather (nanaji/aajoba) giving me a book and an afternoon spent reading that or numerous other comic books/sherlock holmes books in his backyard. image courtesy – Pascal Campion There is magic in going back…
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On sunday talked to a runner-friend about prisons. Built around ourselves. Making us come back or stay put over and over again. Counter acting forces when life is about moving on, not steadiness. Motion.Crossed a tweet on my timeline which said something similar. Prison. No escape. Pretense.Why do we do that ? When I came…
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Going back to past post after last night’s prolonged discussion with friends. We were talking about kids and why one brings new people into the world. Completing the circle of life. We all agreed and thought that was a worthwhile thought.“Living in a hostel for 4 years among girls from all across the state (country…
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Couple of days back I inched closer to the big 30. here 1 inch = 1 year. Strangely I did not have the same old excitement and was more like let’s get this day over with. Most of which I spent cooking and cleaning the home after the 2 month long stay away from it.…
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Sometimes I wonder what makes me use 3-4-5 languages in the same conversation over a thread of 2-3 sentences. Like when I am super comfortable talking to someone I will use an eclectic mix of hindi, english, marathi, french, japanese, computer (well yeah!), german (whatever little knowledge I have) and talk. On the same note if…
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Some templates refuse to die. The one’s created with friends, family, strangers, teachers, work-people, books, the iPad. With oneself.There were times when I wanted to wallow in self pity. These days that template does not seem to exist. Or may be its just pretending to be gone. Coma may be ?Good or bad. I always…
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(Important things first. I want everyone coming to this post to watch the trailer and not miss this gem of a movie. Of course with subtitles. The book by Jonathan Safran Foer is equally read-worthy. Of course, despite the experiments in narration. The characters in the book are so much more than they seem and so…