Category: Slice of Life
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Mumbai Mirror(ed)
This post was published in the Times of India on 20th April 2013 for the Mumbai for Women campaign in association for Indiblogger. Article in TOI If the known devil is better than an unknown angel, you must be in Mumbai. At the outset, this is the city of dreams. But, delve a little bit…
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Best Kept Secret – Lord of Writing
When I received the mailer, I knew, this time, I would be there. I had missed the event on two previous occasions. Not this time, no. 7 pm, March 11, 2013 was marked in my calendar. And I could hardly wait. Evening came and so did he, pretty much on time. Else, celebrities love…
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Mark my words
I’d always been an ace student and laid claim to a spot in the top 5, year after year. Grade 5 was a turning point in my life. Secondary school was a different ball game compared to the sheltered primary years. Grade 6 proved to be equally life changing. For the first time, I failed in…
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Four times Seven!
The 7x7x7x7 Writing Prompt : Grab the 7th book from your bookshelf. Open it up to page 7. Pinpoint the 7th sentence on the page. Begin a poem that begins with that sentence and limit it in length to 7 lines. So my dear friend, Corinne, put up this blog challenge as an FB status and soon…
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Iss Pyaar Ko…..Alvida Kahoon……?
Well, Star Plus’ No 1. ranker series ‘Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon’ to go off air this week. The male protagonist, Barun Sobti has quit for personal reasons. The channel thought it better to wrap up rather than replace, considering his popularity. A first of sorts, I gather. The daughter who absolutely adored Arnav Singh Raizada and Khushi…
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Summer Holiday
I began humming this pretty much the moment I wrote the title to this post. Yes, in our part of the world the summer holidays are really looked forward to. They spell the end of an academic year and prepare you for the next. It is the time to get away from the sweltering heat…
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Tech Traveller
My aunt is a nun with the Daughters of the Heart of Mary. It was her 50th anniversary as the handmaid of the Lord. We decided to surprise her and made an impromptu plan to fly to Goa. We simply needed a reason for a holiday. Our tickets were booked online and we were off. When…
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Of cats crossing my path
I have always been a dog person. I had no intentions of ever keeping a cat. Not because I worry that they turn into witches at midnight or are the bearer of bad news. I just was all for sloppy kisses from a doggie rather than the indifference from a petite feline. However, last year around this…
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The living years
Tinkle enjoying a nap without a care in the world…this is living the dream 🙂 Are you happy? Is this what you want? Will this be worthwhile? Sometimes simple questions can be very difficult to answer. It takes a whole lot of honesty and self introspection to be able to reply with either a ‘Yes’…
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Education on (a) line
St. Andrews College is etched in my memory as a place I like to visit now and then. The all too familiar surroundings pretty much takes me back in time. So much has changed and yet it has the quaint look it did 11 years ago. Back then, it was one of the only colleges that…