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All’s well that ends well 22 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm
Measured in degrees of stupidity, few can match my resolve. “I will continue to use my old phone until I win a new mobile from a blogging contest.” Unfortunately, this was a public declaration made in...
Sexist Venom On The Web 18 Aug 2013 | 11:17 am
Picture Courtesy Youtube. Spare a moment for the insight of writer, Bertolt Brecht. “The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's lef...
Sherry On Top 9 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
Everyone is clamoring for their favorite Prime Minister nominee. Shatrughan wants Nitish, Akhilesh wants Mulayam, Rajnath wants Modi, Derek wants Mamta, Digvijay wants Rahul, Rahul wants Digvijay, and...
As Beautiful As Your Work 2 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am
Beauty and grace are not an exclusive preserve of young working women. Right? Let me introduce you to an unlikely muse – an elderly homemaker, living on her own in a quaint little bungalow. So fierce ...
Good News! 23 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm
Picture Courtesy:Google Pictures (tytropes.org) The economy is slipping down a slippery slope. Tomato prices are kissing the moon. There is no coal for the power plants. Children are being raped and ...
Cherry Picking 19 Jul 2013 | 06:27 pm
Dear News Channels, ‘No Room For Real Issues’, ‘War of Words’ and ‘Punch Fest’ are some recent headlines of editorials featuring in prominent newspapers. When the print media feels the need to debat....
The Name Game 12 Jul 2013 | 10:29 am
Picture: Flickr.com We are at the local grocery shop in my apartment. The owner, a native of eastern UP, offers sweets and invites us for the inauguration of his new shop in another apartment complex...
On the Fringes of Life 29 Jun 2013 | 07:37 pm
The Write Tribe Wednesday Prompt # 7 Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. – Winnie the Pooh In her book 'The Top Five Regrets of the Dying' a nurse rendering palliati....
China to Chandni Chowk 24 Jun 2013 | 10:35 am
A Chinese electronics manufacturer, I am told, is leading the set-top box (STB) market in India as we shift to the era of digital TV. Close to seventy percent of STBs sold within the country are impor...
Power Chat – Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone 15 Jun 2013 | 10:09 am
Amartya Sen, in his Nobel Prize winning book ‘The Argumentative Indian’ was spot on when he wrote about the Indian penchant for debates, discussion and intellectual pluralism. The chatting gene is har...
