Sep 21 2008
The recent blasts in Delhi, the arrests, the encounters, SIMI, POTA...one thing that jumps out at me is somehow terrorism has become synonymous with muslims. Why so? Isn’t what Bajrang Dal does any less? The killings and abduction in Northeast...
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Sep 16 2008
On saturday I recieved a mail from the “UK National Lottery” (sounds really official...it comes complete with the Union Jack, agent no., name, phone no. and all), saying I had won an wordwide online sweepstakes and that I should provide them...
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Sep 1 2008
My son came home dejected, having lost a match, which he was certain he would win. No amount of cajoling helped. Then I asked him if he would like to go out for pizza, “let’s celeberate”. He looked at me as if I had gone crazy....
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Aug 28 2008
In yesterday’s Times Of India the “Speaking Tree” section espouses the merits of knitting . In a US church they have something called the “Prayer Shawl Ministry”, where a group of women gather each week to knit and crochet...
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Aug 28 2008
I recently read in the newspaper that women help in maintaining the so called “Glass Ceiling” that they lament about. Today also there is an article in which a study reveals about how men still want a traditional wife and women are more than...
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Aug 21 2008
We all have heard this very famous saying “behind every successful man here is a woman”. But what about the successful woman? I feel behind her is a man who said “don’t do it.” This is specially true if the woman has been a...
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Aug 21 2008
Has anyone realised that the women folk who stay at home to look after the home and hearth are equally if not more educated and capable that their counterparts? The education that a girl recieves is at par with that of boys, and the competence is...
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Aug 9 2008
The artisans from Kutch in Gujrat, are a dedicted lot. They live for their art. This beauiful art form called “LIPI” is painstakingly made using mud and embellished with mirrors. Thanks to the trend of “ethnic-sisation” of...
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Aug 9 2008
All of us have heard of Nainitaal. A beautiful hillstation in Uttrakhand surrounded by lakes. But just a few hours journey away is a small hamlet called Kosani. The majestic view of the entire mountain range from this place is so awe-inspiring, that for...
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Aug 7 2008
In the recent hit “JTJN” when the heroine laments, “college ke paanch saal kahan chale gaye pata hi nahin chala” the mother sagely replies, “phone pe beta phone pe”. I truly empathise with the lady. I still belong to...
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