Life-Like
TV Sociopaths and The Good Wife
This post is perhaps about stating the obvious. Except that the obvious is sometimes so omnipresent, that you can easily miss it. So, I watch some television. Not much…some shows, …
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All that never happened
The ache.. is from nothing that has happened. The ache is of all the things that haven’t. They take birth with a surge somewhere in the chest, change form into …
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Keep Calm and Throw a Punch
You know how you wake up some mornings with a clear list of people you’d like very much to punch? And how no amount of Yoga seems to get your …
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Some thoughts on Mother’s Day
My mother is an incredible woman. I know every child feels this way about their mother, and that is how it should be. However just like every other child, I …
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How I met Shahrukh Khan
He was a successful man…a married man, with a kid. I was a confused teenager who could convincingly fall in love with a movie star or a book character… and …
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A Box of Sunshine
Beginnings excite me.. as do endings in a different, subtle way.. as do changes of season.. and birthdays.. and of course new years’ days! Some may argue that there really …
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Imprints..
Meeting you was not for nothing Though I knew you weren’t here to stay But all that made sense to me Was to immerse in you While it lasted I …
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From Workshop to Workplace
It seems to be the season for off-site meetings, and the one last week brought on something completely unexpected: unadulterated joy!
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Fire Fire
The human emotional experience is such a complex thing. We have this beautiful gift called empathy. And then there is this invisible, permeable but definite boundary that we also create …
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Where’s Home?
Some weeks ago, we had packed our bags to go home. Some days back, we got back home and unpacked.
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“If I want, I can”..
The day before, I met my grandmother after almost a year. The last time I saw her, she was an incredibly independent 85+ years old lady, who was always dressed …
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Trying to do nothing
I felt the need for a mental detox. ‘Felt the need’ being a euphemism for ‘my body and mind refused to operate without it’.
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Some teachers get it
On Teachers’ Day, Facebook suddenly overflows with tributes to teachers. There’s something in my mind that switches off the moment something becomes the ‘flavour of the day’. But today is …
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What’s with all these photographs?
So what have I been up to recently? As unexciting as it sounds, I’ve been feverishly collating and backing up our personal photographs. Ever since the unfortunate computer crash some …
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Being an adult sucks. Or not.
Just when you begin settling into the feeling of having finally struck a balance, there come days like this!
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Why are you running?
While I don’t have a competitive bone in my body, there’s certainly a survival instinct that growing up in the Indian education system instills in you. Most times, it’s great …
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Been attacking the wrong thing?
Do you sometimes see teenagers, anguished by peer pressure and unsure of their place in the world, lashing out at their parents? At the one relationship where they are assured of unconditional …
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Mind Your Language
“I’ve got eyes for you,” I hear my new colleague announce as I’m about to settle down after lunch.
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Generosity is the currency of relationships You become generous when you realize that the purpose of another’s existence is not to fulfill your mental image of them or your ideal …
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TV viewing for the thin-skinned
I am thin-skinned. Not that I cry at the drop of a hat, but more that it’s difficult for me to ignore an undercurrent in a conversation, or even a …
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In a recent conversation with a friend, the word ‘successful’ came up. Now, it is a rather overused word in professional contexts. It reminds me of a suited executive who …
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Vogue ‘My choice’: A brand of ‘feminism’ we don’t need
India needs a feminist movement of a grand scale- one that is inclusive of all genders, socio-economic strata and sub-cultures. It requires a whole lot of sensitivity, engagement with mind-sets, …
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