Random Musings
On everything from parenting to politics to tea cups.
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S for Success. S for Suicide.
A 17-year-old from New Delhi, a 16-year-old swimming champion in the making from Ghaziabad, nursing students, IIT students, medical students, engineering students, students who went through the grind of SAT and GRE and GMATS to get admission in the premier educational establishments of the world – what do these young people have in common? They Continue reading
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Acceptance
My first post for the year – :). An update into the last 21 days if you will. 2016 has been a ho-hum sort of year so far. Professionally I am doing well – enough writing and editing assignments to keep me busy. A bit too busy to be honest. But the world continues to Continue reading
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FORGET INTOLERANCE. LET’S FOCUS ON ACCEPTANCE.
I understand the world has been asking a lot of us. Our quota of sympathy and empathy is being dug into like never before. But these are exactly the times when we need to dig in deeper and pause… Continue reading
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Committing to a Dream
Some days ago I got a few messages on my LinkedIn account congratulating me on my work anniversary. An anniversary that celebrates my finally taking the plunge and becoming a freelance writer and editor. It is also the anniversary for many other momentous and not-so-momentous personal moments. It is the anniversary of the day I Continue reading
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Lessons from Aikido and how inadequacy is all in the head
This is a post that I had the opportunity to write for a wonderful blog called mommygolightly.com, by Lalita Iyer – a lady with an eye for the special moments of life. This was posted there on September 4th – http://mommygolightly.com/2015/09/04/lessons-from-aikido-and-how-inadequacy-is-all-in-the-head/. Glad to share it here. Please do share your thoughts and opinions. And do Continue reading
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To Christella Ma’am
I was in Class 5 and even then English was my favourite subject and Christella Ma’am, my class teacher was my English teacher. Halfway through the year we had, each, to work on a project. I had to do something related to verbs or tenses… I don’t remember. What I do remember is breezing through Continue reading
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You Don’t Know How It Feels!
“Mumma you don’t know how it feels!” sobbed my girl. The bus ride back home from school had been the ‘worstest’ ever in her 6 years of travelling to and fro from her school. She had had a tiff with her two best friends. In her own words, “We always talk after a fight. But Continue reading
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Learning… In my 40s
We all know that learning is a life-long process, but I am beginning to believe that it is a process that we truly enjoy only as we grow older and, when we are not shackled by exams or competition, but are learning things for the sheer challenge and pleasure of it. Continue reading
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Justice
If you are in India or are an Indian or even an Indophile, you must be aware of the Salman Khan hit-and-run case. He is a famous Bollywood star. Nearly 13 years ago, he got behind the wheels of his SUV drunk, and despite his bodyguard advising him not to, he drove… over a few Continue reading
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10 Reasons Why An NRI Misses India
I am a bit stuck today. Not a writer’s block, but I don’t feel like posting anything that I have written. Not good enough… too personal… not ready to share blah blah. Then as I was sitting in front of the TV and trying hard to not watch the IPL match between Delhi and Mumbai, Continue reading
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