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That Dumbass Friend
I’ve recently been reading the memoire of a woman who was kicked off her very high management position two days after being promoted, and then schemed out of a renewed offer by a former-boss who...
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Friendship: The Joy of Stiffing the Bride Together
After all the weddings I couldn’t attend this January (and yes, dahlink newly-weds, I will collect my heap of fish-fries from you), it looked like February was going to step up and deliver the...
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Marriage Should Have Your Back
The benefits of marriage are mostly back-related. In this post-everything age, there are few things that my cis-male partner is capable of that I, as a cis-female, am not pPeeing standing up is an...
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Tiger on the Blackboard
I’m rather envious of the fact that my husband has an entire blackboard to himself at work, and a replenishable box of coloured chalk. He tries to spin me the tale that these are his work accessories,...
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Farewell to Pup
This post was due a week back, but it isn’t something I wanted to advertise to the world. Being a parent is hard, especially when you’re handicapped by language and species. We adored our second pup...
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A Birth in the Family
Well, not quite, but who can resist misquoting a classic comic? Certainly not me. This update is especially for Rakhi, who asked about our puppy Kaju, and everyone else who have been following our...
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An Illegal Citizen’s Letter to Her Teenage Self
I seldom read letters people write to their younger selves. Part of it is because they are something of a fad, and I have an innate aversion to faddish things. (I’m a secret stern-faced fuddy-duddy.)...
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Food My Lovers Taught Me to Love, Part I
You know how advice columnists always say, “If he’s trying to change you, put on your lace-up flats and run!”? Now usually, I’d be completely on their side. If ‘love’ for someone is predicated on...
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Book Quotes: Push by Sapphire
After ages, I have discovered a cache of e-books that were stashed for a suitably rainy day in one corner of an old storage drive, and promptly forgotten. My memory can always be counted upon to keep...
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How to Manage the Media: A Guide for India
An interesting aspect of the police brutality at Jadavpur University today has been the response of West Bengal’s most powerful media house’s response to it. As my former classmate and friends SD and...
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Celebrations and Family: Is Generational Isolation A Good Thing?
Pepsi adverts are usually the pits, stupid writing and empty glitz, but this little short film on the importance of homecoming, family, and celebrations – with the barest glimmer of product placement –...
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“Newlyweds are Magic”
This past weekend has been a blur of illness and all-nighters. I’ve been assailed by asthma and spike in spondylitic pain, and we’ve both had to put in the daily 30 hours to meet deadlines and things....
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Pix: Powai Dog Carnival
We’re not the most outgoing of people. We did hear about the Powai Dog Carnival on social media, but really, we had no intention of going. But then my partner called fellow-doggie parents R&M, and...
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Live-in Ruins Careers
This is one of Markendya Katju’s least popular recent social media commentary. And that’s encouraging, because in India, people are still harassed and assaulted for the ‘indiscretion’ he counsels...
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Rescued Gems
The following is an excerpt from legendary big-game hunter and animal-lover – the two are not necessarily a contradiction in terms – Jim Corbette’s “Robin”. I never saw either of his parents. The...
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The Woman Who Sold Us to Australia
“Virat Kohli has shown time and again that he is capable of great cricket. But a man’s skills can hold only for so long against the malicious influence of an unlucky woman. Think about it: every poor...
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