Life Stories is where the ordinary things sit before they become stories. A sentence overheard, a room remembered, a small irritation, a moment that looked harmless at first and then refused to leave. These pieces are about everyday life, memory, family, work, identity, and the strange ways we become ourselves while doing everything else.
I have been whining about it for a few days now and everyone I have met at work or socially for the last 10 days has heard it. “I want a winter break” Not a vacation mind you. Just a break. The kind where I don’t have to bother about work or chores at home. […]
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We have been hearing for ages about the slogan “Clean India, Green India”. But as the years go by, the country has been becoming less clean and less green. The biggest contributor to this lack of cleanliness in the country is this: The Common Man! Yes, the common man and that means you and I.
Today while on the commute to work we had a pair of black cows cross our vehicle. In another ten minutes, a white tomcat ran out on the road and crossed the road just ahead of us. My immediate reaction to hubby was… Better a kaali gaayen and safed billi than a safed gaayen and
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You know you have been travelling way too much if you can write down your passport number without looking at it!
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Sex in itself is a Taboo in India… not only talking, but even doing it! There is a certain level of shame or embarrassment associated with it. Its ironic that this does not stop our population from exploding, but that is a topic for another day. Today, I want to say that if we call
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I attended a two part workshop that was organised at work. This was a group of women having 5 – 12 years of experience and we learnt about taking charge of our own careers through the process of self discovery. While there were many nuggets of wisdom and a few Aha! moments in the sessions,
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In one of the sessions I was delivering early last week, came the topic of passwords. I began wondering what is the average number of passwords a person needs to remember these days. Email, Bank Accounts, ATM, Laptop, Phone, Office VPN and then the hundreds of apps and systems your office sets up and about
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