Category: Social
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I read this piece from here, which was in turn published here. Loved it, hated it, both at the same time. Do go through… The police carried out a raid and closed a factory. The children, who were working there,…
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Guys, wondering what that is?? Yes, it indeed is: Maggi Noodles!!!!! Surprised?? Well, enter s/w pros, staying away from home in rented apartments/PG accos. What comes into your mind first when you think of getting a quick bite?? Ofcourse, maggi…
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Was reading Sudha Murty’s ‘Wise and Otherwise’ yesterday(yeah, ok…i know its complete review is long overdue….patience guys…..). In one of those stories, Ms. Murty asks her son what he thinks are the 3 most revolutionary things of the 20th century,…
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Last saturday, Krunal, Hemanth and the other enthusiastic and enterprising members of the Green Brigade of my office organized a cycling expedition from our Mangaldas office to TRDDC office at Hadapsar. The purpose was promoting cycling as a pollution-free and…
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I had been to Denmark sometime back (I know, I know, a blog about that is long overdue….but alas!! Let’s take that up some other time and continue this story for the time being…), and bought a T-shirt for my…
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Yeah, so it’s the 13th of February, just a day to go for the Valentine’s Day!!! “So why are you bothered??”, quips my colleague at office, “Aren’t you single, and happily so????” Goddd!! colleagues at work!!!! relatives!! friends’ mummies!!!! It seems that…
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Hasn’t anybody heard the saying, that “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it!” ??Even if they haven’t, can’t they think about it themselves?? Is it necessary that a person who’s happy-go-lucky doesn’t feel bad?? Can’t…
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A group of men molesting two females in Mumbai!! Another group assaulting some couples at Pune!! And both of these incidents happening on the new year’s eve; when the whole world awaits the new year, with joy and hope!! What…
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Was returning home from office yesterday, when I stopped by at the key maker’s. There were a couple of other elederly men there, and were discussing current affairs, as usual. Because of the lack of options, I reluctantly started overhearing their…
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This is a world of give-n-take!!! Gifts, as I have lately begun to realize are not meant to express happiness, gratitude, encouragement, or even love. In today’s times, its just business. I, as u must’ve realised, am strongly opposed to…
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Was consoling a friend who was very depressed, and was giving him some tidbits of advice… Very spontaneously, I said something to him that amazed not only him, but me also…. While telling him to do this and that, I…
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Once every five years, our country experiences an embroglio over who should be (s)elected as the First Citizen, i.e. the President of India. This year too, a lot of bandwidth, that of print, television, internet, and human mind as well…
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I’ll start this one with a real life incident that I happened to witness of late. Our office transport vehicle stops outside each office, and collects passengers, and drops them home. Outside the Rajashri office bus stop, is a Rickshaw stand. For…
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After a long time, got to read something positively good (read that as – not irritating, not depressing, not infuriating!) in the papers. The Karnataka Government has planned a Bill on making it mandatory for private hospitals to attend to…
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It pains me to hear about the 33 people killed in Virginia varsity by a sadist gun-man… It pains me to hear about the teenage girl, dying with cancer, who was allegedly raped at the Tata Memorial Hospital, and is…
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