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Earth Day 2020
Happy Earth Day 2020, people! And really, when we speak of conserving the earth or the environment, we speak of nothing noble or sacrificial, but of making life better for us and for posterity, so happy “Us Day”, too! So, on this Earth/Us Day, I thought I should make a list of changes my family Read more
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Book review: Born a Crime (Stories From a South African Childhood)
Author: Trevor Noah Date of Publication: 15 November 2016 Genre: Autobiography, Social commentary Legacy: This is the first book by the author who is a renowned comedian and TV host Intended Age Group: Any “We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where Read more
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The Hysteria (and atrocity) of Mob Justice
A few days ago, India was shocked to hear the news of a mob of 200-odd people in UP beating to death a man who was rumored to be consuming beef. While there are many different serious issues involved in this situation, including why the beef ban makes no sense, and how the temple was used for entirely ‘un-temple-like’ matters, Read more
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Mesothelioma Awareness
Recently, I was contacted by Heather Von St. James, a triumphant survivor of mesothelioma. She wanted me to spread a word about this rare form of cancer. I must admit, I had never heard of mesothelioma before. Mesothelioma is dangerous, yet avoidable. It mainly occurs due to asbestos exposure. It has been cured in rare Read more
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Racism? How beneath our own race!!!
Here’s a transcript of an interview between a journalist and a typical young, educated, white-collared Indian. Q: Do you think Indians, especially those of the younger generation, are racist? A: No way, man! It is well-known all over the world – We don’t indulge in racism! We are all-embracing… In fact, the only race we do Read more
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Women empowerment begins with women’s efforts first! (And we can do it!)
For the past few days, the media has been abuzz with protests from various different groups about the increasing violence against women. While the vote is split between those who want capital punishment and those who don’t; while people argue about whether or not death meant the end of woes for the brave girl; while Read more
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I felt ashamed of myself today…
Picture this incident – The driver of a PMPML bus that was quite vacant, shut both the doors of the bus at an overcrowded Sanghvi Fata bus stop, so that people couldn’t board it. A boy, 15-16 years old, protested and asked for the door to be opened. The conductor did not listen, and barked that there was Read more
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It’s time to take a stand! We are no longer the “third person”!!
A 14 year-old girl from Patil Estate slum got raped by fellow slum-dwellers last month. She was coming back home from work when the incident happened. After this incident, the slumdwellers have been afraid of sending their daughters to school… What do you all have to say about this? “Oh yes, we hear about rape Read more
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I’m back!! :-)
Okay, okay, i’ve been outta circuit for quite some time now, I agree…. Was just going through the grinds of life shall I say…and am still, but I am tired of making it an issue, and don’t plan to do so, any longer!!! Yeah, so what “interesting” stuff was I doing while I wasn’t here? Well, reading, teaching, Read more
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What the hell!!!!
After a tiring and yet ful-fillling saturday (Wednesday- good movie!!, teaching at Eklavya Nyasa, a visit to the Ganpatis of Pune, and a 90 minutes walk from PMC to KP!!!!), I was just beginning to chill at the CCD(Devil’s Own..wowww). Suddenly I happened to glance at the Plasma TV screen, and whhaaattt… SERIAL BLASTS ROCK Read more
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Irony??
Read an article in The Times of India yesterday ( You can read it here ) . It said that Iran leads the list of countries which still allow capital punishment to children and minors. Well, horrifying, yes….. but all the more so, given the fact that Iranian children’s movies are well-known all over the world Read more
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Mumbai Meri Jaan!!
ATTENTION: This post is not a movie review…its just an attempt to describe the movie hand in hand with its lovely title song!! Lemme know how you find it. The movie review’s coming up soon! ——————————————————————————————– AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL, JEEENA YAHAN, JARA HATKE JARA BACHKE YE HAI BOMBAY MERI JAAN……. O my heart, it’s Read more
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My first meme!
My cousin Aditya just tagged me to this meme.. So trying my hand at it! 1) One job I’ve had: Well, if you mean a job that pays you money, that is! Yep, I’ve had just one job for the last 2 and half years of my life(!!!). Its a typical IT industry job..do I need to say Read more
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A sadly funny situation?
A friend narrated to me an incident he happened to witness. He was approaching a red-light on his bike, and the signal had just turned yellow. When it did, a small boy, with crutches in his hands(mind it, he carried the crutches, and not the other way round…), ran as fast as he could towards Read more
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