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How To Do Revenge Travel Right During A Raging Pandemic
If you think the universe is conspiring against your holiday spirit, you’re absolutely right. But does that mean you deprive yourself of the thrill of plotting and planning your travels! Of course not....
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Cancelling Enid Blyton Will not Make Racism Go Away
The Cancel Culture Is Mostly Performative And Brings About No Real ChangeBritain, a nation best known for its shameful imperial past and then conveniently forgetting they colonised over 200 nations,...
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A RATIONED CHILDHOOD
Now that frugality is back courtesy a pandemic, it's time to acknowledge that our middle class upbringing was our saviour. My childhood resided in the pre-liberalisation era when everything from...
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Baal baal dekho, hazar baar dekho
When hair is everything, can shampoo be far behind?I have scant memories and feelings for my first boyfriend but turn into mushy over-cooked porridge when I think of my first ever shampoo from the US....
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Help! I have no idea what to do with my hard-earned Unlockdown
Has prolonged isolation robbed me of my ability to have a normal conversation again? Should I move to a cottage in the hills and prepare for a rest of life in solitude! After all these months of...
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How to make most of the monsoons - hint, do it the Bengali way
Monsoon in India is anything but mundane. It is chaotic, disruptive and joyous at the same time. As the skies open up after months of relentless heat and drenches the parched earth making it fragrant...
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Vocal for the local Gamchha
If you are a Bengali kid whose childhood resides somewhere in the 70’s and 80’s, you were probably scarred by the memory of a grandparent prancing around the house in a mere gamcha. Since they were no...
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Dammit Covid - Did you have to cancel Gluttony as well?
The beloved breakfast buffet, the sole reason why many of us went for vacations, is about to be relegated to the dustbins of history. I mean I get it. These are unusual times. Thanks to bat borne...
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Quarantine- when you discover everyone has hidden talents and you have none
The last 50 plus days of quarantine have been extremely distressing for me. I had to experience the ignominy of discovering that every single one of my friends and acquaintances, including the ones I...
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India – URine Trouble
Gadkari Jee has asked for storage of urine at airports and intends to make urea out of it. India, you are in trouble~10 December 2022 – Nitin Gadkari is the first Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize...
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Wrapped or Unwrapped, Women Will be Rapped Either Way
Image Courtesy - www.independent.co.ukTill a few days back I was madly applauding the ban on Burkini imposed by France on its beaches in the Riviera. Since I fancy myself as more of a doer than a...
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DJ wale Babu zara volume badhaa do!
We Indians love noise as much as we love our gais and demonstrate our dogged devotion to both by driving others mad. Why, we are even ready to kill if someone refuses to share our fervour for our...
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An Open Letter to all by a hurt Ms Baigan
Not so dear all, Till a few days back I was just a Baigan, sitting on a rack, waiting for you to take me home, mash me, pulp me and devour me with relish. I suffered in silence even when you rubbed me...
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Bharat and Pak – It’s So Damn Complicated!
It’s complicated – the relationship between Bharat-Bhushan and Pak Begum. It’s been over 67 years since BaaP broke up, yet Begum Pee continues to behave like a jilted ex. Guess, Pee never forgave...
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2018, a LOU story
Heartless Nimmo ran away with all of Pran Nath Banke’s money leaving him with egg on his face. The neighbourhood is abuzz with it. Technically it was not his money but we’ll come to that later.Many of...
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Dear Ravan, Look who’s back!
Read part I hereA lot had happened since Ravan left to meet his makers. Such was the allure of Sri Lanka, a small island country plentiful in its bounties, it attracted tourists from India and as far...
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Sita Visits Lanka Again
It wasn’t easy convincing Ra-aam, my husband to plan a vacation in Lanka. I had to work on him for years, showing him pictures of sunny beaches, women in bikinis, serene hills, stunning landscapes, the...
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Snacking Is India’s Favourite Pastime Right After Outrage
Courtesy - Google ImagesHunger is one of our most primal needs, because it’s food that sustains and comforts us, and gives us joy. Sometimes we get into such an intense relationship with food that it...
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Hostel Diaries: Straight from the mouth of MaGau
Getty ImagesYear – 2025 Om Prakash Dhankar who is now a 175 feet statue at Veer Savarkar Chowk previously known as IFFCO is fondly remembered as the only minister who kept his promise. It may be...
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Women not crackers make Diwali special
Take out the woman of the house from festivities and it becomes a cold, empty house waiting to be filled with happy laughter. A major cluster of our cherished childhood memories hover lovingly around...
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