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  1. 2012 – when India stood stripped

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    / January 13, 2013 /
    The Mayans cried wolf long before the world stepped into the 21st century. Their wolf never whimpered, yet they survived with impunity, presumably even with their heads held high, because they did no harm to any living soul. They only predicted doom, but the world’s largest democracy was pushed into...

  2. Kamala Das hides behind winter’s mist

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    / November 25, 2012 /
    I straighten my back, heave out a guff of air and close my eyes. I am tired. No, it’s just my eyes, I tell myself and cut two pieces of cool cucumber, place it over my eyelids and sprawl out on my mattress. Ahh! That guff of air again blows...
    Posted in Kerala
    Tagged kamala das, nisha sanjeev, writer

  3. Are you a Mallu, Malabari or a Malayali?

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    / September 24, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Are you a Mallu, Malabari or Malayali? It’s all in the name! Haven’t we heard this before? So also the rose line… Call a rose by any name and…well, I cannot forgive myself if I were to drag the greatest bard into his, because my reference is to name-calling and...
    Posted in Kerala
    Tagged bhaiyas, bihari, gujjus, malabaris, Malayalis, Mallus

  4. Posted by
    / February 6, 2012 /
    Round and round the mulberry bush we go…hush-a bush-a we all… Tired of reading positive quotes doing its rounds on social networking sites. The same lines and pics are shared, re-shared, liked and rehashed over and over again. Even a dime a dozen falls way too short for the inundation...
    Posted in Life, Media
    Tagged , friends, preach

  5. Vidya’s curves leave no meat in size zeros

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    / February 1, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The Bollywood awards season has begun and it’s heart warming to note they could help create a size shift in the consciousness of the glamour-puss. As the oo la la star swept the first set of awards and is expected to grab the remaining, it proved that voluptuousness has left no meat...

  6. Love, cuppa and diet

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    / January 21, 2012 /
    It popped up on my kitchen table precisely at the same time on Sunday mornings, even as I returned it to where it should belong every Thursday. Once I threw it into the inner most rack of a cupboard amid rusty old timers, yet it sprung up two days later....

  7. Pocket money

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    / January 10, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Scene: A lower middle-class home with only the head of the family earning a meagre salary. Characters: Father and his teenage daughter Situation: Month-end; Father needs urgent cash. Asks his daughter if she has something left from her pocket money. ‘Did you spend your pocket money this month?’ ………..…The days of scarlet...

  8. In 2012, I resolve to …

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    / December 28, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Nisha Sanjeev Just a few more days to welcome another year and I’m not surprised that the year-end rule is followed this time, too. Resolutions are back with a vengeance. The same old rut : will hit the gym more, eat less and save more, will change the job,...
    Posted in Life
    Tagged 2012, , nisha sanjeev, resolution

  9. Anna Hazare walks into history books

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    / December 21, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Nisha Sanjeev It’s all happening at a frenzied pace. With just a few days more for the winter session of Parliament to end, and Team Anna team is pressing hazaar buttons together. The opposition is desperately muddying waters further to pounce on the last fish while the media is...

  10. Social media’s sach ka saamna

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    / December 19, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Nisha Sanjeev As I sat to write today, I realised it has been almost two weeks since I penned my thoughts as I was tied up at work more than I could help. Neither did I follow networkers nor checked mail. Worse still felt guilty as I didn’t tune...

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