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  1. No Laxman rekha for Sita

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    / May 9, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Have the learned judges of the Bombay High court overstepped the Laxman rekha by observing that an Indian wife should be like Sita? The case related to a divorce petition. The reason was the wife’s unwillingness to move with her husband to Port Blair, after the Shipping Corporation of India...

  2. Pontifications on Auntification

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    / May 3, 2012 / 5 Comments
    Ok… I have swept this topic under the carpet for long enough now. It is time I outed it. Friends, sisters, countrywomen, it is time to protest against a grave injustice being done to us. I am talking about that serious threat to the well being of urban Indian women...

  7. Newlyweds

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    / April 5, 2012 / 1 Comment
    He watched his new bride fold the laundry. Including handkerchiefs. Just like his mother. They were so alike. It was an embarrassing thought. Did men really end up marrying their mothers? He tried to dismiss the thought. “What do you love about me?” he asked. She smiled and said “You...

  8. Carry on Doctor

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    / April 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    When you turn 57 and move towards the next day, a system that performed well all these years can begin to send signals. The wild and the adventurous overlook a calendar at their own risk. All machines have a lifetime. Some stand by their warranty, some outlast, some succumb. So...

  9. Bombay Journal

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    / March 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Deja Vu All Over Again… Three friends, 45 years later, sit in a palatial Khar apartment in this siren city, enjoying the cocktail hour. Dinner is a couple of hours away. This is the first time that I can remember that Yogi, Mirchi and I have sat together since our...

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