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  1. Female Chauvinists

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    / February 21, 2012 / Leave a comment
    What do you call the demanding and bullying kind of wives, with an air of superiority, who treat their men with little respect. Female Chauvinists? This term would be particularly apt for the wives of the ever growing breed of henpecked hubands  in India, thanks to education and empowerment of...

  2. RIWs of Kalchakra

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    / February 20, 2012 / Leave a comment
    “I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung” - Tagore Yesterday evening, as I was “mother sitting” (my 87 year old mother is recovering from a hip surgery and completely bedridden), my mind wandered restlessly for a topic for my next...
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  3. Wanna be a superman in your family – follow me!

    Posted by Navin Chandra Joshi
    / February 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By some strange alchemy of evolution, you are ordained to be born to certain parents. Also, by a similar sleight of destiny, you cannot not be a chooser of your siblings and just happen to be one among a group. You are further not empowered to select the birth order...

  4. Familiarity breeds contempt, content or like

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    / February 17, 2012 / 2 Comments
    “Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration” - William Hazlitt During my school days in the 50’s my packed lunch box invariably contained  “curd rice” with lime pickle. With no variation through the week, I developed a dislike for the curd rice. But years...

  5. The case of the reluctant blogger

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    / February 15, 2012 / 2 Comments
    The other day someone was kind enough, or rather gracious enough to refer to me as an avid blogger in introduction. While I smiled that silly smile which I reserve for moments of discomfort, I could not bring myself to refute the allegation. However, I do admit that I do...

  6. Live-in or arranged?

    Posted by Samyuktha
    / February 15, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Recently when I read an article in a newspaper about live-in relationships, there were 33 responses of which 32 opposed the article and the concept. Some even accused the author of poisoning our age-old cultural beliefs and customs with his anti-social views. ‘Sati’ and child marriage, prevalent at one point...

  7. From the soiled pages of my father’s diary

    Posted by Navin Chandra Joshi
    / February 12, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Rummaging the pile of old journals and books on my last relocation, I came across a very old diary. Leafing through the pages, I found it belonged to my father. My interest aroused as to what it contained. I sat down, started reading it and continued till it was over....

  8. Chinna Chinna Aasai

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    / February 9, 2012 / 1 Comment
    “Chinna chinna aasai” was the song that made Rahman what he is today. It was Pongal 1992 and the most popular songs were Ilayaraja’s compositions in Thalapathi and Guna which had been released on Deepavali day of 1991. Slowly Rahman’s music in Roja (released in May 1992) and Madhubala’s water-soaked song...

  9. Smells like Bombay

    Posted by Charishma
    / February 8, 2012 / 4 Comments
    Smells can bring back memories. That whiff of lilac talc that reminds you of your mother, the fresh new plastic-ky smell of Mr.Clean crayons of childhood, the damp smell of books that take me back to the dingy library of my college. They might not be all around you, but...

  10. Naan oru viLayaattu bommaiyaa?

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    / February 7, 2012 / 2 Comments
    The phone rang. My brother informed me that we need to rush to Chennai, as my aunt was critically ill and sinking. It was a shock. She was quite alright till four weeks ago and was even planning to come to Bangalore to see my ailing mother.  Quickly I made a...

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