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  1. When summer vacation meant Kozhikode

    Posted by Rama Menon
    / January 25, 2013 /
    When my cousin brother posted on Facebook that Kozhikode Railway Station was celebrating its 125th anniversary, I felt nostalgic and went back in time to my childhood in the 70s and 80s when summer holidays always meant a trip to my ancestral home in Kozhikode. Those days there was no direct train to...

  2. Maid in Mumbai

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    / January 14, 2013 / 3 Comments
    Ya devi sarvabhuteshu shaktiroopen samasthita namstasyai, namstasyai, namstasyai namo namah (To the Divine Goddess who resides in all existence in the form of ‘shakti’ We bow to her, we bow to her, continually we bow to her) Well, this post is about the most important person in my life –...

  3. Homosexual Pride

    Posted by
    / January 13, 2013 /
    A few days ago I saw a fairly attractive couple, braced with infants strapped to their torsos, absorbed in shopping for infants’ items in GVK mall! The only difference was they were both men. Two daddies with their two babies. Another scene at KBR Park in Hyderabad. A group of...

  4. Troubled marriages and therapy

    Posted by
    / January 13, 2013 /
    A happy marriage is among the most rewarding experiences for a married person. It provides continued satisfaction of such vital human needs like companionship, affection and sexual expression. It makes us feel wanted, desired, admired, appreciated, approved and belonging to a degree that may not be possible in other human...
    Posted in Life
    Tagged , Marriages, Mental Health, Therapy

  5. Jyothi – one step closer

    Posted by
    / January 13, 2013 /
    By Simran Bhui and Sujay Suresh In late December, a young 23-year-old girl (whose name her father revealed was Jyoti) was fighting a very difficult battle with death. She would either enter the safe haven of life, or struggle with the demons of death. It’s in times like these that we...

  6. 2012 – when India stood stripped

    Posted by
    / 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...

  7. Rapacious world

    Posted by
    / January 13, 2013 /
    “Be happy with what you have.” This has never been the case in this era. Everyone wants more these days and it’s increasingly difficult to quench a man’s thirst with the limited available resources. Owing to this, man has started to exploit anything and everything he could come across just...

  8. Suprabhatam Blues

    Posted by
    / October 23, 2012 /
    It was Saturday morning. Lakshmi woke up to the sounds of Appa coaxing the reluctant Bush Radio to belt out the Suprabhatham, in the divine voice of M.S Subbulakshmi and say Good Morning to God, courtesy the All India Radio. Lakshmi, usually sang along lustily, as she got ready for...
    Posted in Life
    Tagged alladi jayasri, suprabhatam

  9. When She is the Sound

    Posted by Bhavana Upadhyaya
    / October 23, 2012 / 3 Comments
    [Today is Mahanavami of 2012. In Tamil Nadu, this day is celebrated asSaraswati Puja. For me, Mother Saraswati has always held a special place for I am drawn to study and to fine arts. Today I decided, instead of sharing photographs or writings of my experience of India, I will...

  10. The 30 second journey!

    Posted by Subrat
    / September 14, 2012 /
    I never knew my new apartment building had so many residents till the time the new elevator became operational. Suddenly it became the new social media of our building. Elevators are one of the quirkier spaces of our life. Well you can’t do much enclosed in a small space with...

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