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  1. The Gift

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    / July 3, 2012 / 4 Comments
    I want to give Mark Zuckerberg a great big collective hug from all of us prehistoric beings (read as ‘those born before the times of the internet’)… You see, Facebook is giving us a very special gift indeed! How else would I have located my teen-time buddy, with whom I...

  2. To my fother

    Posted by Bhavana Upadhyaya
    / June 12, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Mother says you threatened to leave her if a girl was born. And that she was surprised when you held me with delight. And that for months afterwards you were the one who put me to sleep at night, rolling on your warm brown shoulders to the rumble of your...

  5. Something In the Way She Smiles…

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    / March 16, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Yeah, yeah, we’ve all heard that: a guy who gushes about his grandchild. This is different. I had the most amazing opportunity of spending four days with my granddaughter Kiara at our house, Imagine, in Goa. It rang true to its name. Imagine: Goa had a cool Spring; even in...
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    Tagged baby, goa, grandchild, granddaughter, grandparent, immortality, rajiv desai,

  6. A tribute to my father

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    / February 26, 2012 / 1 Comment
    It is said that no man is hero to his valet. Perhaps no man is hero to his son also. It is not easy being friends with your father, particularly in those days when all the elders were respected and therefore so remote. Like many fathers and sons, we expressed...

  7. 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...

  8. Love, cuppa and diet

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    / January 21, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By Nisha Sanjeev 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...

  9. Can’t bank on this relationship

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    / October 23, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir “I am your relationship manager.” That’s how I remember he had introduced himself. “Now I will be your one-point person for everything to do with the bank,” he had said. The private bank had on its own decided that I was a privileged customer (whatever that...

  10. The Boss is `not’ always right. For you.

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    / September 22, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Venkat   It is one of those scenarios where the “Hurray! Yipee!! At least someone is leaving this hell hole!” sentiment can soon give way to “Jeez, we have a new pain in the ass to deal with.” And if it is your boss who is being replaced,...

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