Saurav Mohapatra crafts a beautiful short story which metaphorically portrays his reconciliation with his father over the course of a flight:
The turbulence outside had ceased, but I seemed not to notice. The storm still raged in my mind. It raced with questions I had not even given the slightest pause for ponder in a very [...]
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After marriage, should you quit your career?
Published by January 21st, 2010 in Personal, Society and Women. 0 CommentsSania Mirza is planning to quit her career after she marries. And Priya questions this:
Why do Indian women even bother starting a career if it’s something they plan to do only until they get married? There are a million other ways women can spend their pre-marriage years—they could volunteer, learn music, start a home business, [...]
Rachna is sharing her tips for throwing the perfect party. She has learned how to set the perfect table from her mother. Here is a sample:
3. The spoons were arranged in a pattern: either inverted V or some other design. They were never just kept there.
4. The chutneys had to be 2/3 colors: these were [...]
New perspectives on 3 Idiots
Published by January 12th, 2010 in Cinema, Personal and Society. 0 CommentsId critiques some of the stereotypes propagated in the movie, and also ponders if the actual impact of a review of the education system will ever happen:
Are Indian parents that heartless/naive to drive their children into depression?
Do Indian youngsters never challenge their parents?
Why is no action taken against students who cheat on exams or violate [...]
How Yahoo is losing the battle to Gmail
Published by January 11th, 2010 in IT and Personal. 0 CommentsSiddharth has a good set of arguments about how Yahoo is gradually losing (or has already lost) its foothold in the end-user free email space:
I had registered my gmail account for many job sites while I was searching the job for my brother. One by one I started marking them as spam. And it has [...]
I meant the eyeballs, you pervert
Published by January 11th, 2010 in Humour and Personal. 0 CommentsInspired after watching 3 Idiots, Wanderlust recollects his ragging days in college:
But God forbid if you were to fall prey to the ‘Intellectuals’, or the group that majorly comprised of people who had read or heard of Catcher in the Rye, Fountainhead or Catch 22. They would never have any straight questions for you and [...]
Ranga has a bunch of prayers for everyone for the new year. He also specifies his own resolutions in the end:
The messages carry a lot of hope, best wishes and it is that time of the year when we all pray that everything turns out to be better, as if by magic, from Jan 1st. [...]
The eight phases of a relationship
Published by December 15th, 2009 in Humour and Personal. 0 CommentsEnchanting Anki has a list of eight phases of a relationship and what is the emotional cost attached with each:
3: STICKY–> Evident form the term itself, Like guy says ” Bahut chaat ti hai yaar….bathroom bhi jaata hu toh bata ke jaana padta hai ” and girl says to her friends ” aree apne kutte [...]
So what if someone is a Ghar-Jawai?
Published by December 13th, 2009 in Gender & Sexuality, Personal, Prejudice and Society. 2 CommentsAnju Gandhi thinks the term “ghar-jamai” and its negative connotation is an anachronism in a so-called gender-equal society:
I think I am drifting from my topic of GHAR JAWAI so coming back to it once again, why not treat the son in law as part of your own, like your son ? Treat him like one [...]
Mayur was tricked into one, just before his marriage. Read more of his hilarious account:
The last time I did one was when I got married. A guy at an upmarket salon in Nagpur had tricked me into buying a ‘Groom package’ and as any other ordinary customer, I fell for the supposed ‘wow’ I was [...]
The psychedchick has had a fight with her brother and writes a sweet post trying to make up:
But somehow, it just feel wrong. And no, it isn’t because of my ego. But our relationship is the only relation in the world, I can take for granted. I still remember the days when we used to [...]
Bang Data and the Indian ‘jugaad’ technology
Published by December 1st, 2009 in Humour and Personal. 1 CommentDusht posts a funny story about a guy who installed Bang Data:
About the BD Software – Invented by Japs, the BD is a software that counts the number of times a person has sex and displays that count on the person’s forehead. With each session, 1 is added to the number and the forehead count [...]
Tanmay loves to walk. Read up more about his passion for walking (even in spite of a sprained ankle):
Walking is one of the simplest and more healthy way to wander around the places of interest within a city. While walking you can experience the zeal various places and things exhibit. The best walk is from [...]
Broom over at the broombox blog retells her memories of getting her first dental braces and what she had to endure to get her “coconut scrapers” straightened out:
I hated going to the dentist once every 2 weeks. It was a long commute involving at least 4 buses and I had motion sickness back then. But [...]
Saxicola Rubetra has begun a series of posts describing her journey into atheism. A thought-provoking read, to say the least:
The real change came about due to Social Studies, in Class 8. That was when we studied modern history, and in particular detail about all the social reformers of the 18th and 19th centuries: the beliefs [...]
Abhinav has finally found the One for himself. Go read up on his blog the touching account of what and how much she means to him:
She has given me a reason.
She has given me the reason to believe I can be a better man when she says she trusts me in spite of my past.
She [...]
Nishant bought a new flat in Patna and has spectacular views all around. Check out these beauties:
A normal guy, a designer and batman
Published by November 19th, 2009 in Art, Humour and Personal. 0 CommentsRamprakash has just started his new series of comics, called Hind-Sight. Go enjoy the comic:
Pulkit has recently got married, and met his better half through an “arranged” marriage. During the course of the hunt, he had prepared a short questionnaire for himself to methodically ask the right set of questions. He shares those with us:
Cliched but crucial
What do you do on week-ends? What sorta things do you derive pleasure/satisfaction [...]
Anirban has just proposed to a girl:
At the later part of the evening, I spilled my heart out. It is for the first time I spoke unfiltered truth, not thinking of what may happen, how the other person would feel. I am feeling great. I created a bond. I promise to keep it till my [...]
Deeps just completed a year at IBM, her first job. She recollects her journey so far:
I think the best part of the whole journey was the friends we made. We have a kind of connect with each other which is in-explainable!! I love them to bits and today when all of us are distributed across [...]
Anupam has posted a lovely poem:
Joru ka Gulam
Published by October 21st, 2009 in Gender & Sexuality, Humour and Personal. 3 CommentsThe Indian Homemaker had polled on her blog about the definitions for Joru ka Gulam; what would you describe as the ideal henpicked husband. Check out the list of responses. There’s even a poll going on!
He has a feminine side to his personality; he is androgynous in many ways.
He hates dowry and can boycott his [...]
Rajiv recollects the way we used to enjoy Diwali when we were ten-year-olds:
I was probably in my 3rd standard, when the earliest memories of Diwali strike me. It was my paati who would light the first pattasu* in the house. 3:00 am was always the time. It was a custom followed for many years. We [...]
Filling his daughter’s shoes
Published by September 16th, 2009 in Globalisation, Indiaspora, Personal and Terrorism. 0 CommentsVartika is in New York and she lost the heel of one of her shoes one morning. Read on about the touching things that followed that eventful morning:
He just listened.
Listened to it all; nodded but said nothing.
“Right here this is my place.”
“I am sorry I guess I talk too much.”
“Not an issue…You sound just like [...]
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