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Remembering George
While brushing my teeth mechanically, my mind was rambling between Darcy and Rochester. Both had weaknesses, which made them human and normal. I couldn’t decide who my favourite was. But yes, I preferred them a thousand times to Edward, the flawless vampire. While my mind was thus engaged on these non existent entities, the corner […]
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The best days of my life
‘Good Bye’ is the hardest word to say to the school where you have spent 14 long lovely years of your life. Those school girl days of telling tales/And biting nails are gone/But in my mind/I know they will still live on and on These are the beautiful lines from the song ‘To sir, with […]
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Hit the road!
BACKPACKING Two girls, 30 days, 14 destinations and one great trip! SHINA SATYAPAL
What were two girls thinking when they decided to backpack across India for a month? Honestly, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into! Yet it was more than what we could ever dream of! So where and how do […]
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Enjoy the gap
It’s that time of the year, when yet another set of 12th graders have finished their board exams and are running around writing hundreds of entrances for colleges and applying everywhere they can. And I? Nah, I’m not getting into all the commotion and hassle concerned with colleges, not this year at least! You see, […]
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It ain’t no joke!
Reading the phrase “Housekeeping ain’t no joke!”, students may wonder if I had recently written my English exam… Yes, the very famous line is from Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.”
Easier said
This is a repeated dialogue in all our homesby mommies, grannies, nannies and people who are into housekeeping…Sounds too easy, but this seriously is not […]
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Debut adventure
Everyone in my house wished me luck. “Call as soon as you reach school”, said my mom handing me a one rupee coin. I promised I would and climbed onto my cycle. I felt the morning breeze rush past me. “Finally I was going to school by cycle!”
Best experience
That was my first day by cycle. […]
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Tomorrow’s another day
The train was jam-packed. However, I squished myself onto a seat that ought to hold three people, but that now held four. As usual, I opened the book I had been reading, and flipped through the pages to continue from where I had stopped. The place was like hell, but I was engrossed in my […]
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My day of love…
NXg readers share with us their take on Valentine’s Day and some memorable incidents related to that day…
It’s special
Though I hardly celebrate it nowadays, Valentine’s Day has its own unique significance for me. Valentine’s Day was one of the occasions celebrated each year in my primary school with great enthusiasm! I did my elementary schooling […]
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A world apart…
For many, their college life would probably have been a passing phase, but for me it has been a great teacher that has turned me into a little monk (Yup, that’s how my best buddy calls me!) There had not been a day when I had to be away from my mom or dad but […]
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Explorations
IN FIRST PERSON Spending a few days in a foreign land along with elders, orphans and the mentally challenged helped me grow… ADVYIT VARMA
I was doing my B.Com. (Corporate and Secretaryship) in Loyola College Chennai when I joined AIESEC in August 2007. This was not a planned decision, I just happened to join a group […]
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