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Stop, think, don’t complain!
Look around, you might be more privileged than you think.
“God! Why are you doing this to me?” This was yet another my frequent complaint. It was 10.00 p.m. and I was the last to leave office. The security guard was fast asleep with songs from Hum Aapke Hain Kaun playing in the background. Mumbling and […]
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Grown up? Not really
Some things never change…
Monday morning: I’m struggling with my sandals, fully aware that I’m already six minutes late when mom asks (read ‘shouts’) THE question: “Have you taken everything?!” from the kitchen.As always, I shout back, almost stepping out of home, that I did not forget anything. This is a daily ritual. She will ask […]
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On the offbeat track
What’s it like to travel across India with only a backpack and a thirst for adventure? Ask Vinoth Kumar. KAMALA GOPALAKRISHNAN
Vinoth Kumar had the quintessential dream job: an IT professional in sales. For about five years, he worked from Monday through Friday. Selling software would have allowed Kumar to own a house, car, stereo […]
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Aunt Sarcastic
My extended family had gathered under one roof to attend the memorial service of my grand-aunt. Everyone talked about everything, but forgot to talk about the fond memories they had treasured of my grand-aunt. I stealthily moved away from a group of young mothers, who were seriously debating on the topic : “My child is […]
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Living in hope
A week long trip to a remote village in Bihar made SHARADHA KALYANAM realise how hopes and dreams transcend boundaries.
For people born and raised in a privileged society, who have always moved in circles of people just like themselves, it is natural that most facilities in life will invariably be taken for granted. I admit […]
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Power women
NXg talks to three generations of women from two different families to see how they have dealt with life. MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN and ARCHANA SUBRAMANIAN
Words like “women empowerment”, “gender bias”, “weaker sex”, and “reservation”, do not figure in their vocabulary; not because they dislike it but simply because they cannot relate to it. The three generations […]
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Monkey business
I had almost 10 days off for Christmas and New Year and by the second day I was already dreading the long, stretchy holidays. That was when I started reading the newspaper, again, (previously, I read news online owing to lack of time). I came across an interesting weekly column titled “My husband and other […]
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A view from within
It was in the hot afternoon sun of Mumbai that I got my first glimpse of Dharavi, one of the biggest slums in the world and home to over 600,000 people. My friends and I had been assigned to escort a team of French students as a part of our International Business studies. I had […]
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Steering my Titanic
The monsoon and the roads have always played mongoose and snake. For the average two-wheeler rider, rains are synonymous with travel ordeals.
Travel ordeals
On a rainy day, with much apprehension, I start from home in the “Titanic”. Of course, I am referring to my two-wheeler with the simple correlation that my daily travel-ordeal is a miniature […]
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Learning beyond borders
A walk on the cleanest streets of Kuala Lumpur city, the capital of Malaysia, provides us with a clear idea of how a capital city can be maintained in a proper manner.
Neat
Every part of the city is so clean and tidy that tourists from different parts of the globe arrive and enjoy them. The government […]
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