Unfair

Unfair

Red, green, purple!  Every time Keerat  pulled off one romper and put on the other, her eight month old wiggled and chuckled, chubby hands grabbing at the young mother’s arms as she fretted over the colour that best lightened her dusky baby’s skin tone. ** “She looks dark in each of these,” Keerat wiped her brow, […]

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Begin To Believe

Begin To Believe

I’ve been contemplating meditation, to escape inconvenient realities. To distance myself from wickedness. Long swims in the sea, long conversations in the moonlight, nothing seems to change the harsh reality that there is  nothing you can do to change people willing to be led by the nose to believe in whatever the world is stuffing […]

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Travel is not just about leisure…

Travel is not just about leisure…

  Off late, I have developed this strange interest in visiting places in the so-called ‘off-season’. Discounts  are definitely one of the reasons, when travelling out of India. When travelling within the country, other than the obvious reason of beating the crowd, I feel it helps me get a more real picture of the place. […]

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Growing Out Of Love

Growing Out Of Love

  Do not judge me for my repetitive rhymes; For I have suffered enough judgements in  recent times. When the result of expectations is a marred reality; Even the best of bards lose their clarity. Growing out of love  is a phrase overrated; For the action is glorified and the emotion understated. The emotion you […]

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A Week In Shillong

A Week In Shillong

The capital city of Meghalaya, Shillong offers a perfect mix of old world and modern charm. Tucked away in East Khasi Hills, this city offered a much needed respite from continuous travelling, through gruelling road conditions in much of the rest of North-East. The Shillong travel circuit can easily boast best roads, connectivity and tourist […]

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The India I love

The India I love

  So, I was out in Mylapore this evening. And there was a mela all around. The pavement shops were selling everything from terracotta pots and pans to herbal oils for mosquito bites to cheap plastic toys and knick-knacks. Fortune tellers sat on the roadside with their parrots picking out fortune cards for hopeful clients. […]

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How To Store Healthy

How To Store Healthy

Today we discuss how you go about storing the things you shopped for. Because something as simple as this can ALSO be messed up. Seen your purchase wilting before time? Seen things rotting away despite storing them the what-you-thought-was-the-right-way? Try this then.  ** Storing your haul:  – Do not use polythene bags,  – use re-usable […]

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How To Shop Healthy

How To Shop Healthy

  Just a list of quick things you can keep in mind while you spend time shopping for vegetables and spend time dishing up delicacies in your kitchen – you want solid good health packed into those pretty-looking, great-tasting dishes. That’s the trick I think, instead of trying to pass off a sad-tasting thing as healthy. […]

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How To Eat Healthy

How To Eat Healthy

How to prepare  for a slightly altered, healthier and greener life? Here is how..  – Never cut your veggies and store them– same thing goes for fruits, and for mincing, shredding, dicing, cubing, mashing etc etc. If you have a cut vegetable, use it within 10-15 minutes. This is especially true for onions and garlic […]

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