Annoying Questions
One of the advantages of staying away from hometown is that you're less likely to run into people who have [...]
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11, 2010
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10, 2010
In which I get Educated about Promoting the Self
The Alter-Ego chooses that moment to step out, in a foggy, shapeless smoke originating somewhere between the keyboard and me.I [...]
21
10, 2010
Proud Mamma brags
A few days ago my almost-five-year-old, who has been taught at school to read single-syllable words, read the following, slowly, [...]
12
10, 2010
Do you have any answers?
The questions have lost some of their beauty and innocence because of my crude translation...1. Why is it that boy [...]
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10, 2010
The Mangalore take-off
No one can enter or leave the mountain-top airport at Mangalore without being affected by a string of emotions.As we [...]
21
09, 2010
Body language
I observe people. Hopefully without being too obvious about it*. When they are unaware of the scrutiny, their actions, gestures [...]
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09, 2010
What matters is the result
Third semester electronics lab exam.A few minutes before the scheduled three hours comes to an end, the girl verifies the [...]
13
09, 2010
Monday’s Blues
We are always unkind to Mondays.We cringe at the very memory of them, we blame them for existing, we lament [...]
6
09, 2010
Gandhiji, Mahabali and a distracted Mother
When the four-year-old came out of his bath, he draped himself in his towel and called himself Gandhiji. This gyan [...]
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09, 2010
Close your eyes and it will go away…
Warning: Negative post ahead... When we're young(er) there is a certain belief, call it false confidence if you will, that [...]