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84Poet or Philistine?
I’ve always suspected that I may be a bit of a philistine. Put a poem in front of me, and if it isn’t a short thing that rhymes, I’ve lost interest already! I’ll probably be lynched for saying this,...
24 comments79Going Grey Gracefully
There comes a time when one has to accept defeat against the inexorable forces of nature. Mine has come. For more than a decade now I’ve been fighting a losing battle with whichever pigmentation god has...
47 comments78Are Busybodies Born That Way?
In my earlier journalist avatar I was trained to focus on the Five Ws (and one H) in order to put together a coherent report. However I never allowed that curiosity to spill over into my private life. Who?...
61 comments78Would You Share Your Diamonds?
If you heard about 13 women who jointly bought a diamond necklace you’d think they were nuts, wouldn’t you? I thought it was a fairy tale too, when I stumbled upon a book called ‘The Necklace’ at the...
74 comments76Make That Leap of Faith!
It was a gathering of mostly young children who were to receive certificates for completing a horse-riding course. Their parents watched fondly as the little tykes, some older teenagers among them, ran up to...
17 comments74The Right Time for Marriage
I married late by most standards. Well, Indian standards at any rate. In this country if you haven't tied the knot by your mid-twenties you are relegated to a dusty shelf, an object of pity or derision. Not...
39 comments73Does Fashion Intimidate You?
Frankly, it scares me witless! To think that something that started off as purely functional has now become an ‘industry' that a lot of people take very seriously is frightening enough. The fact that I...
23 comments73Mid-Life Crises and Teenage Behaviour
"Do you know why teenagers get such a bad name," asked a friend recently. "It's because their parents are going through mid-life crises!" His daughter is only ten and I guess he was explaining away any...
18 comments73Is Social Networking Making You Anti-social?
I've been diagnosed as being afflicted with Social Networking Fatigue Syndrome by a friend who has been subtly trying to wean me off the phenomenon for a while now. I met him, where else, on a social...
19 comments72Surviving Foot-in-Mouth Disease
We all make verbal gaffes, some of us more often than others. I can be relied on to say things that make me wish in the next instant that the earth would open up and swallow me whole. It’s a wonder I have...
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