tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564615828967015832024-02-07T10:18:37.116+08:00BLAH BLAH OF THE MINDA world filled with billion characters, none like the other. A lifetime full of zillion experiences, no two anywhere similar. So much to see, so much to listen, so much to explore, so much to learn. From social causes to poker parties, from old memories to new beginnings, it's all here....my blah blah.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11193684456473523737noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156461582896701583.post-15276562496866657712016-10-02T06:44:00.000+08:002016-10-02T09:09:24.166+08:00Candid Diaries (Concluding Part)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Read Part 1 of the story here - <a href="http://blahblahofthemind.blogspot.sg/2016/09/candid-diaries.html" target="_blank">Candid Diaries</a></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It wasn’t a dream after all. The sun’s rays had hit her face hard. She
was lying on a bench in a park, with the red dress soiled and the face bruised.
As she tried to get to her feet while trying to recollect the events of the previous
night, she found that her dress was torn, and in some very wrong places. After a
few seconds of looking around for her phone, she realized how silly that hope
was. She closed her eyes for a minute, to gather her thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It didn’t seem correct to go to her uncle’s house in that state. She
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“What the f*** happened here!” Sakshi shrieked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Will you please pay the taxi driver? I have got to take a shower and
shall need your clothes,” Meera replied in a very calm but assertive tone. Her
face was devoid of any expressions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As the water poured down over her limbs, she tried hard to put the
pieces of the puzzle together. And like a sudden flash, that sound echoed in
her ears, ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gori chikni mem!’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I need to borrow some bread.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Sakshi looked at her blankly, she explained, “I mean cash.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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whereabouts. “I will have to go. I’ll talk to you later, please.” She added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Here, take this,” said Sakshi, placing a phone in her hand. “I can
manage without one for a while.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once in the office premises, Meera started looking around frantically for
that one person who she believed could give her a few leads.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Watchman uncle,” she screamed from a distance when she spotted him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She chatted him up and figured out that the guy in question was the son
of the local MLA. A wealthy and influential spoilt brat, he was the youngest in
the family with zero interest in politics. The aged watchman had recognized the
man instantly, having been a loyalist of the political party for a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She called up her office and informed them that she was taking the day
off. And then went straight to the park where she had woken up a few hours ago.
As she sat on the bench, with a calm and cold demeanor, it suddenly dawned upon her that
her mom must have been waiting, anxiously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She took a deep breath, picked up the phone, and dialed the US number.
She did all the talking without a pause and did not spare any detail.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I’ll be there, tomorrow,” was all her mom said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She dialed another number, Sakshi’s, and repeated everything. Then she
asked Sakshi to come and fetch her at the park.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sakshi arrived soon and sat next to her holding her hand. “How, why, I
don’t know what to say! Come, let’s go home. You need some rest,” she advised.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“No. Take me to a hospital and then to the nearest police station,”
Meera insisted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Have you thought this through Meera?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Totally,” she replied.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“You do realize that these are influential people and you are in India?”
Sakshi was clearly worried. “You’ve not even allowed me enough time to digest
the incident and now this.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I haven't allowed myself that time either.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Meera, this is scary!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Do you have a pen and paper?” asked the determined woman.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Yes. Why?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Just write the details down and give me. I need to get going,” Meera
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Oye, you might be braver and stronger than I am, but I certainly am a
better friend. Don’t stare at me like that now. Let’s get going.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kay ghaatla hota Bai</i>?” asked
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“He wants to know what you were wearing at night. I don’t like this
Meera.” Sakshi got uncomfortable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I understand the language Sakshi. The answer is Clothes,” she replied
audaciously. “I was wearing Clothes.” Mere looked the cop in the eye.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bai funny hai, haha</i>. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh madam, samjhao apne dost ko jyada
shanpatti nahi karneka</i>,” he warned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kitna daaru piya tha</i>?” was
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Will you be passing the judgment right here, right now? Are you an
inspector cum lawyer cum judge all rolled into one?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sakshi squeezed Meera’s shoulder, signaling her to calm down, and
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“What <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">izz</i> proof? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Complaint kaayko likhoon main</i>?” He went
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Isorry Maidam, round ka time ho
gaya</i>. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kal aana.</i>” He got up and
left, citing an excuse of duty, and asking them to return the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Sorry Meera,” said a dejected Sakshi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Don’t be! I knew this wasn’t going to be easy. But a battle never
really is.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She sat in a taxi and rode off to the US Embassy. Within the next couple
of hours, a formal complaint was registered against Vikas Pawar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meera stayed up all night, reading up material on the Internet, on rape
cases in general, and rape cases in India in particular. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Even before the sun rose in its full glory, she stepped out for a
stroll. She saw the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">chai</i> vendor at
the corner of the street setting up his stall, on her way back. Meera would
pass by him daily, but observed him intently for the first time in a year. He
appeared to be a harmless looking fellow, minding his own business. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Would she be able to feel safe around him again, she thought to herself.
Rather would she be able to feel safe around any man again? She had read about it, seen it on TV, but had never in her wildest
of dreams imagined, that there would come a point in her life, where she would
find herself wondering, if men around her could be trusted at all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She didn’t realize she was staring at him pointblank, until he looked up
and smiled at her. She gave a smile back hesitantly and walked back home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">After a bath and a light breakfast, she hit the laptop once again. The
fatigue eventually took over and she gave in, grabbing the much-needed sleep
for a few hours. She felt her mom’s hand caressing her hair, and thought she
was fantasizing. But when a drop of tear landed on her arm, she woke up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Mom, it is you!” She hugged her tight. For the first time after the
incident, she let her guard down and cried her heart out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Are you sure you want to do this darling?” asked the nervous mother,
once the tears were wiped and the two women were at ease.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I loved the world around me, until I saw for myself, how some people
set out to ruin others lives for their own egotistic agendas. Somebody has used
a part of me without my consent. And I will never find peace until I make the
jerk understand, that he so didn’t have that right!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I have always adored India. I’ve grown up listening to stories of your
life here. Then one day, I arrived on this soil to build my own memories. And I
treasured each one of them, until I met this monster.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“There are a bunch of self-centered scoundrels here Ma, who feel they can
get away with anything. They adorn the social media, but that’s about it. I
feel it would be unfair to this Country, if this incident overpowers all my
other experiences here. And if the only message I send across to Indians abroad
is this! I will do what I can.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Her mom was stunned. “When your dad abandoned me, had I been alone, the
normal me would’ve crashed. But strangely, I stood there, strong and upright,
without any iota of doubt about the future. That wasn’t me, it was you. I knew
right then, that there was no ordinary soul in my womb.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She looked Meera in the eye. “Have I ever told you how proud I feel to
be your mom?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“No! But better late than never,” Meera smiled and lay her head on her
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">After the newspapers flashed headlines about an Indo-American woman
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find another dwelling. She moved out in Aarav’s absence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In another couple of days, she was back at the desk. All her friends
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meet. Sid maintained a safe distance and smiled back once, only when she smiled
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Meera,” Sakshi began in a comforting tone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meera cut her off short. “It’s cool, dearie. Life has a weird way of
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Those guys actually tried to use their weight to send you back home.”
Ruchi came to the lunch table. “You being an American, they couldn’t do much.”
Ruchi had stayed at an arm’s length from Meera, more out of fear than anything
else. She dropped by for a quick update and left.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">While Meera was busy talking to lawyers, and making the groundwork for
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Internet - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SAVE YOUR ASS VICKASS</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <u>About Page</u> read as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Me</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: Meera Naik. Rings a bell? Of course it does! A 20-something
Indo-American woman. Brought up abroad, but Desi to the core. Of course, I’d
like to get laid, but only with my choice of men!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Him</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: Wait! Should I call Vikas a He or It? His deeds may prove otherwise,
but I can vouch for one thing, he does have ‘the’ organ, so let’s call him a
He. For now. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Agenda</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: The page title is self-explanatory!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The page went viral, and received tens of thousands of likes. The first
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Smashing and hard-hitting updates kept the page alive and kicking. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The case had already garnered a hell lot of media attention. Meera had
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“You are not going to ask me if I’m sure about this?” Meera asked her
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I’m surer than you are, darling. Kick them, kick them hard. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gheun taak</i>!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11193684456473523737noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156461582896701583.post-87847228372452209572016-09-24T17:12:00.001+08:002016-10-02T07:03:34.888+08:00Candid Diaries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A YEAR AGO....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Are you sure you want to do this?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Mom, you and the Wi-Fi in India have so much in common! I’ve already finished unpacking my bags. And you are still stuck! We’ve spoken about this over and over again. Chill now, shall ya!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“A never say die spirit, that’s the first lesson every mother learns, Meera.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Mom, I’m in Mumbai, not in Timbuktu! I’ve seen the city inside out through you, for years on end. I’ve spent an awful amount of time with aaji-ajoba in this city.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“That was ages ago. This is different. Today, I feel like a stranger in my own city.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Two months of sane discussions couldn’t bring about any change in the anxious tone of her mother’s voice. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Mom, no melodrama! It is different for me, and that’s why it gives me the adrenaline rush. The hustle-bustle, the liveliness, there’s a current in the air here, (a wild one). Plus this opportunity to work with a global giant, it’s to die for.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Meera, Meera…”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“One more time, and you could set a Guinness Record for the world’s most anxious mom,” smirked the girl. “I’ve even agreed to your condition of renting out a room with your wacko distant relatives. You know I’d rather be on my own.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“They are not wacko! Yeah, my cousin’s wife is a bit, what’s the word?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Bizarre!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Sshh woman, she might be around! Anyway, I hope you haven’t forgotten my second condition,” reminded her mom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Daily updates on Whatsapp? You’d be getting those even if I slip into amnesia!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A loud knock on the door dragged Meera back to reality, from the Big Apple to the matchbox abode in Mumbai she had taken shelter in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“I’ve got to go Ma. See ya.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Meera didi, Aai says that you are too loud, too over-the-top, too forward, and a hindrance to my studies. And Baba should reconsider his decision,” said the 10 year old Aarav as he jumped on her bed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Aarav and Meera had no siblings of their own and had taken an instant liking to each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“And what do you have to say?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“You rock!” he chirped.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“So do you, little champ.” They sealed that thought with a hi-five.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">PRESENT DAY....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meera: What’s with Sid? Gives 2nd looks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sakshi: 2nd? More like a 9th or 10th!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meera: He is quite a looker but I have no time for all this babe! Will have to get going soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sakshi: He’ll merrily hop along, even if that means holding the tail of the airplane . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meera: Can’t take back a ghar-jamaai. Am I saying that right? Mom will faint .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sakshi: Wish you could’ve stayed. I’ll miss u!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meera: Aawww…I’ll miss you too chica. But if I don’t show up at home soon, mom might arrange for summons from the President . Gotta go, it’s her!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“What took you so long?” Her mom yelled all the way from the American shores. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Mom, I’m driving (and whatsapping)!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Woman, are you out of your mind! You’ve donated enough money to the <i>pandu</i>!” screamed her mom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Not a biggie Mom! I stayed away from the wheels though I have a valid license. But the auto drivers are not helping my cause. Some have a problem with my accent; the others want to rip me off! And this Ruchi is a pathetic driver.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Ouchie,” she screamed, when Ruchi pinched her hard. “Aren’t you like supposed to congratulate me or something Mom? After having slogged my butt out for a year, I’m finally beginning to see results. Boss is happy, he won’t even hold me up here.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“We are talking of another 6 months!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“It’s an awfully short amount of time of independence, you know!” Meera joked. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While Ruchi parked the car, Meera hurried up for a presentation. She was running ten minutes late.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“OMG!” She remarked in frustration when she saw the crowd outside the lift. It sure was going to be a long wait. Many heads turned. She was used to that now. Her heavy accent always had that effect on those around.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A couple of men seemed to have found it more amusing than she could’ve asked for. She ignored them. But as she bent down to check the time on her watch, she saw one of them touch a woman in the crowd inappropriately.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While the woman in question simply moved away, Meera couldn’t keep mum.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“What do you think you are doing?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“<i>Kya kiya maine</i>?” asked the man, who was dressed very lousily, for a multinational office-crowd.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Don’t you know how to behave with women? Apologize,” she said firmly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“<i>Ghoomela hai kya tera</i>,” cursed the man in local slang, asking her if she had lost her mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“<i>Madam, jaane do! Bah power wala log hain</i>.” The genuinely concerned watchman stepped ahead and advised her to back out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“<i>Gori chikni mem ko chhodke kahaan desi maal pakadta hai saale</i>,” spoke a young man in white. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">He appeared to be like some young goon or thug, with his rowdy associates slash bodyguards in tow. Her accent had probably misled him to believe that the local language would be Greek and Latin to her. She had however grown up on a good dose of Indian movies. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Whether it was the heat, or the delay, or the sheer brazen attitude of those men, she couldn’t tell. She raised her hand and landed it on his cheek with great force. It was one tight slap.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Mind your language.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The two <i>chamchas</i> jumped forward to catch hold of her, but the man in white signaled them to let her go. They stepped back, and she boarded the lift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“♬ <i>Oh Womaniya…aa, aa Womaniya</i> ♬!” That was a familiar voice calling from behind. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Cheesy! What would it take for you to get off my back, dude? No amount of foul language seems to work!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Chill, Miss America! What’s with the temper?” Abhishek was a harmless flirt. He fooled around with the ladies. And almost always managed to get away with his anecdotes. Well, almost.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“You men, dog’s tails, squeeze them, crush them, put them in pipes, yet as crooked as can be.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“♬ All I want for Christmas is you ♬!” He kept trying.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The stern look on her face drove him apart and he shifted his focus to Ruchi.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“How desperate are you!” Ruchi exclaimed. And the ladies walked away once out of the lift, leaving the guy perplexed but undeterred.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meera strode to her cubicle, trying to get a hold over her emotions, and recover from that episode.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Would this help?” Had to be him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Nobody else could have changed her mood at that point. Sid’s voice was like music to her ears. His physical proximity soared the temperature in the room, and caused chemical reactions in her body, that no chemistry book had ever taught. Not even her ex-boyfriend. Something she wasn’t ready to admit just yet though.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">She looked him straight in the face and refused the water he was offering.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Are you alright?” he enquired.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Yeah. Got to rush into the conference room,” she collected herself and hurried away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Super! My hard work is finally paying off!” That was her bestie, Sakshi. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Your hard work? Yeah!” Meera said sarcastically, sinking, into her chair, drained out with the presentation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Yep! All the training I’ve given you, all the patience I’ve shown.” Sakshi had come by to pep her up; especially so, as she had found out what had transpired before the meeting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meera’s mobile and Sakshi’s two phones started ringing, all at once.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Why, why on earth do you have two? I can barely manage one,” said Meera, in a clearly irritated tone, as she hit the red button. “These tele-marketers!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“They are doing their job. And my phones, this is what happens when destiny conspires, and your dad and boyfriend get you the same gift on the same birthday!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“I’m really beat!” Meera exclaimed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“You mean?” Sakshi would quite often get bowled with the firang slang.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“I mean tired. Coming to the point, I need a break! I’m going bonkers!” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Huhahaha, your genie at your service Ma’am. This weekend, the office New Year bash will recharge your battery, rejuvenate your senses and re-energize your spirit.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Oh yeah! I totally forgot about that! Gotta do some shopping.” Meera’s mood lighted up with the thought of hanging out with Sid in a non-office setting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Loosen your purse strings, it’s going to be worth it! An evening to remember in one of the best pubs in the city,” said Sakshi.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“What about the lonely night that shall follow?” Meera’s naughty side peeped out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Ooooo, spread your wings Miss Meera, fly! My blessings are with you! Go for it!” And her friend winked on that note.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meera stepped into that dark room filled with people and smoke. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Oh my my, look at you! Where did you pick that up from?” asked a colleague, almost affirming her doubts that it was only a while before he came out of the closet. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The red gown she had spent hours locating, was doing perfect justice to her slender figure. Dodging the compliments, she kept barging ahead, her eyes busy scanning the room for that one face. She couldn’t decide, which was more off-putting, the loud music or the flattery. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Nope, he’s not coming.” Sakshi screamed loud enough in her ears. Sid had apparently cancelled last minute, some family emergency.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Who cares!” She yelled and changed the subject.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After a few hours of partying hard, and gulping down the disappointment with some liquor, Meera suggested, “Let’s get outta here.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Ruchi had left her car behind to avoid drunken driving. They booked a taxi and the three girls, pretty high than their individual capacity, giggled and gossiped on their way back. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">First Sakshi got off, and then Ruchi. “Why don’t you just come over?” she asked Meera.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“At this speed, I’m gonna reach home in another 50 minutes!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Oops, I meant 5! Thats the vodka talking,” Meera chuckled. “Good night.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meera’s head felt a bit lighter than usual. It made her wonder if she had had a tad too much, to offset her frustrated mood. Her string of thoughts were interrupted by the sudden halt of the car, the driver had hit the brakes hard.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">By the time she could get her head around what was happening, a few men approached the car and summoned the driver out. Her sight was getting blurry, but she could see that somebody had pushed the driver and then opened the taxi door with a jolt. Before she could get herself out, she felt a blow across her face and passed out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;">Sample some <b>funny embarrassing hilarious experiences </b>parents blessed with kickass kids encounter. And this is just a 3 year old I'm talking of fellas!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The eternal question. So you thought you could just tell him anything and he would accept it at face value? <i>Jaago Mohan pyaare</i>. He is probably the <b>most difficult student</b> you'd ever bump into in your life. Every instruction will be greeted with an instant query about the origination of the thought in your mind in the first place, and every statement shall be retaliated with hundreds of doubts of the curious mind. Pheww!! Look what a complex phrase I coined to put across the thought. You getting the drift? That's the state of the mind you are in when you have one of these oversmart kids of the gennext hovering around you day and night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You have got to be <b>armed with knowledge</b>, equipped with information and ready for your brain cells to be challenged in every which way.<br /><br />You have got to do it this way - why?<br />Eat your vegetables – why?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This phenomenon is a part and parcel of life, and there is nothing you can do about it really. Its okay until he’s just pointing at someone and saying ‘Mamma, look, uncle is wearing a superman tshirt’ (unless that uncle is a man who is allergic to kids and their general hungama!) Yep, such people do exist!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But sample this. Amongst the many pieces of information hes made you pass on to him, one thing you’ve also shown him is <b>how to distinguish between say an aunty and a grandma</b>. <i>Majaa toh tab aata hai</i>, when you are in a lift, a woman who’s just about embarking upon a phase of the most dreaded age group and has cleverly tried to mask its signs, enters the lift. He points at her and says, ‘Mamma, look, grandma!’. There’s nowhere to hide, nowhere to run.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;">Or say, you are at a party, where a <b>fat uncle has let go of his inhibitions </b>and let out gas thinking its just a harmless toddler around him. And your little one comes running to you and makes an announcement in front of a big crowd, pointing at the uncle, and revealing to the world ‘Look, he just farted’.</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you think that there could possibly be <b>a valid reason for everything a kid does and says</b>? Well trust me, there is. At least in their head. And so they will do everything in their capacity to convince you why they have been upto something.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How is it that he can remember <b>every single freaking word I uttered</b>, even if it was just by accident? Whereas I seem to be suffering from an acute case of amnesia since the day I took charge of one whole seemingly small but unbelievably (mentally) enormous human being! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is a proud moment, aint it, when he tells you things he had seen or experienced ages ago, and gives you a glimpse of his fantastic memory. But the party doesn’t last for a long time my friend. Every promise, nah even if its just an assurance, is remembered and rubbed in your face at just the right moment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There come moments where you just wanna say <i>Teri maa ki</i>…Oops, that’s me!</span></span></div>
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very difficult feat to achieve? Apparently so, as would appear from the thousands
and thousands of domestic violence cases, recorded not just in India but
worldwide. There is no particular strata or class or caste of the society that
this disease is restricted to. Yes I choose to call it a disease, a mental one
obviously, cos only a psychological imbalance can lead to brutality towards
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After I came
across a post on Facebook recently, I was compelled to write about this sorry
state of affairs, which refuses to change even in this highly modern highly
advanced highly futuristic world we live in today. When a modern educated woman
of our generation, belonging to an affluent family, in the country which claims
to be the biggest superpower in the world, can be at the receiving end, so can
anybody. And the truth of the matter is, that there are such innumerable women
(and children or at times men as well). It happens on an unbelievably wide
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">You know
guys, the social media and super easy access to news and events happening in
the most remote corner of the world does one thing for sure. It provides fodder
for the ‘oh how silly’ ‘if it was me’ ‘don’t you know’ ‘why couldn’t she just’
side of our nature. So when you read something like this, the very first
natural reaction is – “Oh why didn’t she just leave him before it went so
downhill? I would’ve never stuck around!” “</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Main
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Yep probably
blind. But it makes Ms XYZ feel that the partner is simply doing actions out of
overly sensitive emotions and possessiveness. And so it has a feel good factor
attached to it.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Pyaar andha ho toh aadmi
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is love, no reason can be big enough to lead to destructive acts. So any early
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Its
difficult to fathom this. You’ve got to be in the person’s shoes really. One
can very easily judge and say, “How crazy! Whys Ms XYZ scared? Its gotta be
shameful only for the assaulter!” </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Sharam
toh us saale ko aani chahiye!”</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Yeah agreed. But only if the mind worked in
such a plain vanilla fashion.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Reality Check</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Move around
with your head held high. Always. Irrespective of what led to it, you are not
in the wrong. Open the closed doors, give the world a peek into your house. And
demand justice.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u>Many a times its Money</u>:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The financial
dependence of Ms XYZ has on the assaulter, especially so in a family with kids
can be a huge deterrent to take any corrective steps.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Reality Check</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Never let
any external factors determine your worth. Its never too late to get back on
your own. If you survived the monster’s wrath, you are much stronger than you
give yourself credit for. There are ways out and there could be more. Alimony.
Rings a bell?</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u>It Could Also be Fear, of Different Kinds</u>:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fear of
something fatal, fear for the well-being of children and other immediate
family. In some cases, where the partner has criminal tendencies, matters could
be much worse and extremely delicate. And would hence require diplomatic and
strategic solutions. Which would not come naturally to many a soft women. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Reality Check</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Reach out.
As in most other helpless situations. Confide in your trusted people. And if
you have none, pick up the phone and call a helpline.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u>And Of course the Never Ending Hope</u>:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Umeed pe Duniya Kaayam Hai </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">funda</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">so does not apply here. If its
recurring, especially so. But its not easy for the said person to see it. There
is a dire need to trust instincts. And go for it.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Reality Check</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At times you
cannot see what others can. Not because you are dumb, simply cos you don’t look
at it objectively. Its good to get a third person perspective.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To Do For The Ones
Inflicting the Pain ….</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Reasons vary
and so do the circumstances. But who cares? Nobody has the right to physically
assault another being. Period. If you are someone who only has these bouts of insanity
and otherwise you mostly live like every other sane individual, then you need
to straighten up your act. If it’s the liquor, quit it. If its anger, take
help. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sudhar ja</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But this would
be applicable to you only if you have some hint of humanity in you.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To Do For the Ones
Around ….</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In most
cases, Ms XYZ aint gonna move around with a placard revealing what’s going on.
But if you claim to be a good friend, or family, take the hint. And guide. Even
if not asked. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To Do For Ms XYZ ….</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Nip it in
the bud. Its easier said than done. Agree. 100%. But if you keep reminding
yourself that nobody is as responsible for your happiness as you yourself, most
unachievable tasks shall seem doable. In the end, always remember, nothing is
permanent. The dark gory night has to give way to a shiny morning. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Uski band bajaa de</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tanmay Bhat -
an overly obese homosapien who has to be airlifted from one venue to another, a
potato who has difficulty lifting his own bum from the seat, the modern day
version of Gabbar who moms use to threaten their kids with – ‘</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So jaa puttar varna Tanmay tujhpe baith
jaayega</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">!’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Thats an introduction the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">AIB
way</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">. That’s how these standup comedians praise and </span><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Roast</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> each other and
every other human.</span></span><br />
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Roast on Sachin and Lata would’ve been okay but asking an 86 year old
lady ‘to die’ is so not cool dude! It does tend to cross the line. A comedian
pokes fun at everybody, moreso takes digs at celebs. That’s his </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">daana</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">paani</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> folks. Plus legends like these are way above insults and insensitive
jokes thrown at by comedians anyway. Nonetheless its important to respect that </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">thin borderline between funny and an
outright </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">gaali</span></i></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">. Especially cos
its not mutual, ala Ranveer Arjun Roast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">All of you
know what I’m talking about. Its been all over the social media last week.
However crude (and humourless) as it may be, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">freedom of expression</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> is one of the pillars of a democracy. And
threats that Tanmay’s act have invited are not very encouraging. Especially so
in today’s day and age, where each one of us, with an unlimited net pack and </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">fokat</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">ka</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> access to social media, is a mini standup comedian by himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If the </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">subzi</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> served at home can be a point of
debate in our lives on a daily basis, how can a topic involving two of the
country’s biggest superstars not have two sides. In fact it had all the right
elements to become a controversy. But what it should have led to is </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">intellectual debates</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, not aggressive manhandling
warnings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For all such
political parties who seem to have forgotten where they could utilise their
excess energy, here’s a quick reminder of issues which warrant attention.
Issues where </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">BEING</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">TANMAY</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> is a must, and by '</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tanmay'</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> I mean 'engrossed', not offensive!</span></div>
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First, Baaki Sab Mein Fail ….</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> 73 Manipur
Govt schools have recorded a </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">zero pass
percentage </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">in this year’s Std 10 examinations. How does that sound? How
could it even be possible! </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Bhai</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, it
requires stupendous amount of efforts by teachers and not to forget, a high
level of sincerity and clean non-corrupt state of affairs in the education
department.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now We See Them,
Now We Don’t! ….</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> Picture the
scene. There you are, in the sultry heat with hundreds of other fellow
passengers, waiting to get inside an already overcrowded train. And suddenly, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">dhaddaang</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">! And splish splash, of filthy
water! You find yourself inside a drain! That’s exactly what happened at Vasai
railway station, where a </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">drain slab
caved in</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, injuring at least 15 passengers. This couldn’t have been possible
without the incessant work and struggles of the railway authorities and the
municipal corporation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> Political
science is about cooking, the state topper in Arts said. And questions about
periodic table and electrons were answered with anything but panache by the
Science topper. Such is the influence of cinema on us Indians that we feel sorry
for Sanju baba, even after he has cheated and </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">forged</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">degrees</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">. And some
get so inspired that they implement it in their daily lives, with brazen
shamelessness.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tum Muje Khoon Do
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> And </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">HIV</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">bhi</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">!
Yep, you read that right. More than 2000 cases of HIV through unsafe blood
transfusion have been revealed in response to one RTI application. This was
over a period of 17 months. But mind you, these were the numbers based on
reporting, so there could be more. Such a big humanitarian act does deserve
applause and appreciation. Special thanks to NACO, the National Aids Control
Organisation</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The Mr. India Act ....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A Govt. land worth Rs 40 crores was sold for less than 4 crores by the Revenue Minister of Maharashtra to the dharampatni and jamaai. And when the charge was made public, all the relevant documents conveniently disappeared from the Revenue Department. <i>Mogambo khush hua</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I’ve listed only
five, but every walking soul knows there are so many more. There is absolutely
no dearth of issues where such astounding level of vigour could be deployed. And
as far as Tanmay is concerned, someone just needs to splash some water on his
face and wake him up from comedy slumber! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Goodbyes</b>, of any kind, I hate them. I don’t know how some people can do it so easily. Really. We live in a world today where, we are <i>gheraoed</i> by too many people, and come across lots of <i>junta</i> across various walks of our life. But that’s about it. People come and go, easily. This is unlike our previous generations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: large;">Let me explain. For a kid who grew up in India <b>before the 80s and 90s</b> it was very simple back then. He grew up in a joint family, he was surrounded with the same set of friends throughout childhood, whether it was at school or home. And later in life just like every other individual, genuine friendships became rare for him. The <i>chaddi</i> buddy types. Not impossible but rare. But it didn’t matter cos his childhood <i>yaars</i> were still around, and the bonds just got deeper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Come Y2K and with globalisation and the <i>naara</i> of ‘<b><i>Saara Jahaan Hamaara</i></b>’, a whole new generation of Indian globe-trotters was born. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kids make friends easily. <i>Oye tune muje kyon maara! Aye tune yeh kyun kiya. De maar, le maar</i>. And the next day you are snatching away the same friend’s lunch box. Yes, children are immature and maybe a tad insensible, but probably that just enhances the <b>beauty of the friendships </b>made in those days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those lunch boxes however, and the friends are nowhere near today’s vagabond generation. Dost get flung across various corners of the world. Hence we start looking for new ones. And then the same problem. Egos, attitudes, so called maturity and sensibility creating barriers and depriving us of those golden bonds we so easily made as a kid. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Yeah at times you get lucky and happen to bump into that one person who feels like a </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">bhula bichda yaar</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">! And you envy your own luck. </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><i>O teri, yeh kaise ho </i></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b><i>kaya</i></b>! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u></u><span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u>Endless <i>gupshup</i> (I love what you are wearing, what shade is that!), </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u></u><span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u>Crazy talk (I knowwww what you did last night!),</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u></u><span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u>Discussing others ala bitching (Can you believe that woman!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This become a part of your life yet again. Okay those are specific girl talk examples but you can conjure up the boy talk people. Something like – Oh she’s so cute, but <i>solid bhaav khaati hai</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then one fine day, <i>Dhan Te Nan</i>, the inevitable! Remember, <i>Saara Jahaan Hamaara</i>. So that friend who brought back those priceless innocent moments into your life announces he’s moving. To a faraway land. You are left with no choice but to deal with it, just as a ‘mature and sensible’ adult is supposed to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A personal heartfelt post after long for that bff of mine (and to all of yours). She shall be miles away, but shall always have a special place in my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I know she’ll be sitting with tissues in her hand as she reads this so I have got to end on a lighter note. Here we go then. The No <i>Alvida</i> tagline made me think of the next most obvious thing, the list of <b>things I would surely like to say <i>Alvida</i> to</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No, Shower to Shower powder doesn’t help! Nor does any amount of aerated killer cold drink! Kill the root cause people. Jaago. Plant trees, save water, save electricity, save the Earth. Else with this global warming, the day when human race will join the dinosaur clan is not too far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, we know by now that you two are the luckiest souls to have set foot on the planet. Thank you for reminding the world over and over again. But please o please can we now stop the non-stop relay of pictures professing your undying never-ending indisputably unique love to each other?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now now now, what do I say about these angry young (or old) men! What can any of you say for that matter? What is it that causes someone to vent out his frustrations at a man overtaking him, or a woman trying to drive her way through obscenely crazy traffic. Nobody knows and more importantly nobody cares dude! Keep your emotions in control. Period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mallya being the latest in line, is the most talked about. But our country has many such Government ke Jamaai. Subrato Roy for instance has bad loans of almost 4 times what Mallya owes and has opted to become a jail waasi rather than paying up. Boss, both banks and investors khoon ke aasoon ro raye hain while his future gen must be doing his Aarti. People like you and me are busy wondering, how and why can there not be a way to recover that 36000 crore! How is his time in jail going to help any cause at all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">PS. Here's to all friends, bff or otherwise, of this roaming generation of ours!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">-</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Some people are like clouds. When they disappear the day gets brighter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">I’m sure this happens to many of you. Sometimes its them, sometimes our mood. Bottomline is </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Albert Pinto ko Gussa Aa hi Jaata hai</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">I believed, wait why believed, I truly am quite a calm person unless someone rubs me the wrong way. Don’t get misled. I am not a Gandhian. I will not offer my other cheek if somebody hits me on one. But I do tend to control my emotions in a lot of provocative situations. Lately though I’ve started realising that the emotions are not just under our control in today’s overly modern, overly technological, overly connected, overly loud and over-the-top world. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">How do I control is the question? How do all of us control? Barring the brethren who believe in venting out their frustrations through road rage incidents or targeting innocent people, the saner ones like us just need a good handle over our emotions. Having observed the plight of a lot many people in different situations led my string of thoughts into this direction:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">You were the one who burned the midnight oil! You were the one who sacrificed on a lot of family time. You were the one who got stressed out and worked out! And the </span><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">malai</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"> went off to someone else</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">. Sounds familiar? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Remember you aren’t alone. And keep a check on your natural instincts, before you let the Sunny Deol in you take over. If needbe, take the </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Thanda</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"> </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Thanda</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"> </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Paani</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"> route. If splashing on the face aint doing anything, head home and take a shower. And even after doing so much </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">magajmaari</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">, if you don’t even have the freedom to leave your desk early for that shower, freeze. Remember that childhood game ‘Statue’? Do it to yourself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">If we were to believe the number of jokes about wives perpetually doing the rounds on social media, we can very fairly conclude that the </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">bechara</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"> husbands are big-time victims of a </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">big racket called marriage</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">. And however much they try, there is apparently neither escape nor respite. For all such ‘</span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">gaays’</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"> (pun intended), there is the Om Shanti Om route. Close your eyes and meditate. </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Shaanti</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"> milegi baccha. I mean </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Man ki Shaanti</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">guys!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">The other kind. Books fell, they were picked up, </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">nain-matakka</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">, and then the usual. Yes, you two got hooked. That is where a reel life story may end but a real life story only begins. Then the guy is faced with one of the most difficult exams he’s ever appeared for, the task of </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">impressing the girl’s father</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">. And not every guy is SRK of ‘</span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">’ you know, who would literally travel thousands of miles and go all out to befriend the would be father-in-law. There are also a few Salman Khans from the movie ‘</span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Love’</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">. Angry young men, who have to be told every step of the way to controllllll. Do you remember what his lady love taught him? Counting! But in the reverse order. Starting from 100, begin counting backwards.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Many a times, we get embroiled in ‘</span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">Dimaag ka fuse ud gaya</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">’ type situations. All you wanna do is punch that person in the face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">I know of a ‘lady’, who is one of the silliest persons I’ve ever met. But whenever I’ve seen her (from a distance thankfully), she’s deeply engrossed in talking about herself and teaching life’s lessons to some poor soul. I have successfully managed to keep her at an arm’s length. But not everyone can. At such times, one needs to keep reminding himself that if it wasn’t for such stupid people around you, there </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">would’ve been no jokes to laugh at</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";">. Take a deep breath and start yogasanas. A headstand, ala Shirshasana might do wonders!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You aren't alone buddy. All of us
are sailing in the same boat. Here we are, pulling our hair over the daily
dramas with the <i>Bai</i>, knocking our heads off over bossy bosses, going bonkers
over the traffic, trying to breathe through the mouth cos the compartment’s
full of sweaty fellas. After such a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">khatarnaak</i>
day, when we turn to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Khabars</i> for
relaxation, what do we get? Loads of shit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The overly exhausting and unreasonably
stressful life becomes brutally torturous. Grim unbearable and unfortunate state
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was no different. I had started
hating picking up the newspaper or scouting for news on the internet. Until one
fine day, when I realised that newspapers are no less a source of comedy and
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53000 per month was a rent she could not afford ....</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How small was the house? Umm, not
much - 2800 sqm. Did she leave the house? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Baawla</i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ho</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gaya</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ke</i>? She asked for a
rent reduction. And how could the Government not oblige the ummm ummm, Sonia
Gandhi’s campaign supervisor? Rahul Gandhi’s campaign advisor? Nehru-Gandhi
family member? I thought I got this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chhad</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">na</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yaar</i>! Long story
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Arey, why wouldn’t she be? After all,
she won the Miss World crown in 1994. Wait we are in 2016 today. Never mind. She
was a lead actress in many Bollywood movies. Wait, that was until a decade ago?
So what? There’s gotta be something else too. She has a ton of endorsements up
her sleeve, look at the Lodha hoardings all over the place. <b>Doesn’t qualify</b>?
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Kumari Mayawati, also known as
‘Miracle of Democracy’, is tired. Of celebrating her birthday as Peoples
Welfare Day in the state of UP? No way. Of the disproportionate assets cases?
Nah. Of building statues, be it Kanshi Ram’s or other leaders or even her own. Was
the alleged expenditure scam of 40000 crores eventually an eye-opener? Better
late than never types. No <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yaar. Sau baaton
ki ek baat,</i> there are <b>no spaces left</b>. So now secondary things such as
development can be tended to!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shiv shiv shiv shiv! Well said by
Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Dwarka-Shardapeeth! How could they? How could
they dare to commit the most natural act in the world? The same act which
brought Shankaracharya on our planet earth in the first place? This makes <b>as
much sense as his other statements.</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peshe
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Vijay Mallya may make a revised settlement offer of Rs 6000
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And you and I thought he had fled to
London! <b>God bless the noble soul</b>. The King of Good Times does want to oblige
banks after all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what if they are looking
to recover 9000 crores in dues! Isn’t 6000 crores good enough! Spare the stingy
thrifty prudent being, shall ya! He’s spent a very small amount after all. On?
On very essential bare necessities of life such as the 3 day celebration of his
birthday where Enrique Iglesias sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him. Or it be the
acquisition of IPL players. Or even purchasing islands and private airplanes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">- ‘Will eventually buy another car’,
say individuals who’ve been <b>forced to take the metro</b> on alternate days. Where?
In Delhi re! But don’t worry, this is only if the scheme is implemented on a
permanent basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">- <b>Mamata Banerjee has ridiculed</b> the
Election Commission's show-cause notice. She says nothing can change her remarks,
not even transfers of officers. She has told the naïve EC to take any action as
they please. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rok sako toh rok lo</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today, no tomorrow, no day after. The </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">mahurat</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> just wouldn’t arrive. I kept
telling myself that I’d pick up the laptop soon (the modern day equivalent of
picking up the pen) but it just wasn’t happening. My 50</span><sup><span style="font-family: inherit;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: inherit;"> post was
just not meant to be, from what it looked like. Reasons. There were tons. Mood
swings, bottlenecks, jams, blows, punches. Let me share a few.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">The guy who said ‘There is always a tomorrow’ never had the pleasure of employing a maid.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I took it quite literally I guess when it came to my
blog, it froze. The new phase in Master A’s life (and mine), his preschool,
took a toll on my writing. Getting used to the new routine and the additional
responsibilities and </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">bhagambhag</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> meant
lesser time on hand. And the writer in me boarded an overcrowded bus and took a
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<span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a strong advocate of the need to save electricity and
the earth, I stay away from over usage of the AC. So the times when Mother
Nature plays the prank of heat waves or the </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Baap</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">
of all seasonal tortures, the Equinox happens, and you are forced to battle out
the midday sun, no weapons work. </span></span><br />
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Well it did do the needful on all fronts but this one. Why? Huh, mood dampeners
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(with or without their Hema Malinis) descend on the streets of the metropolis
in a manner more dashing than their personas could handle. Red signals do not
dampen the spirits of these self-proclaimed heroes, they zoom away undeterred
and unaffected by the surroundings. Never mind if it causes chaos or even
accidents.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">No, that ain’t happening. It’s the English ‘suffer’ when
you step out of the gates of one of the biggest shopping havens in Mumbai, the
Phoenix Mills, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">pareshaan</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> with the
weight of the shopping bags. And trying to safeguard your little one at the
same time. Why? Very simple. The AC taxi drivers outside the mall quote you a
pre-decided fare of 650 for a distance which should cost you 250. And are so
brazenly shameless that they smile and pose for a photo, when you say you will
make them (in)famous on social media.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nah, That’s not my line. Thats the motto it appears of
every employee in that nationalised bank. The bank where I wanted to (and
eventually did manage to) open a new account. But not before I spent a precious
half a day of my short trip back home, sitting around doing some waiting and
some more waiting, till the woman behind the counter got </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">meherbaan</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> on this poor soul.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yeah but more out of compulsion than choice. Your toddler
decides the next best thing to chocolate is a ride in a Mumbai rickshaw. And
you actually hail one cos you think, (no wait, believe), that you are the next
best contender for Mother India. So there you are, holding your </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">jaan mutthi mein</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, as your superman
driver makes way, or rather creates new ways and zooms ahead in the madrush.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And then, it arrived. Like a drop of water in a hot
sweaty desert, a ray of sunshine on a dark gloomy day. Reenergizing me, and
giving me the much needed kick in the butt, dragging me to the writer’s seat. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><u>Blogadda’s Notable Newbie Award</u></span></b><span style="color: orange; font-family: inherit;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div>
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post</b> on my blog. Yes I don’t get a chance to pen down my thoughts as often as
I would like to. And yes, I may not be perfect (who is? :-P), but whatever and
however and how much ever I have written and have managed to produce on paper,
I have been overwhelmed by the love of all of you awesome readers out there. A
big big thankyou with all my heart.</span></span></div>
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Hard to imagine? All the more difficult to believe that we lived and survived
without this indispensable monster two decades ago. To say that its taken over
our lives would be an understatement. </span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Candara;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Khoon Chusne Bloody Monday Aaya </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Candara;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">– Go Online</span></span></div>
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difficult to enter the imaginary world and visualise something. If and then
scenarios are fun indeed. What it would be like if……... You wanna give it a shot
too? Let me help you out.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Who likes to see their
prodigy wasting valuable time doing nonsensical stuff on the computer! “</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Hamaara bachpan, ohohoho</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">! Being out and
about, frolicking with nature, playing those </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">dhamakedaar</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> games with chaddi-buddies!”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">majaal</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">hai</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> that anybody
could function without internet! Now that Google has an answer to everything,
turns out we know nothing. Who would answer the never-ending kickass questions
of the over smart gen-next, without the help of Google uncle? </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">“How do you pee in space?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">“</span><i style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">O</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><i style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">teri</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">! I think my phone
is ringing.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">“I don’t think so.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">“Is it? Maybe I just got
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Yes, Skype and the likes
have made the world a smaller place. Mom teaching recipe from </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">saat samundar paar</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, free messaging
causing sister ka daily </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">waar</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">! </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sadke</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">javaan</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">! Extended family and their extended families, who would’ve thought
family could’ve been so up your *** even after you jumped across borders!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But what about the </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Ghar ki Kahaani</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">? Husband romancing the
laptop, wife swooning over the phone, and children, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">oye hoye hoye</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With everything available
at the click of a button, husbands shed a few inches, just thinking of the hole
in the pocket. Though men are no less in this department, they are very much
capable of claiming that this is something they can easily live without or
maybe don’t even need. If only internet could run without this Eve’s apple called
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And on the other hand, imagine
no internet and the poor guy would almost get breathless if we take away his
blackberry, his whatsapp, his linkedin, his online reports, his remote access…</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Aji Sunte ho, saans le rahe ho na</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">?</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ....</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This awesome feeling that
some virtual friends tend to give you, wanting to run away to some wireless
remote corner of the world. That one nasty woman you’ve been trying to avoid
since like ever, and that boy who’s as annoying as can be, there they are,
poking you, telling you what they ate, where they are, what they are wearing,
and you have no choice but to listen. If only, we still lived in the era of the
few chosen besties.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Vele Hackers, Busy Daakiye ....</span></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Candara;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Daakiya daak laya</span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">! Yep that golden era would resurface, where a family
would await the arrival of that one man, like a farmer awaits the rains -
postman. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the other hand, a
number of super-busy individuals spending their lives for the noble cause of cyber-crime
would suddenly find their lives not worth living! </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Woman Tight Spot ....</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Those women who’ve been
blessed with naughty boyfriends and better halves would rejoice like no one else
if the internet disappeared from their world. But let’s face it, which woman
today can live without her social media accounts? And with the woman of this
century being out and about, blackberry is as much her lifeline too! And,
should I say it? Let me whisper – </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">retail
therapy does help and losing the luxury of doing it remotely? Haaayy! And to
imagine a world without it! Bacchhi ki jaan loge kya? </span></i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Chillaaaane ki Azaadi ....</span></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Arey</span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, of
course! An opinion on anything and everything, and a medium to express it to
the world! Be it Kanhaiya’s treason, the Bollywood breakup season, Mallya’s </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Shaanpatti</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> or Donald Trump's victory, how oh how would
we tell the world what we feel about it?</span></span></div>
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bewildered, and thinking I’ve lost it! How on earth would you even be reading
this blah blah had it not been for the internet! Now don’t I know that?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Candara;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Just try an exercise
shall ya, get off all social media for one day – yeah the modern day equivalent
of becoming a </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sanyasi</span></i></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">! Get back here and share your experience!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b></b><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "candara" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As he sat
across the table, I looked into his eyes and said to him, “Yes, <i>tum oxygen ho aur mein double hydrogen, aur hamaari chemistry paani ki tarah hai</i>. So I thought I'd make your life easier, and answer the eternal question. Here’s
the much coveted much debated much wanted list - ‘</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What Does a Woman Really Want!</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">’ You’re welcome sweetheart!”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For the
benefit of all MANkind, a list from WOMANkind, here it goes –</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; mso-themecolor: accent5;"><i>KASAM
KHAO SANAM</i> :</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That you shall strive for
the absence of the following ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- Wet towels on
the bed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- Smelly socks,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- Toilet seat
in the upright position,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- Appliances
and gadgets as gifts on special occasions,</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That eyebrows shall not be
raised ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- When you lay your eyes on
my collection of shoes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- When I’m
trying to figure out what to wear for that party and I conclude I have nothing to
wear,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- When a
particular dress is not as <i>behenji</i> type as your possessive side would like it
to be,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- When I say
that a particular woman is a bitch and shall utter something nasty the moment I
turn my back,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- When I opt for
a silly TV show instead of racking my brains over a puzzle you totally love.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That there shall be PDA ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Virat Kohli
can sob on Twitter, Ranveer Singh can eye his secret girlfriend at awards shows,
then you could surely go for it too. Showing gratitude, appreciation,
love, and all other blah blah feelings in public. Or better still, on Facebook
- the modern day equivalent of shouting from the rooftop.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That you shall be in control
(without being controlling) ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That girlfriend
of mine might seem outright dumb to you, but hellow, we laugh, cry, make
<i>hallagulla</i>, simply have a blast together. So a request of staying away shall
not be entertained.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That your choice shall be in
sync with my choice ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Actually, would help if
you didn’t have one. But never mind. You could at least try not making faces when I pick
up a rom-com for viewing next time, and not look amazed when I show absolutely
no interest whatsoever in a car turning into a robot, or super humans trying to
save the planet. Give it a shot.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That you shall understand my
silence ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You did
follow the movie ‘<i>Pushpak’</i>, didn’t you! Then once in a while you could try
reading my mind too. Why oh why, do I have to spell out every single time what
it is that is exactly bothering me, and whether I need space or a <i>Jaadu ki Jhappi</i>.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That you shall smile at the dinner table ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I am a cook,
not a chef. And more importantly, I’m not your mom. Entering the kitchen and dishing
out food in itself is a 'Yeah, I did it!' moment for me. So it would be really
helpful if you didn’t fuss over the (once in a while) salty vegetable or the not
so perfect curry. How about saying, '<i>Bade bade shehron mein aisi chhoti chhoti baatein hoti rehti hai</i>!'</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That there shall be no
remarks on my brilliant knowledge of technology ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You didn’t
marry me for my nerdiness, did you? Then it’s got to be okay dear, if I’m not a big
fan of advanced technology and geeky devices.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That there shall be romantic
gestures once in a while ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Or even
surprises, pleasant ones. I know there’s a house to be cleaned, bills to be
paid, a family to be taken care of. But there’s also an attention-seeking, teen
girl in me waiting to hear this every now and then - <i>Jahaapanaa, tussi great ho, tohfa kabool karo</i>!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That you shall listen ….</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As in really
listen, not just nod your head in a submissive way, cos you are engrossed in
responding to your buddies’ watsapp messages, checking blackberry for official
mail, or wondering what would it take to zip my mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- That you’d
keep complimenting me even after I reach an age where the mirror stops being my
friend,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- That you’d hold
hands even after 20 years of marriage,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;">- That you shall notice a haircut, a new accessory, a new dress, just like you would when we were dating!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That you’d give me Azaadi
(oops, this one’s not meant for you)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Mamma,
mamma, mammmmmaaa!” The noise had begun to get louder and clearer, and I
finally opened my eyes.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">‘Holy c**!’ I
muttered to myself.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There stood
my little one, trying to wake me up from my power nap. A nap so powerful, I had
ended up seeing such a bizarre dream.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“What’s the
matter? Do you want something?” asked a very concerned Mr A, gauging the
perplexed look on my face.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Don’t worry,
I just want you to be you,” I said.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I’m
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want from my man this Women’s Day with the </span><strong><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://blog.blogadda.com/2016/03/01/sada-sexy-set-wet-kasam-woman-bloggers-activity" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">#SadaSexy</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> activity at </span><strong><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.blogadda.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">BlogAdda</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">February
being the month of love and all, the Internet is always loaded with lists of
gifting options. But what about the put-off list. I couldn’t resist the temptation
of ending February with a list which may appear like it’s a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tohfa
Tohfa Tohfa</i> </b>list<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>but its
nothing more than a<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dhoka Dhoka Dhoka</i></b> list.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lets
face it, the girl who counts every calorie that goes into her body, is she
really gonna gorge on the chocolates that you gift her? Flowers will perish and
cards will get stacked in drawers. So if that gives you a brilliant idea Sirji
of coming up with something that achieves the dual purpose of being a gift and
a utility item, stop right there<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.</b>
Avoid these like you would avoid <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tees Maar Khan</i></b> or better still <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ram
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hehe.
Really dude? Are you actually the modern day version of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Maharana Pratap or Shivaji or Samrat Ashok? </b>Unless you think that
you have that soul of steel, stay at least a few hundred metres away from this
one. You are actually telling your wife or gf that she needs to shed those
inches. Which mind you might be 200% true, and something she might be saying to
herself and to you all the time. But but but, I cannot put it any simpler
words, YOU CANNOT SAY IT. Or even think it, sometimes she can even smell the
thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So
jokes like the following are a strict nono: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peechle
kuch saloon mein yeh ek hi investment double hui hai.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay,
first things first. She uses gadgets, she loves them. But do they count as a
gift? </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Not in her world</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Mobile
phones, laptops, Ipads, and the likes, of course she’d like to lay her hands on
them. But on a special occasion, if you land up on the door with a twinkle in
your eye, a 32 watt smile on your face and a gadget in your hand, also be
prepared to land up alone on the couch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A
Cold Press Juicer may add value to the kitchen. A sought after brand more
so.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A new generation washing machine or
an Android driven refrigerator may do wonders to the household chores, but
that’s what they are </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">at the end of the
day, chores</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Wake up guys, a household appliance does not come remotely
close to a romantic gesture.</span></div>
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wouldn’t hurt to put your </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">knowledge of
Economics</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to some use. She may have mentioned that the house needs a new fresh
touch of paint or that the car could do better with a new stereo system. Thank you
for listening for once. But that so does not mean that you arrive with the
painter at the door on her special day. Or announce ‘Surprise, just for you
honey!’ on your next weekend drive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Vouchers?
There are better ways to tell the woman in your life that </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">you have no time</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> for her honestly. She does know that its not easy
to pick up something that would please her gender easily, but come on, you guys
at least have tons of options to choose from. Imagine what she has to go
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money, dude, that’s a privilege enjoyed only by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">grandma and grandpa</b>, for the never-ending affection and doting.
Don’t even try.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And
while we are at it, ladies, a word of caution for you too. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1cade4; mso-themecolor: accent1;">A COUPLE OF THINGS
WHICH MAY PUT OFF YOUR MAN.</span></b> It’s just like asking a commitment
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things that we may be in our minds be a master at, but realistically know
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11193684456473523737noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156461582896701583.post-86232341949448826222016-02-20T13:46:00.000+08:002016-02-20T13:46:11.439+08:005 Myths About Stressbusters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Menlo Regular"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">♬ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">STRESS STRESS BABY..ting ding ding tiki ding ding </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Menlo Regular"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">♬</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">Honk
honk honk, it’s got to be the end of time!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">Would
it have killed them to have just one more hour in the day!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">Why’s
the freaking pressure cooker not whistling!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">Will I
find the Rs.251 smartphone in my child’s pocket one fine day!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">Am I
just taking away water from my next gen!</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">From
local to global, so many things playing on the mind, at the same time, with the
same speed.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ms.
Padukone has warned us enough that if we go overboard with our stressful
routines, we are destined to go down the unwanted path of depression. What
should you do? What do you do? Yeah, maybe try out the conventional stress
busting methods.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Walk the Talk …. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A walk
is eternally the talk of the town. And why shouldn’t it be? If one does manage
to venture out at <b>off-peak</b> hours, on relatively <b>less crowded</b>
roads, in <b>comparatively safer</b> areas, it can work wonders. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">So
there you are, walking away, soaking every bit of whatever nature is left
around you, listening to birds chirping from that one lonely distant tree, and
you realize you forgot. You forgot to leave behind your phone at home, and now
its ringing away. You answer the emergency call - “The kid has woken up and he
just wont listen to me, he wants you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">You
take an about turn and the leisurely steps now turn into a brisk jog. Not bad,
eh?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">HaHaHaHa ….<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">You
switch on the TV. And try to hunt for <b>‘good’ television</b>. There’s a woman
doing her business as usual, no wait, turns out she is actually a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Naagin</i>. On another channel, you see a
decent looking protagonist. One moment there are girls drooling all over him.
Wait the next moment, he is a tiger, ala Junoon style. Aargh!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">You
turn to the newspapers. Aamir Khan has joined hands with the Maha CM to find a
solution to Maharashtra’s water crisis. You rub your eyes and check again. Peter
wants a stay on a film on Sheena murder, and the news item indeed appears under
the Entertainment column. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Daily
dose of laughter taken care of?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Is That Music To Your Ears? ….<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A
no-brainer? Apparently, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">the way
music affects your mind is incomparable. So you get set. Create the ambience
and hit the button. You play the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">top
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senses resulting in the secretion of a stress hormone. Ummm… unnecessary
details. Never mind, was there any research suggesting what would happen if one
got further distressed, due to excessive consumption of sweets? Boss there are
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sweet somethings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">If your toddler barely raises
his hand to wave you goodbye when you drop him off, what is it that you should
exactly feel? </span><b style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 16pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">'Ja Master A ja jee le apni zindagi'</i></b><i style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">or</span><i style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 16pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aayee, Kisise Ab Kya Kehna’</b></i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">?</span><br />
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back, for having bred an independent kid. 'Yeah' (read, what do you know!) I
said, as I hid the tissues.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">Living up to my image of a crazy
mom, I felt like I ought to get something to the effect of a <b>cctv footage</b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">. What's he doing, how's he
doing it, is he stumbling, is he falling, is he eating well, is he drinking enough
water, is he washing his hands, what if the soap hasn't been washed off, so
many questions. And where are the answers! Maybe a camera has them. Fitting it
in his bag, or shirt maybe? </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">If your better half supports these
wacky ideas, I suggest you have your parents or in-laws handy to inject some
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">Having a <b>to-do list</b> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">ready beforehand is not a very bad idea friends. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">So many mixed feelings,
goosebumps, anxiety, curiosity, excitement, delight. Those of you who haven’t
reached this stage yet, don’t you make those faces and say, <b><i>Kuch jyada ho raha hai</i></b>!</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;"> People, I know its not as if he’s doing
post-graduation or getting married. But this is in fact a big deal, one of the
biggest milestones in a child’s life. The first school ever, and a bigger one
for children like Master A, cos there was never any playgroup or childcare in
the picture. Above all, it’s my first experience of being a school-parent yaar.
So kindly understand the <b>Nirupa Roy </b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">kinda sentiments. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">And amidst all this, when you have
to be particular about having packed everything, imagine the chaos! </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">Extra sets of clothes? Yes. Extra
pair of socks? Yes. Extra pair of shoes? Yes. Water bottle? Yes. And him?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">My little one has his own bag now,
his first ever school bag. ‘See, he’s growing up’, we walk around with that
look on the face, drawing attention of strangers, <b><i>Kabhi hum usko kabhi uski bag ko dekhte hain</i></b>! </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;"> Awww...An amazing feeling! Until, you are trying to scoot
with your own handbag, his school bag, and him, to catch hold of the 8.01 bus
(the next one is after 20 minutes).</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">Fried rice with Salmon, Pumpkin & Carrot Soup! Are
you serious? Are you telling me that my son is actually eating all of that
stuff, <b>without being fussy</b> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">or
throwing any tantrums? </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">I have got to pop in and take
lessons from the chef, Mon Ami!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">Is it 6 am yet? Just 4.30! </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">Is it 6 already? You got to be
kidding me! </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16.0pt;">Who's the one actually attending the school</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16pt;">? Why is it that I am super exhausted? Wait, maybe cos I am not a
toddler with super energy, I’m not the one with the super spring in my step, I’m
not the one who’s super thrilled about going to school, I’m not the one who
gets recharged after a nap and gets super enthusiastic about playing with pals.
Nor the one who doesn’t sleep without the daily routine of jumping on the bed
at night, to the point where I want to yell, <b><i>'So Ja Varna Gabbar aa jayega'</i></b><i>!</i></span></span></li>
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it fellas. Nope this is not the faking of ‘that’ kind, and no there are no tips
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day out. We either stand at the receiving end or we very blatantly do it
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Who me,
never!” Did I hear most of you say that? Well, ladies and gentlemen, wait till
you read further on and then arrive at a verdict. The following is a list of
instances (surely not an exhaustive one), where even the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maharathis</i> and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kaliyug ke Harishchandras</i></b>, who very
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #548dd4;">♬ </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #548dd4;">I like to fake it fake it, You like to fake it fake it<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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fake it!</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #548dd4;"> <span lang="EN-US">♬</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #548dd4;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">‘Maids’,
‘helpers’, ‘bais’ call them what you like. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sau
baaton ki ek baat</i>, we are the real <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gulaams</i>.
This one’s for the fakers from my gender. Why? Cos the opposite gender stay at
an arm’s length, driven by awkwardness or fright (barring say a few Shiney
Ahujas here and there). Well, men are not at fault really, cos if they don’t
say the right thing, in the right tone, using the right words, they’d be in for
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the point, we are more or less at the mercy of our so called helpers. And hence
what ensues is no less than funny. So say, if we were to reveal our true
feelings to a part-timer arriving late or a full-timer acting fussy, it would
lead to a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">path of self-discovery</b>.
Discovering that we are well-equipped and capable of throwing abuses in
multiple languages, to start with. But but, we adopt the diplomatic approach of
hurling sugar coated questions and making gentle reminders for punctuality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and change your route, there’s a sudden spring in your step, a hop and a skip,
turn to the left, another left, one more, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">go,
go, go</b>, and there she is, right in front of you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Okay, but
don’t expect me to do heeheehaahaa with Mrs. ABC,” she warns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“I’ll do the
talking, you just smile,” he implores.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">She does go,
and does smile. Also gets coaxed in to talk a bit, in fact Mrs.ABC doesn’t even
give her too much of a choice. Oh, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">obligatory
compulsions</b> of marriage and social etiquettes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Mind you,
the pleading attitude of the husband is also as fake as can be, cos he knows a
high-handed one is going to lead him nowhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">She fakes
it. And so does he.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c0504d;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The
Bechara Boyfriend ….<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The argument
over who the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">real victims</b> are, the
modern-day evolved women or the crafty calculative men, is a never-ending one.
Feminists would have their own rigid opinions, while misogynists would have
their personal agendas. But you and I at the bottom of our hearts do know, that
if nobody, at least the ‘desperate pursuer’ or the ‘hopeless boyfriend’ are
easy preys. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Given a
choice, the poor guy would actually voice his opinion, on the shirt that he was
asked to wear, the salad that he was asked to eat, the sandwich that he was
asked to share, the party that he was asked to attend, and the list goes on.
But he pretends, and how!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">He fakes it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c0504d;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The
Husband’s Dukh Bhari Dastaan ….<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">She: “How do
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">He: “Beautiful!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Familiar
lines? Every wife on this exploding planet of ours repeatedly asks the same
question, after having put in lots of efforts to lead to that look, and every
husband very dutifully sums it up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Another one:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">She: “You think
she looks better than I do?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">He: “No way
baby! You are the best. Not that I keenly looked at her anyway.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The guy
doesn’t really have a choice. Its like a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">recorded
CD</b>. Every time you play it, you know whats going to be the output. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">He fakes it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #548dd4;">♬ </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #548dd4;">Fake main aur fake tu, donon milein is tarah<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #548dd4;">Pura situation amusing ho gaya hai, woh toh hona hi tha! </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #548dd4;">♬</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #548dd4;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You thought
I was going to give you some gyaan or do some blah blah about ‘How could you!’
or “Brutus, you too!”. Nah. Big deal people, happens to all of us. Happy
Faking!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="ES" style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">Sun raha hai na tu, ro
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To <b>tread carefully</b>
on the potholed wonders we dare to call our roads. With Janhavi Gadkar getting
her driving license back, that's the minimum we have got to do. Of course, we
cannot live under some sweet misconception that the footpaths are going to be
any safer. Salman Khan is back on the roads people. Maybe lining up illegal
hawker stalls as a protective wall is not a bad idea after all!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Since a woman
getting raped is mostly her fault, what with the audacity she has to step out
of the house, instead of remaining confined within closed doors! A veil could
be a good option. But hang on, for those to whom age/marital status is no bar,
it wouldn’t really matter. How about moving around with a <b>bodyguard</b>?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To live within my
means, unless I amass undisclosed wealth within the <b>10% limit</b>. Let me explain.
Jayalalitha was acquitted cos the judges ruled that she had disproportionate
assets within the permissible limit of 10%. So that’s the margin you and I got
to target.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To <b>never blow any
whistle</b>. Yeah! If someday, I had this amazing brainwave and I’d want to get
abducted or die under mysterious circumstances, a PiL would be the way to go.
Till then, the whistle shall be under the wraps.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If for some
strange (read crazy) reason, I do undertake an endeavour of going public with
some tongue-in-cheek humour, I’d first seek a <b>no objection certificate</b>. From, all
interested parties and Aamir Khan. Cos Delhi Belly is okay, but a Roast is so
not.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And yeah, try to
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you heard of this one? The TV journos do a lot of enlightening for lost souls
like me, and this is one more addition to that list. It is the only service
that they believe an <b>NRI</b> offers to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2015 started off
with a Supreme Court decision, whereby NRIs were enabled to do e-voting. And
ended on a note, where a bunch of so-called intellectuals were deeply engrossed
in a debate on NDTV. The subject matter of discussion - whether an NRI should
be allowed to have any stake in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As long as I
restrict myself to voicing my thoughts about Veeru announcing retirement, or
participate in the International Yoga Day, it shall be deemed to be okay. A
concrete view on a grave subject down the road, and I’ve had it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Tum hi ho ....</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Meri baaton mein Tera zikr sada. Meri yaadon mein Teri fikr sada.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Yes you could try
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being a part of my country’s development. You’ve gotta remember one thing
though. <b>You can take an Indian out of <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>,
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my heart out. More on that later. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Without any
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11193684456473523737noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156461582896701583.post-46929929969503792122015-12-28T10:39:00.000+08:002016-02-13T16:10:56.911+08:0010 Tips For Traveling With A Toddler<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">♬ </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">One little, two
little, three little dinosaurs </span></i><span lang="EN-US">♬! </span><span lang="EN-US">No this ain’t a
Jurassic Park promotion, it’s a popular song for babies. Yeah yeah, these are
the kinda songs that keep springing up in my head, been more than two years
now. There’s no room for Arijit Singh or Yoyo Honey Singh, or even the Ed Sheerans
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As I sat at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">airport</b>,
filling the immigration forms, I was humming this song even without realizing
it. Using both hands in ways I never knew I could, and keeping an eye on one
whole human while still writing on paper, these are some of the skills I
discovered I had, after I entered the motherhood phase.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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all alone. But traveling alone with a toddler. And one who’s crossed the stage
where he would sit around like a saint or, hop around you with wobbly feet - a
whole new experience, my friend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So for all fellow mommies, and to be mommies, here are some tips that
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">You are a Goddess</span></b><span lang="EN-US">, with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dashbhuja </i>(ten arms). Feel it from
within. Keep telling yourself. It will just make the whole adventure a little
simpler. If nothing, at least psychologically.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If exercising is your thing, go all out on your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">weights training</b>. Once the baby evolves into a toddler, he has his
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that he shall drag it around. It would be more like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Saari duniya ka boj hum uthaate hain</i> feeling for you.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Wear comfy clothes</span></b><span lang="EN-US">. Helps in all the
chasing at the airport. Especially when you’ve achieved a difficult feat of
holding bags, while completing formalities, while still answering questions.
And your toddler takes fancy to something. Could be another kid, or bird, or just
a plain rod!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">More importantly, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wear a smile</b>.
Comes in handy when the little fella decides to topple a glass or a handbag, or
maybe a person. The only route of escape for you is a thousand watt smile.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you are the shy types, now’s the time to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">open up</b>. He shall barge into unchartered territories, leaving you with
no choice but to make small talk with any and every stranger. And if the
stranger turns out to be a mind numbing and lackluster bore, all I can say is
good luck!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If your toddler is like mine, seizing every opportunity to grab a gadget
when on land, but surprisingly shunning them 30000 feet above sea level, practicing
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">art of sleeping with open eyes</b>
is not a very bad idea.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Yes, he has a ticket now, a fully paid <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">independent seat</b>. Does that mean he shall stay confined within
those boundaries? My heart weeps for you if you think so.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">“</span></b><span lang="EN-US">Don’t you play with those<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Passports</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">!”</span> “No fidgeting with that
pen.” “No, you can’t play in that cramped filthy toilet.” Even before he
embarks upon an incredible sentence, use those two magical alphabets N O.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Got games, toys, and books handy? Don’t bother. For a curious little
fella, wanting to quickly move from one quest to the next, identify <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">real-life full-blown entertainers</b>
beforehand. Could be an airhostess, the ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">alelelele</i>’
aunty or the story-telling grandpa in the front row.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">toilet training</b>,
do not don the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jhasi ki Rani</i> hat and
take him diaperless. A fellow passenger ran with supersonic speed leaving all
her bags unattended, when her little one decided to sound off the alarm. The
devil in me peeped out with her horns, and smiled at what a smart decision I
had made. You need something to pep you up yaar!</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After such a mind-blowing experience, pick up the pieces of you that
remain and alight at the only airports in the world that treat you like Royalty,
our very own Indian airports.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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de do.</i>’ Do you think I lost my mind after the rollercoaster journey? Nope,
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sleepless night, followed by a busy tiring day, here I am, making this
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a public apology letter, long due. Better late than never! A humble
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri";">The Occasion</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri";">? Christening
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">First and foremost, I apologize to mankind for the title of this post. The
song is hummable; lets give him that, shall we?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">Moving ahead, I apologize to owners of all those trucks, rickshaws and vehicles,
which use adulterated fuel. Imagine, people like me actually have the nerve to
frown, when all these vehicles do is simply leave balls of smoke in my lungs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">Oh yeah, the snobbish show-off families, where the father believes his
power is arrived at, by the members in the family multiplied by the number of
cars.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">And every teenager <i>chhava</i>,
who has faith that he’d impress the <i>chhavi</i>
with his driving skills, and that teenager <i>chhokri</i>
who needs the wheels at her hand to feel liberated.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">I also apologize to the corporates, whose employees are left with no
choice but to arrange for their own travel mode, cos the employer is too <i>chikoo</i>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">An advanced apology to those car owners who must’ve had a brainwave
when the odd-even car rule was announced, leading to a visit to car showrooms.
What for? For picking up another appropriate car, silly!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">And oh yeah, not to miss out that <i>dhaasu</i>
category of people, who would’ve started making arrangements for alternate nameplates.
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">I extend the apology to those taxi/rickshaw drivers, who would be
waiting with bated breath for the decision to roll in. <i>Boni ka time hoga na! Looto!</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">So who’s next? It’s the ever-friendly section of the traffic police,
who eagerly look forward to the release of new rules. Cos its simple, rules are
meant to be broken. And pardoned with a Gandhi imprinted piece of paper.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">How can we forget the <i>Netajis</i>?
Don’t they simply deserve a special thank-you note? One that could even be
framed separately.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The task shall be incomplete without this. A warm heartfelt note of gratitude to the </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">decision makers the country has had the fortune of having since Independence!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">a. For dragging metro cities to the state they are currently in, with
incessant dedicated work over the years, involving but not limited to, corruption
and selfish political agendas.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">b. For breaking down the very backbone of the metros, the infrastructure.
And expecting now, that without any good connectivity, people shall still reach
workplaces sans their private vehicles. </span><i style="font-family: Calibri;">Chaar
kadam chaldo na saath mere</i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">? Or better still, spend alternate nights at
work?</span><br /><span style="font-family: "calibri";">c. For ensuring that women are so terrified in the country that they drive
around in their own vehicles more out of necessity. And then asking the same women
to travel at odd hours in stranger cars (paving way for the shameless ruthless
a**holes of the country to have a field day).</span><br /><span style="font-family: "calibri";">d. Oh, before I miss out, the opposition parties, who would even in their
slumber state, be shouting slogans ‘</span><i style="font-family: Calibri;">Nahi
chalegi, nahi chalegi, tanashahi nahi chalegi’</i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">. More often than not,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">To all these great souls I very respectfully apologize. And yes, lets not forget the hidden perks. Who needs the foggy Swiss Alps anymore? We have our
very own smoky locales for the Johars and the Chopras. Hai dhuaan hai dhuaan!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">THE IRREPLACEABLE GRANDMOM</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have very fond memories of Aaji.
She was my second mom. Mom was a working woman, so we'd spend loads of times
with her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back from school, to be welcomed
at the door by - Aaji! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In need of a tenner for a secret
snack treat. The Jeannie - Aaji!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A card game stuck for the lack of
a fourth partner. The Knight in shining armor - Aaji!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Critical study times. The Supervisor
- Aaji!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Food craving at unearthly hours. Chef
to the rescue – Aaji!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;">She was a fab cook to say the
least. And I wish I had jotted down her recipes to the t, somewhere. Yes mom
knows many of them, but even there are a few lost along the way. Plus the added
magical touch she would lend to the food, that ain't coming from
anywhere. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Again, a significant part of the
pampering that I mentioned earlier, was never letting us step our foot into the
kitchen. We were to focus on study and careers, and things like cooking could
happen when the time was right (which in my case turned out to be post
marriage). I understand only now, how I missed the opportunity of getting
trained under a Masterchef I had right within the confines of my own home!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">THE WOMAN<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;">But of course, apart from being a
grandmother, mother, a wife, a socially active neighbor, she was how can we
forget a woman! And so naturally, like many of the world’s certain population, she
had moods to be caressed by others. And at such times, she would just shut out
the other person.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;">As silly kids, who are on the
brink of adolescence, the things that I mentioned above unfortunately tend to
slip from our minds. We are so self-occupied and busy in our own world, that we
end up taking our loved ones for granted. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;">I loved my Aaji to bits. And even
if I didn't, my dad would've never tolerated rude behaviour in the house. He would've
straightened us up immediately. But I guess I never really looked at her like
she was an old woman, she was more like a friend, and that would lead to
arguments and back-answering at times.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Had my crazy friend been around
today, even a simple plain dal-rice cooked by me would've made her proud and
super-happy. And on a day when she would be sulking out of anger, I would've
coaxed her into giving in, with these comforting homely <b><i>Daadi Amma Maan Jao</i></b> treats. At her
age, the <b>Sugarfree Natura</b> twist on the traditional dishes would’ve been just perfect, satisfying the taste buds, and yet being surprisingly
healthy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sugarfree Natura Doodhi Halwa<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2 tablespoons Ghee<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 medium sized dudhi, grated<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 small bowl mawa<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3 small bowls milk<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few saffron strands soaked in
warm milk<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4-5 almonds, slivered<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8 to 10 pellets of Sugarfree Natura, or 6 to 8
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a heavy saucepan, boil the milk and reduce to
half.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fry for a few minutes, and then add the reduced
milk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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evaporates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Garnish with slivered almonds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 litre Milk<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few Saffron strands soaked in
warm milk<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the powdered one, adjust as per taste<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a heavy saucepan, boil the milk and reduce to
less than half.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Keep collecting the cream along the way and
retaining it in the vessel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Add Sugarfree Natura, once the milk has almost
reached the required level.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When almost done, add saffron and cardamom
powder.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Garnish with slivered almonds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Serve hot or cold.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2598ad;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">http://sugarfree-india.com/</span></span></u></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">PS. The post is Sponsored, but absolutely not fictional. The experiences, feelings and opinions are my own.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay, so that’s a deceiving
title. I’ll explain. I’ve (my blog has) been given a Liebster Award. If you
look up the meaning for ‘Liebster’, the answers that you shall get are -
beloved, dearest, sweetheart. But this meaning has got nothing to do with my
post, apologies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Liebster Awards are given by
bloggers to other brethren. You get it and pass on the torch to ten other
bloggers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The questionnaires that float
around the blogosphere with the Liebster, remind me of slam books we used to fill
up in schools. Ah, fun times. I thought I'd up the fun factor and make a twisted
questionnaire. Hope I don’t get frowns and curses for this one, instead of
the thankyou note I’m supposed to be receiving. (If you do throw a shoe my way,
please ensure it’s a pair.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">First things first, this
Liebster has come to me from a fellow blogger I’ve had the pleasure of knowing
recently. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://the10worldoffakes.blogspot.sg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prasanna Dasari</a></b>. Thanks
pal for this one. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">HERE GOES MY INTERROGATION .....</span></span></b></div>
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<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Where did it all begin? (Wait,
blogging I mean)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">What does your blog focus on? (Or
are you more like me? Pulling out the pen, and lashing out at the world on
every damn subject. Don’t blame me; I have a tool mightier than the sword I’ve
been told)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">What’s your poison? </span><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Show me the money honey or, Saala
main toh sahib ban gaya!</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Okay so I comment, you comment,
we all comment for……. It’s been a while since we’ve been discussing topics of
international, national, even</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c0504d; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">gully<span style="color: #383838;"> importance.
Its high time I knew whom I’m talking to. Tell me more about yourself, shall </span>ya?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Hitting the keyboard and cursing
the wifi is what our free time mostly comprises of. Other than that, what’s
your relaxation mantra?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">If they made you the Prime Minister
of India for one day, who’s a** would you kick first? (I know picking one’s
tough, thanks to our state of affairs, but I’m sure with your foresight you can
do it)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Some intelligent soul once said
to me, that he thought Global Warming equals to the climate getting warmer! Never
mind, one tip/advice that you would want to share with all readers for doing
their little bit.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Your take on (choose
one) - </span><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Returns or Exchange policy of
authors on awards or, </span><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">The ‘Intolerance’ mania</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Any wish (better still if it’s a
secret one) for Santa this year?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Your opinion on my blog and
style of writing. Keep a hand on your blog (window), and say the truth, nothing
but the truth. (No venting out anger for the questions above.)</span></li>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">AND THE NOMINEES ARE .....</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I merrily pass on the award to
(alphabetical order):<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://mumbai-eyed.blogspot.sg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deepak Amembal</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://jeeteraho.blogspot.sg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indu Chibber</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://zigverve.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kishore Kumar</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://maniparna5002.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maniparna Sengupta Majumdar</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://happinessandfood.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parul Thakur</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.srikri.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SriKri</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://sujatasengupta.blogspot.sg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sujata Sengupta</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://sumandebray.blogspot.sg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suman Deb Ray</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.vinithadileep.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vinitha Dileep</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vishal Bheeroo</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All of you rock. I sincerely
hope that you do enjoy answering these questions, as much I had fun framing
them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #383838;">Apart from the above 10, I wish I could have nominated all the lovely friends in blogosphere that I’ve had the fortune of knowing. Rulebooks, huh!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">LISTEN TO MY RANT NOW .....<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, coming to the difficult
part of the post. Answering questions. It’s like giving an interview. If you
care for a tête-à-tête, I can bore you to death. But throw pointed questions my
way, about myself, and it’s a sure shot googly. Anyway, here I go:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Tell me about your blog and what inspired you to start
it:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve been writing from school
days, essay competitions back then and serious writing later in life. When I
realized my toddler’s soon gonna spread his wings out, and leave me lots of
time for myself, I took a u-turn and ran to my forever passion for help. I
write about anything and everything under the sun. Try and stop me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. What is your favourite quote and how close is it to
your real life:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love lots of them, there is no
one particular favourite. But I’d like to share an inspirational one for my
readers -<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘Nobody can make you feel
inferior without your consent<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i>’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Provide two tips to newbie bloggers:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m a newbie myself. But like
every other Agony Aunt, when it comes to giving advice I go all out, doesn’t
matter if I need some myself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a. Write with passion<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">b. Incorrect English is a strict
nono.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. The most challenging moment in blogging so far:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hitting the keys again after my
dad passed away. But it was him who had been the happiest about my blogging
decision, and so here I am.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. What does real success mean to you:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Contentment, mental peace and
happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6. How do you prepare yourself to face the tough situations:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. What topics would you like to read in the future on my
blog:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anything that comes from the
heart, buddy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. How much time do you spend on blogging:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not as much as I’d want to currently,
given I have my hands full. Once Master A starts school, I’d be able to devote
more time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9. What is your favorite holiday spot:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My village in Konkan, tranquil
and innocuous. And every other place where I can spend quality time with loved
ones.</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #383838;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10a. Share
your blog post(s) link here which is your all time favourite. Explain briefly
why it is special to you:</span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nah, can’t choose one. I’ll just mention 5 at random –<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://blahblahofthemind.blogspot.sg/2015/11/ms-for-nothing-but-mom.html" target="_blank">M’s for (nothing but) Mom!</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://blahblahofthemind.blogspot.sg/2015/07/whatsapping.html" target="_blank">Whatsapping!</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://blahblahofthemind.blogspot.sg/2015/10/are-you-judgemental.html" target="_blank">Are You Judgemental?</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://blahblahofthemind.blogspot.sg/2015/11/rewind-edit-play.html" target="_blank">Rewind, Edit & Play</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://blahblahofthemind.blogspot.sg/2015/08/girls-like-to-swing.html" target="_blank">Girls Like To Swing</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10b. One
thing about blogging is having the ability to find your voice since there are
millions of other blogs out there to compete with. How did you find “your
voice” or your style of blogging for your blog?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I just speak my heart out. I guess that’s it.</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">AH, BEFORE I FORGET, THE RULEBOOK .....</span></span></b></div>
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<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Be gratuitous to the
nominator, thank him/her for nominating you</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Display the award in your
post (anywhere you wish to)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Now it's your turn,
nominate 10 more bloggers with 10 more questions for them.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #383838; font-family: inherit;">Answer the questions asked
by the nominator.</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11193684456473523737noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156461582896701583.post-20693805471907111902015-11-20T01:25:00.000+08:002015-12-06T07:28:11.057+08:00Life's A Messi Motor!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">WHO ………….<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it comes to exhibiting power, no other title in the world can match
this one. The power to change moods, the power to change the tones of a tea
party, the power to play mind-games. Hell yeah! The <b>MiL</b>. For the ignorant men,
that means the classic Mother in Law. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can love her, you can hate her, but you just cannot ignore her. It
all begins from day one. They tell you, you are embarking on a new journey, not
just with the guy, but the whole family, blah blah. They could cut the crap,
and keep it simple. ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You are entering the
MiL space, good luck with that!</i>’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, the humour and puns on this kind of a subject - not today. This
one’s a heartfelt post. I’m supposed to pen down my thoughts about someone
who’s undeniably <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;">#madeofgreat</span></b>. And I surprised myself
with the name that sprung to my mind. I could’ve written about my superhero –
my dad, my shrine – my grandpa, my bestie - my mom, my love – my hubby, but that
would’ve been unfair to this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Iron Lady</span></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">WHY ………….<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It all began in the English summer of 2008. We were in London back then
and my in-laws were visiting. They spent a month in the Queen’s land, and since
it was their first visit, they made the most of it.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>The hubby’s elder brother, a doctor, is settled in the UK. And the
in-laws visit to England would thus encompass a lot of family time, and getting
together. On one such day, he advised MiL to get herself tested on her return
to India, a full <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">health check</b>. He
had some doubts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You would know from your experience with your parents, their own health
is the last on their priority list. So the tests were done at leisure. After
constant pressure from the UK. And as luck would have it, she was detected with
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ovarian cancer, </b>which had spread to
other organs as well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The doctors advised a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">surgery</b>.
A significant part of her large intestine was removed. And she had to undergo <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">chemotherapy</b> post-surgery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still remember how shocked and gloomy the
hubby was when the news reached him. And the person who consoled him was none
other than his mother. In fact she was the one who would tell everyone, that
she was going to be perfectly fit and fine. She would cheer up visitors and
lighten up the atmosphere. She fought bravely and drove away the beastly
disease.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Life got back to normal, cos she ensured that it would. But only until
the fag end of 2009 when cancer knocked her door <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">once again</b>. This time around the body part attacked was different, yet
the fear in everyone’s mind, the atmosphere was unchanged. But so was her
attitude. The same positivity, the same fighting spirit, throughout the chemo
sessions that she underwent. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She was cured yet again. There was another attempt at starting life on a
fresh note, with zeal. The daily grind began and so did the out-of-ordinary
stuff. Trips to England continued. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And just when things had started getting back on track, life threw another
shock<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>her way in the form of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">another recurrence</b>. She fought again
and survived again, the smile and optimism intact.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When my toddler arrived in our lives, he proved to be a source of joy
not just to his parents, but his two sets of grandparents, aunts, uncles, the
whole family. All illnesses and troubles were forgotten. Everybody revisited
childhood once again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My parents had thrown a big party for the little angel when he was 6
months old. And one of the people, who were at the forefront, beaming with joy
and in full spirits, was the lady in question. Nobody would’ve guessed that
here was a woman who had suffered so much lately, not once, not twice, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">thrice</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After the in-laws visit to Singapore around summer this year, I mentioned
to the hubby that MiL looked very exhausted. And we attributed it to the flurry
of trips they’d been doing of late. Singapore, UK, trips within India, plus a
marriage in the family recently. If only, life’s answers were that simple. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My phone rang early morning that day, a couple of months later, much
before the sun’s rays hit the grounds in India. A call at unruly hours, from
elders living far off, not something you look forward to. And this call was no
different. MiL had been admitted to the hospital on an emergency basis. She had
been vomiting incessantly. The surgery that she had undergone on her first
encounter with cancer had played havoc with her digestive system. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Another surgery</b> was imperative. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Its funny how this one seemed like a cakewalk relatively, to all of us.
It was only because of the confidence that this woman had instilled in
everyone’s minds over the years. Nobody said it aloud, but everyone knew that
she would sail through this one. Of course she did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Life goes on. The routine continues. But without any drudgery, or
pessimism, or even complaints. What her body and mind has been through is left
to one’s conjecture. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I sometimes wonder if I could’ve survived these kinds of battles. If I
could’ve gone head to head with destiny and made it bow down on its knees. I do
not know the answer to that yet. But I know for sure now, that if you’re
determined and positive, if you’re a fighter and, if you believe in yourself,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;"> you can pen down your own future. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11193684456473523737noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156461582896701583.post-35688849595198532452015-11-14T15:43:00.000+08:002015-12-06T07:28:58.416+08:00Pamper With Pampers!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s
funny how we call our babies <b>little
bundles</b> of joy. Cos they aren’t as little as you naive souls might think.
By naïve souls I mean that part of human race, which is miles away from motherhood,
or even the preggy ladies for that matter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Let
me explain. My little bundle of joy made an arrival on the life scene two years
ago. Boundless Joy - check. Over Excitement – check. Infinite Love – check. Overly
Protective Attitude – check. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Underlying Fear</b>
– check. Surprised with the last one? Until the D-day my friends, it’s all
hunky dory. Getting indulged from all directions. Apart from the special care
at home, strangers do their bit too. Seats being given up, ways being cleared,
a helping hand being offered. We get spoilt and misled. And then, the moment of
truth. Its nature’s way of telling you, sarcastically, ‘<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Abhi toh party shuru hui hai</i>!</b>’<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">You
may have cracked exams, you may have sailed through job interviews, managed a demanding
husband, or tackled a nagging wife. But taking responsibility of a human being,
it’s a totally different ball-game altogether. Especially one who is totally dependent
on you; plus is so delicate initially that you are frantically figuring out the
right way to even hold him! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Moms
can be divided in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">two categories</b>.
Well as such there are hell lots of distinguishing features, but when it comes
to baby parenting, there are two distinct types, the new age mom and the old
school mom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A
look at me, and you’d fit me in the previous group but looks can be deceptive. I’m
as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">old school</b> as can be. Having been
brought up in a joint family, having being raised by a super-traditional and
dominating grandma has deep-down effects on the personality. (We can discuss my
rookie errors and slip-ups some other day, lets focus!) And so I stayed away
from books and mostly followed the tried and tested old-age advice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At
the same time, having access to some good pediatricians, and having doctors on
both sides of the family, means one cannot remain untouched by the new age fundae.
The decisions are tough, but its all about what you feel is best for your baby.
So say, my doc would strictly say no to sugar and honey until age 1. Had my
grandma been around, she would’ve frowned, “Oh, what does he know!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A
cloth nappy would’ve been her advice. Cos of the firm belief that diapers
aren’t good for the delicate skin of the baby. I would’ve probably followed her
instructions in this regard too had I not experienced the world of <b>Pampers</b>. My
child is a Pampers child. So much so, that he doesn’t say ‘diaper’, he says
‘Pampers’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Babies
are blessed with an amazing skin texture. Maintaining it is a big challenge. 5
things that I feel can help: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="color: #262626; font-family: inherit;">Massaging
with a good oil – The Indian practice of massaging a baby before a bath is not
only good for their muscles but also does wonders on the skin.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #262626; font-family: inherit;">Moisturizing
the skin after a bath – Again, you may use old age home remedies or the good
branded moisturizers. What is important is the nourishing.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #262626; font-family: inherit;">Using
soft clothes – The delicate skin needs to be protected with good fabrics.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #262626; font-family: inherit;">Using
the right diaper – There are quite a few options available in the market. But
if you want a relatively inexpensive one, the baby is better off without it.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #262626; font-family: inherit;">Changing
the diaper at the right intervals – This is baby specific and you would figure
it out along the way.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;">Something
that a guy can never relate to, and the woman can never forget, the delivery,
is just the beginning. The first few months are filled with sleepless nights
and tiring days. The pre-baby era’s anthem ‘<i><b>Tere
mere milan ki yeh raina</b></i>’ gets converted into ‘<i><b>Poocho na kaise maine rain bitai</b>’</i> in the post-baby era. Life changes
in more ways than one, but it’s all worth it. For the center of the parents’
universe, the ‘little’ angel. And don’t we just wanna give them the best?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;">PS. Pampers
brings you the softest ever Pampers Premium Care Pants. Its cotton-like
softness is </span><a href="http://amzn.to/1QAdXh3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #094ec0; text-decoration: none;">#SoftestForBabySkin</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"> and allows it to
breathe, thus keeping baby’s skin soft and healthy, and your baby happy. </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are surfing (read googling), jumping windows, reading up, writing
down, sipping tea. Scroll, scroll, scroll, like, like, like and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dhan te nan</i>, it pops up, that one
notification! Dreaded by some teenagers, scorned by a few others, and simply causing
some eye rolling for daughters like me who are way past their adolescence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">‘You have a friend request
from Mamma.’</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Feelings? I'd be lying to you if I said I was jumping with joy. It
was much more. I felt a sense of pride. Why, you shall know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">For starters, let me tell you what my mom is like. She’s one of the most
soft-spoken and elegant ladies you shall ever come across. And I don’t say it
cos she’s my mother; it is something even the dogs and cats, the neighbours’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘bai’ </i>or the gossipmonger <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘kaki’</i> in the society will vouch for. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dad was the disciplinarian in the family, and mom more than compensated
by never even raising an eyebrow. And that is a difficult task my friends. Who
would know it better than I do? Even for a toddler as obedient as Master A, I
am like the non-stop instructing mamma who can make up for the absence of any
teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So well, mom though not career-centric like dad, was a working woman. A
sharp banker but more family-oriented, just like a typical Maharashtrian
middle-class woman of her generation. One who supported the family income by
working, and at the same time, rushed home in the evening to make up for the
father’s long absence. Computers were not very common then and when they were
introduced, mom chose to stay away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At home too, for her, the pc was always a piece of furniture lying
around, which her offspring toyed with. Until one fine day, when the children
moved out of the house and into another country. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The ‘food shelter clothing’ list had a new addition – video calls.</b> My
younger bro was the knight in shining armour. But it would obviously all depend
on his schedule and not mamma’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After he moved abroad, dad was around. And then that one dark day of our
lives made everything topsy-turvy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The last few months have been difficult for her to say the least. For
the whole family. Our pillar of strength, my dad, just vanished from the face
of the earth. It was sudden, and so all the more shocking and indigestible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I tried to find my solace in writing and my toddler, my siblings in
their respective professions. Moving on shall never happen, but we had to be
strong, fight, and put up a calm demeanour. There were no explicit discussions,
no dialogues. We just knew that’s what we had to do. We believed that that’s
what would help mamma find her peace. A person who can otherwise cry at the
drop of a hat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But we were so wrong. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">And I
couldn’t have been happier about an error.</b> Mamma’s not just appeared for
destiny’s test, she’s passing it with flying colours. She’s doing what only a
mother can do, putting her children above everything else.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One day I received a video call on my laptop. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">She was seated in a computer classroom.</b> She had taken it upon
herself to step out of the house and do something fresh. I cannot really describe
my emotions. Imagine you had a shy child, who was going through a difficult
phase, maybe bullying? And one day he went on stage and gave a super
performance. Ecstasy? Pride? Much more? I had similar feelings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There’s so much I can learn from you mamma. I know even if I tried I
could never be like you. I just thank God for making me YOUR daughter. <b>And the thank you note of course has three
signatures</b>. We are super-proud of you Mamma. Love you.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11193684456473523737noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156461582896701583.post-32477270424633485632015-11-01T08:29:00.000+08:002015-11-01T08:29:29.885+08:00Rewind, Edit & Play!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have you ever given this a thought? What if you had this unbelievable
super-power, the option of rewinding your life and editing one unwanted portion?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I see many female hands going up in unison. The demand being SRK. Yes
SRK has changed the way romance is perceived and love is defined. And yes, ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dilwale</i>’s’ snippets have refreshed
memories. I’ve come across so many statuses lately, of females drooling over
SRK and how he’s killed romance for them forever. Reason - nothing can come
close to DDLJ and KKHH. Agreed. But it’s the Rahuls and the Rajs we all are in
love with dearies. In real life, we need to check with Gauri Khan if it’s
really worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course men are no different. Blame Sunny Leone and all the unwanted
clips and videos that are shut down when the wife or girlfriend walks in. Come
on guys, its always a package deal you know. She’s not going to do your laundry
and make you breakfast (or say, help you do it). Take care of her in-laws and
children? Nah!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lets get real. Don’t make faces. I know the very idea of rewind and edit
wouldn’t fit the category of real, but just IMAGINE. What would life have been
like – <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you had cracked that CAT or IITJEE or CET or CA et al?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or you would’ve nailed that coveted job interview, and lived the dream?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or even better, if you would’ve taken a gamble and pursued that offbeat
awesome profession which you’ve shut your eyes and ears to?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Say, boys, what if that girl had accepted your rose, when the background
score of ‘<i>lalala,lala</i>’ was ringing
loud in your ears?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if that one girl had actually turned around and given you that killer
smile when your heart was shrieking ‘<i>palat,
palat’</i>?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">And girls, what if that boy for whom the heart had done ‘<i>dhakdhak</i>’ had actually given you a
second look?</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is that all that could come to your mind? Really? Hello, what about more
real life daily scenarios like -<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if the ‘bai’ showed up on time for once?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if for once the boss did not show up early, when you walked in late
into the office?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if your sleep was actually done by the time the morning alarm went
off?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if that bonus letter had one more zero?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if the sister agreed with you for once?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if the brother gave in for once?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if the kido didn’t have an independent opinion for once?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if the husband was more compassionate for once?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if the wife listened without interrupting, and maybe needed fewer
pairs of shoes for once?</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The list could be endless potentially and yes all of us would love all
of this. But what if you were allowed just one edit? THAT ONE SINGLE EDIT. Then
all the clocks and bosses and nagging habits would do the Rahul Gandhi act. As
in, the vanishing act. And you’d focus on that one life-changing event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While you work on that one (it shall take a while), let me quickly
finish my saga. Life-changing events, daily dramas, nothing can really beat my
feelings right now. Feelings of wanna punching someone in the face! Why?
Desperation out of frustration! The two desired edits which brought this topic
to my mind in the first place. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One, I would conduct maid interviews again. I’ve spent a good 1.5 years
trying to teach my Indonesian live-in maid colloquial English. But whatever I do,
for her to understand the head or tail of it, I’ve got to slaughter the English
language day in and day out. It’s a biggie, more so when you have to turn
around and correct your toddler each time, who wastes no time in grasping every
word! The words ’is’ and ‘am’ for instance don’t exist in this Indinglish. And
the answer to ‘why haven’t you done this’ is always ‘not yet’. Aaargh!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Second, I would pick another house. You have criteria, and more refined
criteria. This check, that check. And you rejoice when you feel that you’ve
found your dream home at last. To be shaken out of your reverie one day with
the incessant drilling noise from upstairs. A modern-day fully equipped condo,
with a great neighborhood and conveniences, nothing matters my friends. The deafening
sounds are a deal breaker. One more point for my checklist the next time
around. Checking if the neighbors are gonna take up renovation anytime soon!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">PS. What would your edits be like? Saas-bahu kind of daily dramas or
life-changing events, ala reuniting with college music band, ‘Rock On’ style?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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seem to tick any faster. She was looking forward to tonight. It had been a long
time since they’d spent a cosy evening together. His work tours had increased
lately. This time around, he had looked into her eyes and promised some good
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">It had been a good four days
since his arrival, but his late nights at office had not even left them enough
time for a decent chat. She had left from work in good time today, taken all
efforts to doll up. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If mirrors were honest
indeed, the night ahead promised to be a romantic one with longing gazes. With
those trail of thoughts she smiled to herself, and that’s when he walked in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: What a terrible week
this was!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not a very promising opening
line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: Oh honey! Take a quick
shower and lets step out, you’ll get all refreshed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Step out? I won’t take a
single step. Where do you wanna go anyways? I have a bad headache. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: You forgot? Today’s our
date night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Oh no! I mean no, I
didn’t forget. I’ve just lost track of time with these work hours getting
crazier. But baby, can we please do it tomorrow? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: Okay. If you can’t do
it, you just can’t, can you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The hope was that the sad
expression and the soft tone might draw his attention; her pretty face and gorgeous
frame would change his mood, and all the efforts would pay off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: No, I can’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He started walking towards
the shower-room but stopped abruptly. Her face lit up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Are we out of soap? I
just barely managed to scrub myself with that small piece you left for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: I’ve replaced it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And he was gone, just like
that. Not even a second glance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just when she was about to label
her man as the typical husband, he surprised her next morning with breakfast in
bed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Good morning. I shall
make it up to you today. You pick the movie, you choose the restaurant. I’ll be
there, with bells on. No questions asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But even before she could say
something, he went on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Can I just make a
suggestion though? How about ‘Paranormal Activity’?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: Activity causing sleepless
nights, no way. How about ‘Room’?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: I’d prefer my bedroom. Okay,
‘Anomaly’?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: Sci-Fi? Are you nuts!
There’s a reason I didn’t pursue the Science stream in college. ‘Sleeping With
Other People’?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: What! Why! How!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: How? What kind of a
question is that Silly, that’s a movie title.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Haha...You got me! Look,
you’ve already gone ahead and seen all the blockbusters. I had to dig out these
names!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: You stay away, you don’t
spend time with me and why do I get the punishment!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: How about ’99 Homes’?
It’s a thriller.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: Are you even listening
to me? And anyway, wasn’t the movie supposed to be my choice?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Yeah! But if you plan on
putting me to sleep, why pay money for it? I’ll just lie down in the
bedroom..hehe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When his joke wasn’t well received,
he straightened his face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Okay, how about ‘The
Final Girls’?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: Now you want us to see ‘those’
kinda movies?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: No!! It’s a horror
movie! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">He took a pause and appeared
like he was seriously pondering over something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Wait, you didn’t sound
angry. That means you have no objection to ‘those’ movies!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: Buzz off!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: I have a brilliant
suggestion! How about I buzz off with my friend and you with yours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The stern look meant that he
was supposed to elaborate and he very naively did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: Lets walk into the
theatre together and then head to different movies with our respective friends!
What say? Am I smart or what?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He didn’t realise that the
idea was not even close to the acceptable category, until the bedroom door was
slammed into his face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Outside the theatre a few
hours later, he looked all refreshed and she clearly upset as they walked out
of the movie together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: Why did you have to
embarrass me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: (yawning) What did I do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: You very well know what
you did. You just want to get back at me all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: We saw a movie of your
choice, what more do you want?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her: We? We? The aunty seated
next to you would beg to differ. She jumped off her seat when your head landed on
her shoulder!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Him: There you go, I had
promised you memories. Now would you ever forget that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">PS. Memories indeed! Happens
to all of us. And even if we fume over them then, these small
incidents do make long-lasting memories; putting a smile on the face on a
gloomy day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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