Category: Opinion
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Of being ‘nice’
As a child, I was brought up just like most other kids around me. I was told/ taught to be ‘nice to people’, which if you think of it, is often confused with being polite or having good manners. But in the adult world, often, being nice means something else, as I learnt the hard…
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A lot of ‘hot’ air
“If ads are to be believed, my deo can somehow transform me from this absolutely normal person into this super-athletic man mountain of pure awesomeness that no woman, nor angel, nor furniture (in some cases) can resist.”So, what does YOUR deo do? Apart from keeping you fresh, that is!
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Together, we can
“Why?”, I asked my mother flashing her the best puppy-eyed look I could muster “Why, me?” Sitting across from me, my mother averted her glance just as the waiter walked up to the table with our drinks – a strong filter coffee for my mother, and a bottle of juice for me. She said nothing…
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A fresh change
Change is often inevitable and surprising. It can gently knock you off-balance and demand that you cope with it. Or it can lift you completely out of your comfort zone and put you in situations where you have to make decisions that can potentially alter your life as you know it. But sometimes, change…
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SHE rocks!
My little one spent the first month of his earthly life in a transparent, rectangular box measuring 60 x 40 cm, and attached to different machines by coloured wires of all sorts. I suppose it’s safe to say that, for the first month, we hardly heard him cry. Rather our association with a fully mature baby…
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Drafting Write
It is often said that nothing scares a writer more than the evil blinking cursor – yes, the very same one that taunts you and sometimes even laughs at your wordless-ness (in the surround sound “super-villain” voice, no less). And if we’re being honest, we’ve all been there, experience that, and got the hypothetical “Writer’s Block” accessories. But…
I Wrote Those - by Sid Balachandran 