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Sikkim
Two restless girls (women, if you insist). Ticketless on an overnight train journey. Meet the Pukey Pukersons. False weather reports. Frantic call to Aviram, stranger turns friend.
Gangtok. Breathe in, breathe out. Warm smiles. Eye candy everywhere. Friendly drivers, friendly hotel staff. Friends in minutes. MG Road. Baker’s Cafe. Hot Chocolate. ( Read more... ) -
Sri Lanka calling
Somebody's travelogue helped me a lot during a recent trip. In fact, everything positive that happened on the trip happened because of this stranger's advice and generous help.
So I thought I should pay it forward. This is the advice I gave a friend's friend and he found it helpful. Perhaps you will too, if you chance upon this blog and if you plan ( Read more... ) -
No marks
The Wife wept silently. That was all she could do now. Her husband had been arrested and produced in court. That, in itself, wasn’t new. But this time he was in for murder, not a petty offence ( Read more... ) -
Glass house
“Fine!” she said, spitting the word. Rahul stared helplessly, as the door slammed shut. They had had this fight over a hundred times since the last fortnight when Julie had come to them with a small bag of clothes and essentials, and a note that implored Rahul to take care of his daughter. Obviously, things were not fine. They weren’t going to be ( Read more... ) -
Faking it
Rhea took a deep breath, moved the fake Gucci sunglasses she had picked up from a stall in Connaught Place, to the top of her head, shifted her unaffordably expensive bag so the Louis Vuitton label would be visible, slipped into her Jimmy Choos, the real ones that had cost her (well, her indulgent husband) a month’s salary, and entered through the ( Read more... ) -
Jokes at my "expanse"
It's most definitely time to go on a diet when this is the conversation one is subjected to at a wedding.
Stan: I didn't think you would turn up today, Deeps.
Manu: I didn't think so much of you would turn up today, Deeps.
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When I caught the avial flu
Avial: (a-vi-al) (definition): Kerala’s favourite sadya (feast) curry, comprising thick mixture of vegetables, curd, coconut, seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves.
“I’m going to make avial today,” I announced to my horrified parents. “Is somebody paying you to do it?” asked my mom, who is blessed with extra-sensory perception (ESP), as she ( Read more... ) -
The pen is not really mightier than the sword
One of the many misconceptions about journalists is that they have the power to right all the wrongs in the world in a jiffy.
Yes, the pen is mightier than the sword. Yes, the press has a lot of power. However, what people don't realise is that Rome wasn't built in a day, to quote yet another cliché.
On assignments I am often beseeched by people, men ( Read more... ) -
Pandora's box
I feel like Pandora after she opened the box. I wish I had never opened it. I'm not ready to take in what I see, not at this particular juncture. Maybe later, when my maturity level matches my age... But for now, I don't wanna know. -
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N: Deeeeeeepa
Me: I've had a bad day. Say somethin nice abt me. Right away.
N: Go to mahabaleshwar this weekend
Kya hova?
Once upon a time there was a little girl her name was deepa
She was very sweet and she used to love animals
Me: and then she was judged by people and then she got a really bad increment
N: She used to live In a castle made of ( Read more... )