My Ordinary Life’s Extraordinary Journey
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When I was a child, if you asked me who a ‘provider’ was, I would have pictured my father. Because that’s the word society attributed to him. He was the one getting in the money and it was him I saw going to work every single day. It all makes sense until you think about
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(Originally written in April 2020 ) The alarm starts blaring at 6.30 am. I snooze it until it gives us up on me and stops ringing altogether. Then I wake up with a jolt. Its 7.20 already. I skip the leisurely bathroom routine and get straight to the grind. I begin with the stubbornly stained
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We’re living in days when people love to talk. Not just with words. But by their posts, stories, snapchats, whatsapps , clothes & accessories. Everyone is cooking up an exotic story for themselves. And it’s become so easy that it’s becoming an overkill of sorts. Your virtual stories and social media life is making me
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That little creak of the window. The untimely WhatsApp. The dogs howling under the building. I never thought trivial things like these would have me break a sweat. I am, one of the greatest horror movie junkies you will ever meet. I could have broken the record of how many horror movies a pregnant woman can
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‘Why is god testing us this way?’. M’s nanny came back from a month long break that she had taken to help her daughter with her second pregnancy. This was her reaction when I asked her the gender of the baby. No prizes for guessing what it was. A girl. She went on to explain
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There are many opinions on being a feminist. I have seen a number of people uncomfortable with being called that and being around those who call themselves protagonists of the movement. But to me, feminism is not a rebellion. It is an awakening. On the face of it, the urban, modern woman has it great.
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Can I be honest with you? You might think I am absolutely bonkers. But I have to come clean about this. I am a proud ‘In – Betweener’. What does that even mean in this world of grand ambitions & instant gratification? As I lazily stare out my balcony at the street that never sleeps,
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Before I start, something tells me that I will need a disclaimer for this one. So,here it is. ‘The ideas expressed in this article are not based on merely one person even though it might seem like I have written about my (or your) mother in law specifically. This is a study of a group
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Globally, a really cool transformation is taking place. People like you and me are slowly but surely changing the world order. Our generation is shattering traditions and reinterpreting realities. We don’t necessarily care about things that our parents found important. We’re not in a rat race and neither are we bothered about the conventional. We’re making our
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I grew up in a house full of children. We had brats of all ages , in fact, the age difference between me and my eldest cousins spans well over 15 years. We ate together, played together and even got reprimanded as a group . I was the youngest of a huge lot so its