Don’t lose your mind, lose your weight – by Rujuta Diwekar

I am not a diet-person. I can’t skip meals. And I find it difficult to imagine people willing to sacrifice this basic requirement of life just to look and feel good (which, by the way is not guaranteed). I had put on around 7-8 kgs during my pregnancy, and have now lost all of it. [...]

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The White Tiger – by Arvind Adiga

This Booker Prize winner (2008) is an interesting read which tells the tale of social injustice in its own unique way. Though it is difficult to relate to the main character in the beginning, yet as the story progresses, you start feeling his pain and desperation to come out of the ’servant’ class and mindset. [...]

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50-50!

The last tag is still incomplete , since it required efforts, and I am in a lazy mode for quite some time now.. But this one is easy and it helped me in filling the void of thoughts!
And so Abha, here are the fifty answers!
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
My father named me [...]

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Object of my affection!

The new Sony Vaio!!
Its got such killer looks!! And that size and weight – Wow!!!
(Oh God! Please let the market get alright soon, and get me a good job asap. And ask my parents/in-laws to come over and take care of Diya while I save money for this object of my affection…. Amen
P.S. : Though [...]

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Love knows no religion, or does it?

She counted the money kept in the small box in the drawer of her almirah.
‘Hmm, not much. But enough to buy what I had planned’.
She took the money out and kept in the black leather pouch which he had bought for her on their first trip to the ‘haat’.  She rushed out of the house, [...]

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No, its none of these books

- that I finished last week….
I couldn’t find ‘The Historian’ or ‘The white tiger’ in the book store near my place. But I happened to come across the title ‘Cuckold’ which sounded rather controversial. And then I saw who the writer was! Kiran Nagarkar has an impressive profile and I expected nothing less than brilliant [...]

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DevD

Got to watch DevD yesterday. And came out with mixed reactions..
The story is the same old stuff, yet it has a unique newness to it (After watching the previous versions, esp the Bengali one, it was rather weird hearing Punjabi dialogues mouthed by Paro!).  I wish the director had not dragged the length so much. [...]

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Love of my life !!!

‘A bad cook is the one’, they say
‘who is clumsy with the tools’.
‘If you’ve got too many cuts and bruises,
its time now to learn some basic rules’.
Judging by these parameters,
you are bound to make guesses
and question my basic culinary skills
in preparing the nine courses.
But let me make one thing clear
that cooking is something which I [...]

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Dear Friend

I was always sure of the path chosen,
for it was YOU who guided me.
And on the days which felt dull,
you did everything to inspire me.
But now I am tired,
the journey has reached its final stage.
Please take me to the shores that wash away the traces of life
And help me get out of the Maya’s maze.
(Dew, [...]

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Silence

They told me it was the sign of strength,
an effective way to get thoughts expressed.
With time and age, I did learn to seal my lips.
But then they labeled me as indifferent.

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