August 2008

The True Art of Living

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I went to the Art of Living Ashram last evening. And no, this is not going to be one of those spiritual, self-realization of my inner self, etc article. This is going to be more of a recollection of a night spent clubbing. The suspicions started rising when the friends who were taking me there [...]

I hate the slang… ‘Bong’

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The word Bong is not in a good taste, thinks Rohon.

Natives and Immigrants In The Digital World

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Drawing lines between the digital immigrants and digital natives.

Hyundai i10 – the car of the year

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Well, this post goes to not only the people, specifically Indians who are keen to get their match-box sized, sweet, lovely dream to have their own (3+1) sized hatchback in their attached-to-main-gate pump room sized garage and fulfill their (+/-) 500 km monthly hassled drive added with the weekend hangouts with earnest want of fuel economy and [...]

Sibling Jealousy

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Every person is unique – let’s stop comparing!

162, Kalighat Road – III

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Abhijit came home from school mid-day and announced he was never going back. No ammount of coaxing would make him spill out why. “Amaye marte marte merey phelo, tao ami school jabona,” he cried out defiantly. The volunteers at the NGO tried to teach him for a few months but he kept running away to [...]

162, Kalighat Road – II

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“Night come tenderly, Black like me.” ~Langston Hughes I teach two of Maya Di’s sons and on that account she struck up a conversation with me. She’s worried that her younger sons will turn out to be like her eldest- he is in jail for stabbing a man who refused to pay his mother for [...]