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All That Glitters

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(Dedicated to PC, who dared me to write a love-less story. I hate to admit, but you won, PC. This one just doesn’t glitter. It’s been lying in my drafts way too long, so I’m finally putting it up here, as it is, in all its mediocrity.) The crowds were up on their feet. The [...]

An Other Agneepath

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There has always been, and always will be only ONE Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, and He only has ten fingers. Now that that’s settled, let’s move on. Agneepath, the second, is definitely a great Bollywood film: our hero is a hunk, our heroin petite and unimportantly scattered on the sidelines to be used for dance sequences [...]

HIV/AIDS– when stigma kills people!!!

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Is there a political instability in the country?

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As the 13-day long fast of Anna Hazare ends with the ‘sense of the House’ with a resolution in both houses of the Parliament accommodating (though arguably) all three sticking points of contention, it seems we are passing through a grim political situation in the country. The UPA government at the centre is apparently baffled [...]

Mumbai Has Me Now

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“Mumbai is a cruel city,” you’ll always hear them saying that. And perhaps the famous quote from the not-so-famous recent comedy flick, “The Hangover II” applies to Mumbai more than Bangkok- “Mumbai has her now.” I am going to be evicted from my apartment in a month and I have no place to go. Mumbai [...]

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Tagore was the Greatest Literary Figure of All Time

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We Bengalis are sometimes accused of being inordinately proud of our cultural accomplishments and in particular, of raising Rabindranath Tagore to the level of an unchallengeable icon. I was fortunately in Calcutta and Siliguri during the run up to the 150th birth anniversary of the Poet and managed to catch many [...]

Clearing the Air.

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Trina’s article created quite a bit of buzz in the comments section, fueled in no insignificant part by anonymous commenters like Dexter and bayharbourbutcher and Debra Morgan (all names culled from the show called, you guessed it, Dexter). Now, I had been posting a few snarky comments in the Bongbuzz posts under fictitious names which [...]

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The New Opium of the Masses

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“World Cup provides Momentary Distraction to Indians” This was the headline of the New York Times on Sunday, 3rd April 2011- morning after India won the Cricket World Cup. No, no…wait…don’t exile me from my country just yet! I am happy, excited (?), glad, India won the World Cup. I watched the match, I cheered, [...]

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At Your Cervix

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Just read this NDTV Article online and I think it is bad form to bad mouth one’s female colleagues. But I do feel a bit sorry for the young, testosterone-charged folks, who just could not hold it in (the abuses, I mean) on the eve of a fashion show, that their female classmates were preparing [...]

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Stray Pigeons

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165 minutes is a long time to be sitting in a narrow chair, strapped in, legs cramped due to lack of leg space, fluctuating air pressure popping your ears and making you nauseous, topped off with old, lecherous uncle leaning dangerously towards your shoulder while pretending to sleep. Watching the only movie offered on Kingfisher Airlines’ entertainment [...]

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