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I woke up to a new dawn. Or at least, what was supposed to be a new dawn. Given all the brouhaha that preceded it, one thought one would see a completely changed scenario all around. It hasn’t happened before, nor did it this time. At the risk of being called a cynic, I admit
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It was the worst of times. What the Dickens! The weather was gloomy and muggy, the sun had firmly tucked itself into a warm blanket. The persistent drizzle, though calling it even a drizzle would demean the word, was yet undecided if it should go the full Monty or not. An irritating drizzle that will
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Recently my social media has been abuzz with advertisements announcing classes for singing, age no bar, it adds. Whether you know music or not, you can sing, the ads announce. I am not sure which algorithm is the culprit here, because singing is the last thing I could have thought of. It simply is not
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It is one of the modern flash points. One of those ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ moments. And pretty much like how no two economists agree, me and my wife never agree on.Nothing big or serious, but certainly one that crops up almost everyday. The offending contraption _ the pressure cooker. Or
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“Age is not just a number, and don’t you dare say that again.” My wife reminded me today, and not for the first time. And neither was it a statement of fact, which has been more often the case. This time there was a hidden threat behind it. The hidden threat being “act your age,
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Take up a hobby. This was the advice given to us as part of the lecture intended to ease us into retired life. Now, for us boomers, having a hobby was just a given. In fact most of us, at some time or the other, have written an essay in school on our favourite hobby.
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I stand a slim slim chance of winning the battle of the bulge. These ominous lines were documented by me some three-and a-half decades back, in The Indian Express. The only, nay major difference between then and now is the nature of the battle. Then in the prime of my youth, with a lean and
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While my perspective, and not a flattering one at that, on the education system is well known, I too, at one time, did my very small bit to be a part of the system.It was a very small stint, albeit enjoyable, just for the fact that it kept me busy throught the day.I had just
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Even as we amaze over many photographs on instagram and social media of spectacular multi-lane flyovers and grade separators, there is one overpass, a hidden gem that, I feel, hasn’t quite got its due.It is a railway overpass connecting Inderpuri and Nariana H-block in New Delhi. So what is so different? You might ask. For
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It was designated as the ‘Room with a view’. It was probably my roommate who gave it the moniker, though I do not quite recall but it was apt.Moving to Vijaywada to embark on my journalistic journey, I had to find a room for myself. And that was one tough part. Back then in the
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