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The Good Girl
Beep! Kalpana’s eyes flew open. She reached for the phone, too sleepy to realize that it was not the alarm but an SMS. “Report uploaded,”...
Pallavi
Oct 27, 202011 min read
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Badhai Ho!
“Badhai ho, badhai ho, Sethji!” chorused Gabbar and Bichchu. “Dhanyavad, dhanyavad,” responded Sethji with a huge grin as he hugged his...
Pallavi
Oct 19, 202010 min read
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Growing Up in the 90s: #4 Entertaining Oneself
There seems to be quite an easy formula to keeping children occupied these days; plonk them in front of a screen. Whether it be mobile...
Avi
Oct 17, 20204 min read
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Scrubbing Away… My Experience with Washing Dishes Every Day
It’s been over five years since I picked up the green scotch brite pad in my kitchen and started washing dishes. In my house, I have been...
Avi
Oct 13, 20206 min read
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Growing Up in the 90s: #3 Technology
It’s an interconnected world these days. You can travel to the farthest corners of the globe and still be connected to everyone, with a...
Avi
Oct 9, 20205 min read
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Growing Up in the 90s: #2 Food
We have now grown in age, and with that comes an understanding, of the need to control our impulses and eat healthy. Things were...
Avi
Oct 3, 20204 min read
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Home Sweet Home
After numerous joyous namastes and mutual congratulations, Mrs. Chandak stepped out of the panditji’s house beaming with happiness. She...
Pallavi
Oct 2, 20209 min read
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Growing Up in the 90s: #1 School
Nostalgia: “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.” Listening to my mom, uncles and aunts reminisce about...
Avi
Sep 27, 20204 min read
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Tracing the Hazy Past #1 Introduction
When I was working in Calcutta in the early 1980s, I remember reaching the Howrah Railway Station just in time to see the rear end of...
Uttam Chand Laisram
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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The World of Joy #1
Hello, and welcome to the world of Joy! I am Joy. My name is Joy. My parents bundle of joy? I wonder. Because I was born the fourth child...
Joy Aunty
Sep 21, 20204 min read
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The World of Joy #2
I was fortunate to complete my entire schooling at the Little Flower School, Imphal, Manipur. The school was run by the Salesian...
Joy Aunty
Sep 21, 20204 min read
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