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A perfect Assamese bride?
Ool guthibo Jaane-ne Nejaane.. This popular number from an Assamese film was one of the first songs I heard just after I had got married. Ironically, it symbolized my transition to becoming a...
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Summer camp
As you proceed to read this post, you may at some point begin to wonder why I chose to name it so. After all, it does NOT talk about the dime-a-dozen summer camps that seem to have mushroomed overnight...
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A matter of faith
I was filling up my son’s pre-school admission form when I came upon a pertinent question often asked by educational institutions: religion of father? Religion of mother? While filling up the...
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Mama, don’t raise those hemlines!
A visit to the neighborhood mall the other day with hubby and my toddler son for lunch at our favorite eatery had me in quite a tizzy. Mind you, being a seasoned journo, there is not much that gets my...
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Hey man, sing me a song…
It’s a hot, hot summer morning. There is a strange stillness in the air; an uneasy calm. Despite the lazy rhythm of the morning, I feel an inexplicable restlessness in me. A restlessness that is...
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Are we raising a generation of sissies?
Are we mollycoddling our kids? Are we raising a generation of sissies? I seem to be running into these questions everywhere I look. I won’t deny it: The first one has been plaguing me almost every...
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The story of us…to be continued
I’m still bathing in the afterglow of a memorable weekend spent in the company of dear friends and family, celebrating our marriage. For me, it was a celebration of something much more precious – our...
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‘Where the mind is without fear…’
India turns all of 65 years old tomorrow, the 15th of August. People across the country are getting ready for the celebrations. Not me, for this is one party I am giving a miss. What are we...
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Hey, Mr. Teacher!
A few days ago, I was having lunch with a couple of school mates and one of my high school teachers. She happened to be one of my favorites in senior school and taught me Political Science – a subject...
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Admission makes strange bedfellows!
And so it begins. The journey of life – for my son as he is about to go to formal school (well, he is currently going to a play school but that’s not the same thing, is it?) And for me – one of the...
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The Promise of Tradition
I know. I haven’t written for quite some time now. The past few weeks have been unbelievably busy! Quite a rollercoaster ride, come to think of it. From new beginnings – a couple of weddings followed...
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The Dance of the Maiden
Well, it’s that time of the year once again. A time when the old gives way to the new. A time when there is a certain song in the air. Of new beginnings. Of merriment. Of love. And of hope. That, dear...
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It’s a little after 8.00 a.m. on a deliciously cool April morning. I sit down to read the morning papers having just sent off my seven-year-old to school. The hubby is working on his laptop getting...
View ArticleLet the Shenanigans begin!
On a recent trip to my hometown (by marriage) of Shillong I came to hear a word that has been long forgotten in our usage of the English language. It is a delightful word – shenanigans ‘ – that is...
View ArticleI am not weird, I am gifted
“Samudra” (meaning ocean in Hindi) is the name we chose to give our son at the time of his birth 9 years ago. Little did we realize that our bundle of joy would in years to come truly live up to his...
View ArticleGiftedness – On the other side
“Your child is gifted! You are blessed!” “He is such a gifted child! You have nothing to worry about!” These are phrases that have become commonplace in my world now, coming from the miniscule few who...
View ArticlePlaying the game
It was on a bitterly cold and foggy Sunday morning that my son had his first soccer match. Of course, the crazy-about-soccer dad had to travel out of town that very morning, so it was down to lazy ol’...
View Article‘There’s something wrong with the world today’
Radhika Das The past few weeks have changed the world in ways we could have never imagined. It is without doubt a dystopian world we find ourselves in today. A pandemic world. A world at war. And it is...
View ArticleThe price of a dream
It’s all very well that a woman of Indian-origin landed up in the hot seat in one of the most powerful countries in the world. I mean, it was bound to happen sooner or later, wasn’t it? What’s the...
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