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Be Gentle With Ink
Someone spilled ink over someone's face today. No, wait. Someone first tell me why does this product still sell in the market? It is the most self esteem-crushing, handwriting-debilitating and painfully cumbersome stationery item that has ever existed in a helpless student's kit. Try and recall the...
Posted on 14 January 2012 | 11:20 pm
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So You Are A NoveLost?
This little picture sent me into a tizzy this morning. (Source: Asian Age, Mumbai, 4 Dec '11). The novel has been ranked third among the bestselling novels in town for the third week straight. Now, you see, I love being modest and all. But it is hard. All I needed was a rude shock to [...]...
Posted on 4 December 2011 | 7:40 pm
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The Devil Called Consumerism
I remember the first time I visited my favourite ice-cream joint in Baroda, circa 1989. It was a quaint hut-shaped shop, small yet inviting. I had topped my class and my parents had afforded me the liberty of buying two ice-creams that day. I chose a Mango-Vanilla cone, followed by a Chocolate-Vanil...
Posted on 2 December 2011 | 1:30 pm
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