One thing the priest at Amma's funeral said struck a chord. He said that death mends relationships and puts a full stop to ongoing misunderstandings. I noticed this unravelling before my very eyes, first during Appa's passing and more recently during Amma's. Bonding among Appa's siblings and Amma had never been cordial since the beginning of time. Appa's death at least brought them all together, and their togetherness has lingered to date...
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She wanted her final journey to be in the town where she grew up and dreamed of her life after her family was torn apart when cancer took her mother, the pillar of the family. Even as dementia gradually eroded her mental faculties, the one word she constantly edged at the tip of her tongue was 'I want to go Penang.' The message later became garbled in the languages Tamil, English, and Malay as the neural connections began to die one by one...
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Bigotry rarely begins with violence. It begins with certainty. The certainty that I am right. The certainty that the other is wrong. And finally, the most dangerous of all, that the other does not deserve to exist as equal...
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If you have ever had to rush out the door to work while your dog was throwing up or recovering from surgery, you know the guilt. It sits […].....
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Was Trump blackmailed by Israel to attack Iran because of his shady associations with Epstein? Is Trump destined to be a puppet playing by the strings held by Israel? Will the world .....
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As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, the theme ‘Give to Gain‘ resonates deeply with me and the mission of Indian Women in Hospitality (IWH). This […].....
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See if you can guess which political leader is being described. All the quotes refer to one and the same person and the country that is being governed by him. I have replaced the name of the leader with X...
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Let’s hope that other “great” leaders like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un and Narendra Modi don’t bring their own irrepressible egos and messianic pretences into this war. Have you ever wondered why we don’t get better leaders than these?..
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Reflections.....
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समर्थ रामदास स्वामींनी दासबोधाच्या दशक दुसऱ्यातील समास दहाव्यात पढतमूर्खाची (शि&#.....
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तेंव्हा माझं वय सुमारे १२ वर्षांचं असेल. अर्थात, थोडा मोठा झालो होतो. खेळायला मित्र.....
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लग्नकरून एक हक्काची स्त्री घरात आणली. तिच्या पुढ्यात चारा टाकला. चार्याच्या बदल्&#.....
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शर्माजी गेली वीस वर्षं एका औद्योगिक नगरीतील एका फॅक्टरीत सुपरवायझर म्हणून काम करत.....
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In response to Esther..
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I remember that the last week of the school year used to be a sentimental one. With the year-end exams over, teachers would be busy tallying the results and collecting loaned textbooks. We saw it as the best times of our schooling years. Classes would be left unmonitored. No teaching would be taking place, as the syllabus would have been completed by then. Some students would bring in their guitars and songbooks to strum popular tunes then...
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These days if you are literate and own a smart phone,there is no dearth of friends-those stemming from social media specially.But how many are truly your friends?Those who care for you and will ease you out of your doldrums?Sadly,very few.Perhaps because everyone is so busy these days.That is why if you are in the crux of a sorry state you will have to climb out of it through your own efforts.This becomes difficult when someone is in the grip of anxiety.Thughts muddle up and a clear s.....
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त्याचा मृत्यू झाला. त्याचा आत्मा एका प्रकाशमार्गाने चित्रगुप्ताच्या दरबारात पो.....
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Life gives us lemons 😂 😮 and many women know how to squeeze the last drop of juice that's in the fruit or make the sweetest lemonade with that 'extra' tangy flavour.👏 Whatever one thinks, women live life through their emotions & know how to bounce back & make the most. Life teaches them several lessons & some lessons are worthy to learn from...
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As the year comes to an end, one can only be grateful to be warm, fed & safe. Listening to the News constantly has never been my thing, but as we all know the World never learns from History, Red Tin soldiers are marching on somewhere, elsewhere, everywhere. 😮 The inspiration came from the Xmas Log I saw on the photo and from all the little decor items of toy soldiers I see everywhere this season. 😍 Whether a toy or real, whether deep or symbolic, you the Reader can decide...
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With her Tamil book and translation We spend our lives looking for the extraordinary to act, to react to or even participate in. For some.....
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