The L&M saw how hassled I was and decided to pitch in with other things without being told -- like cleaning the house. I made the tactical blunder of telling him not ask me where to put what and use his discretion while doing it.
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We were the generation that was good at opening windows if the doors were closed, finding and widening cracks if the windows were closed too, even learning to live and thrive in a vacuum!
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The power of mobility can’t be quantified. In the early 90s, Sheela Rani Chunkat, the then district Collector of Pudukkottai, in Tamil Nadu had brought about a virtual revolution by providing the twin impetuses of mobility and literacy. And armed with the two, the most downtrodden of women – mostly stone quarry workers had...
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The Navratri kolu itself is a showcase of the artistic and aesthetic sensibilities of the people and is a combined effort of all the members of the family.
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We each have unique ways of coping with tensions. I have listed a few used by men and women. What are yours?
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