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Links and Tags

It has been a while since I picked up a tag. But this one was a perfect anniversary gift for my blog that has given me so much joy and a lot of friends.

My tryst with the Mumbai local train

After a successful trial run, during off-peak hours, when the compartment was only as crowded as the Delhi Metro during peak hours, I felt encouraged to go on a full-fledged trip in the Mumbai local train.

Is a degree holder really ‘educated’?

I leave it to you to decide whether a degree provides its holder ‘edification’ and ‘culture’ — two of the words thrown up by the thesaurus to define education.

Are you alone or lonely?

Being alone is a physical condition, while being lonely is entirely a mental condition.

An afternoon with friends

The Indiblogger Meet in Delhi last Sunday was one great party. But I have realized one thing: I need several such meets to get to know and remember the huge number of bloggers in Delhi. So when is the next one, Inditeam?

One sleepy post

If I lose an hour’s sleep, I need to sleep an extra three hours to make up the deficit. So if I stay awake say, till midnight one day, I need an extra nine hours’ sleep to make it up. Others need their work-outs, gym and yoga or tonics to keep fit; I need my snoooooooooze.

The long and short of a hairy tale

When I was finally forced to cut my Rapunzel locks short, I refused to look at it lying on the floor – a final parting of ways. Or was it?

Some vignettes

Sitting by the Ganga, I feel a kinship with her. She is my soulmate, providing tranquility to my clamorous mind.

When the Leopard came calling…

The other day an sms growled at me: ‘Could you do a guest post for my blog? You can write on anything,’  ( in corresponding sms lingo of course) Now if you are wondering how an sms can growl and if I have some latest gadget that allows ‘speaking sms’  or something, let me enlighten […]

A lesson never learnt

We were supposed to be laughing or at least smiling. Crunch, crunch…The popcorn kept us awake as we waited with bated breath for the comedy scenes to begin.

The new TRP factor

It is time for the saas-bahu serials to take a break. The new TRP mantra is here…to stay.

Wake up please!

The government had better wake up and fast but it seems to be in deep slumber and lost in wonderful dreams of a victory in its much touted War on Terror. It obviously thinks that by just giving statements and visiting victims in hospitals after every terror attack it can gain ‘victory’.

To sing or not to sing

My mother insisted that I sang well. Have you ever seen a mother who thought anything but the best about her child?