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Déjà Vu: Day 49-2012 : A Passport To Freedom
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Saturday, February 18, 2012. Day 49-2012 : A Passport To Freedom. Recently I had the 'good fortune' of having to deal with the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai (RPO). My aunt's passport was about to expire and hence we needed to get a new one. This should have been a straight-forward transaction. However, what transpired was anything but a simple and straight-forward transaction. My aunt being a senior citizen, of course! I was duly impressed. The whole process took precisely 7 working days! I hope so to...
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Déjà Vu: October 2011
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Saturday, October 29, 2011. Day 302-2011 : Gym Time! The alarm on my mobile phone rings at 6.00 AM. I open my eyes immediately and manhandle my phone in my attempt to press a button. Usually it is the 'snooze' button which gets preference and the cycle repeats itself in another 5 minutes. I have to be careful not to push it, as the lady of the house, is in deep slumber, along with the cubs, and the incessant ringing of the alarm bell might bring her to life! If that happens, meri to khair nahi. Back to t...
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Déjà Vu: August 2011
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Sunday, August 28, 2011. Day 240-2011 : A Pregnant Victory. It is the flavour of the season and hence has found a place on this blog too. Anna's movement and fasts have been compared to the ones undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi. I think there is a fundamental difference between the two. Mahatma Gandhi never allowed a situation of 'me versus you' to develop when he agitated.the movement and the fasts focused on the causes. Links to this post. Sunday, August 21, 2011. Day 233-2011 : Nature's Bounty. It all sta...
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Déjà Vu: Day 22-2012 : A Hectic Start...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012. Day 22-2012 : A Hectic Start. What a hectic start to the new year! It is all happening, leaving me with little time to organise my thoughts in the form of a blog post. Anyways, I am here now, so, here we go. We are already in the last week of the first month of the year! Maharashtra still has a lot of catching up to do. I thoroughly enjoyed the drive to Ahmedabad and back. And then, of course, the unpredictable happened! On January 13th, a day before the D-Day, the opportunity a...
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Déjà Vu: Day 365-2011 : Adieu...
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Saturday, December 31, 2011. Day 365-2011 : Adieu. Adieu to a remarkable year. A year in which the power of collective action was demonstrated time and again. Throughout the year. If there was one word which could correctly encapsulate the tone of the entire year of 2011, it was revolution. However, the one common thread across all of this has been uncertainty. The situation in Europe is still very uncertain, so is the case with the India Against Corruption and its movement for the Lokpal Bill. Some ...
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Déjà Vu: Day 301-2011 : Life is like that...
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Friday, October 28, 2011. Day 301-2011 : Life is like that. It has been a while since I posted something on this blog. A month and three days to be precise. As though no one is watching you,. As though you have never been hurt before,. As though no one can hear you,. As though heaven is on earth. Which, when it hits you, reveals the impermanence and insignificance of life very clearly! We might then probably take life a little less seriously. We might then live life to its fullest! True, so true. We ...
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Déjà Vu: Day 309-2011 : iPad...or just a fad?!?!
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Saturday, November 5, 2011. Day 309-2011 : iPad.or just a fad? After many months of thinking about it, many months of talking to Apple devotees and weighing the pros and cons of owning an Apple product and finally, as a tribute to the designing genius of Steve Jobs, I am now the proud (? Owner of an iPad2! Slightly different and cumbersome compared to getting started on a new PC. However, the great thing about iPad is that it is shipped with a fully charged battery! However, I will now have to get my Wi-...
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Déjà Vu: Day 324-2011 : Shame on you, Mumbai!
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Sunday, November 20, 2011. Day 324-2011 : Shame on you, Mumbai! Sounds like an everyday event in a metro like Mumbai? Much has been said in the past about the much celebrated 'spirit' of Mumbai during various crises such as the flash floods and terror attacks. Where was this 'spirit' of Mumbai when this incident happened? Next time, if you see a girl being harassed, will we have the courage to act? I have repeatedly written about how Mumbai has changed in the last decade for the worse in my posts on this...
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Déjà Vu: September 2011
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Sunday, September 25, 2011. Day 268-2011 : Life In The 'Fast' Lane. I have been feeling exactly like that for the last few weeks. Hours turning into days, days into weeks and weeks into months in a jiffy! First up, the Na-Mo fast. It was very interestingly called The Sadbhavana Mission. Sadbhavana means, prayer for togetherness. Togetherness and Narendra Modi? So much for 'Sadbhavana'! This looked to me as more of a positioning exercise before the next Assembly elections in Gujarat and the next General E...