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Black Coffee: Things I'll tell my daughter. (Hope I have one someday.)
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Friday, February 17, 2012. Things I'll tell my daughter. (Hope I have one someday.). 1) You don't need to feel pressured to look 'presentable'. Maintain the level of hygiene that makes you comfortable. Quite honestly, how you look doesn't matter. What matters is what you stand for, which should feature in who you are. 2) No, you don't need to be home by sunset. People will try to harass/molest/rape you wherever you are. Th. 3) Eat and drink as much as you like. Labels: Thoughts and Conceptions. I love th...
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Black Coffee: December 2011
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Thursday, December 22, 2011. Pink And Orange Flowers. Drishti got off the bus to buy flowers for her ailing grand aunt. 8220;Not white flowers surely”, she thought on spying the elegant white gladioli lining the pavements behind the bus stop. Her grand aunt would say Drishti was acting as if she were already dead. But somehow, the only flowers that looked fresh were the ones that were white. Somehow. 8220;So you’re telling me I can’t have milk anymore! Drishti’s Pishi Thakurma had an active imagina...
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Black Coffee: February 2011
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Then why are the Hindus so disadvantaged in their own land? 8221; It is rather interesting that a Hindu should feel under threat in India when the Sanchar Committee and the Rangarajan Committee reports so easily show that it is the Muslims who suffer from poorer access to asset ownership, public services, education and healthcare. So how does the Hindu Right get away with it? Incidentally, the BJP stands up for AFSPA. Clearly, in that case, the idea of what is an ‘Indi...
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Black Coffee: November 2011
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Monday, November 21, 2011. I do not seek to change you,. But only to propel you. I know that my love. Puts you on a throne. And makes you fidget. As it’s high and cold. But for me,. You’re a leader of men,. While you’re still at university,. It bothers me that. But this is how. I know to love. As I step out at night. While a rapist waits. I love like a woman. Where a man can get. But centuries of loving. Have made me love this way. And as I accept your quirks,. Do accept my love. Links to this post.
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Black Coffee: May 2011
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Sunday, May 22, 2011. With the fall of its thirty four year old regime and the silent slaughter of its local cadres that has sadly escaped media attention, the CPI(M) has withdrawn into an introspective mode. It is a humiliating defeat but it is a telling defeat. Brinda Karat was right. Is was not a ‘redundancy’ of its ideology that led to the CPI(M)’s defeat. Is it bad governance? The real reason for the CPI(M)’s defeat was the presence of this alternative- Mamata. But who is this Mamata? While the Cent...
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Black Coffee: July 2011
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Thursday, July 28, 2011. Cleaning out this head. It’s a curse of the age. And maybe, you’d write something, someday. And now, X is off here and Y is off there and you’re sitting around waiting for something to come to you –a change of air, new ideas, new methods, new climates, new people. And it’s all there –one visa away. The change you need. The break that will take you away and make all the difference to how you think and what you can create. Life’s odd, isn’t it? Links to this post. Art for Arts Sake.
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Black Coffee: Tallinn diaries Part III
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Tallinn diaries Part III. Did you know that peer to peer sharing was invented in Tallinn? Nonetheless, this blog post, ‘Tallinn Diaries Part III’ is a continuation of my Tallinn series but unlike the others, it is written in hindsight and is thus, retrospective rather than euphoric. How is Estonia as a place to live? National pride is important to the Estonians. They would like to be a developed country. And joining the Eurozone was a very expensive membership to a ver...Being...
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Black Coffee: February 2012
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Friday, February 17, 2012. Things I'll tell my daughter. (Hope I have one someday.). 1) You don't need to feel pressured to look 'presentable'. Maintain the level of hygiene that makes you comfortable. Quite honestly, how you look doesn't matter. What matters is what you stand for, which should feature in who you are. 2) No, you don't need to be home by sunset. People will try to harass/molest/rape you wherever you are. Th. 3) Eat and drink as much as you like. Links to this post. View my complete profile.
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Black Coffee: April 2011
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Sunday, April 24, 2011. It has been so long since I've written anything and so much has happened since I last put pen to paper! Our eccentric econometrics professor has declared himself most unimpressed with our best efforts, Kingshuk has started dating (at last) and I have received an acceptance letter for a three month research stint at Estonia. Yes, I shall freeze! It's this thing about love. Together or apart, you feel alone, waiting, longing for that sudden brief moment of companionship that las...
