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Invoking thoughts: Our English teacher – Mrs Bakshi
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Sunday, January 9, 2011. Our English teacher – Mrs Bakshi. Jan 1, 2011. I met her today. My Guru. My teacher. A rock that I have clung to in most difficult times and the person who infused love whenever I lost hope. The six-feet tall and cheerful man lay hidden under quilts at his home. My always-smiling and joyful teacher tried a lot to hide her tears, but she could not. Every time I saw her struggle to keep that tear away from coming out, my heart wrenched to see such a pain. But after every few senten...
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Invoking thoughts: 11/21/10 - 11/28/10
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Thursday, November 25, 2010. Tiger and Dragon share a bond. Tiger and Dragon share a bond. Love knows no barriers. No matter which part of world one hails from, the language of love and friendship is understood everywhere alike. There is a bond, which ties people together from diverse cultures. Recent visit of Indian youth delegation to China, under youth cultural exchange programme of Government of India and Government of China, just fortified this feeling. It was an awesome experience to be amidst skys...
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Invoking thoughts: Confessions of a Mills and Boon fan
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Sunday, March 27, 2011. Confessions of a Mills and Boon fan. Buy, borrow or beg. But read the books. I read this couplet years ago. Perhaps in some school library. And the thought just got embedded in my mind. What could be a better starter than an MB (Mills and Boon)? I remember laying my hands on an MB whilst studying in class ninth in 1996. Considering the ‘backward’ rather retiring city I come from, being spotted with an MB was a big taboo (and sadly enough it still remains). Here I came across a fri...
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Invoking thoughts: 6/21/09 - 6/28/09
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Monday, June 22, 2009. As I descended from the rickety bus, I cursed the Punjab roadways drivers for rash driving. Cursing all the way, I boarded an auto rickshaw, only to be caught in milieu of crowd. Looking for help, I spotted a traffic police guy busy talking on his mobile phone, and cursed him for not navigating the crowd at crossing. Cursing all the way I reached home to “discover” yet another power cut and under my breath I swore in name of God and almost abused the bijli wallahs. Before we can qu...
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Invoking thoughts: 9/13/09 - 9/20/09
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Sunday, September 13, 2009. Pathran Da Shehar – Chandigarh. Most of my Chandigarh friends would disagree with what I am going to write. And at the same time, my friends from Punjab would have few more experiences to add to mine. Chandigarh ik patthran da shehar e. (Chandigarh is a city of stones.). The garden of rocks. Every sector seemed same to me and every round about a twin of the last one. The nightmare was not to end here. I found not even a single decent living place, which could match my palt...
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Invoking thoughts: 4/26/09 - 5/3/09
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Saturday, May 2, 2009. 8220;Have these mouthwatering samosas. Try this tamarind chutney with it,” said my colleague with an infectious enthusiasm and large smile pasted on her face. Even before I could lay my hands on the oily stuff, others in the room had already devoured this delicacy and washed it down with cups of cold drinks. Turning towards my host I asked, “What are you partying about today? Everyone congratulated me for the unusual feat and I had to oblige them with a party.”. Tragedies have unve...
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Invoking thoughts: 8/2/09 - 8/9/09
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Sunday, August 2, 2009. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India,. The so-called human activists. Since long I had wanted to say it all. Put it on the paper. Pour the words from my tiny throbbing heart into readable stuff. And now is the chance. I am child of a mother who was abandoned as she was mentally ill and there is no surety whether I will not carry her mental health. But what if I am a didi and not a bhaiya? I am thankful for the Chief Justice of India to allow me to take birth when millions o...
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Invoking thoughts: 4/12/09 - 4/19/09
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009. A salute to Punjab police. Corrupt, rapists, murderers, pot bellied. If this is all you think about Punjab police, here are few lines that will make you re-think. As strange as it may sound. Few Punjab police cops have a side that is lesser known to the world and the prefer to keep it under wraps. This series brings forth the other side of men in khakhi – our very own Punjab police cops. It’s based on true incidents. Labbi – the found child. 8220;Ya. A senior police official ...
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Invoking thoughts: Tiger and Dragon share a bond
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Thursday, November 25, 2010. Tiger and Dragon share a bond. Tiger and Dragon share a bond. Love knows no barriers. No matter which part of world one hails from, the language of love and friendship is understood everywhere alike. There is a bond, which ties people together from diverse cultures. Recent visit of Indian youth delegation to China, under youth cultural exchange programme of Government of India and Government of China, just fortified this feeling. It was an awesome experience to be amidst skys...
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Invoking thoughts: 7/18/10 - 7/25/10
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Saturday, July 24, 2010. By the time we reached Shanghai, excitement took over fatigue, thirst and hunger. Right from landing till boarding respective group buses – all necks had a busy time looking around the well-lit and well-built Shanghai International Airport. And again the shutterbugs went into action. Folks don’t you feel that repeated boarding and traveling made us perfect travelers? I bet, most of us have become very good travelers by now. The long journey from Shanghai to Pudong was all embedde...
