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the desi community!

‘But I am only trying to help,’ she says after a particularly mean comment that she knows will hurt you.

Continue Reading 19 Aug 2017

A man with dreams needs a woman with vision

When I first met le husband and wanted to know more about him I turned to the best investigation tool for desis- Facebook. I stealthily stalked him to find out more about him. In the process, one of the post he shared resonated with me and made it easier to say yes to him later. It went- “A man with dreams needs a woman with vision. Her perspective, faith, and...

Continue Reading 18 Aug 2017

Thoughts on India's Independence Day

I have fond memories of Independence Day Celebrations at school. It begins when the class teacher threatens everyone to come saying she will definitely take the attendance to make sure everyone is present. You see, it’s supposed to be a holiday but then we had students participating in march pasts, ‘patriotic’ plays, songs, and dances which squeezed in a ‘hum sab ek hai’, ‘meri mitti, mera chaman’ and ‘bhai-behen’ wherever...

Continue Reading 15 Aug 2017

India

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Continue Reading 15 Aug 2017

'The Handmaid's tale'. I am now in a dark dark hole.

Over the last few days I binge watched ‘The Handmaid’s tale’. I am now in a dark dark hole. To think that Margaret Atwood wrote this with a challenge to herself that she’d only include events that have already happened somewhere at some point in time…

Continue Reading 12 Aug 2017

Navigating the New India

For someone who has a Masters degree in Political Science, I don’t write or comment as much on politics. I used to. I used to read voraciously about it, consume numerous opinion pieces, and sometimes even engage in comment wars with random people.

Continue Reading 10 Aug 2017
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