Category: People
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The horror
Her horror turned to disappointment. Disappointment with herself for acting powerless. It is odd how pain inflicted on a part of our body wounds the mind first. This particular blow hit her most precious part – her daughter; the pain permeated her skull and left a scar on her motherhood. So far it had been…
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The A to Z of what really matters.
A tiny little voice cried out in pain, “I didn’t mean to mumma.” Barely did she finish the sentence that her mother looked at her with disappointment. Caught in an impending storm of tears the little one looked at her mother, imploring her to forgive. Dilnar knew she had upset her mother by dropping her…
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Finding Franky and the real Goa.
The day I met Franky Gracias, I almost didn’t meet him. After I had spent two sleepless nights in Goa without electricity and in the company of buzzing mosquitoes, on that very day I defected from a home-stay to a fancier hotel with power back-up and water that didn’t make its way in a tanker.…
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Being tolerant to being Punjabi.
Bright colours, strains of traditional Punjabi songs and the latest Bollywood hits sum up a Punju (short and sweet for Punjabi) wedding for most ‘South Indians’ like me. The verbally brash purists amongst us even call it loud and overdressed. But when I travelled to Delhi and joined the wedding celebrations for my friend of…
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Pilgrimage to happiness.
It is always heart warming to find beauty in people that transcends the beauty around them. I met this adorable duo on a trek to Taktsang Monastery and they signified everything that was beautiful about the people of Bhutan – a kind smiling face, warmth, respect for tradition and inclusiveness, which is so hard to…
Tintu Saleem 