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A stamp on my passport!
I love to travel and you have often heard me say that. True to the spirit, I got my passport made a decade and a half ago, banking high on the travel bug in me to take me places. The passport expired and I had it renewed last year, yet the pages of the passport lie empty. The white leaflets stare at me and question the reason of their existence and I just nod my head and say, ‘One day!’ You would think financial constraints pull me back, well, they don’t. I am not a millionaire but managing okay. I do have this side sorted out. I would like to…
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Gender stereotypes- Not the legacy I will hand my daughter!
As a child, I had working parents. It was a routine for us to come home and eat rotis prepared by either our dad or mom, depending on who out of both came earlier, for lunch. Growing up in an environment where the lady of the house was working and where the man of the house helped with the household chores too, it just seemed the natural way of life for me, Men and women share responsibilities, right? Gender equality. It is only when I got married that I realised that what happened in our household was a rarity, not the usual state of affairs everywhere. I married into a…
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Memories for life with HDFC
source Memories are moments of the life we have spent and the best of memories are of the moments spent with our loved ones. Memories make those moments eternal and we can close our eyes and relive them again and again. For some, the best ones are of the times spent with friends in crazy,carefree fun; for others, it may be the time of their childhood. For me, the best ones are of motherhood, of the unique journey that I embarked on with my daughter and still continue to do so. Every moment has been special, whether spent in tears, in joy, in craziness or in deep thought. It has…
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Dear husband, can you take the vow?
Nine years have gone by and it still feels like yesterday When the two of us walked the marriage way. Yet today, if I may I want to ask you to wow me again and I will tell you how Just hear me out and say yes,come on, take this vow! When I am running around in the morning, fixing breakfast Prancing a mad dance, between kitchen and kiddo’s room Before you shout out for your missing sock, pray wait! Just hold me tight and tell me everything’s alright. I know not how, but can you take this vow?When my work-life gets taxing and I feel low And managing both fronts…
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Impact of paradigm shift- The rabbit-duck wars!
source Years ago, a man named Kuhn demonstrated the way in which one can can be made to see a thing as something entirely different, due to paradigm shift. History seems to be repeating itself. The impact of this paradigm shift manifests as rabbit-duck wars-the ones who see a rabbit refuse to acknowledge anyone who sees a duck and are willing to resort to any measure to prove the solitary existence of the rabbit! That doesn’t disprove the co-existence of the two animals in the picture but sure does prove that we no longer care about what the others’ perspective- we are too busy defending ours! One one hand, we…
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Do looks really matter?
I vividly remember that when I was in second or third grade, I was parading around in the new skirt that my parents had bought me and even boasted of it in front of my neighbour, a girl who was about ten years elder to me. She gave a meek smile and said,’Wear whatever..there are not many years left. Then you will also be forced to wear salwar kameez.’ I was surprised at her words, for my cousins her age still wore skirts. I belong to a liberal and broad minded family and never faced gender discrimination or judgment at home but the world is not as considerate. When I…
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The 10 types of friends we all have!
Friendship is an amazing relationship. You are not tied together by blood but by secrets of each other and a mutual interest in silly things;yet, the tie is terribly strong. Friends are the family you choose for yourself and spend so much of your waking hours with. Friendship surpasses all relations when you are in need and is always by your side but true friendship also knows to move and take just a step back when you need space. Friendship is truly a fantastic(o) reationship!!! I am lucky to have been blessed with amazing friends and quite a considerable number of them. Let me tell you, they are all unique…
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Social media, communication & tolerance!
We were all very enthusiastic about the launch of social media. First Orkut and then Facebook made it incredibly easy to locate long-lost friends and re-invent the bond of friendship. It was amazing to be able to share pictures over the internet and be able to see what the little girl who studied with you once had turned into as a young woman or to what your cousin who lives in another country(and seldom visits) looks like. It was almost a revolution that converted a social platform into a million-dollar industry. The world was no longer too big to stay in touch! To add to the connectivity, came devices known…
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Impact of Cartoons-Turning Disgust into Adoration
Who doesn’t love cartoons? We have all loved watching Tom & Jerry and laughed at their love-hate relationship. Somewhere, while sympathizing for Jerry, we fell in love with a creature we normally would cringe our noses at- a mouse! Yes, that is the power of cartoons. They convert even the vicious, scary or creepy crawly things into cute and adorable characters. I think that subconsciously it does tend to remove the associated phobias as children are exposed to these creatures in their hilarious avatars. Cartoons have a deep impact on children’s minds and this one sounds like a good one. 1. Cats are not cunning; they are funny and foolish…
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20 fantastic(o) signs of a Punjabi!
I belong to the land of bounty, where moderation is not the way of life. We do not believe that excess is ever gross, rather anything less than too much is too little. You guessed it right! I am from Punjab, a proud Punjabi! We believe in living life king-size and for us, zero is not a figure. The Punjabi culture has a deep impact on the natives as well as anyone who comes in contact with it. It is very easy to identify a Punjabi in any part of the world as we have very peculiar habits a signature style. 1-We love playing host and staunchly believe that the…
