The Good Girl
Beep! Kalpana’s eyes flew open. She reached for the phone, too sleepy to realize that it was not the alarm but an SMS. “Report uploaded,”...
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Pallavi
- Oct 19, 2020
- 10 min
Badhai Ho!
“Badhai ho, badhai ho, Sethji!” chorused Gabbar and Bichchu. “Dhanyavad, dhanyavad,” responded Sethji with a huge grin as he hugged his...
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Avi
- Oct 17, 2020
- 4 min
Growing Up in the 90s: #4 Entertaining Oneself
There seems to be quite an easy formula to keeping children occupied these days; plonk them in front of a screen. Whether it be mobile...
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Avi
- Oct 13, 2020
- 6 min
Scrubbing Away… My Experience with Washing Dishes Every Day
It’s been over five years since I picked up the green scotch brite pad in my kitchen and started washing dishes. In my house, I have been...
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Avi
- Oct 9, 2020
- 5 min
Growing Up in the 90s: #3 Technology
It’s an interconnected world these days. You can travel to the farthest corners of the globe and still be connected to everyone, with a...
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Avi
- Oct 3, 2020
- 4 min
Growing Up in the 90s: #2 Food
We have now grown in age, and with that comes an understanding, of the need to control our impulses and eat healthy. Things were...
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Pallavi
- Oct 2, 2020
- 9 min
Home Sweet Home
After numerous joyous namastes and mutual congratulations, Mrs. Chandak stepped out of the panditji’s house beaming with happiness. She...
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Avi
- Sep 27, 2020
- 4 min
Growing Up in the 90s: #1 School
Nostalgia: “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.” Listening to my mom, uncles and aunts reminisce about...
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Uttam Chand Laisram
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
Tracing the Hazy Past #1 Introduction
When I was working in Calcutta in the early 1980s, I remember reaching the Howrah Railway Station just in time to see the rear end of...
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Joy Aunty
- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
The World of Joy #1
Hello, and welcome to the world of Joy! I am Joy. My name is Joy. My parents bundle of joy? I wonder. Because I was born the fourth child...
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Joy Aunty
- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
The World of Joy #2
I was fortunate to complete my entire schooling at the Little Flower School, Imphal, Manipur. The school was run by the Salesian...
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