It has been raining for over three days now at my parents’ place. I love the monsoons, and my loveliest early memories are about rain-lashed mornings, glossy leaves nodding under the pitter-patter of rain, and blowing steam on window panes…
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Memories from Chandrataal
Tagged with: Chandrataal, Friends, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas, travel, travel solo, WPLongform
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Thoughts on PK – Some Questions for Raju Hirani and Amir Khan
PK is a thought-provoking movie. It’s thought-provoking enough to lead me to write this post although I’ve watched several thought-provoking movies in the past without making an effort to write about them. But PK is special. The official trailers described…
Tagged with: Amir Khan, Bollywood, film review, Hindu, India, movie, PK, Rajkumar Hirani, WPLongform
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Idle Thoughts at the End of a Pleasure Trip
I’m just back from a whirlwind trip of Rajasthan. Travelled across three cities and the Thar in five days by road, on ramshackle buses, checking into hotels just to spend the night. The most memorable part of our itinerary was…
Tagged with: India, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, Thar Desert, thought, travel, vacation, woman, WPLongform
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Posted in Musings
A Tryst with Ladakh
When I decided to join my friends on their trip to Leh-Ladakh, I had only the faintest idea of what I was going in for. I was badly in need of a break; for the longest time, my life seemed…
On Rape Culture (and the Peddling of Convenient Theories by Armchair Critics)
As I settled down to write yet another nauseating article on the repeated rapes being reported across India, I decided to dig into some news items about rapes—I can’t vouch for the veracity or wisdom of news published in the…
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