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A Wish-List At Each Age: 20 Years Of Me

December 17, 2005January 1, 2024

My journey through the years traced in a different wish-list at each age – from childhood innocence to adult aspirations.

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Crush

August 25, 2005January 5, 2024

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My 14-year-old cousin thinks the Indian Idol, Abhijeet Sawant ‘has nice eyes’. She has his album carefully tucked away between her best clothes. And she thinks the contestants of Fame Gurukul are so lucky because one of them got to sing a duet with him. Ah….it is beginning! My kid…

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A Visit To The Bookstore

February 22, 2005January 11, 2024

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A trip to the Oxford bookstore yields some cynical trends about readers and the publishing industry and ends in a befuddling find.

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