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As a kid I remember I was fascinated with Westerns, and started using swear words just to sound grown-up. What I got in return was sharp slaps from my parents for using words like “Damn, hell’s a fire, Jesus…” Of course, I mended my manners soon. When I asked my parents why I shouldn’t say [...]

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What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full [...]

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An RSS cadre on Gandhi:“He was a very cruel person for the Hindus” The RSS cadre on Gandhi: “We did not want this person to live….We did not want this person to die a natural death, even if 10 lives were to be lost in this purpose” Guessed who, the RSS man was? None other [...]

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Since, I’m both of the above, I was curious to click on this link on google, while checking out Vasanthi Sankaranarayan’s translation of Retelling of the Ramayana. Apparently, someone had written something on Sita and the Sangh Parivar had to retaliate. The Jaina and Buddhist hypocrisy is picked up by the selective scholars, researchers, bloggers [...]

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Make merry! Though the day be gray Forget the clouds and let’s be gay! How short the days we linger here: A birth, a breath, and then–the bier! Make merry, you and I, for when We part we may not meet again! What tonic is there in a frown? You may go up and I [...]

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If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win but think you can’t, It’s almost certain you won’t. Life’s battles don’t always go To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later, the man who wins Is the man who thinks he [...]

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Wiki on Sonia Gandhi: Born Edvige Antonia Albina Maino, Ms Gandhi is an Indian politician, the President of the Indian National Congress and the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. She is the Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance in the Lok Sabha, and the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party. [...]

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I oppose P. Chidambaram’s latest attempts at economic reform because a) Its a misnomer. They should call it economic malforms. These reforms are pro-MNCs not pro-people or pro-Indian companies. b) Its going to increase the FDI cap in insurance from 26% to 49%. All the private insurance companies in India are joint ventures between an [...]

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Worthwhile

It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is the one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years, And the smile that is worth the praises of earth [...]

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My dear right-minded feminists, I apologise for the use of the word “defense,” as it sounds a bit apologetic. But I guess this article is a reaction to every strange glance I get when I mention I’m a feminist. People immediately assume I’m a rabid, fanatical, anti-male, hysterical female, who wears pants, smokes cigarettes and [...]

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