Anecdotes
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My household has always been one where birthdays and celebrations have been bookended by donations – either to old age homes or orphanages. I still remember the yearly letter we used to get from Help Age India and how dad’s contribution had been used to help someone’s livelihood.
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When I was in school, we had to make journals as part of our board exams requirement. They were 20 easy marks to add to our science subjects and almost everyone put in the considerable effort of asking for favours, getting their mothers/sisters onboard to do the diagrams or to write the material so the…
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Once upon a time, I was a king. No, this isn’t a fantasy story that I’m writing although the opening is making me question whyever not. But, it’s a truth. When I was in the seventh grade, because none of the tall boys in our class were available, it was decided that I’d play a…
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Don’t ask me why this post is called sway with me. Maybe because I needed something with the letter S and rebel without a cause or say hello to your inner-saboteur sound like “been there done that” type of titles. Sway with me sounds infinitely clever and fun. What is shocking though is despite everything,…
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I have had strange nicknames but one that takes the cake is ‘Ganeshi.’ The nickname, I am told, is an ode to my love for milk and milk products. It is also an ode to the fact that just like Chutuk Binai, any time kheer is made in the house, even if it’s for a…
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The first time I realized that being a part of a family that was used to shifting houses, cities and compass directions was a culture in itself was when a cousin was shifting cities for the very first time after having lived in one place for twenty-nine years. The fact that they could not settle…
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I have never been a music person. I enjoy listening to songs but I cannot have them in the background while I do other work because then I’m not listening to the lyrics and that I feel is the height of disrespect to an artist. Just listening makes me restless so I can sometimes go…
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