I wake up morning after morning, to news channel after news channel covering the same thing. Terror in Mumbai. Armed terrorists taking hostages, shooting at will. Openly, brazenly. But why the shock the surprise ? If you’ve been to India, have lived there, you know the condition of law and order there. Politicians condoning this […]
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Rachel getting married
Rachel getting married is about Kym, Rachel’s sister, and her complicated relationship with her family. It’s about mental baggage; the stuff we carry around in our heads. Kym’s elder sister Rachel is getting married, and Kym is a recovering drug addict, out from her rehab center for a few days to attend the wedding. It […]
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With the immediate hubbub of the making of history last week having died down, it’s time to recapitulate. Obama is President-Elect, everyone went into a frenzy at the news, and people took to the street in celebration. Newspapers which reported this historic happening got sold out ; my city’s newspaper had to reprint additional copies. […]
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Sick, with a massive headcold and fever. Must have sneezed about a thousand times today. Elected to remain in bed rather than spread the infection to co-workers. So, basically at home, in bed with a book. Result : read and slept, and read and slept and so on. The day passed very slowly, and not […]
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Obama is finally President-Elect. I truly, truly, truly think that this man will make a great President, one every American will be proud to have at the helms of the nation. He has campaigned for over 21 months, and what an exhausting campaign it must have been ! His sprightly energy – he bounded up […]
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I have never watched so much CNN in my life. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve actually watched re-runs of the same program, on CNN. My husbands kids me about it – calls it my favorite channel. I have never read up, or followed politics as much as I follow now, via Salon, The […]
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