Amaji’s home in Shaminala
Amaji lived in a village (6-7 houses) at a place called Shaminala about 5km from Manali and 2km short of the bigger village of Jagatsukh on the west bank of […]
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24 Hours
So it has been 24 hours since I left my married home and returned to my parents. Been a sense of freedom in one way. This move was long overdue.
Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta, I demand you resign
Diyar B K Gupta, Your recent recommendation to women to not go out alone at night stinks of a part of the reason women are not safe at night in
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A Life in Clothes – Part 5 : Shehari
Earlier: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Returning to the city was trauma. Big time. I was a fish out of water. I lost track of the times I
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Congress's old game
Read lots of columns and watched so many debates on TV set but none of them addresses my one question, on recent attack by congress’s government in New Delhi at
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So which Indian Minister did Paypal bribe?
Quite irritated with this new Paypal thing. Had to make a payment online. Had the balance in my account. Had to use my credit card instead and unnecessarily incur a
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A Baloch Voice
I often get messages and tweets from Baloch people sharing information about their plight in Pakistan. I decided that it was time to end my reluctance to write on Balochistan,
Thoughts on Democracy: The rulers, the opposers and the irrelevants
As a kid, I remember questioning “If someone is really good at making country decisions, but doesn’t have money to advertise, then aren’t we losing him?” That’s profound, but I
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Tears dry, drought remains
The Indian state has managed to keep the devastating drought in the country out of the National consciousness. Just as it has kept quiet the massive destruction of water resources,
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