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Days of Alpana: Don't do it!
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Scribbling the days of my life. Monday, June 02, 2014. Old post in draft mode found! No, no, no! I've done it and all of my friends have done it. And in most cases screwed up what we had. The difference in the other cases was probably that the other party was more forgiving than the average Joe (or Jane). What are we doing wrong, you ask? Here's a brief compilation. Tips for the gents:. So you've had a fight. Don't, fuckin don't, ever, ever, call her a bitch or a whore! You're getting a paunch! Sure we a...
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Days of Alpana: November 2013
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Scribbling the days of my life. Monday, November 11, 2013. How much can you consume? It's amazing the kind of greed that has been proliferating so blatantly in the name of consumerism. From being frowned upon, it has become the norm. Do you remember the time when you got new clothes only on your birthdays, Diwali (Durga Puja too in my case) and weddings? That make a total of 4 times a year. Four fucking times. If you're under 20, you can't even imagine how little that is! Or it is how we have learned to ...
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Days of Alpana: March 2011
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Scribbling the days of my life. Sunday, March 27, 2011. When men go bad. I started writing this in January 2011, and I think I will finally complete and publish it. You know it was the worst relationship of your life when even after years of not being together, the man still brings immense grief to you. By his words as well as his actions. And so it begins.". I am far less stressed out and value myself far more. All goes to show, that all you need is some courage to let go. It's never too late!
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Days of Alpana: April 2012
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Scribbling the days of my life. Thursday, April 26, 2012. Five months down the line. No blogging, hardly any facebooking, no partying, no time. And I’m only 5 months into marriage! And we are toh both Bengalis! Solution – let your parents handle it. Completely. Don’t ask for anything and you won’t be let down! So at 7 am the next morning, we had only caught 1 hour of sleep (there was partying and loud music till 6! And the bidai (vidai) began. One more ritual. Sigh. And to go where? In Calcutta, our 6 da...
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Days of Alpana: January 2013
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Scribbling the days of my life. Monday, January 28, 2013. Do you really hate hawkers that. Of course you do! You buy stuff from malls, you bastards! You're not the average middle class woman who gets off work, buys bhaaji from the station, gets on to the train, cuts and cleans her bhaaji in the 2nd class compartment, gets off at her stop and makes it home just in time to cook for her family. Oh how Dhoble has screwed her schedule! Let Mumbai have a character of its own. In a city where the municipal ...
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Days of Alpana: April 2013
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Scribbling the days of my life. Thursday, April 18, 2013. When you want to bite more than you can chew. When the real TFI begins in June, I'm told I'll have 6 hours of school and then another few hours of after-school activity as well. That, coupled with Spacebar might make me tear my hair off! Most importantly, I want to do justice to the kids who I will be responsible for and if push comes to shove, Spacebar will have to pause. That I am very clear of. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Heart, mind and soul.
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Days of Alpana: March 2013
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Scribbling the days of my life. Saturday, March 09, 2013. Every time you turn around, you see text somewhere. It starts the moment you wake up to your alarm saying "7:00 am" (or 11:00 am, who am I to judge? P) Your home is text-filled with the most obvious - books, magazines, newspaper - to the less obvious like body products, food packets, remote controls, electronic items.I can go on and on! Text is all around us. So the big question is - who writes this content? Do you love to write? Once in a while, ...
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Days of Alpana: July 2013
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Scribbling the days of my life. Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Can slum kids get a decent education? They can, if we help. Rs 12 - 15,000 per year includes my students' monthly fees, term fees, computer lab fees, exam fees, textbooks, notebooks and workbooks. Imagine what that is for slum children whose parents work as daily labourers, house help, dhobis, etc. You can donate by going to. Please ensure that for the question "Would you like to designate this for a particular region or fellow? 35 (students) x 4 ...
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Days of Alpana: April 2011
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Scribbling the days of my life. Saturday, April 23, 2011. Coz I'm feeling black today. And like a once-upon-a-time-dear-friend once said, "rhyme is crime", I feel like being a gangsta nigga! Am I allowed to say that? I mean it with all due respect! Ok but all the crap above is distancing itself from the title now, isn't it? Have you ever had a feeling of belonging to a certain group of people, to a culture, to a section of society, to a club, to a cult, to a region, to a country? 160; . Beyonce, Coldpl...
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Days of Alpana: April 2014
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Scribbling the days of my life. Sunday, April 20, 2014. I now view relationships unfold from the outside rather than the inside. That's the difference between being married and being single. Looking at my blog posts from a few years back just takes me back to a different life. What masala! I would love to read sex-in-the-city-ish. Posts like that today. Does anybody write stuff like that in the mainstream media? Where De talks about the middle class from this lens of "Oh this is what others go through"?
