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Remember talcum power, packed in those nice Cuticura boxes and pink Ponds dabbas. Throughout the year we just loved to sprinkle tonnes of it, for many mothers it was a medium to shower tonnes of affection on their kids, for many people it was their only experience of make-up, for many a fairness product. It…
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Consider a pack of peanuts, crunchy roasted salted ones, the kind of which are awesome with alcohol, or the kind of which come from Bharuch in Gujarat, not very dry but the slightly greasy types without the chilkas. And then open the pack, divide them in a few parts and send them to Mumbai rains,…
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Its been a long time since I wrote about a movie. But Udaan is something which certainly deserves a “writing”. Udaan reminded me of a zillion things, although I am always nostalgic about one thing or another, Udaan certainly brought a lot of those memories in picture. Few striking memories were of Banu and Jubhash’s…
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Its awesome, the feel of having simply cooked jeera fused daal & chawal after a week of nonsense eating. Pizzas, subway, manglorean style chicken gravy, dosas, chinese stuff, ice cream and a bit of C2H5OH. But nothing gave me as much satisfaction like today. Simple things, like cleaning up my closet, washing clothes, reading a…
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Down there, next to the hot fish plate and shiny gravels, she just lies there, she belonged to someone stupid, someone ever so simple, disturbed, but happy at times, someone who always loved the smaller nuances of life, someone who cherished the company of people being around, someone had been changing recently, someone who had…
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Remember when we were kids and, Someone fired an abuse like the dreaded S Word Someone’s pant dropped by mistake Someone choked up after going on stage Or when we were even smaller kids, Someone wetted/soiled their pants Someone forgot the multiplication table of 6 we all used to say Hawww…followed by a handsome serving…
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During Hero Cup I liked them but Sachin ended them in that historic over;1996 I was fascinated by them: by Jonty, by Cronje, by Donald, but Lara did them; 1999 they were surely the best, and I cried with millions others when Klusner was run out, Steve Waugh did them; 2003 they were the home…
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Have you ever noticed Bhartiya Railway- “Aapki Sewa main” (Indian Railway- In Your Service) written in small circles on the berths in railway coaches. The only noticeable aspect of this service is their catering, captured in the quintessential Railway breakfast, Cutlets!!! Those small patties, covered with bread crumbs, deep fried, cut in various shapes (circular…
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6th Oct 2010 My birthday in 2 days, Hyderabad (maybe not) has been a nice good city, minus few of things which were an awesome part of my life few months back. Like loosing things in room and getting scolded for that, or looking at bargaining skills all through the day, or his awesome vishnu…
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