Archive for the ‘INDIA’ Category

Unbelievable! German Bakery in KP is No More!

Posted: February 13, 2010 in Dealing With It, Existential Angst, I am an Idealist, INDIA, Life, Life goes on, Weird Incident
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I was in for a very rude shock this afternoon.. my sister called me and told me about the blasts at German Bakery… To say that I was shocked is an understatement. I mean, I used to hang out there quite often when I was in Pune. In fact, I lived in Koregaon Park for [...]

Traffic Jams in the US of A

Posted: September 10, 2009 in Dealing With It, Existence, Existential Angst, I am an Idealist, INDIA, Life, My Life, As I See It, USA
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Well, this blog post is a bit long in coming to the blog – but it has been ruminating in my mind for quite some time now…. On last Saturday me and Mom were invited for lunch at one of her colleague’s place in Delaware. We went, had lunch, chatted with them and left. From [...]

Wandering into America

Posted: February 5, 2009 in All about Being a Writer in this Day and Age, Blog, Computers, Existence, Existential Angst, INDIA, Internet, Life, Life goes on, Moving House, Real Life is Tough, Smoking, Technology is Great
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My flight was on the 28th of January 2009. I had packed my stuff into 3 bags, each almost weighing 40-odd kilos. I had booked a taxi and had planned to go to Mumbai at least 2 days before the actual plane trip. Of course, on the 26th of January, which was a national holiday, [...]

Emotional and Sentimental

Posted: January 19, 2009 in Blog, Dealing With It, Existence, Existential Angst, Friendship, INDIA, Life, Life goes on, Moving House, On My Terms, Real Life is Tough, Relationships, Smoking
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This hit me yesterday – I am going to have only 10 more days before I leave India for ever and ever. I really have no idea when I am going to come back – if I am going to come back at all…Who knows what lies ahead in the future. Although I am excited [...]

USA Bound!!

Posted: January 4, 2009 in Existence, Happy New Year, INDIA, Life, Life goes on
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Hey, just a quick post to tell you all that I got my Green Card approval on the 31st of December, 2008. I shall be leaving India for the US of A after some 20-odd days. Hum to chale pardes, hum pardesi ho gaye… Choota apna desh, hum pardesi ho gaye… My ticket has been [...]

Secular Democracy – or Is It?

Posted: February 7, 2007 in Banning Books and Movies, Democracy, Hindi Movies, INDIA, Politics in India
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The constitution of India states that we are a secular, democratic republic. But every morning when I see the newspaper, I find that very hard to believe. “Why?” you would ask me: the whole world is raving on about India. But as an Indian, I am offended when I see the newspaper every morning. There [...]