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Old Wives' Tails
Me : How are you? ? How Have you Been? Hellooooo They : I just came back from Mumbai last night/ I was in Turkey and came back 3 weeks...

Divya
May 13 min read
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Cancel Culture
In Indian mythology, women used to have a room to be angsty in. I won't say women in general, but queens did. They could go weep, cuss,...

Divya
May 11, 20242 min read
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Lost Cities of Oman - Travels on the crossroads of history
History is a complex weave of human stories, endeavor and experience juxtaposed on a grand canvas of geography and time.

Amit Narang
Apr 24, 20245 min read
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Marry and Gay!
As a society, we’re afraid of change, Weren’t we told that once homosexuals enter matrimony, it will be ruined for the man-woman variety?

Divya
Nov 25, 20233 min read
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Quiet a few!
Forget the gratitude in the bad times, I like to complain when I’m good.

Divya
Feb 17, 20234 min read
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The calm during the storm
I once heard (on good authority) that orphanages are often quiet places. Babies don’t cry for help nor attention because no one responds...

Divya
Sep 3, 20223 min read
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Decent Proposal
Regionalism, West Wing, Stephen Colbert, Tolkein, Eartha Kitt, NATO, Elon Musk, James Franco,

Divya
May 7, 20223 min read
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Ignoramus knows more!
One of the things that I was completely unaware of, was the Pulitzer prize for criticism. It hurt! The moment  I heard this news, I was...

Divya
Nov 13, 20213 min read
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'Houses of Delhi' - Princely Embassies in an Imperial Capital
The ‘Houses’ of Delhi - Who built them and why?

Amit Narang
Oct 16, 20213 min read
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Diplomacy at Dawn - My notes from watching birds, nature's winged envoys
Its not the birds that are hiding in plain sight, it is us are living with our eyes wide shut. Ecological mindfulness and urban birding.

Amit Narang
Oct 2, 20214 min read
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Forgotten Monuments of Delhi - A Personal (Re)discovery
Delhi-the City of Capitals - is littered with monuments. Some are well known. Countless others lie unseen. Symbols of a vivid past &...

Amit Narang
Sep 19, 20214 min read
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'Lost in the Urban Jungle' - Forgotten Shikargaahs of Delhi
Beyond the forts, palaces and tombs, Delhi is also home to many hunting lodges. Here are 4 that deserve a look.

Amit Narang
Sep 18, 20212 min read
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As difficult as breathing!
My mom is like a Scotch-Brite dish washing scrub pad. She is all spongy and soft on one side but if she flips she possesses this thin...

Divya
Sep 1, 20215 min read
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The LABEL prize
This is going to be a short read. I recently came upon a tweet where the author wrote that suffering from a loss of smell and taste due...

Divya
Jul 11, 20212 min read
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Worst World Problems
COVID, Oprah, Desi, Milk, ketchup,

Divya
Apr 14, 20213 min read
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Relationships add vice!
I have on occasion, dreamt of being an agony aunt. How hard can it be? People write anonymously to some magazine/newspaper/website about...

Divya
Feb 10, 20213 min read
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Crowning Gory!
Diana, royal family, queen, Monarch, common wealth, the crown, Trump,

Divya
Nov 22, 20203 min read
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Wemen are fabulous!
On a bus, crossing the central park on the 92nd street in uptown Manhattan, I am seated next to a lady in a smart skirt suit with the...

Divya
Sep 20, 20204 min read
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Free Gifts
Pleonasm and tautology have their own separate abilities, but together they are wasteful and pretentious. Especially in a term I see...

Divya
Jul 30, 20203 min read
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Social look-down
We’re so lucky to be able to stay home during this pandemic. First, that we’re aware that it is a virus and not a curse from the Gods!...

Divya
Jun 28, 20203 min read
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