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Reuters: Bollywood News

Movie Review: Secret Superstar - REUTERS - All over the world, parents are trying to wean their kids away from the internet. They are reducing screen time, blocking Facebook and restrictin...
5 hours ago
Abhijit Bhaduri

Binge Learning – is that even a thing? - Pyschologists will explain this as Goal Gradient effect. We start to hurry up and put in more effort as we get closer to the finishing line. While doing ...
19 hours ago
Nishita's Rants and Raves

Teaser Tuesdays: Fingersmith - In spite of an unpromising start, I ended up really loving *Fingersmith*. This is a very Dickensian tale that involves orphans, asylums, devious plots, a...
1 day ago
The Compulsive Confessor

Today in Photo - Not the world's best photo but definitely the world's best cake topper, made by the supremely talented @50datesindelhi for our wedding cake! Our kitty cat...
1 day ago
Life in Technicolor

#CleanUpCashOut this Diwali ! - The age of the smart phone is gone- the smarter phone is here! Just kidding! Humans are and will be the smarter ones (I hope atleast!) Everyday I pass b...
2 days ago
My Travelogue

Raghurajpur Pattachitra & Wall Art (Puri - Odisha) - The tribal wall arts of Orissa are too many – obviously because there are too many tribes in Orissa and each of them have their own handicraft, music, danc...
2 days ago
Fit As Fiddle

Indian Lifestyle Blog: Atmantan Wellness Resort, India - Indian Lifestyle Blog: Atmantan Wellness Resort, India Sometimes, all you need is a recharging healthy holiday. There are times when you are burned out and...
2 days ago
Modern Gypsy

The symbology of the cocoon and the butterfly - A post shared by Art | Tarot | Soul | Life (@moderngypsy.in) on Dec 22, 2016 at 4:56am PST Have you ever noticed a particular sign or symbol stalking you...
2 days ago
Life Unlimited

Hadness - That feeling of *hadness.* The inevitable low after the high. That moment when everything is so beautiful, so perfect that you walk around with a smile on y...
5 days ago
Scrambled Egg

City Lights - City lights, the only friends waiting for me,to return, to show me the way,My eyes blur, in the spur,Walking into the lights,Raindrops sprinkle on the str...
1 week ago
Priyashmita's Blog ...

3 sides to a story- A short story - Today’s story: Karan was unwell for quite some time. His ailing health was a matter of extreme worry for both his wife Rani and his daughter Radhika. He h...
1 week ago
This Is My Truth

Hadiya Case, Love Jihad Issue a Litmus Test for Indian Feminist Movement - The attack on Hadiya's individual freedom by a deeply patriarchal system a litmus test for feminists in India.
2 weeks ago
~A Moment Please~

Never Mind - ~~~~ Those evenings, those nights, Our memories were in reprise. A dream then, over the years, Today, they bring out tears. Tender moments, small and nice, ...
2 weeks ago
Insights of a Catalyst in Alignment & Innovation

Adopting Design Thinking in organizations, one step at a time - One question that I often get is, “How do we integrate Design Thinking in our existing processes?” Many organizations have well established processes lik...
5 weeks ago
Piccolo Posts

Madhya Pradesh: A Hearty Affair - This post might be the happiest thing in the world today because this post was in draft mode for more than an year now. But I didn’t give up on it because ...
5 weeks ago
Wilderness

Zambia ... Rivers Safaris and Family - Zambia beckoned me after 5 years … The country that made me my own person ! It was exciting for me especially because I went there with Kunal for the very ...
2 months ago
Miss_teerious

Is It Worth Having a Facebook Page For Your Blog Now? - As Facebook grew popular, more and more bloggers created Facebook pages for their blog, to give their blog readers an easy way to follow their blog updates...
3 months ago
Aalayam Kanden

Tirumarugal! - There are a number of temples associated with the Nayanmars and the miracles performed by them in their journey of worship and promotion of Shaivism. Each...
3 months ago
Akshiva's Blog

CT2017 - Ind v/s Pak - Pak wins match, loses respect - A snapshot from my Facebook post :Last night the hype got better of me & I ended up paying a very large amount (by my standards) for a ticket to watch toda...
3 months ago
Anindita Sengupta

On my bedside table - Pictograph by Melissa Kwasny and I can’t let go of it. Sometimes I carry it in my bag wherever I go, just in case I suddenly need it. You can get it here: ...
4 months ago
typos, gravity and other mishaps

The Political Is Personal - *First on the Wire.* In *Between the World and Me*, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, 'All our phrasing – race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profil...
4 months ago
Soulful

Choose wisely what you read! - As if what I was doing was not enough to stop time, *Read Here: Would you like to learn how to stop time?* my health ensured that I follow the mantra prett...
4 months ago
Silverine - poomanam

The evolution of the political vermin - The political worm or more popularly known as the political vermin (PV) is an interesting parasite. Among all the parasites out there, this is the only cre...
5 months ago
The Yogi Zone

Water, water, everywhere... - *…. and I don’t know how to fucking swim!* I am sure it’s quite normal to have nightmares of dying a gruesome death. I am not sure, though, if such nightm...
6 months ago
Alka Dwivedi

What Is Beauty ? - What is beauty? Why we all feel awed by physical beauty? If you have well placed facial features what is your role in it? Have you chosen your parents? H...
6 months ago
Wannabauthor's Stories

The Mall - The dog is looking at me. His eyes, they seem to see right into my soul. I am not great at prolonged eye contact even with humans. So a dog, a menacing loo...
6 months ago
John P Matthew on Writing and Life!

Book Review: I Dreamt a Horse Fell Through the Sky by Adil Jussawala - When I was in college (oh! Those mis-spent days!) I had a free supply of magazines through a friend’s dad who worked in G. Claridge & Co., the press that...
6 months ago
Notes from wherever I happen to be...

A house in Gola - The wall art - fabulous to me, mundane, routine at Gola. Don't miss the happy (drunk I think) elephant!
6 months ago
Just a little Something!

For the love of Mustard - You either love it or hate it… The smell could make you go into raptures. The taste will leave you longing for more. It’s the rather strong sensory experie...
9 months ago
I Like कला

Christmas Ornament Cards - [image: Handmade, Christmas Cards, Holiday Cards, Greeting cards, Blank Christmas Cards set, Christmas Ornament Cards, with Envelopes - SET OF 4] On my Ets...
10 months ago
Amreekandesi.com

Open Letter to PM Modi - Dear Modiji, Back in 2014 when India overwhelmingly voted for you, we voted in the belief that the aspirations of modern India would now be met. That we wo...
1 year ago
C'est La Vie

From The Heart - हमारा व्यवहार गणित के 'शून्य' की तरह होना चाहिये जो स्वयं कोई कीमत नहीं रखता लेकिन दूसरों के साथ जुड़नें पर, उसकी 'कीमत' बढ़ा देता है!:) सच्चाई वो दीया है...
1 year ago
Trying to Learn Music (Karnatic)

Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Sri Rama Samaj - What was once an everyday affair has now become a rare occasion. Well, not exactly everyday, but, certainly it was close to every other. With changes in li...
1 year ago
The New Age Bard

Czy ekologicznesztachety Winylowe na ogrodzenie i furtkę ze sztachetek są wspaniale - Czy ekoplot PVC na plot i furtę ze sztachetek są doskonale Obecnie na czasie jest trend bycia eko, ale czy ten trend racjonalne wytłumaczenie w każdej dom...
1 year ago
cribb.in : for a social cause | India

Vodafone 4G speed test - 4G in general is supposed to give more than 10 times the 3G speeds. Essentially in India, we should be getting anywhere from 20-40mbps of download speed on...
1 year ago
Weakest Link

A Weakest opinion for a strongest debate - Video: https://youtu.be/YEgN8piTg8A I started this post to socially share my opinion around the video but after seeing its sheer size I thought to blog i...
1 year ago
Death Ends Fun

The watch and the film star - The question I have is, should I blame the film star? I played tennis with him this evening. Good session, apart from two things. One, I can't get my mind ...
1 year ago
Sentimientos

The End - Ah. I was 20 when I started this blog. 4 years. It's hard to believe it's been that long because I feel the same old struggle when I come up here to expre...
1 year ago
Otiose Opinions

Marry me! - I have been hearing too many stories about bad marriages lately that relationships and marriages have began to scare me. I don't dream about a prince charm...
1 year ago
Monologue

5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Traveling - If Travel Was free, You'd Never See Me Again! - Anonymous, but could easily have been me. I did not travel much as a kid, but I loved the idea of going to ...
1 year ago
S&T in Developing Economies

ALL CLEAR: FeedMedic Alert for blogspot/BjjF - Your Source Feed, http://shurjo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss, is now working fine. Carry on! We will let you know if anything bad happens in ...
1 year ago
theindiaphile

Our Review of the Strangler Vine by M. J. Carter - For anyone yet to discover the superb The Strangler Vine: The Blake and Avery Mystery Series (Book 1) by M. J. Carter, this really is one of the best pie...
2 years ago
Roads

The one that stayed - The one that stayed! We lived in parallel worlds, on paths that seldom collide, It took us apart, in the orbits afar, for years we lived, with goodwill we ...
2 years ago
Confessions Of The Chocolate Obsessed

verylaterealization - I guess I should probably have left a note over here as well. CoCO has moved, lovelies.
2 years ago
Blah..blah..blah...

He said yes. - It’s been a while since I wrote about the developments in my family, hasn't it? Well, here’s the gist. Cousin B got hitched a while back and it’s now Cousi...
2 years ago
Brown Penny

Zero Gravity - Standing at the same intersection of life, yet again, I see.. Hurtful memories come gushing back, weakening me in the knee. I am 7, I wake up with the soun...
2 years ago
Akshayapaatram

My DIY Spice Blend - Dear Foodies, Yet again its been a silent few months here though I most certainly promised myself it wouldn't be that way. I've still been cooking a lot fo...
2 years ago
2point6billion.com - Investment in Asia

Xiaomi Shipped 60 Million Smartphones in 2014 - Xiaomi’s rapid rise has recently been confirmed by the figures released by the company itself: it sold more than three times as many smartphones in 2014 as...
2 years ago
Indian food, Andhra recipes

Bellam Thalikalu – Vinayaka Chavithi Recipe - Bellam Thalikalu is a sweet dish made with whole wheat flour, jaggery and cardamom. Vinayaka Chavithi recipe, Andhra style dish. Ganesh Chaturthi special! ...
3 years ago
Newsmericks

My Tryst with the Ice Bucket Challenge - "I've tagged you to pour on your head A bucket of ice," my pal said. I thought she was teasing, But --SPLASH-- I was freezing, And now I am laid up in bed!...
3 years ago
Aadab Hyderabad

I See You {Day 13} - At an attar stall outside the Mecca Masjid.
3 years ago
Epicgrammatic

I Am Not Pregnant - An Open Letter - Dear Concerned Friends, (Does not concern family) It's been less than two years since the white dress, tiered cake and the rest of the typical Goan Catho...
3 years ago
Ultra Violet (Feminism)

Feminist Interventions on Gender and South Asia: Conference Highlights - South Asia by the Bay: Graduate Conference 2014, UC Santa Cruz, May 2-3, 2014 Image by Sheba Chhachhi. A full program awaited attendees of this year’s ...
3 years ago
Chhaya Path

Gender Migration and Sexual Abuse and Exploitation - I find the commonly used term ‘migration’ highly political in nature. In humanitarian crisis parlance it refers to “the movements of refugees and internall...
3 years ago
Shwetal's Space

Standing the test of time - Colours of Love Pic Courtesy: Google Images He cradled me in his arms. I cooed. He threw me up in the air. I laughed. I knew he would catch me; never l...
3 years ago
Verbosity

Changes - One Mr. Narayan Shankar in a Bollywood blockbuster ‘Mohabattein’ emphatically declares – “I don’t like Changes” in 2001, I was a young 20-year-old guy then...
3 years ago
Clearing the clutter in the attic...

Why, amma, why ?! - My day began like any other day. After a good breakfast and a short nap, I dressed in new clothes and got ready for my daily walk. The weather was sunny an...
4 years ago
Within / Without

Thanks Madhu Menon! - A bad case of spam injection, and me unleashed on the ftp meant that pretty much everything in the blog was lost for a little bit. I struggled, read up thi...
5 years ago
Unruled Notebook

Madras Music Season Essay in The Hindu - The 2011 Madras Music Season throats; so does the reviews from critics. A breather on the light side of Carnatic music Of concert lists and rasikas’ quirks...
5 years ago
Sulmoz - Puja's Blog

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Queen's Quill

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S. Krishna's Books

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