A dozen questions I can answer, even when I am in a coma (for the rest of my life)
Author
: Ajita
Blog
: thoughts of a compulsive thinker
Date
: 5/27/2012 2:22:00 AM
'Being an Indian brings with it a certain kind of novelty here
in Latin America. In USA, UK and Europe, we are found in hordes, but in Latin
America, Indians still are head turners. And with that comes a list of endless
questions. The ones that scare me the most are questions from Taxi-wallas (Taxi
Drivers). They are nice but I know this one way communications would take us nowhere.
I mean it'
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Diwali a la casa (Part 2 – The D-iwali Day and after)
Author
: Ajita
Blog
: thoughts of a compulsive thinker
Date
: 10/24/2011 6:25:00 PM
'An Ode to my Mom and Memoirs of the Biggest Festival in India(...continued)And So the D-Day would come. The house will be cleaned ofall signs and traces of what happened here. With having no garage at spare, allthe unwanted stuff will be put under the bed with new smelling bed sheets withbatik print (my mom’s favourites). Then we were shoved in bathroom with,scraping of nariya, rangoli, tree bark on us to have a bath and wear what hasbeen purchased so diligently by Mom. We all will (...)'
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Diwali a la casa (Part 1 – The Pre Diwali Mania)
Author
: Ajita
Blog
: thoughts of a compulsive thinker
Date
: 10/24/2011 5:24:00 PM
'An Ode to my Mom andMemoirs of the Biggest Festival in IndiaDiwali has a tendency to bring back fragrances, memories andhave conversations that are pretty seasonal but are etched in memory. My momhas always prided in preparing all the sweets at home. It was something thatset her apart from the rest of my colony aunties back then. I remember her having bitching conversationsat the common boundary wall at the backyard with other neighbouring aunties whoat least attempted to prep(...)'
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