What a woman needs

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 5/12/2013 6:00:03 PM

'I hate any kind of days. Mother’s Day Valentine’s Day Father’s Day World Peace Day blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah I firmly believe each day should be a celebration of what life is about…love, your parents who got you here (even if it were accidental), peace, and what-have-you-out- there, which […]'

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Blazing a Different Path

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 5/1/2013 6:39:42 PM

'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the … Continue reading →'

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Finding a lil’ of me

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 4/30/2013 6:21:24 PM

'Thanks to some great folks over the last couple of years like the 80 Feet Road gang, Vijay, Rocksta I have found a lil’ of me through the movies. Some unforgettable ones: The Descendants: George Clooney shuns his chocolate boy … Continue reading →'

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To Sit or Lie

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 4/22/2013 5:25:08 PM

'PART I TO LIE Ok, so a while back a close relative commented: “Why do you share your private life out there? You facebook, you blog, you twitter, you comment, why you twit? Why do you randomly seek attention instead … Continue reading →'

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160 years of Indian railways and more….

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 4/18/2013 8:45:52 PM

'This fabulous doodle awaited me one fine morning…. Caught up with meetings and power point presentations i didn’t click on it till late in the evening. Google celebrates 160 years of Indian railways shouted all the headlines and i felt … Continue reading →'

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The Me and Mice

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 4/12/2013 7:48:25 PM

'Of late, the ‘I’ had crept into conversations more often than it used to. At first, I thought the I’s reflected a heightened sense of self and self-achievements. I felt comforted with the I’s and my’s. I believed I had … Continue reading →'

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Staying Unconnected

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 4/3/2013 5:23:57 PM

'I have practically lived in a cocoon these past 3 weeks strapped to a bed with a white ceiling and a whirring fan for company, if I don’t count my family, the reliable i-pad and books. Cut off from the … Continue reading →'

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Getting lost in Hong Kong

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 3/12/2013 3:35:46 PM

'Alright, so I wasn’t very excited with the prospect of another trip. Recuperating from a terrible back pain and loaded with painkillers I was in love with my bed and green duvet. But in life when you don’t run with … Continue reading →'

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Wearing my heart on my sleeve and proud of it

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 1/18/2013 9:21:03 PM

'Be the Change……that’s my goal this year and the rest My desire to turn a new leaf has me posting post-its all over. Perhaps it’s the Mid-life crisis hitting me hard! Tomorrow is here, the future is now screeches a … Continue reading →'

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Happy New Year ye all

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 1/17/2013 6:34:54 PM

'Back to life, back to reality went my head as I landed at Bengaluru airport. I miss the metro already, and the all-in-one travel card. I missed the Arabic singsong that went Al-habua Tuqlaq (from what my ear could make … Continue reading →'

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Hope (some more)

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 12/24/2012 11:59:57 AM

'So I haven’t been blogging for some time now. Had a few friends and (surprisingly) some readers ask me why I have become irregular. I gave the lame excuse, work. Well, here I’m waiting for the year to end and a new one to begin safely ensconced on a couch, tucked away underneath a rug [...]'

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“That rainy day” – My entry for the Get Published contest

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 12/16/2012 5:25:11 AM

'The Idea – The setting is modern India where tradition  and societal norms still dictate love and marriage. The story is about two young people in love who drift apart. The narration traces the story of their love as they first meet each other in college and their friendship blossoms to love and passion. Stolen encounters [...]'

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Must-haves – PART I

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 10/26/2012 2:42:44 PM

'No, this post isn’t about must-have accessories or footwear or clothes that you wear as opposed to ‘what not to wear’ that fashionista Soha Ali Khan and flop actress hosts on one of the lifestyle challenges. This post instead is focused on life skills. POWER POINTS If you thought you are done with power points [...]'

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Who am I

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 10/20/2012 7:54:50 PM

'That existential question that some of us have, especially after a couple of pegs and going strong. Nothing new really. Most times it hits me I just wait for the tide to swell and subside so I can continue to exist, merely. On a rare occasion like a few days back when I had one [...]'

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The Portrait

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 9/22/2012 5:21:27 PM

'This is a tribute to one of my life’s endearing fixtures, my bong babu and his adorable wife. This short story was a long time coming. that misty morning when i stepped into their abode and saw this painting,well.. i was smitten. and between the endless cups of tea, that never ending laffter, their LPs [...]'

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The Modern Love Letter

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 9/21/2012 3:36:01 PM

'This is a modern day love letter from an angry, modern woman, who still wants the doors opened for her but prefers to pay the check when the waiter brings it in, to her modern man, who perhaps, take her notions of modernism way too seriously instead of a gunny bag full of salt. Black [...]'

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Staying Stoic

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 9/20/2012 7:03:58 PM

'been passed up for promotion, yet again?! your sibling/friend gets a kudos while you carry on doing the same thing day in and out?! you see your partner get in and out of relationships hoping someday you are the first and last of it?! you wait in the wings for the curtain call, but it [...]'

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Escape

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 8/29/2012 1:25:05 PM

'Bambubhaibatliwala doesn’t fuss over celebrations, neither his nor others. He is the tiger that hunts at night and I, the workhorse that ploughs the days. So the twine never meet. Quick fix=quick holiday. After googling came across lifeisoutside and exactly my thoughts I said. Booked, packed and off we headed to the great yonder. Nothing [...]'

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Second hand living

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 8/11/2012 5:51:11 PM

'The past couple of weeks I have started living second hand. Books and LPs i have always purchased second hand, there is a romantic streak in me that gets unleashed. I found this Larouse English-French-English dictionary (1948 print) which had a note inscribed in the 2nd sheet. This is what I remember of it… “We [...]'

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‘Tis so easy

Author : mpreeti      Blog : The Glass Ceiling Blog      Date : 7/30/2012 4:37:56 PM

'to forget all the things you set out to do to meet all the people you wished you could to be the person you want to be to love like there is no tomorrow to live like today is your last ……. I’m living my lives through movies learning and unlearning habits and attitudes; shedding [...]'

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