A Letter to the Girl Child..

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 1/24/2013 2:39:00 PM

'Today is National Girl Child Day and the first thing I read in the paper today morning was this. How very fitting!! After all the protests and impassioned speeches and heart- rending articles written about the issue, this is what it all boils down to. 10 years!!! Oh yeah! That'll stop them. I cannot fathom why a great nation like ours that boasts about a tradition of revering women, a nation where you have as many goddesses as gods chooses to treat the issue of the safety of women s(...)'

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Why???

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 12/30/2012 12:54:00 PM

'I have been meaning to write about the Delhi rape case for a while now. Millions of lines have been dedicated to her both on and off the blogosphere. I was outraged the first time I read about it. I am outraged at every single one of such crimes against women. But then, I chose to remain silent this time around. You ask me why. Because I have lost trust in my country and the way its judicial system works. For that matter, I have lost trust in my country- period. In the people, the l(...)'

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Merry Christmas!!

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 12/25/2012 10:26:00 AM

'Its been ages since I paid this space any kind of attention. I have been meaning to but, since I am back in Singapore, and my days are spent doing all the things I have missed out on doing while I was back in India, I have been putting this off. Today being Christmas, and a holiday and me being too well fed to do anything like going out on random walks or shopping, here I am tapping away at the keys on my laptop. :) First things first, I apologize for the long absence. I almost(...)'

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Bond- ing...

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 11/19/2012 2:41:00 PM

'Hello peeps! I am back after an exhausting weekend- both physically and mentally. Physically because me and the brat were out shopping and walking around malls for the better part of the weekend and it kills your feet to say the least. Mentally, because for one, I could not find any shoes that I even mildly liked to go with a new dress I bought. Secondly, because me and the brat made the grave mistake of watching the latest instalment in the James Bond franchise, "Skyfall". Two and (...)'

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Let Me Make the Choice...

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 11/16/2012 2:32:00 PM

'I haven't blogged in a while. It being Diwal,i and the sister being in the mood to trawl shopping mall after shopping mall, a couple of days were spent in the hunt for the perfect dress and perfect shoes for various occassions. Then came Diwali, which is what I wanted to write about today but then, something in the news caught my eye and the festive mood disappeared instantly. The death of Savita Halappanavar, in a hospital in Ireland because she was refused an abortion on religious(...)'

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Booking Through Thursday - 26

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 11/8/2012 1:22:00 PM

'How do storms affect your reading? Do you go for comfort reading? How do you deal with power outages? Do you read by candlelight? Flashlights? Use a self-lit e-reader or tablet? Skip reading altogether for the duration and instead play games with the family?I' m sure the first question is courtesy Sandy but since I am not in the US of A and I have never been affected by that kind of a storm, I am not sure how it could possibly affect my reading. But since, we had our own b(...)'

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Wordless Wednesdays - 27

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 11/7/2012 1:40:00 PM

'“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”  The Lilac Tasselflower- cosidered a weed but has significant medicinal properties and is used widely in Ayurvedic and Chinese traditional medicine.'

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Every Man is an Island??

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 11/6/2012 1:51:00 PM

'Are there times in your life when you feel like an island? Like you are isolated from everything that happens around you, and I don't mean it in a bad way. Its like you know there are a million things happening around you and yet, you are perfectly content to ignore all that and continue what you are doing. It happens to me. Sometimes I'll be walking along the street, listening to music and I'd find myself completely isolated from all the craziness around me - people talking, cars h(...)'

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Detox :P

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 11/5/2012 1:38:00 PM

'And, here I am. I have been on a pretty long break from this space- a couple of weeks. You could call it a technology detox or an internet detox I guess. But that would be just part of the reason, to be honest. For one, I didn't have anything much to say. I opened this page a hundred times, only to give up after staring at the screen for too long- absolutely flabbergasted. The words just refused to come out. I even tried to force myself to write something but I would type one senten(...)'

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Booking Through Thursday - 25

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 10/18/2012 2:40:00 PM

'They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but there's no question that it can make a difference! What book(s) have your favourite covers? Something that's perfect for the story, the tone, the colors, the mood... And did you pick up the book BECAUSE of the cover? Or were you going to read it anyway, and the cover was just serendipitous? I am someone who picks books by their cover.. But that doesn't apply to all the books I choose though.. Normally I read the blurb and decide if I(...)'

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Wordless Wednesdays - 26

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 10/17/2012 2:01:00 PM

'The road goes ever... on and on....'

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On Fairy Tales

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 10/16/2012 2:48:00 PM

'The other day, I was in one of my rare movie watching moods and ended up watching "Snow White and the Huntsman"- primary reason being the very droolworthy Chris Hemsworth and the second being Charlize Theron. The movie was undoubtedly well made and an albeit different take on a fairy tale. But once I was done watching, my mind went back to the first time I met Snow White. It was in the pages of a book. I was all of 3 years old, and had already demonstrated a skill for tearing up any(...)'

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Booking Through Thursday - 24

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 10/11/2012 2:19:00 PM

'If your house was burning down and you could save just one book from your collection … what would it be?Hmm.. this is a tough one. I have tons of books and I love them all, and it would be super hard to choose just one. So, I am going to cheat and say I'll just grab my e- reader. I have always mentioned on my blog that I would never buy one. But like I had explained after my sister gifted me one, it would be super convenient to have one. I have hundreds of books on my reader and I c(...)'

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Wordless Wednesdays - 25

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 10/10/2012 4:40:00 PM

'I imagine a line, .... painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you....'

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Booking Through Thursday - 23

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 10/4/2012 3:28:00 PM

'Do you bring the book(s) you’re reading with you when you go out? How? Physically, or in an e-reader of some kind? Have your habits in this regard changed?I always always have a book with me whenever I am out. No matter where I am going, I feel completely secure and at ease only when I feel the reassuring weight of a book in my bag. You could say I spend every spare minue I can find reading. So far, everytime I have been out anywhere I have always insisted on carrying books with me.(...)'

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Wordless Wednesdays - 24

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 10/3/2012 4:44:00 PM

'“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.” - Emily DIckinson'

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Booking Through Thursday - 22

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 9/20/2012 1:22:00 PM

'Quick–what are you reading right now? Would you recommend it? What’s it about?My reading these days is quite slow thanks to a ton of distractions. I have been reading "Curious Pursuits" by Margaret Atwood for a while now. I have been a fan of Atwood's writing since my college days and since then have picked up her books without a second thought. I read "A Handmaid's Tale" last year and it was one of those books that made me sit back and think about everything that I knew and believe(...)'

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Wordless Wednesdays - 23

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 9/19/2012 1:16:00 PM

'“The world is quiet here.”'

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The Things that make you Nostalgic...

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 9/18/2012 2:33:00 PM

'Nostalgia is the weirdest thing. You never know when it hits you or what can possibly trigger it. The other day I had one of those moments. Its kind of a ritual at home to have our evening tea together especially on the weekends. And as is the case with almost every true blue Indian, there is always some "snack" accompanying our beverage of choice. Last weekend, it happened to be biscuits or "cream biscuits" to be more precise. For those who don't know what cream biscuits are, they (...)'

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Booking Through Thursday - 21

Author : Pooh      Blog : Hodgepodge and Balderdash      Date : 9/13/2012 2:53:00 PM

'How do you organize/store your books? Do you go through them often? Or do you pretty much just shelve them and then leave them alone until you need them?Ahh... I am obsessive about storing aything so you don't even have to get me started about how I organize my most beloved possessions!! :D I number my books like they do in the libraries. Although my books are never arranged according to number, sometimes, depending on my mood, I do organize them by genre or if I happen to have too (...)'

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