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Malayali and the High Literacy Syndrome

A couple of weeks ago, I came across a news piece regarding an Indian guy who was arrested in the UK after an online vigilante group against pedophilia monitored his activities in grooming underage “girls” (the vigilante group members posing… Continue Reading →

Haircut Woes

A haircut can either act as the best therapy you ever had and put you on top of the world… or make you want to live in a cave where no one will see you – there is no in… Continue Reading →

Old Age Homes and Care Facilities – Not an Evil

Many years ago, while I was at my parents’ home for holidays, we stumbled on the topic of old age homes during a conversation. I think it was related to a piece in the newspaper about an old couple who… Continue Reading →

A ‘Shobhaless’ Critique of Nationalism

There was a time when I used to write about things that have a hue of politics and religion – solely to call out people’s double standards and blatant hypocrisy when it comes to having different behaviours in response to… Continue Reading →

Teachers and Gratitude for Terror – A Baffling Mystery

In the movie Action Hero Biju, there is a scene where Nivin Pauly, who plays the town SI, talks to school students about an incident from his childhood where his teacher beat him with a cane, causing his skin to… Continue Reading →

Malayalis’ Beef with Sunglasses and English

I have often wondered what Malayalis’ beef with sunglasses is. Because a lot of them sure do have a problem with it. Don’t believe me? Just go to the comments section of any picture of someone (no gender bias here)… Continue Reading →

Mommy Ramblings – #51

Taaru was driving Vedu crazy one day with her never-ending complaints—“Amme, Chechi is doing this!” “Amme, Chechi is doing that!” Fed up, Vedu told her sternly, “Stop being a complaint box!” Without missing a beat, Taaru clapped back with a… Continue Reading →

Nepotism or Parental Love? – The Big M Edition

Those who have read my older blogs know that I am someone who hates the “anti-nepotism” brigade that used someone’s tragic death as a weapon to spew their venom and are a bunch of losers who refuse to acknowledge the… Continue Reading →

Name and Respect – The Strange Correlation

Back when I was a business skills trainer with an IT giant, one of the lines I used to repeat the most to my trainees was this – “Don’t call me ma’am.” It took quite a bit of effort with… Continue Reading →

Older and Wiser?

There is a saying that as you get older, you get wiser. While that may not necessarily apply 100% to me, lately, I have been seeing some signs of such wisdom, especially when it comes to dealing with difficult people… Continue Reading →

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