Two days back, like most other sensible Indians, I did a facepalm when I listened to Sam Pitroda aka Uncle Sam’s mindboggling (read mind-numbing) monologue on India’s beautiful unity in diversity. The look on his face can only be termed… Continue Reading →
“Soundaryam Sarikku vinayayi,” – “Sari’s beauty became her curse.” This headline, along with the picture of a girl, hardly 17 years old, in one of the major Malayalam newspapers is still fresh in my memory. Equally fresh is the loud… Continue Reading →
My girls could apply to the Malayala Manorama media house today and land a job as a reporter right away. The precision, accuracy and exact route map with which they explain the how, when, where and what of something is… Continue Reading →
If I apply for a job somewhere, and I’m told that I have the choice to either sleep with the hiring manager and get the job, or walk away and not get the job, how do you think I would… Continue Reading →
If yesterday, Sathyabhama Jr. (just learnt that there was another Kalamandalam Sathyabhama whose name it could be a disgrace to if we address this lady by the same moniker) was a villain who insulted people based on their complexion and… Continue Reading →
Like most other Malayalis today, I was watching Kalamandalam Sathyabhama’s unapologetic, fierce and for lack of better terms, shameless, fight with the journalists, defending and emphatically reiterating her crass thoughts on regressive beauty standards and who she believes to be… Continue Reading →
Being ‘childlike’ is a quality to be proud of. Being ‘childish’ is not. Sadly, there are quite a lot of people who need to understand this difference. You can still be young at heart, laugh and make others laugh, without… Continue Reading →
A while back, I read a post about a bride who dumped her groom at the mandap itself right after tying the knot. The reason was that she came to know only then about a very serious condition he had… Continue Reading →
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