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GIRLY GIRL
Have you come across this type specimen: A girl who is as “girly” as she can be but is apparently oblivious about it. She is the sum total of all the (stereotypical) features that men (and society in general) find … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, beautyisintheeyeofthebeholder, boys, fairskin, friends, Gender, girls, men, observations, people, societystandardsofbeauty, women
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A post on instagram
I joined the Instagram family quite late. As I age, I can feel I am getting more technologically challenged. I come from a time when Orkut was all a rage. Anyways, when I started using Instagram, I noticed some features … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, addictive, facebook, insta, instagood, instagram, instapost, internet, life, life lessons, mentalhealth, orkut, people, psychology, screentime, shortclips, socialmedia, technology, technologyaddiction, timespent, wastingtime
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When adults undergo radical personality changes
It is common to see major personality transformations in your school to adult life. Say you had a friend back in school or college who was a timid and shy person. He/She would come from a conservative family and would … Continue reading
Posted in belief systems, childhood, college life, Family, friendships, life, people, religion, society
Tagged #changeinlife, #guitars, #hippie #hippielife #guitars, #hippielife, #hippiepeople, #hippies, #indiansociety, #people, #peoplechange, #wanderers, hippelife, hippie, life, people
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Waking up after a hibernation period?
Yes, this blog is very much alive but I think it went into hibernation for a while. It still is in hibernation mode if you ask me. A friend had once told me that maintaining a blog is not so … Continue reading
Appalled by the Indian Media and the citizens who watch it
At a time when India is grappling with some of the worst natural and human made scenarios all at the same time like mounting COVID cases, disastrous floods in Assam, landslides in Kerela, increasing and shocking assaults on women across … Continue reading
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Tagged #, #covid, #economy, #facebook, #fakenews, #feminism, #indianmedia, #indiannews, #media, #mediaattention, #nationalmedia, #news, #newspapers, #paidmedia, #politics, #printmedia, #ramblings, #rant, #socialmedia, #sushantsingh, #SushantSinghRajputCase, #ThursdayThoughts, #tired, #twitter, #whatishappening, #whatsapp, life, people, violence
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Things people do during COVID pandemic
These are a list of things I have seen people do in this time of Pandemic (COVID19): Standing in cue outside shop, with your hands over your face (he was wearing no mask, so the hands were a substitute) Tying … Continue reading
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Tagged #citizens, #commonsense, #coronasedarona, #coronavirus, #covid-19, #covid19, #CovidCases, #covidcrisis, #covidsituation, #educatedclass, #flattenthecurve, #HandHygiene, #IndiaCovid, #lifeaftercovid, #masks, #masksismust, #pandemic, #peopleinindia, #physicaldistancing, #ramblings, #rant, #socialdistancing, #socialisolation, #stopcorona, #stupid, #virusload, #virusthreat, #wearMasks, #worldaftercovid, hygiene, people
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Festivities to overcome mourning
The city of Mumbai is soon going to witness loud and glamour filled mandaps to celebrate Ganesh Chaturti, a much loved God in Maharashtra, India. Recently, another much celebrated festival called “Janmashtami” which marks birth of Krishna, was also celebrated … Continue reading
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Tagged #ecofriendly, #environmentalcrisis, #festival, #festivals, #festivities, #ganesha, #ganeshchaturti, #greenfestivals, #greenwashing, #hopeful, #hopeless, #indianfestivals, #indianpeople, #indiansociety, #mourning, #pollution, #trashingtheplanet, #worktogether, observations, people, society
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Being unsocial and happy
The more I think about it, I feel I am becoming more and more unsocial. Image source: Pixabay If I look at young couples, I feel they have a social life as an individual and as a couple. For example, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, friendships, general lessons from life, life, people, social media, society
Tagged #catchingup, #couple, #couplegoals, #extrovert, #happy, #introvert, #isolated, #isolation, #itscomplicated, #lazy, #lifeaftermarriage, #lifeiscomplicated, #lifemusings, #longtimenosee, #missedopportunities, #partner, #relationships, #socialife, #socialisolation, #socialmedia, #takenforgranted, #takingforgranted, #unsocial, friends, friendships, life, marriage, people, society
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Being classist and a realist
Web series and online comedy shows are gaining popularity with urban populace in India. Many of these shows are also subtly and not so subtly challenging exiting status quo situations in the country. They are addressing LGBT issues, gender and socio-cultural … Continue reading
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Tagged #classist, #discrimination, #economicclass, #feminism, #genderissues, #indiansociety, #relationships, #socialdiscrimination, #socialevil, #socialstatus, #socioculturalissues, #socioeconomic, #statusissues, #statussymbol, #urban, #urbanclass, observations, people, privilege
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When things have changed between you and your friend
How do you know when things haven’t changed between you and your friend? Meeting your friends after a long time can give you some pointers. The most basic thing is if you pick up from where you left off the … Continue reading
Posted in college life, friendships, Gender, life, people
Tagged #bestfriends, #bffs, #chaddibuddy, #FridayFeeling, #friendsforever, #lifelessons, #relationships, #soulsister, friends, friendships, life, people
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