Category: Musings
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A little further. A little harder.
Brushing my teeth before bed, strange thoughts ran amuck in my head. I was thinking about this post I wrote a few days back. I kept coming back to the word apology. Do regrets equal apology? I did not think so. There are so many things I said or did that I regret but not…
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Q&A: R2I or not?
Anonymouse asked: Have you all decided to live here in USA for the rest of your life and do you ever think about going back to India? Well! like every desi (almost) I have met here in the US, I have thought and still think about this. In the first few years here, the answer…
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When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
News Anchor. Growing up I devoured books. I loved to read. Anything. Could be a novel or the newspaper or the paper packet in which parcel idlis came in. Words fascinated me. Still does though not the way it used to. The side effect of reading so much was that I had an intuitive feel…
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Ok, Can we stop the BS?
Seated across the sales person at a car dealership, K and I were getting increasingly impatient. It was two hours since we got there and the salesman was pulling every trick in the book to keep us from the number we were asking. Every ten minutes he would fake a conversation with his manager only…
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Relatively speaking
Sometimes it happens. You see yourself grow metaphorically. Like today when I was talking to a colleague who once in my eyes was senior. Today, I felt at ease relating to him on an equal footing and that is when it hit me. I have grown. Grown from a scared newbie to someone who can…
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Moments that pass you by
It is true ain’t it? Sometimes the moment passes you by and your outlook changes. Completely. This weekend I indulged and watched two movies I had long wanted to catch despite conflicting reviews I had read. Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya and Wake Up Sid. While VTV had its flaws there were some stand out scenes for me. One line…
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Spring purge?
Late last evening I was filled with an incredible urge to clean my virtual presence. The question begged “Where do I start?” To take a step back over the past few weeks I have been filled with a sense of disquiet. I feel the need to write to people. Honest to goodness letters and emails.…
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Feeling good so no feel good?
Yesterday was one of those rare days when K and I got some uninterrupted TV time after the kids were asleep. Flipping channels, we landed on one of those sappy feel good movies on Hallmark. The movie started promisingly enough and the picturization of rural Mexico was enough to keep us glued. As the movie progressed…
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Renewal
Sounds of a cartoon playing in the next room drone at the back of my head occasionally punctuated by the squeals of Kay and Cee. I smile to myself, shake my head and resume working on whatever I was doing when my mind registered these sounds. Lifting my head, fresh green shoots catch my eye from…
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Honeymoon over?
Racing against time this morning as I sped to make it to my 8:00 AM meeting I was wrought with guilt. As I waited for the signal to turn green, I debated turning back and heading home. You see, I left home with two babies that needed a diaper change and as much as I…