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OTP is the new ABC
You will, no doubt, agree that top on the list of time pass conversations at social meet ups is lamenting how ‘times have changed’ and ‘present generations are not like the previous ones’ and ‘during our time …, blah blah blah!’ Times have not changed that much, okay! At least, not in certain aspects, as I see it. Take for instance my children’s generation. My twins were pretty decided about…
The real truth of how Christopher Columbus discovered America
I discovered this truth recently myself. By a sheer stroke of serendipity. But for that a little background first. So, the husband’s mobile suddenly developed a line on the screen display, just like that, overnight as it were. A nice pink vertical line. After a few weeks, the single pink line felt bored and lonely. So God … I mean Samsung, the Creator, created another line, a green one, and sent…
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Junta House is falling down ... falling down, falling down
Junta House is in the news again, for right reasons or wrong, only time will tell. This 59-year-old building, a relic of the post-liberation days of Goa rises like a mammoth monument on the bustling 18th June road, the main arterial road in Panjim, Goa. Back then, the Anglo-American style building was occupied partly by musty government offices and partly by private residences of the semi-elite…
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Thug Life in Bangalore
No, no, not the film by the Tamil actor which ran into troubled waters in Karnataka, all because the man went and announced that ‘Tamil is the mother of Kannada’! Predictably, all self-respecting Kannadigas, me included, went into a tizzy and denounced the man’s silly claim. The long and short of the whole saga was that his much-publicised film, Thug life was banned in cinema theatres across…
And Mysore pak be like, aiyyo, what did I do?
So much of pak, pak, pak-ing going on, I tell you! All for a name! That too half of it! And to top it all – a name which has already been changed from its original, to suit the pronunciation standards of people who have no clue how to say it properly! A sweet dish from down south has just been dragged under the microscope for no fault of its own. People from Karnataka recently woke up to the…
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Met Gala! This year the King Khan made his debut appearance on the red carpet and since you and I will never ever get invited for such events, let's just have fun bitching about it, shall we!! A fun post!
Thinker tailor doctor lawyer, teacher banker Indian beggar
Feeling too lazy to read the post? Just listen to it on my podcast Radhikas 2 cents on Spotify! Reading time: 4 minutes The other day, the husband and I dressed in our Sunday best, booked an Ola and sallied forth for a luncheon date with our sambandhis in Bangalore. The cab halted at a traffic signal and I idly watched as a panhandler weaved his way dexterously amidst the traffic holding his…
A R Rehman, the piano and me!
It has always been my dream to sing – no high ambitions, nowhere as close to Shreya Ghoshal, anyway. Or even Neha Kakkar for that matter. The closest and easiest goal I set myself was Himesh Reshamiya. While my family, friends and relatives are not aware of it, I do have a bit of a talent for singing. My bathroom walls are a testimony to this ambitious statement of mine. The musical scales I’ve…
Is there a line on your phone?
Lines! Lines! Lines everywhere! Some real, like the lines in a note-book, or the lines on our face. Some man-made, like the line in front of a public loo. Some imaginary, like the lines on the earth. Now all that is passé! Here’s presenting a new line on the block. It’s real! And it’s pink! Sometimes blue. Sometimes green. If you’re wondering what I am rambling on about – here’s a rundown of…
Bouquets, birthday cakes and the bahu
In our house, the husband and I have reached that stage when we see our respective birthdays as a non-event. They’re just routine days, like any other day. Every year, when the husband’s birthday dawns, I wish him the mandatory ‘happy birthday’, before I turn over and go back to snooze mode. And when it’s mine, I say ‘thank you’ even before he has opened his mouth to wish me. Once the wishes are…
Kamalamma and 50 shades of Navratri
Myself Kamalamma from Kunjibettu in Udupi. What to tell you! Today morning the Mister is asking, arrey Kamalamma, Navratri is coming, you are ready or no? And I am saying, yes, yes, I am 100% ready this year and list is already on fridge door. And he is saying, thank God, otherwise like last year, you will make me run 108 times to shops for half kg sugar and 15 coconuts and extra blouse piece,…
And the Gold medal goes to ...!
We Indians are not new in this quest for gold. Come Akshaya Trithiya and half of our population is elbowing each other in the numerous jewellery stores across the country buying up gold as if there’s no tomorrow. A marriage in the house? Relatives and neighbours would sell their soul to find out how much gold the bride is bringing with her. And, of course, every four years, there is the quest for…
Gen Z lingo - A to Z and everything else in between!
The other day, I happened to glance over the husband’s shoulder as he sat cross-legged on the sofa placidly reading the newspaper. The headlines on the finance page went something like this – FM’s A-team for B-day. I snorted loudly and remarked, “So the Finance Minister is celebrating her birthday with her team mates. How is that even newsworthy?” And I gave a long and dramatic sigh to show my…
Kamalamma and the Ambani wedding
Myself Kamalamma from Kunjibettu in Udupi. What I am thinking, if organising Indian wedding is big tension, attending one is bigger tension. What to tell you … We are getting invitation for one wedding few months back and everyday the Mister and I are reminding each other, there is wedding on so & so date, but on big day both are forgetting. I am just taking out vegetables from fridge and…
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My Saregama connection with Shankar Mahadevan!
If there’s one wish and desire that I’ve had since donkey’s years, it is to be able to sing; and not just sing, but sing well. When I watch the dozen or so music reality shows on TV, where mere babies totter out from their mother’s wombs right on to stage and belt out melodious numbers, I am always deeply impressed, a tad bit envious and all fired up. If they can do it, why can’t I, is the fond…
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MLAs, resorts and our family trip
‘16 MLAs have been shifted from Bihar to the Taj resort in Hyderabad.’ I read in the newspaper. And why this generous holiday in a posh resort for people whose job profile is anyway one long all-paid holiday? To prevent poaching, apparently! A calculated move that happens whenever new alliances are being forged or a government is being formed, or whatever. Ah, well! Be that as it may, when I…
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In fond memory of my doddappa!
We, the Sharmas of Kappettu, have a war veteran in our family – my doddappa, a kind and loving soul and an inspiration to the Sharmas of Kappetu and all who knew him. Late Shri Rajagopala Sharma, my dad’s eldest brother, was born on 4th Dec, 1921. Living in Trivandrum where his parents, (my grandparents) lived at the time, he began contributing to the family’s meagre income right from the tender…
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