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The Normal Heart – VU Book Club
Things I learnt at the VU Book Club session conducted by Dirk Visser on Larry Kramer and his play “The Normal Heart.” It was a learning experience for I had little knowledge on AIDS and almost no idea as to how it was directly linked to homophobia: The AIDS debate is, “Not a rational but…
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Nitasha Kaul – What Does it Mean to be an Internationalist Today?
Having known Nitasha and read her articulate, precise and insightful work, it gives me immense pride and pleasure to share with you this video of her speaking at a conference in London about what it means to be an internationalist today. “Beyond the nation state and concentric circles of self” – if there is one…
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Using words
Today’s online edition of Times of India has a rather bizarre headline – “Salman Khan beats Katrina Kaif“. Inside you will find an article on an online search engine result. How callous and insensitive have we become to find insinuations and violent innuendos perfectly acceptable. I was also thinking about headlines to do with actors…
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Give it up for the Introverts!
Give it up for the Introverts!. I am an ISFJ. Everyone around me thinks I am an extrovert. The mask sticks well. At the end of the week the I takes over with such condensed fury – the up-side is in that space I am at my creative best, in my bubble of peace.
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Top 10 Children’s Apps April 2013
I had promised several subscribers the list of our favorite apps for children. We, indeed, use many apps – try them, test them, and see what we can use for fun, play, as well as, for constructive speech therapy and other pre-school, pre-kindergarten learning goals. I have avoided the popular ones like Angry Birds and…
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CSAAM April 2013: Touch – A Ghazal
I was asked by Kiran Manral if I would like to contribute to the Child Sexual Abuse Awareness month April 2013. I greatly admire Kiran’s work with India Helps and Child Sexual Abuse Awareness so I was deeply moved that she thought of me as someone who could possibly contribute. I had done a semi-fictional account…
