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Tintin “Billions of blue blistering barnacles, @#$^%$%” I curse, quoting Captain Haddock from the famous adventurer/detective graphic-series Tintin. “What happened, Sheel?” asks Ramya. “They want everyone back at work. All
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Small Great Things “I gave explicit orders that she cannot touch my baby,” he roars. “Bharadwaj Ji, your baby was cyanotic, he could have died,” I reason. Next to me,
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid After a series of secret-language codes between the students, they all drop their books at once. The huge thud scares the teacher off her wits.
Continue reading100 Photographs that changed the world I place the basket down gently, not wanting to awaken my sleeping baby. I cannot bring myself to look at the innumerable bundled newborns
Continue readingPanchatantra “The crow then starts collecting stones and drops them one by one into the water jug,” says my father, tracing his finger around the colorful illustrations on the page.
Continue readingOxford Dictionary I stand in the queue at the US consulate, clutching myriad visa related forms, feeling exhausted already. “Father’s name?” I hear the official ask the man standing behind
Continue reading“It’ll be okay, I’m here,” he says, standing at the Turkey-Iran border, looking over at Iran. With every step I take towards the huge metal gates, I am mentally transported
Continue readingMen are from Mars Women are from Venus “Look at that view, it’s amazing!” he yells. “Nope, not moving, I want this side of the bed,” I say firmly. “You’ll
Continue readingLet’s Talk Money “I keep telling my daughter that studies are important,” says my friend at work, “I sometimes give her your example too, on how to work your way
Continue readingKite Runner “You never told me …,” I say. “What?” “Why, that day, you took the blame on yourself. And Baba’s beating. For stealing his money.” “You’d have broken his
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