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66Bollywood and the Bikini
Time was that the bikini was a shocking rarity in Indian cinema, which each time an actress appeared in a bikini raising eyebrows and causing tongues to wag. The supposedly modest Indian woman being seen in this, the briefest of togs was a positive...
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62The Fauji Lifestyle – An Enviable One
Our garden where we grow seasonal flowers and vegetables Being an officer in any of the branches of the Military, the Army, Air Force or the Navy used to be a coveted position at one time. Today, the quest for high paying corporate jobs has...
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56First it was Medical Tourism and now it is Fertility Tourism
On the one hand India produces some of the best, most talented, skilled and knowledgeable doctors in the world; they are settled all over the world and are considered to be some of the best medical brains in the world. So much so that the Indian...
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66Beauty Myths that you should know are Myths
This 1889 painting by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec underscores the timeless female obsession with the way that we look We, and women in particular are constantly bombarded by beauty ‘tips’ and being urged to buy an array of products that...
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59Sachin Tendulkar - Probably the Single Most Loved Indian
Previously published for Delhilive.com Each time someone dares to suggest that perhaps it is time for Sachin Tendulkar to hang up his boots (either because of injury of because he was currently going through a lean patch), he springs back with...
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62The Crux of the M F Hussain Controversy
First Published for Delhilive.com on 3 March 1010 The point is not whether the paintings of M F Hussain are good or bad. The point is not even whether they are insulting, or derogatory or a misuse of artistic freedom. The only point that should...
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67Jugaad – Should we be Proud of our Jugad-ability?
Previously published for Delhilive.com in September 2010 It is the considered view of many that it is the unique Indian quality of Jugaad (which Wikipedia defines as an arrangement or a work around, which has to be used because of lack of...
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83The Truth about Maggi Noodles
First Published on Delhilive.com on 9th August 2011 The first thing that I was actually ever allowed to cook was a packet of Maggi Noodles. Those same noodles which my generation and I loved, is now loved by my children and their generation;...
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63Whatever Happened to the Music Channels?
First Published for Delhilive.com on 17 March 2010 Anyone out there who has been watching MTV recently? Or Channel V, our homegrown MTV? Me neither. And yet I think of myself as the MTV generation. I remember when MTV first came to India and my...
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64Why do We Indian Women wear…
(Written for and first published at Delhilive.com on 21st July 2010) For reasons of tradition, economy or just a rather misguided sense of style, some strange and astonishing sartorial aberrations have crept into Indian women’s closets. This...
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