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Continue reading →: The Girl in the Green DressWhy does clock tick slower for the girl in the green dress The green clad red roses stare in envy as she walks by Her Smile, Her Sparking Eyes, her flowing hair, Her perfect silhouette Her laugh wove a spell, entrancing every soul in the room My heart skips a…
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Continue reading →: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? The straight road illusionI’d be a millionaire if I had a penny for each time I heard this question. Interviews, casual conversations with elders, drunk rambles with friends and job posting questionaries owe this million dollars. Superfictionaly, the question seems simple – a target we align ourselves with ambition and determination. The goal…
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Continue reading →: Ford Ikon: the white American who stole my heart
As infants take their first steps and utter their first words, doting grandparents steeped in superstition cherish every milestone, interpreting each movement and sound as a sign of destiny unfolding. One superstitious belief was that I would be an engineer like my dad because my first word was ‘Caaa’, a…
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Continue reading →: The Indian brother: a Relentless hypocriteMisogyny is not an alien concept to the world. As humankind evolved, we devolved in our understanding of women. We assumed women wouldn’t be able-bodied by mere physical attributes such as having smaller muscles or slower feet, and superposed these conformations onto their mental capacities. India was not immune to…
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Continue reading →: Kadhalikka Neramillai: A fun kootu of Classic RomcomsSometimes, you just wanna feel good and reminisce about the good times when you stepped into a theatre. This movie falls in that genre in my watchlist of Tamil movies. To my heartbroken brothers and sisters, skip this unless you want to end up sending a drunk text to your ex,…
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Continue reading →: Vanangaan: A First Walkout Turns Into Second-Time LoveI walked into the theatre for one reason: Bala, the director who made groundbreaking films like Pithamagan, Naan Kadavul, and Sethu. After the setback of being compelled to make someone else’s story in the form of Varmaa, this movie marked a true return to form for Bala—a film that bore…
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Continue reading →: Jawa-Yezdi: the rise and fall of the two-stroke engineWhen Rajkumar needed to profess his love to Lakshmi and chase a train on the road, the bike he turned to a bright red and white Yezdi 250 Type B. He jumps over traffic (the start of Bangalore as a city) to reunite with Lakshmi in one of the most…
