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Top 5 Snow Shoveling Tips

December 26, 2008

Having small kids could easily throw your gym and other self-appeasing activities out of sync. The snow storm dumping a foot of snow on consecutive days just reminded me that. Snow shoveling requires some smarts and not just raw power and if I can do it so can anyone. Here are my thoughts:

Use an ergonomic [...]

Kiran Bedi Judges Judy!

December 4, 2008

Star Plus TV Channel is launching reality show Aap Ki Kachehri Kiran Ke Saath featuring Kiran Bedi. The fearless police woman, Kiran, would be arbitrating civil disputes. The show offers real life drama about real people.
Rumour has it that the then head of traffic police, in New Delhi, Kiran used to travel by crane and [...]

Gulabi Gang: The Kick Ass Women’s Group

November 25, 2008

The Gulabi ‘Pink’ Gang is a true story of women empowerment. Full of poverty, corruption, and feudalism, Banda, is regarded as one of the most brutal and lawless areas of India. As if this was not enough, women also bear the brunt of dowry demands, domestic and sexual violence. The emergence of Robin [...]

Penalty Corner

November 15, 2008

All good things come to an end (bad things too …) and so does my Field Hockey season. The coaches look forward to playing against the all star team on this day. Just like the last four years, the all star team had tons of extra players while the coaches had to recruit (read … [...]

Obama Win Is A Win For All Americans

October 29, 2008

I will be casting my vote for the first time ever not because I can easily drive to the polling booth in my SUV but due to the fact that Obama has inspired me. He has completely changed the political landscape in this election with his visionary ideas and near perfect execution of the campaign. [...]

Playful Eve Teasing? Or Is It Sexual Harassment?

September 30, 2008

It is not just limited to young boys or rickshaw pullers but men from all walks of life are guilty of it – young or old, educated or uneducated, clerk babu or engineer. It does not matter where one comes from; harassing women is a widespread phenomenon across India. Organizations like Blank Noise seek to [...]

Taare Zameen Par – Every Child Is Special

September 25, 2008

Congratulations to Aamir Khan and team for the brilliant portrait of a mysterious child who suffers from dyslexia. This is a giant leap for Bollywood in making meaningful cinema that brings positive change in our social lives.
The movie has touched many hearts across the world for raising the issue of disability in children, which is generally overlooked by [...]

Hockey or Field Hockey

September 19, 2008

When I asked a sales person in a sports shop if I could see some hockey sticks, she corrected me … “you mean field hockey stick?” Hockey in North America means ice hockey, whereas hockey in Asia, Australia, and some European countries means field hockey. The dominant version of hockey in any region is simply [...]

Online Matrimonial Searches in India

September 10, 2008

As per Google, related keyword search volume is above 36 million in India for “matrimonials”. Based on this data, it was found that the single most important search criterion is caste (used 40% of the time with qualified searches). It is possible that the fast growing NRI search may overtake caste based search criterion for [...]

Mommies Outrun Me !

August 29, 2008

Back in 2002, I moved to Arlington, Mass. Somewhere I picked up a pamphlet for the town day race – just 5 days before the event. Since it was a local event, I decided to take part – what the heck. I knew I could surely drag myself to the 4.4 mile finish line.
Back then [...]

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