Posted by wannabauthor on April 9, 2011 · 3 Comments
After years of jumping queues and waving down dangerously careening rickshaws (which tend to stop 5 millimetres away from my Bata-clad feet) and hopping off slow-moving trains in India, one develops a sort of thirst for a daily quota of excitement. And if one does not avail of this quota daily, then things can get stifling. … Read more
Posted by wannabauthor on January 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Dedicated to all the Eve-teasers of the World! Off with your kind!
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Posted by wannabauthor on December 21, 2010 · 13 Comments
It’s called Generation Gap Ten Years. The number of years between kindergarten and high school. The average time that it takes for an apple tree to grow from seed to tree. Ten Years. The age gap between me and my eldest sister. That’s a long time. Guess who is coming? While I was still struggling … Read more
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Posted by wannabauthor on August 24, 2010 · 18 Comments
When the very vices of India become her virtues…
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Too Close for Comfort
Posted by wannabauthor on January 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Dedicated to all the Eve-teasers of the World! Off with your kind!
Filed under NRI, Stuff which I notice and more often don't · Tagged with Asia, Bus, comment, eve-teaser, eve-teasing, eve-teasing on Indian bus, girl, harrassment, India, Indian, joke, lady, leer, man, public transport, society, touch, train, vulgar, whistle, woman