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BY Vani IN Guest post
A monkey bite gets you more followers, Ameesha Patel, than girly issues [DailyO]
Last evening I was watching TV, when I saw my aunt’s face pop up on the screen. Her henna-dyed hair and sari-clad stout frame was flashing...
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This Diwali, I’ll gift dal. Thanks to Mr Jaitley [DailyO]
“For whoever started this stupid custom of exchanging gifts!” my aunt said as we did the rounds of local stores looking for Diwali gifts. “Thirty five...
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Can Salman Rushdie help: What about writers who can’t return awards? [DailyO]
If only I had an award to return! Being a fledgling writer, I felt a compelling need to join the cause for “free speech”, but I...
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How to write a rom-com in a recession [Scroll]
I didn’t start out to write a comedy, though I’ve a flair for it being Punjabi, the most rumbustious of the entire lot. My first novel,...
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My Writing Journey: 101 Lessons I Learnt From My Mistakes (#7 Mistake) [Huffington Post]
Dealing with writer’s block I cannot believe I am writing this blog. Just the thought of it gave me writer’s block. As a business journalist, I...
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