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Tipu Sultan’s birthday is irrelevant [DailyO]
“I want you to create a wiki page for your great-great-great-great-grandfather,” my aunt said to me, and while my uncle said nothing, I gave my aunt...
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BJP desperately needs a Nag Mani [DailyO]
“Look at that!” my grandmother said, pointing to the television screen where an “Icchadhari Nagin” (a shape-shifting serpent) was flicking its forked tongue in and out....
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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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