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As good as his Word: An enquiry into the sexism in the English Language
A dog is a woman’s best friend. Woman is a primate. The househusband dropped the children off at school. Of all the nurses at the hospital, only he can look…
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Nikita Sharma
6 entries
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Culture
Almost unbuttoning at an Irani Cafe
When the Parsis first came from Kerman and other parts of Iran, they promised to dissolve into the already (and even then) bursting the seams of the city’s populace like…
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Culture
Mumbai : In Transit
Mumbai is a city for those who know the way. There aren’t many resourceful signages (almost none at the local train stations) and yet everyone simply strides towards their respective…
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Rhapsodies Chapter 1
The Sunday sky was hung with heavy rain filled clouds and Café de Art with people who wanted to read and listen to poetry. Verse of Silence had brought these…
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Culture
Yester-day, Today and tmrw – An enquiry into the Evolution of English Spellings
Have you ever felt irritated at Microsoft word for needlessly underlining in red to point at some mistake in the otherwise correct spelling? Have you ever wondered what led to…
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Interpretations
The Guide
A little boy who walks to school; the arrival of Railways; an old orthodox mother; a neglected and discouraged wife; unwavering followers; and a Swami with a tainted past – …
