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96Going Grey Gracefully
There comes a time when one has to accept defeat against the inexorable forces of nature. Mine has come. For more than a decade now I’ve been fighting a losing battle with whichever pigmentation god has been assigned the task of stripping my...
105 comments72Confessions of a Serial Deleter
Much as I am laidback about most things, I can be quite the opposite when it comes to doing away with clutter. I have this compulsive need to ‘delete’, whether it is messages on my phone, emails in my inbox, files on my hard disk, or even posts...
38 comments71No Excuses for Self Absorption
At a recent 25-year reunion with batch mates of my journalism course I realised just how self absorbed I must have been in my youth. A former classmate mentioned why she didn’t spend much time hanging out with the rest of us back then – she had...
32 comments97Does Money Buy Happiness?
Is there an answer to this, one of life’s great mysteries? Those of us who don’t have much money will probably announce that happiness is not about money at all. That’s because we don’t know any better, having never had the means to try to...
302 comments78The Right Time for Marriage
I married late by most standards. Well, Indian standards at any rate. In this country if you haven't tied the knot by your mid-twenties you are relegated to a dusty shelf, an object of pity or derision. Not to...
47 comments82Can and Does Philosophy Contribute to Solving the World's Big Problems?
This is not a subject I could ever have come up with myself, not being inclined to pondering such deep things in the normal course of life. I cannot however be so rude as to ignore a request, and even though I seriously doubt my ability to answer...
48 comments74Is Nagging a Woman’s Prerogative?
A fellow hubber recently claimed she was ‘nagging’ me to write a sequel to one of my earlier hubs, and when I reminded her women were meant to nag only their husbands she asked for some tips. She’s getting married soon and is looking for...
48 comments78Too Lazy to Write
It amazes me the number of people who want to write and be read out there! As one who has to write or edit other people's efforts for a living I rarely feel inclined to write for fun. And especially not if someone isn't going to pay me for my...
48 comments70Men and Their Old T-shirts
"You'll be happy to hear that I'm finally getting rid of this," said my husband with a martyred expression on his face. ‘This' was a ratty old t-shirt that was once black but had turned an indeterminate shade of grey after countless washes. I had...
34 comments61So Many Books, So Little Time!
Is it just me or are there others here who think like that? In the last few months I’ve been invited to join two book clubs and each time I declined politely for several reasons. Primarily because I think reading is a solitary activity, something...
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