Spakenburg

Our manager got promoted recently and will be leaving our department to join a bigger department to take bigger responsibilities. A jolly good fellow and as much as we like him to stay back with us, we wish him all the best for the future. We have a team of almost 20 people and as [...]

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When You Got To Go…..

Its early in the morning, say 6:00 AM. The alarm clock next to your bed is set to ring at 6:45 PM. You are fast asleep having beautiful dreams or nightmares depending on the dreams you normally have. In this case it is always a good dream.  
For some strange reason, you wake up at [...]

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15 Park Avenue (2006)

The earlier movie by Aparna Sen, “Mr and Mrs Iyer” was good. Though slow like her earlier movies, it was a beautiful woven fairy tale. Naturally I had many expectations from her latest “15 Park Avenue” (15PA).
Aparna Sen’s movies are slow and would not be categorized as regular Hindi Masala movies. 15PA is a story [...]

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The Da Vinci Code (2006) - An Unnecessary Fuss

I haven’t even read the book so cannot say that the book is better or the movie. But like every other movie fan who waits for a good anticipated movie, I too waited for the screen adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel “The Da Vinci code”.
The movie had already generated enough publicity and controversy and most [...]

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Aai*

My parent got married when my father was well into the late 30s. My mother was somewhere in her late 20s. There was at least a gap of 10-12 years between them. I never knew what the age difference was because they were never keen on celebrating their birthdays so they never remembered their age. [...]

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A Song and a Competition

This birthday has been going good even after the birthday. The whole week has been going great. Yesterday night was the icing on the cake. Ranjana had taken part in a singing competition organized by a local Hindi radio station.
She sang “Lambi Judaai” from the Jackie Shroff starrer “Hero”. The song sung by Reshma has [...]

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My Mom sent me a birthday present

Mom sent me my birthday present. She as always, forgot the place where she had written my Netherlands address. Hence the delay.
Well she sent me Alphonso Mangoes (the best mangoes in the whole world), a box of Kaju katris (an Indian sweet), a packet of home made chiwda (a type of snack) and telpoli [...]

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Birthday Report - A Kab Tak Exclusive*

30 years and 2 day later, it looked like a well celebrated birthday. I last celebrated my birthday last year but that was a low key affair. Before that, I celebrated my birthday, let me see, ummmm, ok I don’t remember the last time I celebrated my birthday before last year. I am not used [...]

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Observation!

A fashion parade on the streets with many suspected wardrobe malfunction or is it fashion? 
Plunging necklines, shorter skirts, tighter tops……
God! Is the summer hot in Netherlands? 
Blame it on global warming.  
So, stop pollution! Save Trees!

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Bye-Bye 20s

Life has taken a lot of turns all these years, some of them were too difficult to handle and some were so easier that they never looked liked turns. But each turn has taught new lessons. Nowadays life does not seem to be going anywhere. It’s cruising on a straight road with no turns. Not [...]

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