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22 hours ago

Did You Skin Your Knees as a Kid?

I did, but do kids nowadays skin their knees, ever? — I was trying on some knee-length dresses before I met a friend last month. I sent the picture to my trainer for a second opinion. My trainer advised me to wear leggings under the dress. She said I hadn’t “prepared my knees” for a short dress. My knees are scarred…

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Did You Skin Your Knees as a Kid?
Did You Skin Your Knees as a Kid?
Style

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1 day ago

Just Like In The Books, Holidaying In The South of France.

Me: “I wish you could send me the… —

Outdoors

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Can’t Smell The Lavender Through a Photograph?
Can’t Smell The Lavender Through a Photograph?
Outdoors

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Sep 16

“Supermarkets Make You Buy 84% More Stuff”

The headline that made me stop shopping at supermarkets — Buy-one-get-one-free! This was the attraction that made me over-purchase any amount of groceries and snacks at supermarkets. It was only when I read the above headline in a local newspaper that I started looking more closely at what happens to the second, “free” container.

Food

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“Supermarkets Make You Buy 84% More Stuff”
“Supermarkets Make You Buy 84% More Stuff”
Food

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Sep 15

Every Single “They” of the Week

– my assistant’s speech defect drives me crazy. — My assistant can’t pronounce “T”. Or “D”. If she appoints someone on a Saturday, she says “Satur-they.” Her tongue hits her front teeth instead of arching back to hit her palate for the “day” part of Saturday. Unfortunately, for me – every single day of the week ends in they. If you pronounce the word tomato, you…

Disability

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Every Single “They” of the Week
Every Single “They” of the Week
Disability

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Sep 9

Why I Prefer Clothes Without Pockets

Ever fallen asleep with an AirPod in a pocket? Ouch. — Pockets get grimy, they’re pockets of dirt. Turning out a pocket in an outfit grosses me out. It is is like having to touch someone’s day-long gloves. Banknotes get washed accidentally in pockets. It necessitates a trip to the bank where the teller scolds me for laundering my money again. …

Comedy

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Why I Prefer Clothes Without Pockets
Why I Prefer Clothes Without Pockets
Comedy

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Sep 5

The Exhilaration of Not Having To Speak to Your Hairdresser

Hair and Hearing — I had my hair done last week. About half an hour in, I realized that the lady doing my hair was hearing impaired and could neither hear nor speak. Initially, I thought she was just rude, not replying to my speaking to her, asking her about my hair treatment; her…

Lifestyle

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The Exhilaration of Not Having To Speak to Your Hairdresser
The Exhilaration of Not Having To Speak to Your Hairdresser
Lifestyle

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Sep 3

It’s Easier to Get An American Visa Than a Reserved Berth on The Indian Railways…

However, here anyway are the air conditioned classes on the Indian Railways in case you want to try them. — In an earlier article about squatty potties on the Indian Railways, I talked about the three-tier AC railway coach. I realized that by saying “third AC”, I wasn’t clear about the other kinds of classes on the Indian Railways. As a railwayman’s daughter and India-based Indian citizen for my 47…

Lifestyle

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It’s Easier to Get An American Visa Than a Reserved Berth on The Indian Railways…
It’s Easier to Get An American Visa Than a Reserved Berth on The Indian Railways…
Lifestyle

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Aug 19

So You Think You’re Fit?

Try the Indian Railways 3-Tier AC Fitness Challenge. — The parameters of fitness are strength, stamina, agility, flexibility, balance and coordination. All of these get tested on the Indian Railways three-tier coach! How? Strength: one needs it to climb up onto the top berth. Benching a hundred? …

Railways

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So You Think You’re Fit?
So You Think You’re Fit?
Railways

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Aug 18

Coffee and Apple

I’ll take an Apple with my coffee, thank you. Make it Pro Max! — I recently read Anthony Lawrence’s story, “The Smart Phones are Dying Song is Silly.” I agree with Tony. I use my phone for — Taking photos of my patients for “before after” pictures like these:

Smartphones

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Coffee and Apple
Coffee and Apple
Smartphones

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Aug 17

When Google maps trumps the local

Driving directions from a sixteen year-old — Today, I had to pick up my daughter’s classmate from her home so they could all attend a school fest together. I hadn’t seen this girl’s home before and didn’t know it. I’d lived in that area for eight years, but that was before this daughter was born. My daughter’s…

Schools

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When Google maps trumps the local
When Google maps trumps the local
Schools

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Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh

Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh

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I don’t just create smiles, I inspire them! Dentist, mom—Jamshedpur, India.

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