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A Proper Lehenga

A Proper Lehenga

My cousin sister Manisha is getting engaged this Saturday, and when I first heard the news, I promptly made a public statement at dinner…
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Shalom GauriMar 21
How Many Kinds of Different?

How Many Kinds of Different?

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Shalom GauriMar 23, 2015
SUPW

SUPW

As always, a moment’s hesitation. A nervous swallow, a shaky smile. A desperate hiding of phones deep into our pockets. And then someone…
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Shalom GauriJan 31
It Has Begun

It Has Begun

The clouds rode the wind and raced across the fading strip of sky, squeezing between the dark building that leaned in on me. The sun looked…
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Shalom GauriAug 1, 2010
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Thakkali Chutney

My brother likes fact books. He has a whole pile of them, scattered around the house; a “World of Facts” on the coffee table, a “How do…
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Shalom GauriJul 5, 2014
Merry-goes-round

Merry-goes-round

The first thing I noticed when I turned the corner at Pulakeshi Nagar Police station, was a huge stack of bright orange plastic buckets in…
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Shalom GauriJan 15, 2014
The study of Impossible Questions.

The study of Impossible Questions.

Once, when my friend Arundhati was 6 years old, she came home to visit. We were all sitting around the lunch table when my father asked her…
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Shalom GauriAug 18, 2013
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