December 2008 - Posts - Still single in the city

December 2008 - Posts

My Alternate Lifestyle and the Triangular Parathas

Posted by Sushmita Bose at 
I think I now know what the word ‘alternate' means - when used in the context of lifestyle. As in ‘alternate lifestyle'. Totally. Because I'm living it. I remember when I came to Dubai (it's been more than three months now - at times, it's difficult to believe how quickly time flies by), everyone told me that my life henceforth would...

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Blurring the Lines of Control

Posted by Sushmita Bose at 
I happened to read a story by Sharmishta Koushik in The Times of India today: on Pakistani women who married Indian men, and the kind of problems they face at times even as they try and integrate with mainstream society. ‘You Look Like One Of Us' said the headline, while the strapline announced "Pakistani women married to Indians find barely...

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Nostalgia and Longing in Hong Kong

Posted by Sushmita Bose at 
I've discovered an express delivery outlet (food obviously, what else?) near the Khaleej Times office called Indian Tadka. You have to order lunch by 11.30 (that's the outer limit), and the food comes by 1 - and it's really, really yummy. There are soft ghee-smeared chapattis, rice, a dal (at times rajma or kadi pakora), and two subzis,...

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Random Thoughts From A Delhi Tour

Posted by Sushmita Bose at 
I returned to Dubai today afternoon - after a little under five days in Delhi. I had a huge backlog of work back home, that had to be tackled on a war footing, but I did manage to wriggle out time to observe a few things. These are just random thoughts, but I hope they make sense in the altogether. Barely six days after Mumbai was rocked by India's...

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