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Salsa in Madras: Social dance in a conservative city

Published by Vivek September 3rd, 2009 in Fun stuff, Naan fiction and Tamil Nadu. 0 Comments

Madras is one of those conservative cities that likes to keep its boys and girls at a safe distance. Parents clamour to get their children enrolled in colleges that are rather strict about this, and colleges have responded to this with enthusiasm. One famous college made a rule that girls will sit at [...]

On being the target of targeted advertisements

Published by Vivek June 7th, 2009 in Fun stuff and Naan fiction. 0 Comments

At one point I used to think that mothers know us the best. Today there is someone to beat mothers thumbs down in how well they know us – the advertiser. Unlike my mother they seem to have the access to my innermost thoughts, conversations and moods with access to my mails, facebook, search histories, [...]

My sex life

Published by Vivek September 27th, 2008 in Fun stuff and Naan fiction. 0 Comments

My relationship with sex could be summarized in the following terms: ignorance, followed by awareness, followed by an absolute unwillingness to engage, academic engagements, followed by willingness (accompanied by lack of opportunities) and finally now, the curious sexual turn. After having had a fairly pristine life – sexually speaking – sex has now become an [...]

Playthings by Tagore

Published by Vivek August 2nd, 2008 in Fun stuff. 0 Comments

Tagore wrote a beautiful poem called “Playthings” that I was reminded of when I saw this child play
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Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning.
I smile at your play with that little bit of a broken twig.
I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures [...]

In our own styles: Priyanka & I

Published by Vivek June 29th, 2008 in Fun stuff and Naan fiction. 0 Comments

It’s difficult to imagine that the suave Bombay girl and I will have a common attitude to clothing (see note on cloth shopping). In my recent trip to Bombay, I discovered just that. Priyanka and I both prefer loose cloths. We just seem to do it from different perspectives. I do [...]