Catching random thoughts here.
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I don’t want subtitles
On a rare occasion, I was watching a Hindi show on Prime Video. Hindi is my second language for which I don’t need subtitles. I clicked on the subtitles setting and this is what I saw, I was looking for an ‘Off’ button because I wanted to switch the setting off. It took me a […]
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Why Airbnb, why?
We were in a metro on the way to the Nice station to catch a train to Paris when we got a call from Airbnb stating that the host had cancelled our booking. Some unexplained last-minute plumbing repairs. Anyway, so now we were on the way to Paris with no place to live. Thankfully we […]
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The era of wanting
This has been said a million times on a million platforms and here I say it again. We are in the age of unlimited content. Our lives have been taken over by social media, sharing content and creating an online presence. So much content, so little time that we whip out our phone every 5 […]
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Selling Sarees
Most of us have sat through multiple saree shopping sessions, either shopping for ourselves or tagging along with someone else for their shopping. Personally, I enjoy tagging along for such trips. I love the anticipation of finding the perfect saree. This emotion is mainly for sarees because there are so many fabrics, colours, prints, places […]
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Don’t be like them
I recently read an article by David Perell called ‘How Philosophers think‘. In that, he has written in detail about how Philosophers dissect, break down and question the framework of an idea. They strive to think beyond what is visible. There is so much happening every day in the news, on social media, and in […]
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What’s in a name?
After many busy weekends, I finally found myself free on a Sunday morning. So I decided to go to the parlour and treat myself. A young girl, just 2 months into her job, was attending to me. She didn’t speak much but still came across as friendly. I appreciate this a lot because I hate […]