Month: August 2013
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Would You Marry Your Rapist?
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One of the most disturbing things I have read lately in the Indian papers is about this concept of marrying a survivor of sexual assault to her perpetrator. Yes you read that correctly, a man forces himself on a women and she is then forced to marry him. WTF? The rationale for this seems to…
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Eating Paris
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Ah Paris! There really is no need to say anything else about what really is the most beautiful city in the world. I have visited Paris several times, at last count I think it was 5 times. Whilst there are a zillion things to do in Paris, for me this city is all about the…
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Melbourne: The Things I Have Missed
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I have been visiting Melbourne, which is home, for the past few weeks. I still have a couple of weeks to go before returning to Mumbai, but as I sit here on a cold, rainy day I am thinking of all the things that I have really missed here. Some that I knew I was…
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Childhood Memories: Fiji
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I visited Fiji as a child in the late 1970’s (yes I really am that old!) with my family. It was so long ago I can’t recall everything we did, but what I do remember is the stuff that makes for wonderful childhood memories. Long days just swimming in the sea, building sandcastles and late…