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Love conquers (a lot, if not everything)

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Recently, I read this really amusing, and rather sweet article.The article talked about when the author first met her future husband, she was suffering from a bad bout of the ‘flu. She looked terrible, and yet beautiful to him (or so he said!). Anyway, she goes on to talk about how she kept expecting him [...]

Life at IIT-M

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This video pretty much sums up the life of an IITian. Of course, not everyone gets lucky enough to study with a girl. This made me really nostalgic, having spent most of my adult years at IIT. Enjoy

If cricket were a religion, Sachin Tendulkar would be God.

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Well, in India at least, I can safely say cricket is a religion. And Sachin Tendulkar is, if not God, somewhere very close to it in this religion. I stayed up last night to watch India take on Australia in the first final of the CB series, and boy, was it worth it or what! [...]

Love in India: Salim-Anarkali

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This is part II of the series I had begun with Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. Another beautiful love story.
I confess I havent seen the movie, Mughal-e-Azam. I don’t quite know what the story of that movie is either, but what I do remember is that famous song, ‘Pyar kiya to darna kya?’ (that translates [...]

Love in India: Shah Jahan & Mumtaz Mahal

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Who was it that once said, “All the world loves a lover”? Well, whoever it was, he/she must certainly not have come from where I do. The part of the world where I come from hardly loves a lover.
It is, I think, a little strange that falling in love and wanting to marry someone of [...]