The inside rot! – Too much of anything is good for nothing

January 14, 2010
The inside rot! – Too much of anything is good for nothing

Day 1 – Introduction class Me: I am Moulee, I am from Pondicherry… Prof: Are you? Nice, I did my PG from Chennai, been to Pondy many times. Tell us what is famous about Pondicherry. Me: Its an Union Territory, was not under British, few freedom fighters took refuge here during Indian independence movement,...
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The cost of Chauvinism

January 9, 2010
The cost of Chauvinism

In this male dominant society, sexual abuse against men are usually buried deep down or never addressed properly. Most of the time the existence of  female predators are not even addressed because of the strong beliefs we have about men, women, power and sex. A male is always seen as a sex seeking creature...
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Sex, Lies and India

December 30, 2009
Sex, Lies and India

I believe almost every teen in India knows roughly what sex is, of course with all the age old myths. We neither have proper sex education in schools nor  talk about it openly.But surprisingly every census shows tremendous amount of population growth. And not to forget the sex crimes and recent high profile sex...
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Remembering Tsunami – 5th year

December 26, 2009
Remembering Tsunami – 5th year

Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea.  No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship.  ~H.M. Tomlinson The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper, I cannot quite make it out ~ Annie Dillard Even before we could realize, the sea we played...
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Avatar – A crash course

December 19, 2009
Avatar – A crash course

Is it possible to get a crash course on Imperialism and its effects, Socioecology and Environmental awareness? Yes, Avatar does it. A huge budget Hollywood commercial movie which speaks all the above said. The reason, I believe,  why James Cameroon waited so long for the technology to grow was because he wanted things to...
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A fair share

December 16, 2009
A fair share

Identity is something unavoidable, it is something that makes us our self. We identify our self as humans to differentiate from other living beings and non living objects. Then we identify our self based on our gender and further we identify based on race then language, nationality, ethnic group, religion and so on. It...
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And the ignorance award goes to…

December 7, 2009
And the ignorance award goes to…

NDTV 24×7’s We The People has always been my favorite talk show. I can watch the show just for Barkha Dutt even if the topic is of not my interest, she makes them interesting and entertaining. She handles the show very well. Even if the show has prominent people as panelists, she remains the...
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Someone Professional 2

December 3, 2009
Someone Professional 2

I had to spend another week with the Dell technical support and baby sit their onsite technicians who visited my venue. Its always nice to talk to Dell technical support executive on telephone. They are polite, soft and they understand what I say unlike their onsite counter parts (except few). While it is OK...
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Rise and shine

November 16, 2009
Rise and shine

I remember how my friends and I complained when our university blocked social networking sites in campus. We thought that our basic rights(!!!) were denied when we were restricted from accessing them though the university internet. We used proxy to access those sites and kept in touch with one another within the campus. Updated...
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