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Remember

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:16:25 +0530

Three Questions - by Leo Tolstoy (From: here) One day it occurred to a certain emperor that if he only knew the answers to three questions, he would never stray in any matter. What is the best time to do each thing? Who are the most important ...

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Pride or Prejudice?

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:20:49 +0530

When it takes one hour to defeat your soon-to-be-six year old in chess, it means (a) you suck at chess or (b) the kid is good. Maternal vanity makes me choose (b).

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Monsoon...

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:00:52 +0530

...is here. And how ! It seems only yesterday I was complaining about the delay. It is never really monsoon in this part of the world unless there has been a cyclone or two, with wind uprooting trees, schools shutting down, our campus lake breac...

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Parenting

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:49:21 +0530

"If you don't finish up your Dosai, no karate class for you". "If you don't clean up the room, no more books for you". "If you don't finish up your lunch in school, no more lunch for you" "If you don't braid your hair, it will fall off". "If ...

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Life Goes On

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:00:13 +0530

Been a hectic few days, and unusually, not on the professional front as much as the home front. Been pretty lax with Vox, but I guess the tide comes and goes all the time here. My next work deadline is a fortnight hence and I am anticipating a ni...

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Happy Deepavali

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:13:06 +0530

தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள். வாழ்வில் ஒளி பெருகட்டும். Wish you a happy and safe Deepavali.

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QotD: My Biggest Frustration

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:11:55 +0530

What's the biggest frustration in your life right now? That neither less than 7 hours of sleep nor more number of hours/day are possible.

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Laser Show - 09

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:38:37 +0530

As part of Shaastra 2009, there was, like last year, a laser show. Due to rain god's threat, the event was held in a closed auditorium, rather than the open air theater. See last year's laser show post here. Most of what was written there hold...

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Hail Mahatma

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:46:34 +0530

"Live simply that others may simply live." said a mad man who wore a hand spun loin cloth through the better part of his life because many of his fellow citizens could not afford even that. The 11.39 lakh Gandhi pen set On one side of the room ...

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My life...

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:30:55 +0530

in a graph. I could replace "vacation" with "my typical day" and it would be just as true.

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