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Feb 2, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Reena Daruwalla
SubscriberWrites: I Really Want to be Happy about the Temple – So Many Are Ecstatic!Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka are just some examples of how important aspects of public life take a back seat when religion occupies center stage in the …
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
theprint.in | Reena Daruwalla
The people I know who are delighted about the inauguration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya, are mostly lovely people. They are my friends, relatives, social media friends. They are good to neighbours, kind to stray animals, helpful to the needy, devoted to their families and respectful of their subordinates. Just all round decent humans. Like them, I want to be happy about the mandir. So why do I have so many misgivings? This isn’t about me being an atheist – or maybe it is a bit.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | V Rashmi Rao |Reena Daruwalla
Fitness & Wellness This New Year, Would You Try Switching From FOMO To JOMO? The brain needs rest. Stress is a problem so often heard of these days. It is because people push themselves more than their bodies can take. Fresh into the new year, I acquired an iota of knowledge courtesy of the Washington Post. Actually, it was quite enlightening, considering the fact that I am so poorly educated in social media vocabulary! I got to know a new acronym: JOMO, which breaks down to the “joy of missing out”.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Reena Daruwalla
Yesterday, at the age of 55, I finally accepted that I don’t like to cook! And I stated it in exact words to my husband!However, it took me so many years to declare it openly! My husband replied with a grin, “I always knew it! God knows why you tried to prove that you did!”The journey of not enjoying cooking hasn’t been easy.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Reena Daruwalla |Tanushree Ghosh |Farida Rizwan
I say this as a mother of two; who thinks of her two children as her absolute pride and joy and really the centre of her universe: it is perfectly OK not to have kids. I do not give gyan to people about how ‘fulfilling’ parenthood is, though it has been for me. I will not urge people to procreate because it is their social and moral duty to do so – because frankly that is balderdash. So when I came upon this recent Reddit conversation about being childfree, it resonated with me.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Reena Daruwalla
India, Jan. 5 -- I say this as a mother of two; who thinks of her two children as her absolute pride and joy and really the centre of her universe: it is perfectly OK not to have kids. I do not give gyan to people about how 'fulfilling' parenthood is, though it has been for me. I will not urge people to procreate because it is their social and moral duty to do so - because frankly that is balderdash. So when I came upon this recent Reddit conversation about being childfree, it resonated with me.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
flipboard.com | Reena Daruwalla
Israel 12 hours ago How India's New All-In Support Of Israel Could Backfire worldcrunch.com - Worldcrunch • 12h There is an unprecedented quality about the October 7 attack by the Gaza-based Palestinian group Hamas inside Israel which has the potential to alter … Anthony Fauci 1 day ago From One Nightmare To Another: Anthony Fauci’s New Concern eurasiareview.com - Eurasia Review • 1d “What keeps you up at night?” It’s a question Anthony Fauci, MD, heard repeatedly over the course of his...
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
theprint.in | Reena Daruwalla
The wrath of an infection cutting a swathe through the population is not something we had ever encountered before. Healthcare providers helpless in the face of the onslaught but fighting on determined, were the heroes of those times. I recall a military doctor musing despairingly during the merciless second wave, “ma’am, I am turning people away every day because I have no beds.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
flipboard.com | Reena Daruwalla
Indian Food 21 hours ago Tasting Table Recipe: Baked Tandoori Cod Recipe Tasting Table • 21h Baked Tandoori Cod Recipe Prep Time: Cook Time: 1 cup Greek yogurt, divided • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 1 ½ tablespoons Kashmiri chili powder • 1 tablespoon … Politics 1 day ago A horrific video sparks a national reckoning in India restofworld.org - Barkha Dutt • 1d A video clip, no longer than 30 seconds, has altered the national conversation in India — and has done what hundreds of news channels,...
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
theprint.in | Reena Daruwalla
I am not going to call it ‘classical music’ or ‘shastriya sangeet’ because of the exclusion and cultural hierarchy this could denote. Let’s just call it ‘khayal’/‘khyal’ which literally translates to imagination or thought. The raags of the North Indian musical tradition are a set of rules or note structures within which the musician or singer has a great deal of freedom.
