Vedashree Khambete Sharma
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When I was in high school, there was a sudden astrology epidemic among teenagers. Symptoms included asking people what their zodiac sign...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jun 22
- 5 min
The Great Bollywood Biopic
I've been watching a lot of biopic-type movies these days. I came late to the '83 party, but managed to watch Gangubai Kathiawadi and the...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- May 30
- 3 min
On Rejection
After a few years in advertising, I felt like if I had to find one quality among newcomers in the field that would tell me they have what...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Apr 18
- 2 min
The Right To Anger
One of these days, some scientist in some hidden laboratory will find a way to turn the latent anger in women into a power source. And...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Mar 31
- 4 min
Why Hans Christian Andersen, WHY?
I used to have a bunch of illustrated story books as a child. Each had a single story, often a fairy tale or children's story and since I...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Mar 8
- 3 min
I Am Woman, Let Me Be
It's that time of the year again, when brands start injecting the words 'she', 'her' and 'woman' to make truly heinous portmanteau words....
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Move Over, Kitty
Growing up in the 80s and 90s in India was annoying for several reasons, but the one that got my goat was that it sucked being a girl....
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jan 12
- 2 min
A Flying Start
So after ending 2021 with a polite and not unreasonable wish that we all learn to be thankful for small mercies and enjoy every sandwich,...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
Enjoy Every Sandwich
So, it's that time of the year once more - when we look back at the year gone by and wonder what the everloving fuck just happened. It's...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Oct 4, 2021
- 4 min
BLESS YOU – SINCERELY, THE PATRIARCHY
There is a blessing in Sanskrit – you may have heard of it – Ashtaputra saubhagyawati bhava. May you remain married and be the mother of...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Sep 17, 2021
- 2 min
Thoughts On Turning 40
It's September, my birthday month and I should be buzzing with excitement, because obvs. But this time my birthday falls on a Sunday,...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jul 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Vindication Of Amy March
So I just watched Greta Gerwig's Little Women again, this time with Pookie. I had read the abridged classic when I was little (do you...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
I Believe In Jinxes
Yes, yes, I know what that sounds like. I know we're not supposed to, being educated, modern-thinking people of the 21st century etc. And...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
Give Us This Day Our Worthy Villain
Pookie was video-chatting with a friend the other day. They were discussing Wonder Woman 1984. Pookie liked the movie. Her friend,...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- May 25, 2021
- 2 min
Fatal Mistakes: News
If you've been following me on social media (and if you aren't, WHY NOT? HUH? HUH?) then you probably know that the release of Fatal...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- May 3, 2021
- 3 min
Fear & Loathing in Covid India
Some of you may know this already, but three weeks ago, my family and I tested positive for Covid-19. As I type this, I'm swept by a...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Apr 7, 2021
- 2 min
Here Comes The Fun
There are about two months left for the launch of my new book Fatal Mistakes. And If you've been down this road with me the last time,...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
Reclaiming Pink
When I was four, my father had to travel to Germany for work. This was the first time he was travelling abroad and as was the tradition...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
To The Hands That Build... Buildings
Oh my love, it’s a long way we’ve come; From the freckled hills to the steel and glass canyons; From the stony fields, to hanging steel...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
A Fifteen-Year-Old Remembers
On February 5th, 2007, I took my first awkward steps into this new-fangled thing called 'blogging'. So much has happened since and so...
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