Vedashree Khambete Sharma
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
- Jan 31, 2020
- 3 min
A Facial of One’s Own
In second year English lit, we studied an anthology of Indian women authors called Inner Courtyard. Named thus, because the inner...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Nov 22, 2019
- 3 min
Rewriting the Past
I mentioned to Rook the other day how I find it interesting that we live in a country where myth, history and belief are so tightly wound...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Nov 5, 2019
- 3 min
Good Shoes, My Foot.
I was in the vile wasteland of Twitter the other day and came across a tweet, where a woman had asked why little-boy-shoes are so much...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Oct 7, 2019
- 3 min
Be Still, My Spleen
Yesterday, in a furious burst of pre-Diwali madness, we ventured to the old furniture market at Oshiwara. The errand was simple: get a...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Oct 23, 2018
- 3 min
Why #MeTooIndia Matters
Over the past month, I’ve been following the #MeTooIndia tweets on Twitter, as the movement spread from the entertainment industry...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Apr 27, 2018
- 2 min
Tired In The City
Every generation has a moniker that defines them. The Lost Generation. Generation X. Millennials. And squished between the last two are...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Mar 16, 2008
- 2 min
Parasite. Sponge. Vampire.
Not nice things to call someone. But this isn’t someone – it’s something. Two things actually. Things that have been sapping all my...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jun 30, 2007
- 1 min
The Sick Sense
There I was, defending Bombay rain in an argument with someone who absolutely hates them. “But it’s so gorgeous!”, I exclaimed, “How can...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jun 21, 2007
- 1 min
The Agony and the Agony
There’s the pain of heartache that Alanis Morrisette just can’t stop singing about. There’s the pain of heartbreak that can be cured only...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Apr 1, 2007
- 1 min
Sleepless in Mumbai
The thing about 4:30 in the morning is that there are no other sounds to distract you. Because at 4:30 in the morning, the rest of the...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Feb 8, 2007
- 1 min
FOAD Thursday
For keeping me awake when I wanted to sleep, night after night after night. For forcing me wear jeans rather than short skirts, shirts...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jan 25, 2007
- 1 min
FOAD Thursday
This week’s rant is particularly close to my heart as it honours those whose powers contradict my own. The Unorganised Egomaniacs....
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jan 11, 2007
- 1 min
FOAD
Welcome to Fuck Off and Die Thursdays. As you know, this blog is full of random rants at Life, the Universe and Everything. But all these...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Dec 26, 2006
- 2 min
I am with Stupid
Call me an intellectual snob if you will, but I can’t stand stupid people. I’m not the only one, but that’s to be expected. And by...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Dec 24, 2006
- 1 min
There Goes the Meekend
Meekend. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what the term means. A weekend that I’d reserved just for me. A weekend of ‘me...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Dec 15, 2006
- 2 min
People who really, REALLY annoy me
– 14-year-olds who dress like Nabokov’s wet-dream. Cover up, tartlet. – People who drive a Swift slower than my Scooty. There’s a reason...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Dec 4, 2006
- 2 min
The Old Boys Club
It’s just my luck. Or in this case, an HR glitch. For close to three months now, you see, I’ve been sitting in a cabin populated almost...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Nov 27, 2006
- 1 min
Another Monday Rant
Two X chromosomes and an I.Q. above 85 is a bad combination. It means that not only are you a woman, but an intelligent one. Which means...
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Vedashree Khambete Sharma
- Jul 20, 2006
- 1 min
Why I hate girls with straight hair
Their hair never feels like cotton candy, even if they’re camping in the middle of a rainforest People don’t shove pencils in their hair...
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