Opinion | Off the Cuff
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Thursday May 23
The sprint to the finish line
Ready to take on the world — at least until the next morning ...
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Wednesday May 22
Milestones and sibling differences
‘What, after all, is your host’s purpose in having a party?’
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Tuesday May 21
Getting a second opinion doesn’t always work
Doing the health beat is like being half a doctor ... or so people think
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Monday May 20
Cry and let others cry — it’s good for health
Any attempt to repress sad feelings only leads to stress and affects health and general well-being
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Saturday May 18
Peculiar tech words: Providing security through obscurity
Language is not just about denotation, but connotation too
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Friday May 17
Water problems in India
We were too happy for our thoughts to dwell on the tub — until the day it sprang a leak
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Thursday May 16
Handymen are no longer at hand
I can hear the ‘drip’ ‘drip’ of the tap in accompaniment to my accelerating heartbeat
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Wednesday May 15
Reasoning what’s in the rhyme
People got asked these four rhyming lines — perhaps at parties — where a guessing game ensued to try and figure out the answer
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Tuesday May 14
Getting rich as rents rise once again
I read somewhere the other day that landlords are sneakily increasing the rent
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Monday May 13
The most testing has to be the ‘force friend’
The sheer energy of navigating social webs and tides would leave me drained by the end of the day
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Sunday May 12
Sowing the seeds of sewing
There’s no stigma attached to having handmade clothes anymore
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Saturday May 11
Abandoning a ‘colour scheme’ that upholds false dichotomies
One of the natural talents of humanity is the capacity to move away — eventually — from dumb ideas
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Friday May 10
Music, magic and a lingering bond
Can we guide our children sagely and unobtrusively along life’s way?
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Thursday May 9
When special becomes commonplace
Trivialising momentous occasions
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Wednesday May 8
Of appeasers and crocodile feeders
It’s easier to learn from another person’s experience than experiencing it yourself before learning a lesson
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Tuesday May 7
Dreaming of riding a chopper over traffic jams
The RJ’s incessant chatter about traffic jams and how to avoid them makes the situation even more frustrating
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Saturday May 4
When ‘terror’ doesn’t mean ‘terrorism’
A political or ideological tactic has nothing to do with fear
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Friday May 3
Prelude to the journey was as enjoyable
For many years, the tension before a train journey was unbearable because we were not sure until the last moment whether our dog would be allowed to travel with us
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Thursday May 2
When one’s compass goes out of sync
When others come to work late, not in the best of moods after being stuck in a traffic jam, I smile to myself and thank my stars
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Wednesday May 1
Stephen & The Larks of Disharmony
My bedroom window, sadly, like an open ear sits right there, perfectly placed, above the ‘concert’
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Tuesday Apr 30
Who says my job is the worst?
Over the years, I have found that being a newspaper reporter is great
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Monday Apr 29
It’s a pincer grip and there’s no way out
It’s too hard to bear the burden of the death of ‘shandys’, the dirt of pavements and drip of community taps resting quite so squarely on one’s shoulders
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Sunday Apr 28
Gluten-free diet: A fad or something more serious?
Cutting gluten from your diet is next to impossible
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Saturday Apr 27
Challenge of the hotel buffet breakfast
Food can sometimes be a straightforward moral challenge
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Friday Apr 26
Viv is back ... and so are my scrapbook days
Looks like it is time to pull out those scrapbooks once again
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Even after 50 years, unity remains a dream
The African Union is now just a feeble talking shop
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Education and its global footprint
A revolution that must be paid attention to
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Managing the Syrian meltdown
It is Iraq that now faces the gravest spillover effect
