Mani Padma

Recently I had the opportunity to witness the post raid judicial proceedings of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan movement. Wait, I hope you have heard about the Bachpan Bachao Andolan? Well, it is a movement started by an organization of the same name which is a child friendly organization of India,  working to end child...
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When Harry met Voldie, sparks flew, magic happened, people sighed and we (not Harry and Voldie- they remain the arch enemies they were meant to be) fell in love all over again with the Harry Potter series as it came to a fitting end with the release of The Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows,...
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Have you read the first part of the Chronicles? In case you have missed it,  read HERE The ‘sweet meet’ hall resembled the courtroom of that of the Harry Potter movies. Huge,Chaotic and Sinister. There was pandemonium everywhere. Three stately figures were seated on the dais. The maximum of noise was coming from the...
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It was a sleepy Sunday-the lazy drizzly sleepy Sunday of Indian monsoon. Shani, our protagonist, a small time big sized blogger, logged in her facebook account to check if she had some earth shattering news, notification or mails that needed immediate attention… And she was shocked! Something was wrong. Overnight something had changed and...
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Hello friends ! I am back again after a long hiatus with JITC, which suffered a technical setback. But now we are back again with it and the Jewel that I have for you from the crown called India is Dalhousie ,up north in the lower Himalayas. With the summer temperatures rising, I thought...
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The loveable rascals are back. Captain Jack Sparrow returns yet again for another adventure (I am sure he will keep on returning for some more) and though Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightley are missing this time, Captain Barbossa and Gibbs continue to regale us with their witticisms and mannerisms. Adding the spark this time...
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Friends!I hope I can address you all as friends?…You see, I am a bit apprehensive in doing so  because I have realised the hard way that in principle , people do avoid being friends with a loser (as advocated in TV and newspaper ads)  and… Well (let me just say it) I… am a...
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The name and the much hyped item number suggests that the movie should be of drugs and narcotics and Dum Maro Dum is a full on psychedelic masala movie , based on the drug scene in Goa. Prateik Babbar as Laurie the bumbling teenager , who gets caught in the web of the narcotic...
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Tired and hungry, on my way back from work, I decided to do some grocery shopping which was urgently required due to fast depleting stock. Yes I prided myself in being the modern pseudo independent woman who knows and does her stuff well. While I was awaiting my turn at the cash counter which...
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The flight had turned out to be uneventful. Good! I had caught up on my sleep while the man on right finished watching a movie on his laptop – as I gathered seeing him shutdown his lappie. He seemed pleased at something as he turned towards me and started this conversation. Man on right-...
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