Category: creative writing
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One of my favorite German phrases…!
This stuffed, concocted livestock sits on my study table as a reminder of what could be an allusion to many Mothers around the world – an Eierlegende Wollmilchsau. (pronunciation guide: I-er-lay-gend-er-vol-milk-sow). It is a German Idiom that literally means an egg laying, wool and milk providing, pig. The concept of this fantastic fictitious animal is…
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7 European countries in 10 days! Plus tips to cope
Many holiday goers look to cover several cities and countries too, in a single holiday. Europe is a great destination to quench such wanderlust, especially for the skimming travelers. (I call them skimming travelers because such visitors expect to touch and go swiftly, have brief local encounters and experiences and then take off for the…
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PLATITUDES VERBOTEN
(Impressions, Perceptions and Experiences ^ (of a Desi) in Deutschland) That is right, no? A common habit amongst Indians is to end a spoken English sentence with a negative. If you tuned into some casual chatter between two Indians, you would often hear a ‘no’. To an untrained ear it might sound like…
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Adeus 2011, Boas-vindas 2012!
It is my fourth Pastéis de Nata and I’m washing it down with some port wine and watching one of the last sunsets of 2011 from the banks of the Tagus river. The place, the food and the drink seem to set the mood to post a new year greeting although the more time I…