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Changing your name in Passport From
asharma
in My Diary
(646 days old)
My erstwhile feminist daughter has now turned over a new leaf. Well, this is solely my personal view when I read her mail that she has finally decided to change her last name after marriage. She said,… more
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Care House Indeed! From
asharma
in My Diary
(647 days old)
It is during old age that parents need their children the most. However, more often than not they are left on their own to struggle with diseases and frailty that comes along with age. Sometimes child… more
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All my bags are packed, I am ready to go! From
asharma
in My Diary
(656 days old)
While this track by Dido plays in my music system in the drawing room, I get into a contemplative mood. Bags have been packed to be unpacked later. What a chore! The singer says she is ready to go… more
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Health Care Services in India for NRIs From
asharma
in My Diary
(657 days old)
Sahara Care House is an endeavor of Sahara India Pariwar to ease the burden off the Indians staying over seas. More often than not when one of us leaves India, we have not only left behind our childho… more
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Transcripts From
asharma
in My Diary
(660 days old)
I am planning to take up Creative Writing Course at University of Illinois. They call it MFA- Masters in Fine Arts. Having prepared to sit for GRE was in itself a big task. It is not a joke to think o… more
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Taxes are no longer Taxing From
asharma
in My Diary
(660 days old)
You might be far away from India and yet need to file your tax returns. It may be for yourself or your family members. In such a case what do you do? Turn to family members for help? Make arrang… more
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Managing Marriage From
asharma
in My Diary
(662 days old)
I have recieved many queries after I posted about my daughter's marriage. Through this post I will try and address the questions regarding my experience with Sahara Care House and the event management… more
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Spring time and Tax! From
asharma
in My Diary
(663 days old)
The month of march approaches. Spring means different things to different people. For some it is the season for love and poetry and for some it is the time for filing tax returns. I remember whe… more
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Amarnath Yatra From
asharma
in My Diary
(663 days old)
Neither me nor my R (my hubby) have a very religious bent of mind. However, last summer when we had gone to Swiss for a holiday, we met few Europeans who had commented : "You must have been to Himalay… more
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Cha-mosa II From
asharma
in My Diary
(664 days old)
Okay, here is the Editor's Errata note for all my readers. Kishor Biyani, God bless him, had ONLY mentioned cha-mosa concept in his book, It happened in India. For my dear friends who made their da… more
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Cha-mosa, the little things in life From
asharma
in My Diary
(665 days old)
Okay, by reading the title of this post, you must have guessed that I am a BIG time 'chai'-holic. Like they look down on the instant coffee drinkers here, I so much look down at the dip dip version of… more
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Shadi, it rocks! From
asharma
in My Diary
(666 days old)
The word “Shaadi” means color, sweets, gaudy clothes, tai, bua, dadi, mousajee and mousijee and many others. But for a NRI, it also means organizing all this while sitting miles away…Me and m… more
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