Sujatha Bagal is a writer based in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. She also blogs about parenting, travel, books, movies, food and politics at Blogpourri, which she started in Bangalore to document life as an expat in that city.
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Desicritics on the Mumbai Train Blasts
The rudest city? They don't hold doors, but they aided each other when it was needed. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
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World Wide Help Blog: A Go-To Site for Disaster Help and Information
Humanity, compassion, empathy. In the end, that is what World Wide Help is all about.
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Will Ignoring Your Spouse's Undesirable Behavior Fix It?
Most human relationships, fortunately or unfortunately, do not thrive on material rewards alone.
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World Cup 2006, The Semi Finals: Penalty Shoot-outs Are Not For the Fainthearted
My approach to the penalty shoot-out changed drastically as I watched the duel at midnight between England and Portugal.
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Book Review: Hippo Eats Dwarf, A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S. by Alex Boese
How to survive "in an insane world in which the line between truth and fiction has completely blurred."
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Memories of Pedda Chacha (Big Uncle)
The family stuck together against tremendous odds, forsaking cushy lives in relatives' houses so they would not be obligated to anybody.
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Book Review: Sleeping on Potatoes by Carl Nomura
A story of determination, perseverance, kindness, love and good humor getting the better of adversity.
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Lessons in Parenting From Life is Beautiful
It is in those moments when I can see myself being a monster that I remember the movie Life is Beautiful.
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Bangalore: The Insider/Outsider Debate
Instead of looking outward for the sources of our problems, we would do well to look inward.
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Indian Engineer Abducted by Taliban Found Dead in Kandahar
Taliban claims responsibility for Indian engineer's death in Kandahar.
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