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  • Home
  • Travel
  • Musings
  • Academic
    • Abstract
    • Anger and Disgust: An analysis of Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai’s Scavenger’s Son
    • Untouchability: A Social Evil
    • Fear, Anger and Disgust of an Outcast
    • Valli, The Dalit Woman
    • Conclusion
  • About Me
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Dubai During Corona

A happening city in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai is a perfect haven to spend the holidays. The best time to visit is from October- April for you wouldn’t want to get scorched during the summer. Dubai is a manmade wonder. A desert country that is full of life and verve, Dubai

July 25, 2021
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Corona Travels

Not in my wildest dream did I think that airport look would mean donning PPE kits, faces shield, gloves, and masks. Where PCR negative results mattered more than your passport and visas. The year is 2020, and thanks to coronavirus – traveling has never been this easy! The pandemic (Covid19) caught us

July 25, 2021
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Teresian Life!

After a hiatus (read procrastination) I am back to what I love the most. Certainly, I was swelled with a plethora of my mind’s musings. Whilst contemplating on what to write, my sister called after a workshop in St. Teresa’s college, and it led to the opening of our life’s best nostalgia.

March 8, 2021
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Happy Birthday Neel!

Dear Neel Happy birthday sunshine! You are turning two today and I really can’t keep calm! As I express best through words, I hope this letter will make your day whenever you read it. I still remember the day I saw you, in your birthday suit, crying your lungs out and letting

June 19, 2020
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Hail Mediocrity: Life rantings!

A late-night conversation with a friend of mine who has been quite a multi-tasker made me ponder over my current state of inertia. His comments on being ‘shy yet a potential world-changer’ roused the venom of an ego in me. A sane person would ideally thank their good-fortune of having such friends

June 15, 2020
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How To Deal With Postpartum Depression

PPD or postpartum depression is quite a real thing like pregnancy. It impregnates your mind with vulnerabilities of sorts and exhausts your body to an extent that you lose a grip on yourself. The first thing we need to do is acknowledge that PPD is real. It is not a myth nor

March 20, 2020
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Love

She comes in hues of every kind, That intrigues the human mind. Caressing and pure like a soothing shore, She grows stronger like a tidal wave.   Young  or old, men or women, Gay or Lesbian, humans or animals She traverses without boundaries Striking anything that comes her way. Blind and fickle

December 14, 2019
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August 21, 2019

Georgia in Six days

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A Slice of my Desert Life – Saudi Arabia

It’s been almost three years in Saudi and I get asked about my survival here. In my previous post (Three Reasons Why I love Saudi) I have, at length, elucidated the perks of this Gulf Nation. Guess that wasn’t enough. This is an honest take on my life here in Saudi –

August 11, 2019
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Conclusion

Chapter 5 Scavenger’s Sonis thus a searing portrayal of a scavenger’s life. It is a saga that talks about the story of three generation scavengers in the Municipal Town of Alleppey. The book throws light on the demeaning practice of untouchability that is practiced in the twentieth century Kerala. Untouchablity is a

July 30, 2019
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I am Shwetha, and here you will find an assortment of writings. Being a feminist, writer, wife, teacher, traveller and a chatter box, I love to muse over fantasies of life and weave them into something soulful. This blog is an outcome of one such musing and ever since I have considered it as my baby.

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