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A trip with old school friends is always fun and gives wonderful memories. The author is glad that she took one such trip with friends.
I joined an intermediate college near my home after I finished school. On my first day, I saw a shy girl in our classroom. I soon recognized that she was one of my neighbours. She was chit-chatting with her cousin in the class room. I went to her and introduced myself. Little did I know that we were going to be best friends forever.
Three of us are settled in different countries now. We have a whatsapp group of three members. One of the friends who is settled in US informed us that she was going to visit India along with her mom. My other friend also planned to visit India around the same time. Three of us decided to plan a trip. We shortlisted a few places and finally selected Goa.
After six months, both of them visited India. Three of us met at my friend’s place and planned for our tour. Since I had visited Goa many times, I took the responsibility of booking tickets and making other arrangements. I booked a package tour. Finally, the day came. We all met at one place and reached airport in the same car.
After reaching Goa, our tour operator came to receive us at the airport and drove us to the hotel. We booked a beach resort. We were very happy with the ambience. Beaches were neat and uncrowded. We enjoyed the spectacular view of the beach. Next two days we went for day time city tour. There we visited churches, beaches and many other tourist spots. One of the major attractions was dolphin watching at Sequirium beach and visiting Fort Aquada. On the last day, we went for para gliding and banana ride. It was an out of the world experience for us.
We were in the resort for three days. Every evening we used to go to the beach side and walk till night. After dinner we used to come back to our room and talk till midnight. I can say that those days were one of the best days of my life. We were so happy. Going on a trip with friends is always pleasurable. Our pictures reflected happy faces and we took many pictures. Now, I am eagerly waiting for another tour.
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Rajshri Deshpande, who played the fiery protagonist in Trial by Fire along with Abhay Deol speaks of her journey and her social work.
Rajshri Deshpande as the protagonist in ‘Trial by Fire’, the recent Netflix show has received raving reviews along with the show itself for its sensitive portrayal of the Uphaar Cinema Hall fire tragedy, 1997 and its aftermath.
The limited series is based on the book by the same name written by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, who lost both their children in the tragedy. We got an opportunity to interview Rajshri Deshpande who played Neelam Krishnamoorthy, the woman who has been relentlessly crusading in the court for holding the owners responsible for the sheer negligence.
Rajshri Deshpande is more than an actor. She is also a social warrior, the rare celebrity from the film industry who has also gone back to her roots to give to poverty struck farming villages in her native Marathwada, with her NGO Nabhangan Foundation. Of course a chance to speak with her one on one was a must!
“What is a woman’s job, Ramesh? Taking care of parents-in-law, husband, children, home and things at work—all at the same time? She isn’t God or a superhuman."
The arrays of workstations were occupied by people peering into their computer screens. The clicks of keyboard keys were punctuated by the occasional footsteps moving around to brainstorm or collaborate with colleagues in their cubicles. Most employees went about their tasks without looking at the person seated on either side of their workstation. Meenakshi was one of them.
The thirty-one-year-old marketing manager in a leading eCommerce company in India sat straight in her seat, her eyes on the screen, her fingers punching furiously into the keys. She was in a flow and wanted to finish the report while the thoughts and words were coming effortlessly into her mind.
Natu-Natu. The mellifluous ringtone interrupted her thoughts. She frowned at her mobile phone with half a mind to keep it ringing until she noticed the caller’s name on the screen, making her pick up the phone immediately.
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