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Oscar the bum
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Dear Oscar

Posted on 22nd August 202622nd August 2026 Lavaanya

Did I ever tell you about the bum called Oscar? In my 20s (during my Bandra era), I used to

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Homecoming Queen

Posted on 26th January 202017th June 2024 Lavaanya

Like everybody who returns to the house they grew up in, when I make a trip back home to Poona,

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And Poof! He’s Gone.

Posted on 14th July 201920th November 2024 Lavaanya

I got hit on by a magician once. ‘Twasn’t over 3 minutes after I had arrived at the bar that

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Making It My Way

Posted on 8th June 201819th August 2025 Lavaanya

Sometimes, the M in Mumbai stands for mediocrity. It isn’t always about survival of the fittest. Some below average performers

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Bandra Base. Part Deux.

Posted on 2nd April 201820th November 2024 Lavaanya

It doesn’t say so on my passport, but for all other practical purposes, I identify as being from Bandra. Bandra

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Bandra Western Abode

Posted on 18th July 201611th March 2025 Lavaanya

You know my name and how I look. You probably have my number too. But where am I from you

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There And Back Again

Posted on 1st December 201511th March 2025 Lavaanya

Taking cue from the phrase “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” I decided to escape my bourgeoisie-cubicled-office-going

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That Ivory Tower In My Castle In The Air

Posted on 21st May 201520th November 2024 Lavaanya

I know I raved pompously about my Bandra-Western abode in the The Roof Over My Head and The Chip On

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Dude Where’s My Surf Board?

Posted on 9th November 201411th March 2025 Lavaanya

As almost every gal going through quarter life crisis, I realized that Life. Is. Too. Short. I’ve had enough of

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On The Face Of It

Posted on 26th August 201423rd December 2024 Lavaanya

I have what they call a ‘Resting Bitch Face’. An extremely non fastidious facade. Even a normal pensive mood comes

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I Think I’ll Take The Stairs

Posted on 23rd July 201423rd December 2024 Lavaanya

Today, I got into the elevator right after the guy in it had farted his lunch out. I could have

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American Splendor

Posted on 4th July 20145th July 2019 Lavaanya

The American culture has always found an avid audience in my family, 1987 onward and upward. Both my folks exposed

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