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Mad Men: One Last Ride on the Carousel
Leave a commentJune 22, 2015 by Gaurav Munjal
I have delayed writing this retrospective on Mad Men partly because I wanted to fully digest the ending, but mostly …
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Five Questions (& Then Some) with Kelly McMasters
2March 24, 2014 by Gaurav Munjal
Welcome to Five Questions (& Then Some), a new interview feature on the site. For this first installment, I requested (read: …
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Like a Prayer
2January 31, 2014 by Gaurav Munjal
My aunt arranges her small figurines of Hindu deities on the coffee table in the center of the living room. …
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Seeds of Orange
2December 17, 2013 by Gaurav Munjal
My grandfather, known to everyone as simply Papa ji (‘Father’ with the suffix of respect), eats an orange almost every …
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Happy Thanksgiving: Photo Album
Leave a commentDecember 2, 2013 by Gaurav Munjal
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday with friends and family, and also survived the subsequent parking jams, mall …
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Breaking Bad: An Appreciation
4October 4, 2013 by Gaurav Munjal
This review contains some spoilers! After five seasons that produced 62 episodes of glorious television, Breaking Bad finally came to …
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Memory Extinction: Wave of the Future?
1October 2, 2013 by Gaurav Munjal
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/how-old-memories-fade-away-0918.html I found this article on memory extinction simultaneously fascinating and troubling, both on an individual level and a social …
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Prisoners: Getting Lost in the Maze, then Getting Out
6September 25, 2013 by Gaurav Munjal
This review contains some spoilers! To what extent are we prisoners of our own lives? I asked this question of …
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Lord Shiva, My Glorious Destroyer
2September 24, 2013 by Gaurav Munjal
After writing about the “Abused Goddesses” ad campaign in a previous post, I started thinking about Hindu deities and the …
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Blue Jasmine: Identity Crisis with Friends Stoli and Xanax
4September 18, 2013 by Gaurav Munjal
This review contains some spoilers! I quite enjoyed Woody Allen’s latest film, Blue Jasmine. As this year’s addition to the …
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