A combination of three things 1. Inflation
2. Rupee devaluation – impacts kids’ education abroad and foreign holidays 3. Rising aspiration – you reach a threshold – a new threshold appears in sight.
@parrysingh
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Inflation, Rupee Devaluation, and Rising Economic Aspirations
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Detecting ChatGPT: The ‘Quiet’ Word Pattern Problem
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The moment I see 'quiet' used unnecessarily – quiet confidence, quiet surrender, quiet this, quiet that – I know the text was written by ChatGPT… quietly.
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Chura Liya Plagiarism Accusations and R.D. Burman’s Musical Inspirations
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Ah! “The usual Chura Liya is a copy” accusations are being hurled in some replies. Yes, I know it was inspired from If It’s Tuesday. And so were some other RD songs – Mehbooba Mehbooba from Demis Roussos “Say You Love Me”, Mil Gaya from ABBA’s Mama Mia and so on. Now, let’s
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Playing Dum Maro Dum Guitar at Family House Parties
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Has he heard Dum Maro Dum? Not only has he heard it, he’s been conscripted into playing it on guitar while uncles and aunties sing and gyrate at our house parties – far more often than he probably should have!
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Chura Liya Hai: R.D. Burman’s Masterful Guitar Opening with Zeenat Aman
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The opening of Chura Liya Hai begins not with a melody, but with a rhythmic clinking of two wine glasses – by the elegant Zeenat Aman, as if she's letting you in on a secret. That's when R. D. Burman delivers his masterstroke – a spare A-minor guitar riff – as deep as the ocean.
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Maggi or vegetables: what causes the spike?
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Interesting. Is it Maggi or the vegetable that control the spike?
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Defending Kadhi-Chawal: A Non-Bailable Food Offense
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I can put up with the rajma/dal chawal comment, but dissing kadhi-chawal on my timeline is a non-bailable offence.
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Asha, Pancham, Kishore, Lata: The Soundtrack of Our Childhood Gone
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Asha, Pancham, Kishore, Lata. The soundtrack of our childhood is gone.
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Blasphemous Opinion: A Punjabi’s Controversial Perspective
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Clearly blasphemous for a punjabi to say that, but I know a few others who feel the same. I love it though.
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No License to Criticize Chola Bhatura
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I agree with everything else, but you don’t have the license to diss chola bhatura on this timeline.