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Aashna Praveen

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Mostly seen pondering about things around me. Every person I meet, every object I see is a study specimen that I save in my mind log for later. I might end up making you famous, so think twice before you appear before me. *Insert tongue sticking out emoji*
What I Learned When I Started Cooking For Myself

What I Learned When I Started Cooking For Myself

The idea of cooking and the way people imagine it to be is under evolution. A few years ago, cooking would throw an...
Malayalis And Mazhakkaalam

Malayalis And Mazhakkaalam: Things We All Experience

There is only one species on Earth that can go from "Sho ithenth chooda, onn mazha peythirnnenkil!’" to "Sho ithenthoru mazhaya, onn...
Quarter-Life Crisis

Quarter-Life Crisis: The Eenaambechi To Your Marapatti Life

There are times we go to bed thinking ‘maduthu ee jeevitham’, seasoned by ‘ingne okke nadnna mathiyo?’ by the people we know....
Double Standards In A Malayali's Life

Rules That Expose The Double Standards In A Malayali’s Life

How often do we come up with instances where we painfully learn that a set of rules are not applicable universally? Okay,...
Malayali

Milestones In The Life Of A Malayali

While this article may look like an elaboration of DQ’s famous dialogue from Bangalore days, it is worth giving it a read....
Why Our Children Are Going To Be The Luckiest

Why Our Children Are Going To Be The Luckiest

Let’s just say, they will be because these children are going to have the coolest parents ever! Won’t they?
Things Malayalis Do That They Are Clueless About

Things Malayalis Do That They Are Clueless About

Have you ever gone to a boring amusement park and wondered, 'ayye ithilum koodthal amusement ente veetil indello!', know that you were...
Consent in a Malayali household

Does “Consent” Mean Anything In Malayali Households?

The term "consent" has garnered some popularity recently. Ever since it got hitched to sexual assaults. Sexual consent. But doesn’t consent have...
When Malayalis Meet: The Not-So-Subtle Conversations!

When Malayalis Meet: The Not-So-Subtle Conversations!

If this looks like the tagline to a matrimonial company, sorry to burst your bubble. It is better than that. This is...
Is PMSing An Excuse? We Uncover The Mystery

Is PMSing An Excuse? We Uncover The Mystery

Pre-menstrual syndrome, commonly known as PMSing is a condition that affects a menstruator’s emotion, physical health and behaviour during certain days of...