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Phoney Relationships ... You think you know what you are getting into...   You think you know your companion inside out... You think you know the upside and downside since you have know ‘em   inside out... You know grass is not greener on the other versions either... You know you have grown older and wiser and therefore can handle it all...   You know you cannot expect to see all stars- &-rainbows-in-the-sky this time around ... You know  it was never meant to be all  ha-ha-hee-hee ... You know there is that oh- been-there- done -that .. feeling... You inject into yourself that excitement saying ' ah-this- time-it-may- turn-out-to- be-better' ...   And yet .... it does not get any easier. If there was a relationship status update widget available for mobile phones this is how mine would look. No. 2 Nokia 5520 ( Got mugged and Lost touch) Updated 8 years ago No. 1 Nokia 3310 ( Puppy Love) Updated 10 y...

My Grandmother’s ghost has been haunting me off late. She died almost 15 years ago. I do not think about her much. But a couple of months ago she came in my thoughts for a very different reason and purpose. Over the last year or so I have been thinking of keeping a safe distance from facebook. Facebook delves me into frequent bouts of depression. Every time I log onto facebook, someone or the other that I know has posted pictures of their exotic vacation in Goa, Hawaii, Grand canyon or their African safari. Over facebook i have passionately followed the status updates on how the gold-fish that Madhavi’s boys got home were doing, in their suburban home in New Jersey. I was even a tad depressed when the gold fish did not survive the week two of its displacement into their home.  Over the years I have kept track of Melanie’s  job changes as well as relationship changes. Nandita’s morning sickness, baby shower and the baby boy’s naming ceremony passed me by without e...