The Punekar Turns Eleven!
The Punekar recently turned eleven years old. Our team is pretty excited about this and I thought I'd give you a peep into what it's like to work here!
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If Harry Potter was Set in Pune
Ever since I started reading Harry Potter; as a young and excited child, my wandering mind created its own private Harry Potter World, right here, in the little corners of Pune, conjuring up scenes and recreating equivalent landmarks from…
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Are We Stripping Pune’s Green Essence?
The once lush canopy that spread over the city is now reduced to mangy tufts of isolated patches of green. Worse still, it is something that exists only in nostalgia backed by a few photos. Unfortunately, nobody in their present encounter…
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Psst… We Think Jon Snow Might Just Be a Punekar
Y'all! How GoT Season 7 treating you? Is the seat's edge comfy enough? Although there are millions of GoT articles and theories floating around the Internet, I bet you haven't read one like this. Well, yet.
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To the Puneri Audience, From an Artist – Open Letter
Namaskar! By putting a Chuck Berry quote, I’m slyly trying to segregate my own audience into two categories- 1) The ones who found my use of this quote pretentious. 2) The ones who found it pretentious and yet, are willing to give me…
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6 Life Lessons Pune Teaches Everyone
I was once The New Girl in Pune (and even wrote all about it here), and seven years later, BAM – I’m a Punekar! I’ll admit it was a rather slow journey, but it really does take that much time to develop a threshold for all that spicy…
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Confessions of a Punekar: A Pune Railway Station Coolie Opens Up
Gathering the tobacco in a pinch, he slides it along the left side of his jaw. “Precisely. We are a dying breed, we and this occupation are going to be something which kids would read about in storybooks. The government is polishing up the…
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Confessions of a Punekar: What’s it Like to be Gay in Pune?
Unfortunately, even the LGBT community of Pune seems to share this kind of mind-set. People aren’t open about their sexuality, making it difficult to meet people or date in Pune.
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New Girl in Pune – The Series
I remember sitting in the warden’s office on my first day, eyeing the simple girl from Sultanpur in her yellow kurta who hadn’t said a word till now. She was going to be my roommate? I was sure we didn’t have a thing in common. I mean, I…
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New Girl in Pune – The Series
To recap, 17 year old girl (a.k.a. me) moves to Pune from 5,000 miles away to meet an unanticipated and unwelcome new friend – culture-shock. 5,000 tears, a slightly forced Indian accent and a wardrobe change later I finally felt a little…
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