Outside The Cocoon (the series)

Fear protects you from loss
and prevents gains from you.

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The sooner learnt the better:
Life is unfair and the world owes you nothing.

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We receive what we need
So we can work towards what we want.

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The rich having found their power in sophistication

And the poor in their obscenity

I find that I have nowhere to go

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When a crowd of 'otherwise respectable' men

join in when urged by a spineless pervert

To drag and beat a girl, and grope her and almost strip

And the crowd refuses to intervene

While a journalist calls cameras instead of police

Reuben Fernandez and Keenan Santos,

...you are sorely missed!

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One day as I sat flipping the channels

I learnt something from "Big Boss" astonishing rather

While watching Aseem Trivedi and Sampat Pal bicker

That there are different kinds of courage

And each may not necessarily understand the other

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I understand why Tharoor

wants to name and honor the girl

but sir, kindly refrain!

For this nation of don't-cares will stand up only when

they see that this brutal treatment

could be meted out to their own daughter

and not just another "name"...

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Dear young woman from a small town,

How come if I happen to judge you on your lesser

educational qualifications (which I don't)

then I'm considered selfish, snobbish, and arrogant...

And if you judge me on my lesser kitchen prowess (which you did)

then you're a proud, self-assured, and a confident woman?

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Friendships that are abound with extreme mutual respect

and the unsaid promise of having each other's back

Are the ones that are forged while struggling through

government officials, procedures, red tape, and paperwork!

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