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WHAT
YOU LIKE
Star TV
newsreader Sonia Verma, silver lipstick, plastic tick-tack
clips, Aamir Khan in Mann, "Kya
Soorat Hai" by Bombay Vikings the book, Chicken
Soup For The Teenage Soul, Nick Carter in the song "Millennium",
the girl in the Ponds blackhead removal-strip ad ,nail
art, eating a family pack of chocolates all
by yourself, reading Teens Today with
a chemistry book as a cover, getting published
in a national newspaper, wraparound skirts,
smart swimsuits, charity shows for the Kargil war-heroes, organizing weekend parties, meeting the neighbour's daughter
on the terrace at midnight, Tara Deshpande's
book Fifty And Done, wearing shoes without socks WHAT YOU SPIKE
Missing CDs
from computer mags, ill-fitting salwaar kameez,
bad bus service in Lucknow, Monday unit tests, teachers with poor
English, people calling teenagers 'Gudda'
or 'Guddiya', dirty
trains, possessive
parents, mutilation of Indian soldiers
by Pakis, trailers of Badshah,girls
coming late for
a date, Sharmila Tagore in Mann, tagging along
with mom for shopping, people licking plates, gross
graffiti on the walls of public loos, early morning guests, receiving torn and
spotted books from friends, using candles
in the bathroom during a power cut. |