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I can write more than bullshit

OK. So I decided I am going to prove the critics wrong. For all those who thought that yours truly can only write about bullshit, here is one of the few sane articles I wrote. One of my writeup on an awesome startup www.ekincare.com was recently published on the Start-up Hyderabad website. eKincare provides individuals with a dashboard to track and monitor their health in a smart way. Seriously, in the age of cloud we store all our books, photos, music and important documents online and why do we still store our medical information in paper files and records? Personally, I may not have a lot of medical records that I would like to store but this is a boon for people who stay away from home and would like to constantly monitor and be in touch with their parents health. I mean how cool is it to track your parents blood sugar levels, cholesterol levels and more  using graphs online ? For me, its a great way to force my mum into taking charge of her health and getting timely checkups

The Monster-in-Law & the Devil-in-Law

Usually when I write something I share it on FB and twitter. There is this one particular post that I wrote sometime back and dint share it on any social network, except a few friends. I really don't know if that was a conscious decision or a subconscious one. Maybe, it was the fear of retribution as the entire clan is on FB or probably the 'need' to be politically correct or God-knows-whatever ! I was somehow always the odd (wo)man out in the family. There were literally no cousins my age I always hung out with people double my age or people nearly a decade younger to me. Growing up, I was a witness to infinite stories about MILs complaining about DILs and DILs badmouthing the MILs. And when I see my younger cousins going through the same strenuous relationships, it makes me cringe and wallow in grief as to when this MIL-DIL  equation will change and will be cherished like any other beautiful relationship in the world. Hence, I decided to bring that post out of th