Spicy Saturday Picks – August 8, 2014

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• Who: Shailaja V
  What: 7 blogging tips: How to write daily
  Spicy: Even the greatest bloggers face writers’ block. Here are some tips by Shailaja which will sure come useful in such moments.

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• Who: Brinda Krishnan
  What: The Pinocchio within you
  Spicy: Brinda, through this post, tries to tell us how the seemingly simple fairy tales, we hear in our childhood, are actually so profound and insightful. Read this post and get a fresh perspective on this particular tale.

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• Who: Santosh Singh
  What: Effective morning time management tips
  Spicy: Time is all the we really need. Time is wot we don’t we actually have. Read this post and learn to have time for everything,

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• Who: Nimi Arora
  What: Why I still remember Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu with fondness
  Spicy: Pran – the man who single-handedly (almost) made Indian kids’ childhoods beautiful is no more. Nimi raises a toast to this man through this post.

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• Who: Sejal Parikh
  What: No more whispering!
  Spicy: It is normal for women to have her menstrual cycle. When would the Indian society be mature enough to address this issue openly? asks Sejal, through this post.

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• Who: NS
  What: Problems of a Hoarder
  Spicy: Read this candid but truthful confession of a shopaholic. You may find resonance with the author’s views, maybe?

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• Who: Sakshi Nanda
  What: I talk. A lot
  Spicy: What are the signs of a person who talks a lot? Read this article and you will never ask this question again.

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