tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post2369757752819440478..comments2023-09-29T15:35:38.057+05:30Comments on Mytakeoneverything: Don't have a title for this post...Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14433156131506216582noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-1813402767755948592009-01-06T16:51:00.000+05:302009-01-06T16:51:00.000+05:30Loved this post Pixie. Seemed like you were readin...Loved this post Pixie. Seemed like you were reading my mind all through the post. What all we go through as children and how perspective changes. Kudos to you to have become what you are now! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-29000139039240416052008-12-22T09:14:00.000+05:302008-12-22T09:14:00.000+05:30@Everyone: I guess it was easier because of my fol...@Everyone: I guess it was easier because of my folks and few good friends and my own mind, which told me I was Not wrong in my views!! :-)Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433156131506216582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-88482886222455611982008-12-20T21:54:00.000+05:302008-12-20T21:54:00.000+05:30i can appreciate ppl being tradition(and almost co...i can appreciate ppl being tradition(and almost conservative) but only in a limited way...when it starts dictating to me what i can or cannt do with my life, i find it hard to bear.but i do try to speak my mind as politely as i can...especially when dealing with elders... sometimes i tk the support of humour or wit to et my point across..<BR/>this a lovely post..very personal.<BR/>mandiraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-1501282138106200532008-12-20T21:51:00.000+05:302008-12-20T21:51:00.000+05:30Hi Pixie,Stumbled across your blog from Ritu's. Su...Hi Pixie,<BR/>Stumbled across your blog from Ritu's. Sure glad I did. I can so completely identify with the 'dark skinned' compliments that people so condescendingly offer. Nice post.<BR/>Cheers..<BR/>PalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-82222680082340912812008-12-18T01:07:00.000+05:302008-12-18T01:07:00.000+05:30love this post, pix! :)very beautiful!love this post, pix! :)<BR/>very beautiful!rayshmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702175811120928581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-68732826511347947872008-12-18T00:47:00.000+05:302008-12-18T00:47:00.000+05:30Oh that thing about pleasing relatives ... I hated...Oh that thing about pleasing relatives ... I hated it growing up ... I still hate it.Cantaloupes.Amma (CA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06507339903683786496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-30473572183233676222008-12-18T00:33:00.000+05:302008-12-18T00:33:00.000+05:30I love this post - this journey from a secure chil...I love this post - this journey from a secure child to a rebellious teen to a person comfortable in her own skin is common to all Indian women I think. It reminded me of my own. I am glad you stopped by to comment on my blog - it led me here to this wonderful post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-75880496606166320582008-12-17T20:48:00.000+05:302008-12-17T20:48:00.000+05:30nice touching post... and no none of it ever affec...nice touching post... and no none of it ever affected me because i lived in a different world. real people didn't matter:)wisegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12867242130088228246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-36379527422635315752008-12-17T20:22:00.000+05:302008-12-17T20:22:00.000+05:30that was beautiful.. for once, if wish people woul...that was beautiful.. for once, if wish people would stop using the words "she's dark <I>but</I> pretty".. why BUT??? why not just pretty? you don't look at a fair girl and say "she's fair but/and pretty" do you? why is it implicitly assumed that if you're fair you're good looking by default?and we say racism exists in the west.Ramya Ramaduraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06059710077129271553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-34804499044079561122008-12-17T17:29:00.000+05:302008-12-17T17:29:00.000+05:30Now know that scenario is same everywhere, in all...Now know that scenario is same everywhere, in all the households, i felt the same and now u saying it makes me wonder..havent we changed at all?<BR/>very interesting post, loved reading it:)Renuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052079745061422542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097963.post-26104806918150673412008-12-17T17:19:00.000+05:302008-12-17T17:19:00.000+05:30I know what you mean but luckily neither my parent...I know what you mean but luckily neither my parents nor my grandparents were that conservative.<BR/><BR/>Its very true that its the parents who mould the child and now that I'm a parent myself I understand this fully :D~nmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483363042572158612noreply@blogger.com