Sonal Kalra 🇮🇳
@sonalkalra
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Chief Managing Editor : Entertainment, Features & Lifestyle, HindustanTimes. Author/columnist, Ramnath Goenka Awardee. Tweets Personal
New Delhi, India
Joined September 2008
Via Whatsapp. God knows frm where in India, but apparently a 12th standard student dancing at his class’s farewell and saluting his school teachers. Lovely moment when a teacher joins in the dance. Took away all my stress of the day!
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After 4 months of drinking green tea this lockdown, I have lost 4 kg of green tea. #viaWA.
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She was a few days old when i got her in my arms. They said it’s crazy hard to adopt and bring her up as a single mom. They said she’s not my blood, wouldn’t look like me. I could hav replied, but was too busy thanking God. My baby turns 5 today, amid lockdown .Blessings, pls?
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Hello @airtelindia, your engineer says I need to sit next to the modem to get the wifi speed I pay for. May I go to the washroom please?.
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Right now, everyone in the Indian army must know that EVERY SINGLE Indian is with them. Keep up the morale.
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In between work calls I’ve seen this guy everyday from the balcony in the last 3 weeks. Today he stopped, checked that the entire street was empty, lowered his mask and played the flute. Turned eerie silence into magic. I just bought one. The happiest I have felt in months.
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Lost my father last evening. Every moment is a painful reminder of the uncertainty that life is, and the bliss that parents bring to it. 🙏🏻.
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My domestic help wanted to contribute to #PMCares. Told her i’v contributed and would do more in her name but she said ‘didi yeh toh apni kamai aur apne haath se karna hai’. So taught her how to do digi transactions. Soniya’s first here, is to you @narendramodi
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The way we are eating and sleeping in the lockdown, after 21 days the PM might start his address as ‘mere pyaare haathiyon’.#ViaWA.
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Via Whatsapp. Apparently Delhi airport, today. LOVE IT, wherever, whenever!!
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Boys insult each other. But they don't really mean it. Girls compliment each other. But they don't mean it either.
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Nothing more painful than seeing your parents go frail and weak. NOTHING.
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You don’t want to clap to say thanks to healthcare workers, don’t do it. No one’s forcing, it’s your choice. Just don’t give stupid statements against those who want to. Remember, a lot of you went awwww when Italians sang from their balconies.
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Anyone else who buys something and tells a lower price to mom just to ensure peace of mind? 🤔.
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19yr old neighbour keeps bragging about how much she loves ‘really old’ Bollywood films of the 80s. Wants it as her birthday theme. I just convinced her father to surprise announce her engagement with his business partner’s son right after she cuts the cake. 😐.
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on camera mopped spilled coffee and was cheered as a world leader setting an example. Some of the same people on my TL are rolling eyes calling this ‘acting’. Life’s amusing.
Plogging at a beach in Mamallapuram this morning. It lasted for over 30 minutes. Also handed over my ‘collection’ to Jeyaraj, who is a part of the hotel staff. Let us ensure our public places are clean and tidy! . Let us also ensure we remain fit and healthy.
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‘Never in a million years could i have imagined going to the bank wearing a mask and asking the cashier for money’.
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Have been a cinema journalist for too long now but NEVER seen this kind of public anger against Bollywood stalwarts. #SushantSingRajput’s death will bring about more change than we could ever imagine.
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A friend shared this pic. Did you know Delhi could look this beautiful? .#Amaltas #happiness
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Normally I don’t stop if i see a drunk lying on the road. But today i stopped. Splashed water on him. And asked ‘kidhar se mili?’.#viaWA.
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While a lot already being said about the acting of the cast of #KashmirFiles, a special word for #PallaviJoshi’s brilliant singing of Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’. Many still don’t know that it’s her own voice. @vivekagnihotri.
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.@TIinExile is Emphatic, not abusive. Suspending defeats the whole point of a healthy debate. #BringBackTrueIndology.
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I’m feeling elated but mujhe 20 lakh crore likhna nahi aa raha. I tried. How many zeroes?.
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There are two types of people in this world. Avoid both.
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Man next to me excitedly doing video call with wife in the shuttle bus at airport. Either airtravel is new, or the wife is. ‘Ye dekh is aeroplane se utra hoon.’ ‘Yeh dekh kitne sare planes’. Suddenly points the phone camera at me. ‘Ye dekh mere saath ek ladies khadi hai’ .😐.
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The ones bent on finding faults will anyway do so, but I felt reassured and calmer after this speech by @narendramodi. His words had to be simple - it wasn’t a discourse meant for intellectuals. A common person understood it, and that’s what was needed.
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No bigger joy in the world than having daughters. Bliss. #DeshKiBeti #NationalGirlChildDay
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Remote ko thappad maarne ka riwaaz sirf India mein hai yah international hai? 🤔.
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“NEVER push a loyal person to the point that they no longer care. ”.
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24th march, yet another birthday, yet another smile. There’s only a candle because a cake shouldn’t be delivered and i am too lazy to bake. You should not be too lazy to wish.
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‘Meri maa ko koi batao. Yeh quarantine hai diwali holidays nahi nai. Woh mujhse pankhe saaf karwaye jaa rahi hai’.#viaWA.
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I lost my mom. Not sure how to even begin processing the pain.
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For some it’s a cakewalk. For some it’s a struggle. But all that matters is how it ends 😊
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This is a rather smart headline, but since morning I have met many who misunderstood it. Sigh.
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Twitter is a bubble. Thousands of likes on my tweets, I just stepped out, looking around like a queen. Padosi ki maid : Oh suno, apni paani ki motor time se band kyun nahi karte?.
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It’s 100% certain that 90% of the angry people are at least 80% unclear on facts of what they are angry about.
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India has vaccinated 50 crore people as of today. Just for reference, that’s like 20 times the entire population of Australia. It’s okay to still crib for a lot undone, but sometimes it’s also okay to pause and feel good.
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'Sometimes i wish i was an octopus, so I could slap eight people at once'.
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A deeply intense guy. All my conversations with #SushantSinghRajput somehow moved towards the purpose of life. “What are we doing here?” He once asked me. “We’ll get the answer sooner or later,” I had said. He should have waited for his answer. A brilliant life gone so soon.
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I spoke to @akshaykumar for @htTweets #Healthshots where the star spills his fitness secret. “Agar aap apni body ke liye ek ghanta bhi nahi nikaal sakte toh aapko mar hi jaana chahiye 😂.” No one understands the need for good health like this man does👏🏻👍🏻.
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But why is hema malini’s jhaadu not touching the ground?.
Hema Malini is a legend, after purifying water all these years, now she is cleaning air.
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I have won more than 20 journalism awards, but my mom will still be proud of me only when I’ll start doing Pranayam. 😐.
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Prashant Bhushan clearly and merely wanted attention. There can’t be another reason for such eager demonstration of insanity.
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While we totally revel in the glory of #NeerajChopra’s spectacular feat, let us not miss that the day equally belongs to @BajrangPunia. What an astonishing sportsman. Respect! 🇮🇳
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This day, nine years ago. Guess what got noticed the most in this pic.
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Read somewhere that “You can lie down for people to walk on you and they’ll still complain that you are not flat enough”. Bloody true.
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I can see so many beautiful birds these days. From my cage.
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Extraordinary sense in @narendramodi’s speech today. Appealing to Kashmir and Kerala alike, the reference to working for the minorities, serving those too who didn’t vote for BJP, and the pragmatic advice to the 1st time MPs- it made all the right noises. Superbly written!.
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10% of conflicts in life are due to difference of opinion. 90% are due to the wrong tone of how it is conveyed.
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Watched #TheKashmirFiles. The film shakes you up, especially in the 2nd half. A rather difficult and bold subject picked up by @vivekagnihotri. Impressive performances by @AnupamPKher @DarshanKumaar #PallaviJoshi.
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Watched #SamratPrithviraj today at a pre-release screening. Magnificent is the word. Grand scale, excellent VFX, some beautiful performances. Remarkable 👏🏻 @akshaykumar @ManushiChhillar @SonuSood.
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Which state in India, in your personal opinion, has the simplest - no show-off, no display of wealth- weddings? .PS: I am Punjabi. I have the right to wonder 😊.
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I ditched the IPL match to cook Mutton Ghee Roast. And played recorded applause in the kitchen while at it 🙈😊
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Ever since I lost my dad a couple of months back, I’ve been going and meeting the aged parents of as many friends as I can. Blessings from the parents mean everything. Grab them while they are there. You will so miss them when they are gone.
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‘People don't notice the things you do for them until you stop doing them.'.
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My mom’s prescribed treatment for every disease: थोड़ा पानी ज़्यादा पीयो. Including heartbreak 😐.
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Facing the blues because of a health crisis at home (nothing to do with Corona). Logged in for some much needed cheer and look what’s trending. #BlueTwitter
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Winners focus on winning, losers focus on winners. haina?.
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Asked God for happiness while sitting in a palace. Got it by the streetside for 20 rupees. 😇
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Anyone else who hates it when mom, talking to a relative or friend says ‘lo baat karo’ and suddenly hands you over the phone? 🙈.
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No one is as ugly as their Aadhar card photo. And no one is as good looking as their DP.
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Just received the FICCI FLO award for Women Transforming the Country 2020. Happy, happy 😊, also about the fact that the lighting at the event is such that my eyes look like Hrithik Roshan’s 😌.#WomensDay
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I’ve developed symptoms of Covid and isolated myself. Can’t ask all those who came in contact with me to get tested because I didn’t come in contact with anyone except immediate family. Send in wishes pls 🙏🏻 And also any leads to get tested in Delhi, no lab is responding.
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Recall the horrific viral video of an alcoholic dad in Bihar brutally beating his li’l daughter? Be relieved that due to the efforts of my incredible colleague @SharaAshraf, the kiddo is reunited with her mum. She visited me today to say thanks and i got the best hug of my life:)
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.@Akshaykumar talks exclusively to Hindustantimes about contributing Rs 25 crores to #PMCares fund, says “mein kaun hota hoon ‘charity’ karne waala?” @htTweets
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It’s amazing. Never seen such asynchronous sources but still so beautifully synchronised sound. Thank You, says India.
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In a session with me at Hindustantimes Leadership Summit, @akshaykumar announces that he is giving up his Canadian Passport and resuming Indian citizenship! #HTLS2019
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Terrible week. Mom’s accident, surgery, restrictions at the hospital (totally valid), Irrfan and Rishi kapoor’s death (both of who I knew well). Just too much. But i plan to bounce back frm tomorrow. My team and you all have given me the strength. Life has to go on. Humour too!.
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HR managers looking through holiday calendars to figure out how many leaves for Jashn-e-Riwaz 🤔. #Fabindia.
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Got the saddest news of losing an ex colleague to suicide. Lost his job in covid when the newspaper he worked for shutdown. Life’s testing us in the worst ways. If you ever feel on the edge, pls pause and talk to someone. There’s always a way out. There’s always time. He was 46.
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Just a leaf fallen by the side can also create the most beautiful smile .#viaWA #tuesdayvibe
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‘Fall in love with someone who talks with you even after a fight’.
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In the name of ‘caring’, don’t let people take control of your life. That’s the sweetest trap in the world.
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Gulab jamun heated in a microwave that seems eatable from the outside is a BIO WEAPON.
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My cab driver just now: Maa’m poochhiye ‘Mishra ji zindagi ka saar kya hai?’ .Me: Kya hai Mishra ji?.He: Aap jaise achhe logon se milna!.Aur ab poochhiye zindagi ki sachchai kya hai?.Me : Kya hai Mishra ji?.He: Achhe logon ko bhagwaan bahot jaldi bula leta hai.😐😐.
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Never seen so many Modi supporters as disappointed as after the budget today. Even if it may not be as bad, the overall impression that the budget seems to have given is that the government does not care to listen to feedback.
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“When parents care for you. You call it restrictions. When boyfriend/girlfriend put restrictions . you call it caring".
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Received on WA. Apparently from an invigilator who caught yet another innovative technique to cheat in exam
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No more Canadian!!! Congratulations @akshaykumar. What a brilliant day to be a proud Indian. 👏🏻.
Dil aur citizenship, dono Hindustani. Happy Independence Day! .Jai Hind! 🇮🇳
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You know that tingly sensation when you like someone? Yeah, that's common sense leaving your body.
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