Category: Double Happiness
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Double Happiness – A masala love story – Prelaunch Information
Dear Tributes and Fans, Our Queen Vivienne and her entourage are honoured to announce: “Double Happiness” is here to stay and “A masala love story” (Part 1 of 4) will soon be delivered throughout our kingdom by the major seller of electronic reading material (also known as amazon.com). (“Tatatataaaaa”)! Check your amazon site on Friday,…
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How do you start your story?
Today I just drove around and got lost on the highway. A flash woke me up “Shit” I thought. I drove more than 20 km too fast. This fine will be huge and I am already broke as hell. The whole day I had been thinking about writing but somehow I could not sit down. There seemed to be too much to do around the house…
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My mother’s secret diary
“Double Happiness” is based on the secret diary of my late mother Vivienne Wardi. I have sworn not to show it to my father Arjun, nor Samir. Samir is my mother’s first husband. The original diary is rather juicy and a little bit too personal for sharing but I thought I could give you a…
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My mother’s secret diary
I found a beautiful poem in my mother’s secret diary. She dedicated it to my father but she called him “Cookie”… Chandini – a Poem for Cookie Nothing can capture the beauty of a full moon’s night I feel drawn to you like a moth to a flickering candle. Your name like a grape ready…
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Damian
Damian is not only my uncle but he will also be my father-in-law soon. As per Indian tradition I shall move to the house of my in-laws soon. Damian is a real Aussie man with tattoos, white skin and blond hair. He loves fishing, motorbikes and loud music. I can imagine him young on a…
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Astrid
“Auntie” (and soon-to-be my mother-in-law) Astrid has always been a very strong help in my life. Since I never met my mother, Astrid was the female role model that I needed when growing up. She is strong, intelligent and very warm. Astrid left her family together with her husband Damian in 2012 when they started…
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I am about to faint
Last night I had a few glasses of champagne after an important event. On my way home I received an invite to send Ranbir Kapoor a friend request on Facebook. I still do not know if it is genuine or if in a few weeks I will be spammed, my computer will be full of…
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Ganesh
The Amber Palace in Jaipur Uncle Ganesh is a friend of the family. He is becoming an important friend for my mother and Lara in the first part of “Double Happiness”. Ganesh is running a tour through India (Jaipur is one of the stops) where my mother Vivi and Lara meet. He is married and…