Tasha Dhanraj mourns our fictional friends
It’s midnight and I’m sitting in a dark room, sighing heavily to myself as I think back on the fictional lives of four fictional people. That’s right. I actually feel sad emotions about the ending of...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj isn’t in the Olympic spirit
It’s 2012 – the summer of sport. It combines two of my least favourite things to create a supernova of disgust. It’s been years since we first acquired the Olympics and at the time I remember thinking,...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj isn’t mad on the family tea party
A lot of things get passed down family lines from generation to generation. Some people inherit the family business, while other grandparents give their grandchildren the secret recipe to Kentucky...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj tries to get the sentiment right
I wanted to send to my boyfriend a present at his new flat. It’s the first time he’s left home since university, so I wanted to show him that I cared and was thinking of him. Call me old fashioned but...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj questions the questioners
One of my relatives has been looking for a new job. In one phone interview she was asked to say how her friends would describe her. In this job market you have to answer every question correctly, but...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj has a change
I have moved my bed from one side of the room to the other. I know. Groundbreaking stuff. It might not be worthy of the front cover of The Sun, but I am stunned at how much this small step has changed...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj gets caught up in Olympic fever
Oh I am such a hypocrite. After weeks of going on and on about how pointless the Olympics are and how I don’t care and how annoying they are going to be for everyone, I’ve been glued to the constant...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj gets it very wrong
I have spent £130 on a present for my cousin’s 18th birthday that she might not even like. I could have used that money to buy her an iPod, a gift card for her favourite shop or even one hundred and...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj is the queen of time wasting
I’ve recently unearthed my old PlayStation 2 from under a pile of rubble and Christmas baubles. It might be covered in dust and make very peculiar whirring noises, but it still works perfectly. This...
View ArticleTasha Dhanraj looks to the future
The time has come. I am going to university. I am Frodo leaving the Shire, but instead of going on a quest to destroy a ring I am going to get a degree, and I won’t have Ian McKellen by my side telling...
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