November 4, 2024

Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives: Workplace edition

There is a Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives dialogue for every office situation.

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When you check WhatsApp in the morning and you have a message from your manager saying, “Call me as soon as you wake up”:

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni saying something has gone awfully wrong in bollywood wives--nonprofit humour

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When your colleague asks if you have any thoughts about her interesting update at the team meeting yesterday (the same update that made the meeting go on an extra 30 minutes):

neelam kothari saying, "Yesterday, I wanted to take a knife and stab you," in Bollywood Wives--nonprofit humour

3

When you ask the personality hire what they’re working on:

Shalini Passi saying, "I'm here to be myself" in Bollywood Wives--nonprofit humour

4

Your manager when you tell them that you cannot possibly skip your brother’s wedding to do a ‘final’ round of edits on an impact report that you had submitted six months ago:

Bhavna Pandey saying, "Of course it's possible. You have to make personal sacrifices to be able to achieve anything" in Bollywood Wives--nonprofit humour

5

When HR questions you on why you’ve been using the well-being and learning budget only for well-being (OTT subscriptions specifically) and not for any learning:

Seema Kiran Sajdeh saying, "I can't get into it. I'm not interested" in Bollywood Wives--nonprofit humour

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The men in the office when you talk about pay parity:

Maheep Kapoor sarcastically saying, "Women empowerment! Woo-hoo!" in Bollywood Wives

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Your manager at every appraisal when you ask why you haven’t been promoted yet:

Karan Johar saying, "You're in the middle of a transformation right now" in Bollywood Wives--nonprofit humour

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When the team suggests hanging out after work and all you want to do is go home and watch Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives:

Kalyani Saha Chawla saying, "I can't deal with forced friendships" in Bollywood Wives--nonprofit wives

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Cincy Jose heads editorial operations at IDR. She is involved in people, partnerships, and process management, and the projects she has led include setting up IDR Hindi, the multilanguage feature on IDR English, and IDR Answers–the first AI-powered search and analysis engine built to answer questions about social impact in India. Prior to entering the development sector, Cincy spent seven years in the publishing industry holding key editorial positions at Juggernaut Books and DK Books India. She has a master’s and bachelor’s in English literature from Miranda House and Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University.

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