New Dating Slangs To Remember
A friend re-entered the dating pool a few years back. The last she dated was her husband, whom she met at university. Since then, everything has changed. So thus, she needed to learn about the new dating scene. A few from her circle suggested a few app names and requested she creates an online profile.…
Creativity To Inspire And Imagine
You do not need to be a writer or artist or be in any creative field to be creative. Each one of us have creativity hidden in all our mental crevices. I have often heard my friends and close acquaintances tell me how they want to be creative, how they are not clever enough, or…
Workcations And Top 10 Destinations India
Have you been on a working holiday? Yes, you read it right. Workcations or work combined with a holiday is the rising trend in the workforce across the globe now. Welcome to the generation of digital nomads. It is the best bonus you can ever get if you love traveling while working. All you need is your…
In love With A Non-Conformist
I have been one of those people who always had a crush on non-conformists (err, and vice versa never happened!). Yeah, they are the ones who do not follow society’s rules and follow their heart. I admire people who choose their queues, routes, people, partners, careers, and life choices. Yes, this list is endless! These…
Who Is Your Bestie
Hello Besties, how are you doing? Oh wait… Why am I calling everyone my besties? Because… it’s the trend! Yes, you heard that right. Growing up and in school, I had to determine much about whom to call my bestie. Whether they consider me their best friend too? That was a pre-requisite. Cut to 2023, when…
Celebrating Girly Bonds
Whoever said that moms and daughters could never get along is either mired by stereotypes over the years, narrated by ancestors, or that they never got along well. Honestly, my mother and I never got along much because of our differences, but still, there is an unseen bond of caring. As a mother who crossed…
Guilt And How Damaging
The Feeling In A Woman’s everyday Life Scene 1 I am a working professional. Hold a mid-level management post. Married and have two kids. Today is one of those days I need to stretch my shift and work overtime to complete the task. It’s a hard day. I called up home; my children were screaming…
Resolution Tracking
All the hype, high, and hurray is done. Now what? Somewhere in our minds, we faintly remember some last-minute end-of-year December last week promises. Frantically, you scrambled to the gym or not, stopped eating wrong, decided to walk more, and stayed connected more. Finally, the ball dropped on the new year, and the countdown was…
Unplug
Plug out of the reel into the real After being extremely saturated, I decided to simultaneously go unplugged from the real and reel world. Our friends too severely needed a break, so we chose the New Year. My son had been complaining about not being able to spend as much time with me. It was…
To Blame or Not To
When a relationship fails, a zillion theories float about what transpired. Relatives and friends do a mini post-mortem. The moment spouses or partners part ways, judgments are passed, and the famous blame game begins. What, Why, When, and How are the favourite questions asked in turns? Ideally, what happened at the time must remain between the…
My Goa Diaries
Sun, Sea And Sand…In my 40th year, I had almost given up on this dream of mine until this plan manifested. Yes, I feel somewhere, the Universe finally conspired to send me to Goa. It was my best gift to myself before 2022 concluded. Yay! I screamed and fisted my hand high in the air.…
What In The Name Of LOVE
It’s a different morning today – colder than usual. I like it. It is a welcome change from how the climate has been playing for a while, and a little drop in temperatures has been something I have been looking forward to. I peek out the window and am delighted to see a tiny film…
Having Difficult Conversations
Life has never been easy on anyone. On the contrary, anyone who even seems like they had it easy – has had it extremely difficult. Trust me on that. Life is not a smooth ride for any rider, and it has always been a bumpy ride riddled with potholes, sharp turns, flat tyres, bad roads,…
The Interference
My dear friend asked me for a Divorce Attorney’s number. Within minutes, I put all my social machinery into force to look for a number to help her. I did pass all the numbers I could find. Finally, she settled from the many and planned her visit to the lawyer. It wasn’t supposed to sound…
Care For The Caring
“Hey, Mom, I am leaving for college… So don’t wait for Dinner, and I got extra classes after college.” Mom: Wait! Have your breakfast and carry some lunch with you… wait…listen… BYE, MOM. Door SLAM SHUT! We all have had this conversation at some point in life, in one form or another. With spouse, father,…
Mind Your Tongue
We have all heard the famous saying, ‘Manners Maketh Man.’ Sometimes, when someone is conveying the right thing, the way they speak and the tone they use can hurt you so much that you never want to see them, let alone talk to them again. The intent may be right. However, the sarcasm or tone…
Ever Been Gaslit
” I am successful, confident, beautiful, focused, and unstoppable.”” I can be whatever I want to be.””I am grateful for everything I have in my life.””I am independent and self-sufficient.” Chant this to yourself daily. These affirmations are optimistic messages to self. It helps us to uplift and boosts ourselves. So, as a part of…
Shefali Shah: Breaking Convention
The essay is about the ‘Journey of a Woman of Substance,’ and I say she deserves a standing ovation. For all her hard-hitting movies and roles, she sure is a woman who inspires and motivates me. After subtly making her way into the ‘World of Indian Cinema,’ she captured hearts with her acting mastery and…
A Maratha’s Food Memoirs
Chai corners, melas (village festivals), forts, temples, ancient houses, and loads of greenery to feast your eyes on. The Deolali-Nashik Road belt looks like – a melange of cultures, including the native Maratha culture. Once you board the train from Mumbai to Nashik, it is a different picture and food aroma at every station the…
Ever Been Ghosted
A person listening to this term for the first time will think it is an actual ghost lurking around them. Is it not? It is somewhat the same in terms of semantics, but here, we are talking about the human ghost. Flummoxed? While the other ghost is not absolute and a figment of your imagination…
Breast Feeding And Milk Banks
Breast milk is also called liquid gold, which is literally “gold” for a baby since it is the most precious lifetime gift. Gold is precious, and so is mom’s milk, hence the comparison. Her milk is full of nutrition and has all the supplements needed to sustain a baby outside the womb. A baby inside…
Loyalty Codes
Once upon a time… That is how loyalty is becoming now – fictional. Do you believe in this? Read on… We all have these storytelling sessions for our children and we ourselves have had with our grandparents during childhood. Right? Yes, most of us will have these stories in our memories about friendship, love, loyalty,…
The Grey Divorce
Divorce has never been an easy word. It has never been just a word et al. It has always been a story. A story of pain, deceit, heartbreak, lies, indifference, and sometimes even Delight! The emotions attached to Divorce may be different for each one – even for the same couple, divorce evokes different emotions…
Stand Up For Yourself
Learning to stand up for yourself simply means you are looking out for yourself. It’s for your well-being and to improve your mental health. In short, you are maintaining your self-worth when you stand your ground. Being nonresistant in difficult circumstances can make you feel like you have let yourself down. This often leads to…
Have You Met A Narcissist
If you still believe in the goodness of life, if you still find a reason to sing a song, if you still have any self-esteem and confidence alive, there’s a fair chance you haven’t met a Narcissist yet! And pray that you don’t EVER. Well, they can suck away your life and cripple your soul!…
Social Media FriendsForEver
Social media! A boon or bane has been a topic for discussion and debate in schools, universities, amoung friends and families and, through all transmission channels including, social media platforms. Most term it a “nuisance”, considering how much everyone including those who term it a problem as well are hooked to it these days. It’s…
Rock The Cradle Rule The World
“Women are women’s worst enemies” is perhaps an old tagline resold in new wine bottles aka memes and TV soaps. I am sure most of you agree with this. We have all experienced conflicts at the workplace and even with families. Most attribute the source to women. Be it a fight between two women or two…
When I Need
It was a beautiful day. A productive week she could say. Quite impressed with how she was handling herself in a new workspace. Being a newbie, she was getting to know everyone at this phase in her life. Like most Fridays, few of them gathered for drinks and dinner after work. Hardware Lane has some…
Helicopter
I am on my way home. I call my friend for a quick coffee. His father answers the phone and says he cannot come over now as it will be dinner time soon and if he has coffee now, he won’t have dinner properly. FAIR. I recede. Just a little weird as we both are…
Correctile Dysfunction
Many have this syndrome of responding to others and the bonus is they make you look like a fool as well. If answering wasn’t enough, they will go one step ahead and give a wrong explanation. I found an amusing term on the worldwide web – “Correctile Dysfunction” or “mansplaining” or “womansplaining”. According to the…
Broken Homes
Where do you go when your house… isn’t ‘Home’? It’s a long day at work. My office time ends at 6 pm. The drop service bus back home leaves in 15 minutes. The next one is at 7.30 pm. Everyone rushes up to catch the earliest bus. I too pack my bags quickly and leave.…
Hydrate Your Soul
Lately, it has been a soul search mode for me. I recently crossed my milestone 40th birthday too and I came across this beautiful quote. It made me reflect on whether we practice this or not. It says, “Your Soul is your best friend. Treat it with care. Nurture it with growth. Feed it with love.” Just…
Earth Loses One More Musical Soul
We have lost seven gems – singers in the Indian music industry this year, including KK – Lata Mangeshkar, Bappi Lahiri, singer Tarsame Singh Saini aka Taz of Stereo Nation, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Sidhu Moose Wala and veteran Bengali singer Sandhya Mukherjee. Very few celebrities and artists have touched my heart in so many years.…
Beat the Blues with Music
Music has an innate connection with our souls. Each time a tune reverberates in our vicinity, we unconsciously sway to the beats. The sensation we get with each sound-wave is intense. The sound waves transcend the body and pulsate in our senses. They say music has this power to calm you. Many of you will…
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