Life

Travelling with people is always fun. Be it with friends, family, colleagues or that special someone, half the fun of travelling lies in being with people you like. But travelling solo is an experience in itself. You get to meet new people, enjoy the freedom, overcome your fears and recreate yourself. And most importantly, it is the best way to discover yourself. Here are 14 places in India you must travel alone: 1. Triund Trekking is generally done in groups but there is something about going on a trek all by yourself. Trekking all by yourself with no one but yourself to motivate you to keep on walking can be quite taxing. But the joy of discovering the spectacular views from the summit will revive your spirits instantly. It is the perfect getaway if you want to spend some time alone in the lap of the Himalayas . 2. Udaipur Udaipur is an exotic destination for solo travelers. Far from the fast city life, it will offer you a picturesque beauty of India 's royal pas

1. Congratulations, You Are Also a Chauffeur Now 2. Now That You’re Taken Suddenly Girls Start Taking More Interest In You  3. You Now Know the Real Value of Deodorant 4. You Dress Better – She Has Officially Taken Over Your Entire Wardrobe.  5. Like It or Not - Her Brother Is Your New BFF 6. Mall Hopping and Shopping Is The New Sport  7. You’re Always Broke… Well Even More So Than When You Were Single 8. You Change Your Mobile Plan to “Endless Talk time” 9. You Never Knew Sharing Would Lead To So Much “Caring” 10 . You Live Out Your Dream of Hanging Out At a Girls College 11. But Secretly You Miss Hanging With The Boys 12.  You May Call Your Dad By His Name But Her Parents Are Aunty-ji and Uncle-ji  13. From Simple Cutting Chai You Have Now Switched To Cappucino  ~ But Secretly you miss cutting chai 14. You Feel More Educated & Informed ~As you now know your neons from pastels and that heels are also called pumps. 15. You Now Enjoy Romantic Fi

Relatives come in all shapes, sizes... and quirks! They've been in your life forever, adding different colours and flavours. Some annoying, some hilarious and some real cool, your extended family plays a big part making you the crazy one you are today. Here's an ode to the different types of relative we all have: 1. The annoying kid "Bhaiyya laptop nahi de rahe!" Remember the one that asked for your favorite GI Joe while your parents are looking, so you can't say no,  and then break the head off right in front of your eyes. The little devil! 2. The love bird "Bahar jao. Mera phone aaya hai." We all have that one bhaiyya/didi who's always on the phone talking to 'jaanu'; full on mush. 3. The super cool one "Arre pi lo. Sabko main sambhal loonga." Could be your ' bhabhi' . Or your ' mama' . Or your dad. The coolest one in the family. Always fun to hang out with. He's the one you can introduce

So I recently found one of my friends struggling with the most ubiquitous question of all – Give Me a Reason to Love My Life. I gave her five: 1. Because not matter how bouncy your life is or how jeopardized your career has become, you do not have to struggle to bring your life back on track while facing the elitist Indian society with a baffled mind, as those UNFORTUNATE raped women have to do after having such ungodly, eerie experience. Yes Your Life Is Amazing! 2. Because the dawn does not find you sprawling like corpses around a cramped station or in an abandoned house as it does daily, to many people of Syria – trying to avoid any sight of helicopters and army-jets that are ready to drop their first bomb of the day. Yes Your Life Is Amazing! 3. Because you aren’t one of those unfortunate bunch who are living at the other side of the orange fence – the fence that has been built to keep sickness at bay – the fence that divides The Healthy People from those who are cou

It's a known fact that we're at our creative best when we're drinking with friends. A few pegs down, we make all sorts of plans from starting our own business together to travelling the globe. It doesn't matter if we get around to fulfilling them, the important part is to make these plans. Here are 10 plans we make when we're sloshed: 1. "Let's go to the club and pick up chicks!" Let's face it! This works out well in the movies but never in real life! 2. "Let's take a bike trip to Ladakh." Not impossible of course but so not happening and you know it! 3. "How about a road trip around the country?" Yeah right! We can't pull off Point No. 2 but we're going to cross country! 4. "We've been working too much. Let's take a holiday!" Goa  and the North East feature a lot in these plans but we end up going nowhere. 5. "Forget Goa ! Let's go abroad!" The more pegs

Winning might be one of the best feelings in the world, but losing is one that is underrated. Being two sides of the same coin, winning and losing are inevitable for someone to experience to really be successful- as a professional, and also as a person. Here are a few life situations where losing is better than winning. 1. Losing a game to a child just to see the smile on their face 2. Losing a couple of clothes from your wardrobe to give it to the homeless and poor 3. Losing a fight with your significant other, because you want to see them happy. And value the relationship more than winning a petty fight.  4. Losing your voice after a long Antakshari session with your family 5. Losing your ego and making up with a friend after a stupid fight, even if you think it was their fault 6. Losing your fear of something and trying it out openly 7. Losing your inhibitions and wear the clothes you want to wear, without wondering what people will think 8. Losing weight an

1.  Joining Both Palms together to Greet In Hindu culture, people greet each other by joining their palms – termed as “Namaskar.” The general reason behind this tradition is that greeting by joining both the palms means respect. However, scientifically speaking, joining both hands ensures joining the tips of all the fingers together; which are denoted to the pressure points of eyes, ears, and mind. Pressing them together is said to activate the pressure points which helps us remember that person for a long time. And, no germs since we don’t make any physical contact! 2.  Why do Indian Women wear Toe Ring Wearing toe rings is not just the significance of married women but there is science behind it. Normally toe rings are worn on the second toe. A particular nerve from the second toe connects the uterus and passes to heart. Wearing toe ring on this finger strengthens the uterus. It will keep it healthy by regulating the blood flow to it and menstrual cycle will be regularized.

You just can’t seem to get ahead. No matter how hard you work, you never seem to have as much money as you need, and you’re wondering how on earth you could ever become rich. There’s a chance you may be falling into one (or more) of these 6 traps that can sabotage even the best money management plans. 1. You’re In Debt Debt is one of the biggest drains on financial success. It’s very easy to get into debt, and once you’ve got it, it can take decades of your life and tens of thousands of dollars to pay off. No purchase is worth spending the rest of your life paying it down. If you’ve got outstanding credit card balances, do everything in your power to pay them down—and to avoid taking on more credit in the future. Avoiding debt might mean making huge trade-offs: perhaps you need to elope, or plan a very small and low-key wedding, rather than going into debt to pay for a grand ceremony. Maybe you need to skip celebrating your birthday this year. Or perhaps you need to drive

If it weren’t for the friends we made in high school and college, the many years we spent trying to ‘educate’ ourselves would have been one huge nightmare. Here is a special mention to that one dirty-minded friend we’ve all had, who gave a little twist to the most boring situations we encountered. Here are the things every person who has had a friend with a dirty mind will understand: 1. They can take anything and turn it into something dirty 2. They’re the first person to think of anything dirty in your entire friend group 3. When they’re not around and some double-meaning stuff comes up, they’re the first person you think of If he/she were here, they’d laugh. 4. You often hear them crack inappropriate jokes at inappropriate times 5. Every time someone says something that is potentially a double-meaning joke, they are the first ones to laugh. You know what’s going on in their heads. 6.Every time they text you to tell you an inside joke, they’re sure to send a ‘;)’ emoji

So I recently realised how much have I’ve changed since the last two years, thanks to the kind of life I am living now – it’s called the corporate life. Now I drink tea, indulge into long boring conversations and fake my laugh, if required. And we all witness these changes. Dedicated to that changed man, here are the 9 learnings this corporate life has helped us in: 1. This is when we realise how our mom and dad got the habit of drinking chaay at least two times a day. Monaco on top of that chaay is a bonus though. 2. Getting up at 10 in the morning – even on weekdays (as we used to do in college) – was not the matter of choice, it was a matter of luck. 3. This is when we realise the real value of money – and start regretting why we spent our father’s money the way we did. 4. This is when we realise why only those people we make friends with at school – are the ones who last a lifetime. 5. This is when we realise why we should have had heard our mother when she a

We are often told that the ideal way to drive through life is by having a perfect partner. I think those sayings were all correct. There is no fun in staying a lone wolf. Afterall, all that freedom you get being single seems too much to handle after a point. Here, 10 reasons why being single sucks: 1. Because staying single means the only compliments you will get are from your mother. 2. Because being single leaves you with No One to Even Rub Your Back, forget about sex. The desperation for what eventually makes you go fanatically crazy.  3. Being single means you’re going to spend more than 40 hours watching porn in a week. Not Good!  4. For some reason, you now over-analyze every text that’s been sent by a girl, which is only pushing you towards friendzone.  5. It makes you listen to all the terrible dating advice your friends have got for you.  6. It leaves you with too much of “Me Time’’ to deal with.  7. Being single means being the odd one out – on N

There is absolutely no magic pill to stop your body from aging.  However, a balanced diet consisting of these super foods will keep yo active, energetic and feeling young irrespective of the birthday you are celebrating. 1. Sweet Potato (Shakarkandi) ~ To Keep Your Heart Young and Agile  A rich source of Potassium with small amounts of Sodium, Sweet Potato   helps in   regulating heartbeat and nerve signals. Having high percentage of vitamin B6, it helps in reducing the chemical homocysteine in our body. Homocysteine is linked to heart attacks. It is also a  rich source of Vitamin D , which is not just significant for immune system but also in building healthy heart, bones, nerves, teeth and skin. What’s more, since it is a good source of Magnesium it acts as a anti-stress food and helps in relaxation. Magnesium is vital for healthy blood, heart, bone, muscle, and nerve function 2. Holy Mackerel (Bangda) ~ For Stamina, and to Increase Your Energy Levels You can only feel h

No wonder, best friends are like family. They play a significant part in helping us find our true identity. They are privy to our secret prejudices; understand our alien gibberish that no one else could; and help us cope in hard times. But it doesn’t mean that you should keep dragging your relation with your bestie if things are not very smooth. In every relation there are couple of warning signs that it is about to end – or at least it should be. Like these 9 signs that your friendship is not worth saving and you need to let things go before things get worse: 1. Because they have been dishonest to you in the past and you just can’t get over with it. It’s better to move on because things would just get worse with time.  2. Because your relationship lacks one of the most important pillars of friendship – trust.  3. And now when you don’t trust each other anymore, there isn’t much to speak about. You hate those moments when you accidently run into each other.  4. Because you

So, you had a tiff with your partner over a mistake and now things have taken a turn for the worse. You are no longer in talking terms with each other and this thing is killing you. You have even realised your mistake, but you are wondering how to apologise to your sweetheart. Does it all sound familiar? Honestly, small disputes happen in every relationship, but admitting that you are wrong and saying sorry is an important step to make your relationship healthy and happy one. We know that apologies are difficult to express; but if you say sorry with these creative and effective ideas, your partner will definitely fall in love with you all over again. 1. Desktop Love Why not create a cute custom background for partner’s laptop or phone? Great idea, isn’t? Simply, hold a placard or a simple card saying “I am sorry” and snap a picture of yourself. If you can, then decorate the card with some cute pictures of both of you or some other artwork. And then, upload this image on

So I have been on this earth nearly 3 decades now. Being in a city like Delhi where there are buildings that measure their age by millennia, helps put that brief blink of the eye into perspective. We all have left several years of our lives trying to learn things, building our materialistic world – in our own way. We have stumbled, and we learned – with time. Dedicated to those sweet childhood memories which made us who we are today, here are ten facts why our childhood was so much fun: 1.  Back then we used to play for hours with those few toys that our parents had bought for us.  For girls, making up their Barbie dolls and setting up their virtual houses used to be the best play. And now we have everything. A personal TV set, a laptop to browse whatever we want, and maybe an Xbox as well, but where is that thrill. 2.  When we used to walk by the side of our father holding his hand and sometimes he suddenly carry us on his shoulder overwhelmed by his fatherly love. And n

We do not always have to defend ourself with words. Sometimes our silence tells people that, we have better thoughts & a better mind.

It sounds surreal when someone talks about meeting their life-partner in their teens, some find it sweet. You met each other young, fell in love and are still going strong, this small write-up aims to celebrate just that. 1. You both know each other in and out, you don’t need to know them more because you have been together since puberty hit you in the face. 2. You don’t need to keep any secrets from each other because frankly, there aren’t any. 3. While your friends are still looking for ‘the one’, you have it covered for years. 4. You know each other’s kinks and fetishes well . 5. You’ve been through thick and thin, from empty bank accounts to your day of pride and everything accomplished in between, together. 6. And you’ve got the craziest stories of romantic feats, many that left you teary eyed and many more that leaves everyone with an “aww”. 7. Yes, you’ve been into the ugliest of fights one can imagine but the fact that you got over it and came back stronger than