On a blazing Sunday afternoon, exactly one week before Diwali (ironic as October generally gets cool in India), one would generally choose to sleep, eat or watch cricket at home. Midst these comforting and pretty thoughts, there is a tiny voice inside which asks ‘Are you going to waste the only Sunday you get, sitting …
Oriflame India Gives A Wonderful Message In Its New Campaign With Kalki Koechlin
The festive season is round the corner and along with lights, food, and decorations, it’s also that time of the year when you love giving and receiving gifts to and from your loved ones. This season, Oriflame India – a renowned beauty brand for 50 years picked up the wonderful concept of gifting education in …
Try This Simple Little Thing Before You Sleep – Body Shop Elderflower Eye Gel
Growing up in today’s world comes with the pressure of everyone around screaming about skin care, coming across gazillion articles like ‘How to change your skin care routine on entering thirties’, etc. The key is to not succumb to the pressure but making some simple yet effective changes, especially during nights as that’s the only …
8 Reasons Why You Need To Visit Chitkul On Your Next Holiday
Chitkul – a name that could be mixed up with the Hindi, rather Mumbaiya word ‘Chilkut’ (Meaning a small irrelevant thing) and together they can make a great tongue twister, are two words that are poles apart. Wrapped in the snow-peaked fathomless hills on a height of 11,000 feet, Chitkul is the last inhabited village …
Cherry & Me – An Open Letter To The Second Love of My Life
Dear Cherry 10 years back when I first saw you, I knew you were it. Though my father preferred you in grey or black, your cherry red shine was love at first sight, even though I never believed in it. I still don’t, but you stand there as the only exception. Your long wheelbase and …
‘Genius is Patience’ – Proves Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Newton’: India’s Entry to Oscars 2017
First thing’s first. I know for a fact that I wouldn’t have gone to watch Newton if it wasn’t chosen as India’s official entry to Oscars. But is it really good enough to have jumped on the Oscar Bandwagon? Let’s see. Highlights 1. The subject of Naxalite menace in Chattisgarh in connection with Elections & …
5 Foods That Keep You Energised During Navratri
Navratri – the Sanskrit word for ‘nine nights’ is a grand festival in India devoted to the nine avatars of Goddess Durga. Midst all the things that make India what it is, religion and worship is an integral part of celebrations expressed in different ways – one of them being fasting. Naturally, fasting has changed …
The Bakery Collection of Beauty Buffet Nail Colors look too delish to paint !
Walking down the wide lanes of the land where one gets lost without chasing a white rabbit and curiously wonders what’s next in store, I suddenly found myself breathing the scent of sugar emanating from a sweet little place at MBK mall in Bangkok, the board said ‘BEAUTY BUFFET’. The call of sweet tooth turned …
Why we need to go back to eating on a leaf ?
Who doesn’t like to get all touristy and check everything as an experience while traveling ? Anyhow, being a North Indian, I have grown up seeing food being served in pattals (plates made with sal or banyan tree leaves), hence the tradition of food on banana leaf in Kerala doesn’t surprise me but makes me …
Move Your Body & ‘Sole’ In The All-Rounder Mojaris
I heard this once as a teenager – ‘When you wear Mojaris (juttis), first they bite you, then they accept you, and then you fall in love with them!’ These fellas did not exactly bite me but took their own time to get comfortable in my skin. One of the most feasible and affordable options …