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  When the lockdown and isolation spree began last year in 2020 in India, we were also brainwashed by the Modi government to isolate ourselves. Almost every Indian treated Modi’s word as the words set in stone.   However, as the time elapsed and we stepped into 2021, we all realized that he is a leader capable of nothing but lip service.   He made the economy collapse right in front of his eyes and didn’t do anything about it. Nonetheless, I also saw that corona was not something to be highly scared of for the young individuals, but the elderly needed to be much more careful than us. It is indeed a pandemic the way it spreads widely, but I also thought that it is recoverable. As a healthy person, I did not want to wear a mask because I wanted to breathe freely. I have seen it in the last few months that the national leaders do not wear a mask or practice social distancing, but they ask us to do so. They do nothing that they preach. They impose fine on us for not fol...

Why?  Why now?  Your dreams are different than mine. So how is it time to realize the dreams for everyone?  Yes, I said that because there is something in everyone's mind that they categorize as their dream and they want to fulfil it, sometime in future.  You may not put in all your time and capital in it right now, but you can surely start thinking about executing your plans.  You may start thinking about the money you need, the unique ideas you would implement, and the USP of your product or company even if many other similar entities exist in the market.  When you keep thinking about your dreams, your thoughts become plans, and your plans become actions.  That someday becomes this day, today!!  Even if it takes you a few years contemplating about the pros and cons, the do's and don't, yóu still come a long way when you actually begin.  That's what I said, the time is now!! 

When you are in India, you are welcome to one of the most beautiful places on earth. Despite the chaos and the mess in almost every part of the country, there are things that you cannot help but fall in love with them. The smile of an Indian is one such thing that comes from the core of their heart. Their faces beam with a glow just when they see a traveler in their country. This convivial attitude of the people in India attracts millions of tourists every year, even if India is not a perfect country on the globe. How Indians get familiar with the tourists Most tourists have a complaint with the Indians that they stare a lot at them. The day trippers are not wrong on their part, but a major fact is that the Indians are just curious about the new people in their city. They want to absorb everything about the tourists in their mind- the clothes they wear, the way they speak, the food they eat, the way they eat, and the things they carry. They do not want to miss on those details be...

Depending on someone for acceptance and love is really terrible, especially for housewives I feel. They cook, clean, and slog throughout their lives thinking that their family will praise them. A typical Indian housewife will leave her job, make numerous sacrifices, just to devote her life to her in-laws, kids, and husband. She is secretly looking for praises and accolades. I'm sorry but when she doesn't receive what she expects, she blames the very family for not acknowledging her sacrifices.  This is utterly wrong.  Ladies, you can choose the path of your life, but I do cringe at the women who, in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, cry their heart out because they do not receive attention from their families. We all need to have something in life that keeps us busy. It's not necessary to make money to prove your worth, but all women need to have something where they can devote their time. In India, even middle-class families have started employing 2-3 maids for househol...

How often do you feel that God is with you? How often have you realized that He has blessed you with tremendous gifts? Do you value what you have got in life? Above all, how often do you recognize the warnings that he gives you? More often than we understand, we receive these omens well before in time so that we can rectify our errors, intentional or accidental which may be. The thought of lying to someone may seem easy to someone for whom emotions do not hold much value in the first place. Contrariwise, people who place their family values above everything pay attention to what may hurt their loved ones. The latter category of people comprise the subject matter of this article. We may or may not have firm belief in God, but we cannot ignore the concept of Karma , which is something that plays a vital role in shaping our lives.  The role of Karma You might have noticed that almost everything goes well when you do not keep evil intentions for anyone. If you follow ...

Why should we pay toll tax? Because the NHAI, on behalf of the Indian government, is supposed to provide us with well-maintained, smooth roads. The answer is simple, isn't it? However, the question that one should ask the government is that are we getting for what we are paying? Are we supposed to pay every other tax that the administration imposes on the common man, even if it is erroneous? Are we not supposed to raise our voice if we see any wrongdoing happening around us? The latest misconduct from the Indian government has surfaced in the form of toll tax being levied on the motorists at Murthal in Haryana. The entire stretch of NH1 from Delhi to Panipat used to be a tax-free zone, and the automobiles would glide from one point to the other. But just by enforcing one huge barrier in Murthal, the Haryana government has played havoc with the professional and personal lives of the Indians, at least the natives of Haryana state. Needless to say that traveling on this stretch of...

Kolkata, or Calcutta, as the locals love to call the city, is close to the heart of millions of Indians. Nevertheless, people coming to Kolkata from outside have their own experiences and judgments of the town. When you enter the urban city for the first time, you realize that Kolkata has its own temperament and a distinct character. This personality of the metropolis may make you feel surprised or just awful about it depending on where you come from. For the Indians, the cultural changes may not be too many, but for the foreigners, Kolkata may be an entirely new world. Open Bazaars Throughout the City of Joy in West Bengal, you will find open markets. The Walking Bazars comprise the sellers who sit on both sides of congested lanes trading in things like flowers, books, local food, vegetables, fruits, televisions, and everything you can think of. They also offer services like barber, cobbler, Ayurvedic medications, washing clothes, typewriting, and many more things. The open ma...

You may be expecting to read a few health tips in this article to alter your diet that may enhance your quality of sleep. Relax, none of that is going to happen in the next twelve minutes of your life. By the time you are done going through this piece of writing, you may want to implement just one change in your daily routine to have a better life. Sleep is something that comes naturally to us, but we like to deprive ourselves of it for countless reasons. Can you recall when you were a teenager, you would never mind sacrificing a siesta if you felt something was more important than  just sleeping ? All the same, it was never just Sleep. Many of us would never realize the importance of taking a nap at least until the age of 25. As soon as we come close to our thirties, we begin appreciating the need to be dead to the world for minimum six to eight hours daily. And we do not want to compromise on that, no matter how much fun a party is. Is it imperative to sleep? Can you ...

Something very shameful happened in Bengaluru during the New Year eve of 2016, the coverage of which was as awful as the felony itself. The youngsters of the ‘metropolitan’ decided to go out to celebrate the upcoming year of 2017 during the midnight of December 31, 2016, which is nothing special as anyone would think of doing so with their friends and family. Given that you a are female living, learning, and earning in a metropolitan like Bengaluru, you would feel at least a little safe to go out with your friends, men and women, and not to mention you would whatever you wanted to. But the destiny had planned something else for the entire city that night. Shaming all the Indian values of tolerance and sensitivity, the so-called ‘moral police’ of the city attacked each and every woman they could lay their hands on, molested them, assaulted them- all in the name of teaching them a lesson! No woman could have ever imagined in her life that she would be attacked in such a way in ...

Enlighten and enrich thyself  envision possibilities  rekindle your inner fire and  take a plunge into the unforeseen  transcend beyond the visible  tread new paths and unravel the unknown  For challenging the onslaught of monotony is not for the weak  inspire the masses and you too shall lead  Dare to question the forbidden  lower over the vortex of delusions  For untangling reality from the clutters of illusions is not for the weak  Dare to be different and you too shall Lead...

Being deluded by someone can be one of the worst feelings in the world, and the first thing that comes to our mind after being deceived is to strike back at the beguiler. However, the odds of getting even with someone may not be very high every time. Retaliating can take away our peace of mind, even if we successfully get even. In today's world, we may often feel provoked to avenge the bad we received. It may make us feel weak and helpless if we do not fight back. Sometimes, we may resolve to fight back to seek justice, to teach the other person a lesson, to compete professionally, to prove it to ourselves that we are not weak, to show it to the world that we still have the fire left in us, and to prove innumerable other points. Nevertheless, proving our point only makes sense unless we do not lose our heartsease. Professionally speaking, it is good that we compete in the healthy environment of a contest. We often have occupational rivals and it is great to have neat or not-s...

A few months ago, Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone was featured in a video called ‘My Choice’. It seemed to be made for the empowerment of women but it went much deeper. The dialogues that were delivered by Deepika were supported by the acts of the other ninety-nine women featured in it. These were the ordinary women, some middle class and some upper middle class like any of us. However, I personally do not agree with the entire video. Because eventually, Homi Adjania, the director forgot that when we talk about the empowerment of women, it is not only about the women in urban places, but also the poor women of rural India. I disagree with the documentary on two platforms: factual and emotional. From the factual point of view, there was some serious misunderstanding about the topic itself. Deepika said that it was her choice to have sex before marriage, after marriage or not to have sex at all. This is entirely a woman’s choice about her decision on this issue but the idea de...

Naseeruddin Shah has proved his prodigy once again in Interior Café Night. When I watched his short film, I didn’t know that it was viral. But after watching the film, I could not resist myself from celebrating the performance of two protagonists in my heart. It’s difficult to judge how two lovers would react if they meet after three decades, but Naseeruddin Shah and Shernaz Patel deserve a huge round of applause for portraying the expressions that do not need words to convey the feelings. Shernaz has amazingly expressed the deliberate tight-lipped defensive composure that a typical Indian female maintains, when she faces her ex-lover, or rather the light of her life, who has remained lone after she deserted him because of family incidents. And Shah’s gesture of initiating the second chance is commendable. Even if he is not sure about taking a decision and taking her along, he doesn’t doubt his instinct, and listens to the calling of his younger soul supposedly sitting on th...

After reading and watching the speculations regarding Navjot Singh Sidhu joining AAP, my mind has a singular opinion on the matter. I can sense that what we are witnessing is just the tip of an iceberg and there is much more beneath the headlines of newspapers. Apparently, Sidhu was not happy with his status in BJP, but if I am reading the mind of BJP Strategists right, Sidhu is double crossing AAP. Arvind Kejriwal might be elated with the thought that he is successful in breaking the BJP apart, and successfully inducting a crowd puller into his party. However, there might be a chance that BJP has sent someone to AAP who is dedicated to the former, but pretends to be the chief campaigner of the latter. In the meanwhile, let AAP rejoice that they have given a blow to the biggest political party of the world. A few days ago, there were speculations from an insider of AAP a few days earlier that Kejriwal might declare his wife, Sunita Kejriwal as the CM candidate, after she resi...

Pahlad Nihlani is being criticized since the day he has joined the Censor Board of India. He has once more hauled out the entire idea of the film from Udta Punjab. By proposing 89 cuts in Udta Punjab , he has once more proved that he is not at all aware of nerve of the younger generation of India. Even the members older generation of Bollywood such as Mukesh Bhatt support the idea that he should be impeached from his chair. He told the filmmaker, Anurag Kashyap, that the abuses should be beeped, the name of the state Punjab should not be mentioned and blah-blah-blah... What is the use of making a film if the filmmaker cannot express himself? This time, the AIB group has rightly joked about it in its poster

Many contemporary artworks are there, which may leave museum visitors in awe and they might question their own artistic merit. This might have come to the mind of TJ Khayatan, a 17-year old teenager from San Francisco, when he decided to play a prank on the visitors of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He was there in the museum with his friends when he stumbled upon a strange artwork, which did not seem very impressive to him or his friends. He decided to experiment by placing his glasses on the museum floor and notice the reactions of people. It did not take long for art-lovers to gather around the artwork and they started finding meaning in it. This incidence was fairly funny as the teenagers had a laugh of their life when they clicked pictures of people staring at their work, clicking pictures of it, and analyzing the meaning behind the simplicity of the work. Many of them said that the floored glasses represent the downgrading of culture, the viewpoint of life...

Sometimes, the comedians go too far to create humor. This time, AIB’s Tanmay Bhat is under the scanner for making fun of two Indian legends, Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar. In his video titled Sachin v/s Lata Civil War , he faceswapped the two celebrities and enacted an argument of insults. The cricket marvel and the singing legend have been out of any kind of ill publicity throughout their career. And it is beyond the imagination of Indians to hear their voices in such an awfully created snapchat video. Some of the punchlines used  against Lata Mangeshkar are- “Your face looks like someone has kept you in water for eight days” and “Snow also died, so should you”. This is too much derogatory even for a layman, forget such marvels of the country. Tanmay has received severe criticism for his act from bollywood denizens like Riteish Deshmukh,  Anupam Kher, Celina Jaitly, etc. but he must have been enjoying the attention he has got from all sects of Indian intelligen...

The Jats couldn’t have proved it better that they do not deserve and need reservation in the OBC quota at all. They used all high tech methods to disrupt the economy of North India for more than more than four days, the after effects of which are still visible. What do you expect from a Jat with a Pajero car halted in the middle of NH1, and asking for reservations in the government jobs claiming that they are poor? Like really? They had all the time in the world to come out of houses, leaving all their jobs and businesses behind to literally wipe out the economy and make it suffer for more than 35 thousand crores; while the hardworking people of the rest of general quota were waiting to get back to their work as soon as this agitation stopped because they did not have the heart to burn the shops of the Jats in return. They had the sensibility to understand that by causing harm to each other’s properties would do nothing but give birth to communal riots. Those who lived i...