Food. It plays such an important role in our lives. Just take a look at our mythology: everything changed when Eve took a bite of the apple. Da Vinci’s Last Supper tells a whole other tale. But one thing has stayed constant — Food. As the internet began invading our lives, it has also opened the doors […]
As young girls, we all remember playing dress-up. Draping amma’s sarees and trying on sisters’ or cousins’ makeup and bags made us feel pretty and grown-up. We would plan weeks ahead of any school or college events thinking and rethinking again, what to wear — the shoes, the clothes, and the accessories. Some of us had the […]
Being a human being, one of the biggest challenges in life is to serve other human beings. It is tough, and anyone who tells you otherwise is either living in denial or s/he sucks at it. And if you are someone who is doing it for ages without even a bit of anger on your […]
It was five-thirty in the evening on a dark Tuesday. I was in one of those moods of heavy pondering, dipping myself into nothingness. But the constant noise of the nearby construction site invaded my brooding mind. My thoughts kept circling around one thing: Change. A lot had changed over the years. I know that; […]
Incredible India, everyone says. But what’s the meaning of incredible? Unbelievable, Extraordinary, Marvelous, Spectacular, and many more adjectives. Incredible India was originally the campaign slogan of our Ministry of Tourism. It was a campaign to promote India as a popular tourist destination. You guys must be thinking why I am talking about tourism now. I […]
Music…. This one word evokes so many emotions. Joy, love, sadness, anger, heartbreak, betrayal — you name any emotion, there is a song on it! We live in the era of Music. We are surrounded by it. Music has the power to break cultural barriers and bring people together; it can inspire you, leave you […]
When you see people who need help and you’re in no stage to help them, that’s the worst feeling ever. I’m going to tell you how I feel about this. Because I’ve been wanting to get this out of my head and share it with you people. I lived in a small village called Repalle […]
When you hear the word “North East”, the thing that comes to your mind is momos, Shillong, and generic stereotypes that are common to any place. However, if you ask a native north-eastern they would say things that would blow your mind like how Assam was the first place where oil was found, how Mughals […]
Reading has been one of the best things that my mother introduced me to. I remember many birthdays where she would gift me hard-bound storybooks that would transport me to a whole new world. Over the years, this passion for reading has stayed with me and I’m thankful for it. And today, I wish to […]
Everybody in this whole world wants to be successful — they want to have that fancy car, that fancy house, financial freedom and more. However, when they get to know about the entire process or when they understand that it is not something easy and needs more effort than they were expecting, they give up. […]
