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OROP and Chetan Bhagat-I wish he never spoke!
source He looked up at the blazing sky and then at the shrivelled skin of his hands. The fauji feared no weather for he sat there fighting with his saab, just as he had earlier. Only that the last had been almost two decades ago and age had been on his side. He knew his enemy and the goal was crystal clear- save our motherland! His saab,now a retired colonel was a smart major then and he had been his buddy. The orders had been clear and there wasn’t an iota of doubt. They all knew who they were fighting against. Their bodies had strength and their hearts were full…
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Home is where the remote is!
In the times when women swear by characters like ‘Gopi Bahu’ and discuss serials more than their actual lives, I have a confession to make- I don’t watch serials. I have heard of Gopi bahu but I do not even know what channel the serial is aired on. Good…you say? Well yes,maybe ‘coz the stories of addiction are rampant but my reasons are different. Though I am no fan of the camera zooming on every character’s face thrice after each dialogue with a melodramatic sound in the background, yet I do like to watch a couple of things on TV when I get an access to it. No,I don’t live…
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Stand up comedy-Doing it in style!
Comedy is acting out optimism! -Robin Williams So true! It is so much fun to sit back and watch comedy movies/serials…
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Horrors of the Heart(h)
I belong to a Punjabi family. In our house, hospitality and ‘feeding till you can breathe no more’ are synonyms. Till the guests who have come over are not fed beyond the retention capacity of their stomachs, they have not been treated well. Punjabis love to eat, period. The cities of Punjab, especially Amritsar are particularly known for oil-dripping, calorie-rich irresistibly yummy food that is bound to increase a person’s cholesterol by leaps and bounds. That is not a deterrent though. Why? I did mention it is irresistibly yummy, didn’t I? We Punjabis have large hearts and huge appetites and expect the same from everyone. Therefore, needless to say that…
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A gift from my childhood to my daughter’s
source Say the word childhood and a smile curves up the lips automatically. When we were busy trying to figure out how to grow up, little did we realise that once we actually grew up ,there would be nothing we would miss more than being little kids again! No doubt it is the most beautiful and blessed stage of life. I have innumerable memories of my childhood that fill me with nostalgia and joy every time I think of them: – The biggest stress was learning that algebra sum. – The worst heartache was when a friend said ‘katti‘. – The greatest joy lay in chocolates and candies. – The…
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Max Fresh moves of little feet
I came across this contest on Blogadda and decided to let it pass as it demanded uploading a video of someone dancing to the latest Colgate Max Fresh Move song featuring Allu Arjun and Anushka Manchanda. Ask me to dance in a party with others or dance in a baraat, I will happily oblige but filming a video of myself while doing so and uploading it on the social media….well, I am not that good or confident at all. Nevertheless, I sat listening to the song on my laptop, probably imagining what I would dance like if I could. My 6 year old daughter, who was all sleepy and unwilling…
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Airtel 4G-Nothing can be faster!
The world of communications has been undergoing revolution in a big way. From the advent of land line phones to mobiles and social media, the journey has been eventful and not very long. First, phones became smart and now networks have become smarter. Airtel recently launched 4G services and has become the first player to offer it to the public across 296 cities. It is keeping up its image of being a customer-focused brand as the offers that come along are truly customer friendly. What is 4G? It is fourth generation of telecommunication technology and the successor of 3G . It is also known as LTE i.e. Long Term Evolution…
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My Dream Home!
source Maybe it has something to do with the castles I read about so avidly in fairy tales as a child or an overdose of movies like ‘The Princess Diaries’ in my teens…I have forever been fantasizing the perfect home for myself. While travelling, my eyes have always been on the lookout for beautiful houses. Interior designing books and magazines are accumulating dust in my house but I refuse to do away with them…thinking I shall need them some day! The fairy tale began well. I fell in love with Prince Charming- sounds perfect,right? The only difference is that my knight in shining armour is a knight in olive greens.…
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Italy in my kitchen- Delmonte Chifferi Rigati!
In the world of Army, ‘socials’ and ‘dinners’ are big words. That is how we meet, that’s how we interact and break the proverbial ice. Every new comer into a unit is welcomed with a ‘dining in’ and every one leaving is bid farewell with a ‘dining out’. We interact with officers and wives of other regiments and brigades at dinner parties popularly referred to as ‘social evenings’ or simply ‘socials’. Other than these ‘socials’ that are highly formal (spelled as saree for women) functions, colleagues also invite each other over for less-than-formal dinners (nothing is casual in the army) at home. Last month, husband dear announced as I reached…
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Constructive parenting with Colgate
source Children today are very intelligent and smart. They are exposed to technology and knowledge at very tender ages. This exposure can be converted from a bane to a boon by using parental discretion. We don’t need to shelter our kids and hide them away. That would mean taking them back to the medieval times…we don’t want to do that. A prudent thing to do would be to guide them and strike a balance. That is what constructive parenting is all about. Constructive parenting not only boosts your child’s self-esteem but also makes your child confident and creative. It is not without reason that children have amazing imaginations. They can…
