If you thought Acid Attacks are only India’s shame, no they are not. Violent acid attacks are a shame world wide and that’s true. Sonali Mukherjee is a known name in India. Yet, Sonali Mukherjee is the only name most people know in India. While the perpetrators were granted bail ten years ago when they committed … More A for Acid Attacks
They say change is the only constant in the world and that it is inevitable. Change moves you away from the comfort zone and it makes you do something that you were not prepared for. Change brings in newness and not knowing what the future beholds, rocks the boat and that is certainly uncomfortable. How do I … More #MicroblogMondays – Being Zen
Last Christmas vacations were a treat for us – both mentally and physically. While 2014 was wrapping up on the calendar, we got away to Pune to explore the Sahyadri Hills and the Konkan belt. Our base was in Pune and it gave us a great opportunity to explore the food in that part of … More A treat for my sweet tooth in Pune
I came across this image on Twitter last week and I was deeply saddened by it. When a photojournalist approached this 4 year old Syrian child with a camera in hand, she thought it was a weapon and surrendered. Imagine the kind of world we are living in where such little children see anything black and big … More This Sunday Punch hits hard
The struggle for power, those moments of joys, the bond of friendship and the hatred in a bout happens not just above water but also under the water. Merjella is a fantasy fiction novel which brings to light the life under water and how the protagonist Jella plots to win back her rightful kingdom at … More Merjella – A Book Review
I have no freaking idea of how many times will this line be used on women? Throughout the recent India-Australia semi final cricket match, I was pretty active on twitter and of course I was doing the normal – tweeting, re-tweeting and replying. But when this line was thrown at me, I was taken by surprise. It … More Can we be friends?
Since early this morning, the only thing that is on my mind is the AtoZ challenge. I have been blog hopping, reading about various themes and virtually meeting many new bloggers from all over the world. Today is not even Day 1 of April and my blog stats are steady, comments and words of encouragement are … More #MicroblogMondays – April AtoZ Challenge
When I first heard about the A to Z challenge, I did not know that it is such a popular one among bloggers. Only once I signed up, I started receiving posts on the challenge and then the entire idea of blogging in this unique fashion struck. The first post that I read on the … More The beans have been spilled..
It’s time for Sunday Punch and yes, words are fewer. These ads and the concept made rounds on the social media in 2013 and then they came back recently showing that we haven’t changed. It time we stop judging a woman by what she wears.. Saddened and hurt! When will we change? This post is … More Don’t judge a woman by her clothes
The importance of water for survival cannot be over emphasized. Currently, when Brazil’s most popular city is under a drought we know how many difficulties the residents are facing with the worst weather since 1930s. Water is a precious natural resource and even the water we consume needs purification, de-chlorination and necessary treatment to be … More Thumbs up to Hydrojal Plus
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