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Happiness Formula – Recipe for lasting wellbeing
Happiness – an all-encompassing word that defines fulfillment, contentment, bliss, prosperity, pleasure, and physical and mental well-being. Most of us experience fleeting instances of happiness, but...
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Lose Weight: Ditch the Traditional Workouts
The New Years brings new resolutions to look and feel our best, and to lose the unwanted pounds once and for all. In my own experience, I usually start out working at least an hour per day for the...
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What is Yoga and Why you must Embrace it
Today is the June 21st, the International Yoga Day! But do we really know about the miracles of Yoga beyond on-trend tags like Hot Yoga or Power Yoga? When we think of Yoga we often think of springy,...
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Yoga 101: For those who think they cannot do Yoga!
You have heard about Yoga, you want to try but too scared seeing those extraordinary poses! You think you cannot do Yoga! I explain why Yoga is just for you. How shall I start? Listen to this 10...
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The Only Beauty Elixir You Need!
Ask any Indian grandmother, mother or Indian Aunty about how her hair is so thick and lush and she’ll inevitably say – Coconut oil. We all have fond memories of our moms grabbing us by the head and...
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Lending Money to Friends without losing the Friendship
Have you ever been in a situation when your friend, family or lover asked you for monetary help? Do you believe that we as humans are obligated to bail out our loved ones in time of financial...
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Art of dealing with Parents’ Emotional Drama
South Asian, on top of that, from a typical middle class family- we deal with parental interference throughout our life. In general, South Asian parents are not good at expressing emotions but they...
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6 Girlfriends You Must Have in Your Life
When your heart is broken, or you are confused about which career path to follow, or when you need comforting, who comes to your emotional rescue? Well, boyfriends, husbands and lovers come and go, and...
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An open letter to a fat kid’s parents
Let me be blunt, mean, angry and honest. As I am looking at a kid, who cannot be more than 4 years old, eating chips after chips, I am counting and almost 300 bad calories later, I am thinking what...
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Shaandaar Movie Review – find the right guy and dump the wrong guy!
Shahid Kapoor got married earlier this year to the pretty young lady – Mira Rajput. He then went on to star in the newest Dharma Productions – Shaandaar, as in GRANDIOSE – or as fans and critics stated...
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Thank God Kareena Kapoor Khan does not Represent Bollywood Queens
I am one of those Bollywood fans who gets proud witnessing the success of our actresses. Not all are born with a Kapoor, a Bachchan or a Khan surname, yet some actresses have made it on their own....
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Happy Bhai Tika, my brother! My gay brother!
No other day is a better day for me to tell the world that I am a proud sister of my brother who is an anthropologist, a poet, a painter, a writer, a film editor, a political scientist, a sociologist,...
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Will the Khans take down Sanjay Leela Bhansali?
With the holidays around the corner, mega movies are about to hit the theaters. We are anxiously awaiting: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani (BRM) starring Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and...
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Secrets lurking in the Beauty Salons
Would you go to a Beauty Salon if you knew this? For middle-class women across the world, the simple affordable luxury that a salon visit provides is nothing short of desirable indulgence....
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A Late Movie Review – Tamasha
The most fulfilling human projects appeared inseparable from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pains – Alain de Botton, distilling...
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Let the Force be with the Fans
Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spellbound, Dumbfounded and Shocked That is my expression right now after watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If Star Wars Part IV, V and VI were about...
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Bajirao Mastani – the Feminist Review
Bajirao Mastani is a wretched love story about Bajirao the stately Maratha Peshwa (equivalent to Prime Minister) and Mastani (a half-Muslim) warrior princess of Bundelkhand. The movie is lavish –...
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Thank You – Our Top Blogs of 2015
We thank all our readers for making 2015 a successful and fulfilling year. We blogged about social issues, Indian mythology, and Bollywood. Together, we authored 30 blogs, with a total of 91,000 views...
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Design Your Special Day Behind Your Door
Happy New Year, friends! Are we not excited about the beginning of the year and our New Year resolutions to lead a healthy lifestyle? How about giving ourselves the permission to truly relax in our...
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Lessons in Karma from Deepika Padukone
Have you ever witnessed life come a full circle, like in the “what goes around comes around” kind of way? My co-blogger Deepti and I have spent numerous hours discussing the...
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