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After a tiring day at work, I put my son to sleep, when clock ticks 2am, I open the refrigerator to sip some coke for the “ME” time. And the marketing campaign of coca cola writes on the bottle – When words fail , #SayItWithCoke “STAND BY ME” I am just amused by the different meanings of this phrase – stand by me. 1.        Asking someone to be right beside me – stand BY ME 2.        Someone who could have been just supported by me – STAND by me 3.        I could have been totally forgotten by someone – STANDBY me OMG! such variance in all meanings. This clearly indicates the freedom we have while taking out the inference from anything in life. The pizza has same ingredients, but still, we tend to choose our own slice. We all know that all slices taste same but still we feel to excel the right to choose our own slice. Obviously, one may have that extra piece of ol...

Continuing with my thoughts of previous conversation on rape, I feel anxious to understand how and why have we arrived to this fatal destination. I realized this clearly only yesterday. Being a mother to a nearly four-year-old boy, I am much more alert and feel holding a high responsibility towards society. I emphasize slightly more on the aspect of raising a more responsible masculine gender who could support and liberate his female counterparts from the prevalent fear of the opposite sex. By the way, wishing everyone a very happy mother’s day ! And of course, not ignoring the men who made it possible! Congratulations to them as well. On this day, and being a Sunday, I took my son to attend a colouring workshop which he enjoyed a lot. Then, obviously, we had to buy him a new toy – we being in a toy shop for the workshop! This time, he had a very different demand of toy – no car, no crayons, no ball, no bubble gun, BUT a doll. Yes! He demanded to have a doll ...

How often have you felt dissatisfied with anything or everything – in a day? How often do you end up smiling all through the day while missing out your single instance of actual happiness within? How well do you know what the real happiness is? Or for that matter, what is the right happiness? At first – need to be happy. Then, are we happy and then, Is this actually the right happy? What is the best way to be happy? Sounds philosophical right? Before you click that red box and move to another window in your browser, I need to mention that I am talking about the most important and most ignored part of each one of us – Ourself! In the hassle of daily life routines and the high standards of achievements to meet, we seldom realize that we still are the machines made of flesh n bones who bleed breathe and die off – AND more importantly, unlike the trees, we do not have the privilege to bring back life in next spring. Let’s keep the topic of reincarnation separate. ...

As the Diwali is nearing, all Indians across globe go festive. Indulgence in home cleaning, shopping, home décor, sweets, family, friends, gifts, cheers, smiles, lights, crackers, rangoli, socializing, Diwali parties, ethnic dressing, lavish dinners, and the list just keeps going. But, hold on! Slight Reverse please! Let’s get to a point in time when we start planning on Diwali. How do we celebrate comes much later. Where and with who comes right after we check the Diwali date in calendar. I will be talking here specifically on the people who have multiple homes in different locations. A couple (with or without kid) who is working in a metropolitan city staying in a multi-story facility which they call it ‘Home’ where they generally live. This category mostly has at least two more options called ‘Home’ – their respective childhood houses where their respective parents are still living. Diwali is related with the Goddess Laxmi and the daughter-in-law is ‘termed’ as the...