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Sharad looked at his beautiful wife, who was still dressed in her bridal finery, sleeping peacefully besides him. He reminisced about the night before, their wedding night! She was everything he wanted her to be, beautiful, shy, coy and most importantly a VIRGIN. A knock on the door startled him. It was his Mum. He quickly handed over the blood stained sheets to her and let a sigh of relief. This was getting easier by the day. The Pundit had asked for the blood of fifteen virgin girls for his Shani dosh to change. Two more to go, he smiled.

It was nearly two years that Riya and Sumit started dating in college. They both knew their respective parents didn’t approve. One day, Riya was shown pictures of suitable grooms to choose from. She couldn’t decide what to do??? The small verandah outside her house was beautifully decorated. Riya looked beautiful in her Wedding finery. Her groom HITEN, was waiting for her at the mandap. She looked at her father, who held her hand with such love and pride. The Happiness in her father’s eye told her it was the right decision.

Theirs was an arranged marriage. Both were professionals, multitasking and busy in their own lives. Domestic responsibility started sinking in from after the Honeymoon. Life had become more or less mechanical with daily routines and schedules. He suddenly fell ill and had to take leave for a week. When she returned from work one day tired, sitting at the dining table, the empty vase caught her eye. She loved the fresh pink roses everyday in them. They were her favorite. There had been no roses in the vase since a week. She looked at her husband and smiled.

“I Say a Lil Prayer 4 U” is a beautiful song with the gorgeous Julia Roberts on screen and was included in the soundtrack of the movie “My Best Friends Wedding”. But more than the visuals what gets me hooked are the lyrics :-  “The moment I wake up Before I put on my makeup I say a little pray for you While combing my hair now And wondering what dress to wear now I say a little prayer for you” Such simple ways to pray for someone. Prayers really don’t need a specific time or day or date. They don’t really need a platform like a Temple, Masjid, Church etc to come true. A heartfelt prayer made for someone anytime of the day is accepted by the Lord. The  prejudice that only the person entering a temple, completing all the rituals would be entitled for their prayers to come true, is as an equal hogwash, as to the person who prays on a prayer mat in the Masjid. Well numerous examples I can cite in naming different communities and religious worship styles. The point here is PR...

Have watched Knight and Day..The movie (for the ones who didn’t know it) (are there even such people?), like endless times and still do every time it come on the Idiot Box. Why? I simply love it, Cameron Diaz is so cute, the locales are fabulous, the stunts, TOM CRUISE..Phew endless list. And the best thing I love about the movie is the life mantra it taught me..Altered a little for my convenience...WITH ME WITHOUT ME has become WITH YOU WITHOUT YOU . I’ve always been an extroverted, outspoken, travel freak who loves to watch movies, shop (every woman’s dream), hangout; try out new things in daily life. The monotony sometimes kills me. So I need to break free often to charge myself or else I become a cribbity hag who like a #itch will make life miserable for anyone in my radius. That’s when this Mantra saves my life... WITH YOU WITHOUT YOU . ·          Shopping: - So now I love to shop, Hubby as usual sulks at the name of it, and m...

I’m sitting by the window, having watched DDLJ for the umpteenth time, and thinking to myself, so did I marry my RAJ? Hmmm..Well I’m no SIMRAN ..only thing common between me and the movie was Kajol’s UNIBROW ;-) Was in my 9 th std, when DDLJ released and my innermost   poet unleashed as well. Wrote a poem to describe my “khwabon mein aanewala”..so cheesy..btw that’s how I like my Burger..so here goes:-                                                                                     HE Somewhere in the midst of sea of faces He’ll be there waiting for me so ...

Seeing this recent image of a whale washed ashore and obviously very dead, was a sight. But what was worst was that its mouth was open and inside it were dumps of plastic , be it bottles, carry bags, glasses, wrappers etc.  India's second most populous state, Maharashtra has become the 18th state in the country to ban plastic after the government issued the Maharashtra Plastic and Thermocol Products (Manufacture, Usage, Sale, Transport, Handling and Storage) Notification, 2018 on March 23. YAY! Kudos to Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, CM of Maharashtra to take this tough decision at this timely hour. Am sure there will be many detractors and critics, who will try to retract the ban, as they might lose the profits they were making. But me as an individual am welcoming the ban with open arms. Not that I am any social worker or miss perfect, but as a concerned citizen, who also happens to be a mother, want my children to enjoy the bliss and bountiful nature which we di...