Gypsy Soul To Blame

Swinging in a windy balcony of a high rise, looking at the hovering air crafts on one side, watching one of the best turf horse racetrack, wondering how peaceful the temple overseeing the Arabian Sea appears, gaping at the inspiring skyline of Mumbai and the massive open air laundry on the other side, I wonder how travelling, reading, eating and relaxing are intertwined. Moment Of Introspection This is by far the best connect I have come across. There is a strong friendship force that connects these three words especially the way it opens our mind to explore the lifestyle or culture of a certain locality. Travel Good – Try to be more than a tourist Travel is the best form of leisure.  It not only opens your mind to the world outside but also influences your outlook towards life.  Pull out the advantage of introspecting while your travel. The joy of travelling to a place can only be harnessed if the soul of the place is touched and if one is able to le...

To swerve myself from demise of a soul who left for reasons unknown called for this travel plan. It was spur-of-the moment plan that we took out off by booking a premium tatkal railway tickets a day ago and started our journey. "There is almost no such thing as ready,   There is only Now   "   The first hop out location was Devbaug. We reached Devbaug by a jerky bus ride,halted along the way to have a look at the serenity of Tarkarli. Tarkarli : Enroute Devbaug Devbaug : Purely a State Of Mind Solace, Sea food and some amount of water sports was the perfect recipe to get our minds distracted. We started off with parasailing. There was a trick in this activity ; you soar a little high they immediately dip you along the surface of the sea and then take you high up there. The experience can only be described by this word - “Magical”. A breath taking view of the beach, miniature sight of the seagulls, colorful palette...

Very little did I know that this would happen so quickly. Since the month of September 2015  I have been doing all sort of market research and surveys to buy a second hand car (  was badly looking for a lucky deal ).  I had spread the word with some friends who I thought could be of help. But somehow things never moved in the way until that day.  Like they say ,   “ When its right its RIGHT” One cold morning ,on the by-lanes where I  used to go for a jog, I came across this vehicle with a sign board saying For sale : contact  9321429007 .I vividly remember that instant , it was 7.15 AM and I dialed this number to try my luck. The phone was ringing on the other side but nobody seemed to answer the call.  I was just about to hang up ( feeling disappointed) and the phone was answered. I asked the receiver all sort of questions a FIRST CAR BUYER would want to know on that call itself. I told him my budget and he was reluc...

I happen to see this movie Talvar on 6 th October 2015. I went for it with a feedback from a friend. But contrary to my perception and his review, this movie impressed me to a greater extent. After a long time, I saw a influential movie like this. The movie is a perfect example of a brilliant artefact, extremely riveting screen play and flawless direction. I would not like to talk about the movie but rather about the inferences I drew from the movie. I saw the movie the way it was intended to ( like a dramatic imagery ) and it put me in an unusual thinking mode or rather disturbed me.  Talking about the case of Arushi Talwar , it was a double homicide case . It brought a plethora of questions to my mind about everything that keeps happening around us. The cost being paid by a family and its cruel suffering due to sheer system negligence giving it a name of honor killing. It raises many doubts about the credibility of the system which is the ultim...

It does not come as a surprise that how in India women have jobs and not careers. When I am saying this, exceptions are everywhere. I am writing this not to bring out an argument as to why some women ( We) do not work after marriage or after becoming mothers, rather to brush up our minds as to why we should work. We should work for our Parents…. Just like parents have dreams to see their son make it big and bring the world to them someday, so do they have for their daughters. We should work because that is what we are taught to since the age our parents sent us to schools. Our parents wanted their daughters to be well educated, financially independent, socially- active and build a name for themselves and their family in the best possible way. We are the proud face of our parents not because of whom we are married to; but because of WHO we are... Hence we should work for the ones who brought us to this place. We should work for Ourselves…. We should work because we hav...

All of us knowingly or unknowingly do a lot of networking in our day today lives . N etworking is based on the premise that we humans need each other . It helps in building long lasting relationships and also to use our existing skills in a focused way. Here is a list of “Dos” and  “Don’ts” for networking the right way so that it is effective and productive. Dos :    Be Positive , it rubs on others and often acts as a magnet for folks around.   Be passionate , enthusiastic and objective but not emotional and subjective.    Seek feedback and criticism , it is the most valuable market research one can obtain and its totally free.    Always follow-up everything that you will say you will do however small the suggestion may be.    Say “ Thank-you ” to people whenever the opportunity arises – especially to people who get taken for granted a lot.    Understand what empathy means and bring it to pra...

F or quite some days I have been looking out for a reason to blog again . A perfectly planned trip like this just beckoned my way. Since the day the flights got booked I had made a mental note of several pre- travel – travel and post travel activities lined up for me. To gather people and to zero down to a place is not only a tedious task but also demands thorough research which was well derived by one of our fellow backpacker. We had a self- planned and pre-decided itinerary to travel  to Sri Lanka. We had short listed 4 places to travel trying to keep it short , simple yet exciting . “   There is more to you than meeting expectations, deadlines , seemingly endless web of activities or the  dull monotonous routine “ We started off with Kandy ;  Travelled along Nuwara Eliya ; Bentota and concluded at Colombo . Day 1 : Kandy , Not a place for flash packers : Very frankly  , when I landed here , I had an assumption that t...