Most of you would say , “I am definitely not going to grow a cactus in my house; it’s a desert plant.” Well, think again. Cacti are beautiful and they demand less while simultaneously providing more greenery to your house. And while those other plants may wither and turn brown, a cactus will...
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray What does it take to be an artist? Merely emulating a work cannot be considered art. Art is something that comes from within. The creator’s fervor...
I have taken up the herculean task of telling you the dangers of smoking! The task is nothing short of ‘Herculean’ because one needs to muster courage before telling someone they love to quit smoking. One either gets the ‘I don’t give a damn’ face or the ‘I know dude’ face from a...
“One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Quite literally too! However hard it might be you have got to hold onto your heart. Nobody else holds the key to your heart. Your heart deserves pampering and the...
“The challenge is not to be perfect…it’s to be whole.” – Jane Fonda Ladies listen up! The idea is not to beautify you but to make you whole. Therefore this is not a cosmetic list, instead it is a list of items that are essential to a woman. You never forget to carry...
Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.” ― Patrick Ness No one likes anybody bossing them about and that is precisely what a boss must do. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that they need not act crazy at all times. Well, suffice it to...
You and I love our freedom, and no matter what we won’t let anybody take that away from us. We usually associate censorship with authoritarian regimes. And, we are not wrong in doing so. However, we have to agree that laissez-faire in the case of the internet could militate against the society...
Come what may do not ignore depression! I repeat, do not ignore depression. At some point in life, all of us have looked for signs of depression. It isn’t something to be embarrassed about. I am saying this because realising your state is absolutely necessary. If we don’t realise that we are...
None other than Daphne Du Maurier could have put it so plainly and beautifully, ‘I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.’ What is love and how it comes to exist I cannot explain, however, I can tell you this...
