Let’s talk history. The word ‘wife’ is said to have its roots in the word ‘weip’ (‘to turn, twist or wrap). If not, it’s positively derived from the word ‘ghwip’ (‘shame’ or ‘pudenda’). Now the word ‘husband’ is indebted to ‘husbondi’ (‘master of the house’)...
Did you know that cats can sleep for 20 hours or 70% of their lives? Or the fact that cats “may express great affection toward humans or other animals”? Or Abraham Lincoln kept four cats in the White House? Or that the domestication of cats had commenced in China? Cats can live alongside dogs...
Where do I even start on this necessary evil commonly named contact lenses? You can’t rub your eyes. You can’t cry. You panic when you forget or are unsure if the contacts have expired and also when you put them in the wrong eyes. Because, apparently, you can’t throw one of those things away...
I’m so very fond of my make up kit that it has inspired me to pen a list of 12 things that every make up lover will identify herself with. So let’s find out if YOU are a make up addict too. To that purpose, I have some questions coming up. Does contouring give you a high? Do your...
We spend every waking hour of our lives behind a pair of artificial lenses. We are left with nothing but to say ‘no’ to any 3D movie (in most cases). We can’t go in swimming. We knock ourselves with the walls during our midnight trips around the house. We have to check for dirt and sweat on...
You have tried abstaining from tea and coffee after 4 p.m. You have tried exercising in the evening. You have tried banning all bright screens from your bedroom. You have tried them all. But none of them seems to have worked. Really. Staying up late is your forte and your body clock is beyond...
Most people shy away from work per se. Enter a workaholic whom Google defines as someone ‘who compulsively works excessively hard and long hours’. As an afterthought, it adds ‘While the term generally implies that the person enjoys their work, it can also imply that they simply feel...
We are the spoiled brats. We are the favorites of our parents. We are the only children. We may be typecast as a hundred different things, nonetheless we are super normal (perhaps excluding the fact that we talk to our Mums ten times a day over phone). We are blessed that we don’t have anyone to...
Breaking bad. The Flash. The 100. The middle. Gossip girl. 2 broke girls. Two and a half men. Suits. Jane the Virgin. Dexter. Everybody loves Raymond. The Walking Dead. What more can you possibly want from life right? And this is coming straight out of an out-and-out sitcom aficionado. I often...
With the advent of blogs at our finger tips, the notion of reading books has become primitive. And so has the feel of a paperback and its scent. But is this called for? Can’t the two worlds co-exist peacefully? Books have a purpose and that is so not to titivate your book-shelf exclusively...
