We all know how difficult it is to choose a gift for a man. I mean there’s a hundred different things you can buy for a woman. From jewellery to fresh flowers, you always have plenty of options to choose from and to match your budget. Plus its usually always a fun and exciting activity. But to buy a gift for a man !! Now that’s a different story altogether! Firstly, I find it very difficult to decide what to gift them. I mean, other than shirts, perfumes and watches what els

COVID 19 has changed the lives of millions across the globe in unprecedented ways. Unemployment is at an all time high across the world. While many have lost their loved ones, others have been fired from their jobs, several businesses have gone bankrupt. The companies that have managed to stay afloat are primarily the ones that have gone completely online. One thing is very clear from all this. And that is the concept of doing office work may undergo massive permanent change.

If you are reading this article it's likely that you are sick of your boss and your dead-end job. You are contemplating to quit. You have had your life’s fair share of making mindless presentations on PowerPoint and drawing up boring charts on excel sheets. You are so done with all the bucket loads of crap! So what do you decide to do? You decide to chase your dreams. You want to be a freelancer. Freelancing, brings to you rosy dreams of swinging in a hammock by the beach, so

A lot of us out there are frustrated with our jobs, our bosses and our work. Time and again we have thought of giving it all up. We may have fought with our bosses, vented our anger on our colleagues and drafted long resignation emails in our outlook. But how many of us have really taken the ultimate step to quit? Undoubtedly very few. So does that mean we must invariably slog through our dead-end hopeless jobs with no motivation? Is it worth living a life like that? How lon

Are you among the thousands of men and women who suffer from hair fall? Are you tired of sweeping away strands of hair all over your carpet or floor? Are you worried you will end up with a bald patch? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, you have come to the right page. Read on to get some time tested tips some of which our mothers and grandmothers have been practising for ages. No wonder they used to have such thick, luscious long hair back in their days! Hairfa

As per an article published by WHO, 1 in 4 people, across the world, has experienced some sort of mental disorder at some stage in their lives. The best way to deal with mental conditions is to be able to acknowledge them as we do physical diseases and then work on a treatment plan. Dismissing a mental condition as imaginary or ‘just a phase’ can prove detrimental to the patient’s recovery. Unfortunately, in many countries, especially in Asian societies, we have a negative co

The latest trend these days is to hail a woman for her multitasking ability. We fill pages and speeches glorifying women for her supernatural ability to juggle every aspect of her life with equal elan. Social media nowadays are rife with reports of women government officials cutting short their maternity leave and joining work with newborn babies in tow. Ads depicting women climbing the corporate ladder at work while cooking and cleaning for her family at home are run of the

Back in the 1950’s ‘computers’ wore skirts and high heels! Yes, literally! In the times of World War 2, humans who were recruited specifically for doing mathematical calculations and analysis were called ‘computers’. It was quite ordinary to come across ads in newspapers seeking to hire computers. Due to the shortage of men, most of whom were made to join the Army during the War, NASA took it upon itself to start hiring women science grads as ‘computers’. It all started in 19

These days there have been a lot of opinions that are being shared across the various media outlets in response to Zomato’s new 10 day Period Leave policy for its women employees. While many have lauded it, there have been growing voices of discontent against it, criticizing the policy as being unfeminist, patronizing towards women and reeking of unnecessary gender bias. I have been reading some of these comments, both the pro and the anti-views and have found one recurrent l

Initial Hurdles While I have always been the chubby sorts, sometime over the last 3 years the weighing scales finally tipped over to the ‘fat’ range for me. And there were reasons galore. For 3 years back, I started my current job which is primarily a desk-based one requiring me to sit for endless hours in front of the computer. Plus the stress levels are inordinately high in this job. Which meant I often skipped meals altogether, put in 13-14 hours work every day and by the

Composting is a great way to recycle waste easily and save money by avoiding expensive online fertilizers and manures. It prevents pollution and makes our world a much cleaner place to stay in. How to prepare your own compost Next time that you prepare food in your kitchen, remember to collect the fruit/veggie peels, eggshells, tea leaves, flowers etc that you otherwise would have thrown away. Keep a separate bin or a bucket to dump them into. Preferably keep the bin in a sem