Life in Technicolor

Mumbai rentals count amongst the most expensive world over. Owning a 2BHK is considered a luxury & a middle class family spends its lifetime saving to buy one in Mumbai. Naturally, due to smaller houses, space crunch is a major issue. The same holds for me as well. Being a voracious reader, my room over the years has been deluged in a flood of books right from Dan Browns to Marketing books of Kotler. Like any other lover of books, I usually avoid giving away my books. I donate some every year, but there are hundred others, which I like to re-read. Till a few days, I was in a dilemma over this as the shelf had literally no space to accommodate any more books & every other space had been eaten up too. It was then that I heard about BoxMySpace while browsing the internet.  The box used for storage Boxmyspace is a simple and secure storage solution which helps people store their unwanted stuff and clear up space in their home and office. This venture currently ope...

She dreamed about it, day & night Knowing it was too good to be true.  Wanting for it to happen with all her might But being practical was her virtue. Some told her to pray, others to visualize Saying, work your way, don’t see left or right. Work she did, day & night, Her goal, though not in sight. One day, her dream stared her in the face She was too numb to react “Dreams do come true. I can’t believe it, “, she cried “Maybe, I was too afraid, I’d fail” she said & smiled.

The Garnier White Complete Fairness range consists of a cream and a face wash and I recently took up the 7 Day Garnier Challenge. You too can be a part of the campaign where Garnier will send across the products. Read on to know more.  Garnier White Complete Fairness Range Garnier White Complete Fairness Cream Garnier White Complete Fairness Cream Price: Rs.160 for 40 grams The cream is thick in consistency but light when used on the skin. I am one of those blessed with a skin neither too dry, nor too oily, so I used the cream as a day cream. It has a SPF 19 PA+++ sun protection which acted as a sunscreen. However, for those with an oily skin, I recommend to use it along with some powder to avoid the skin from getting clogged. The cream does have a whitening effect.   Garnier White Complete Fairness Face Wash Garnier White Complete Fairness Face Wash   Price: Rs.145 for 100 grams. Garnier White Complete Face Wash is of a thick consiste...

Publisher: Westland Books Genre: Drama (Fiction) Binding: Paperback  Pages: 410 Anuja Chauhan's, The House That BJ Built , is the second of the Thakur Girls trilogy & the madness of the characters of the rich Delhi family on Hailey road continues in this sequel. The  story this time revolves around the tussle for the 200 crore Hailey road property & shows the society's obsession with 'hissa', heirs & fake wills. A number of roadblocks hamper the sale of the property which the 4 daughters a.k.a the Thakur Girls, want to sell off. " I’ll make my sisters squirm like well-salted earthworms. I won’t sell. Even my jutti won’t sell.  And if I die na, then even my gosht won’t sell! " The book has three plots running simultaneously- the property tussle for the Hailey Road bungalow, Samar Vir Singh's quest for directing a film based on his great grandfather's true story & Samar & Bonu Singh's romance; which keep th...

There are weekends where you are busy meeting friends, partying, finishing off the household chores & then there are those which are only meant for your own self, enjoying your own company, doing things you like. Happy weekends for me mean mean some of the following.

So, after having read & heard uncountable reviews, I finally got round to watching the 500 crore blockbuster movie of 2015, "Bajrangi Bhaijaan". And let me tell you, I loved the movie. Th is, coming from a not so patient person who sat through a 3 hour movie, where every minute was worth it!  Salman Khan is at his usual best & this may be one of his top performances of all times & the adorable six year old, Harshali Malhotra melted my heart with her dimpled smile & a power packed acting. Through her superb expressions, without a single dialogue, Harshali is clearly the star of the movie. Shahida (Harshali), a six year old who cannot speak, is from Pakistan and gets separated from her mother on a trip to India. Salman Khan, plays Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi, a simpleton & a Lord Hanuman Bhakt who runs into Shahida & takes it upon himself to return the young girl to her family in Sultanpur, Pakistan. The story revolves around the trials, Pawan ...