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5 Must-Have Beach Accessories

5 Must-Have Beach Accessories

Summers are here and nothing provides relief as much as a good soak in the sea and having a sunkissed body to flaunt at the beachdo! Because all bodies are beach ready, we don’t want you to get troubled by the haters at all. Put on the hottest beach accessories in town. Show yourself some much needed self love at your next beach vacay and get ready in these 5 quick and easy steps! (Thank us later…

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Choices #WoWe Week 4

Choices #WoWe Week 4

The country had a new leader at last.

Decades after  being ruled by a dynasty, who had been  inheriting the throne on the basis of their bloodline.

The new leader was chosen by the people, and they celebrated their choice with aplomb. They spoke of the things he had done, and prophesied the changes he would bring.

That he had walked ahead leaving behind footprints soaked in a trail of blood of…

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If I were...

If I were…

Haven’t you found yourself wondering , ‘What if..’ at least one time in your life? I find myself drawn to this question more than once in a day!

So I thought why not answer as many ‘If I were…’ questions as I could think of, via an old Tag I found buried in my blog.  If you find it interesting, do take it up and blog your answers.

If I were a month…I would be December. A month of celebrations,…

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Mumtaz Mahal's Wedding Dress #WoWe Week 3

Mumtaz Mahal’s Wedding Dress #WoWe Week 3

‘Mumtaz Mahal ke shaadi ke jode ka kapda khareed lo!

(Buy the cloth Mumtaz Mahal’s wedding dress was tailored from)

In a small corner of the market stood Mahmood, under a structure fashioned with bamboo sticks and tarpaulin.

Cloth from which Mumtaz Mahal’s wedding dress was tailored from?

Didn’t she pass away 100’s of years ago?

Did Mumtaz Mahal exist?

Arre, who made the Taj Mahal then? Your…

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Book Review: Travel, My way by Vartika Mehrotra Gakhar

Book Review: Travel, My way by Vartika Mehrotra Gakhar

This book review has been written as part of the Blogchatter Book Review Program

Pages: 88 Genre: Travelogue Available in: Pdf format. Available for a free download for a limited time here

The Plot: We all travel, but we all travel differently. We may visit the same place but we see it through different eyes. Travel, My Way is Vartika Mehtrotra Gakhar’s debut book, through which we see various…

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WoWe Week 2

Hello and welcome to #WoWe our hashtag for this Blog Hop called Words On Wednesday.

We are Mayuri and Rashi, your hosts.

A new prompt will be up on both our blogs, every Wednesday. Subscribe to our blogs and follow us on Twitter@Mayuri6 and @Rashi_AMital to get your Weekly Prompt.

Write a 200 word story relevant to the Prompt of the Week. Use the Hashtag #WoWe in your Post Title and the Badge at…

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4 reasons these 5 Tamil Web Series are giving Movies a run for their money

4 reasons these 5 Tamil Web Series are giving Movies a run for their money

Summer is in all its glory is almost every state of India right now. It is especially brutal in Chennai, where temperatures are soaring with each passing day. Which is why stepping out of the house is restricted to only when it is absolutely necessary to.

I really miss my watching films in the theatre along with my girlfriends. An afternoon show, either preceded by lunch or followed by Tea and…

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An update on my New Year Resolutions for 2019

An update on my New Year Resolutions for 2019

How time flies when you are having fun! Well, 6 months of the year have flown by before I could even count them! Safe mark for an update on the resolutions, methinks. Just to refresh your memory; Like everyone else, I had made some Resolutions at the start of this year. Unlike everyone else, I fully intended to keep them. How have I done? Read on to find out…

*This year I promise, to take to…

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The One and Only #WoWe Week 1

The One and Only #WoWe Week 1

‘Chinki!’

‘Gurkha!’

‘Watchman!’

‘Made in China!’

‘Hakka Noodle!’

Ever since Tenzing had started college in a new city, post winning a full scholarship, in one of the most prestigious management institutions of India, these were the words he was welcomed with.

Being addressed as thus hurt, but what never failed to secretly amuse him was that his fellow students saw his typical features and…

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Guide to Understanding Professional Tax Registration

Guide to Understanding Professional Tax Registration

All the employees of private limited companies registered in some states of India are required to pay a specific sum of money to the state government in the form of professional tax. It is essential to understand that very few Indian states have made regulations to collect occupational taxes. Is your business located in one of these states? Well, you must find out.

Do not make it complex

Professi…

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Of Slow Fashion & Stories

Of Slow Fashion & Stories

What is Slow Fashion?

Slow Fashion is a lifestyle choice. It requires one to be mindful and conscious while buying clothes and to slow down the pace of shopping. It is about reusing and recycling clothes rather than buying new ones.

Slow Fashion is also ethical, keeping in mind how the raw materials for the clothes were procured, the conditions for the labourers who wove the fabric or brought the…

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Book Review: Sugar & Ice & All That’s Nice by Harjeet Kaur

Book Review: Sugar & Ice & All That’s Nice by Harjeet Kaur

This book review has been written as part of the Blogchatter Book Review Program

Pages: 59

Genre: Recipe Book

Available in: PDF Format

The Plot:If you thought home-made Desserts meant Kheer or Mithai and Cold Drinks meant Tang or Nimbu Paani, this book will make you think again. As the title says, this is a book where you’ll find recipes of Virgin Mocktails and Decadent Desserts. A recipe book…

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Why My Fridge Is Smiling This Summer

Why My Fridge Is Smiling This Summer

I live in Chennai, where we have three seasons, hot, hotter and hottest. If you haven’t guessed it already, Summer is the hottest time of the year, and humidity is an accompaniment to the unbearable heat. Summer also means health and stomach infections, as food tends to go bad pretty fast.  Which is why, the hottest season of the year sees us trying to cut down our eating out trips and stick to…

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#BookReview: Travel India with a Toddler by Neha Sharma

#BookReview: Travel India with a Toddler by Neha Sharma

This book review has been written as part of the Blogchatter Book Review Program

Pages: 154                               

Genre: Travel

Available in: E-book Format

The Plot: Nehaand Sumit Sharma travel the world with their toddler, Nemit. The fact that 3 year old Nemit started travelling when he was only 2 months old, and has travelled more than any adult I know has, for a 3 year old, makes you…

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Weighing The Merits Of IAS Coaching Centres, Above And Afar

Weighing The Merits Of IAS Coaching Centres, Above And Afar

Nelson Mandela quotes, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. 

India, with the largest youth population, is a country precipitously moving forward towards a prosperous future.  A stupendous quality education system is of utmost importance to raise our level of accomplishments and skills to become significantly competitive. The importance of good education…

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Z is for Zam Bazaar Market and some more... #BlogchatterA2Z

Z is for Zam Bazaar Market and some more… #BlogchatterA2Z

Chennai city still has a few Heritage Markets, and Zam Bazaar Market is one of the few that still stands. This market is apparently more than a century old, though no is really sure when exactly it came into being.

Zam Bazaar is a huge single-storied building housing more than 800 shops in and around it. Visit it to shop for fresh vegetables, various meats, fish, rice and banana leaves. More than…

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Y is for #Yellove #BlogchatterA2Z

Y is for #Yellove #BlogchatterA2Z

#Yellove is a hashtag, an acronym of Yellow + Love , coined by, ‘The Yellow Brigade’,  fans of the IPL Cricket Team, ‘Chennai Super Kings’, or CSK as they are better known as.

CSK is undoubtedly the most popular team of all the IPL Teams. It has many reasons for being so but their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one big reason. Chennai-ites have conferred Dhoni with the title ‘Thala’which means…