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Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/anseledwardsphotography/8133872228/">Ansel Edwards Photography</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/007a2a">Visual Hunt</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> The stark realities are over powering the well planned marketing strategies. The glories of marketing, no matter how Cloud 9 they may seem, aren't matching up to the promise at ground reality.  Welcome to one section of  21st century India , which is still stuck in the archaic thoughts of the  18th century ; where women were confined to homes, and homely duties. The civil war like scenes at  Banaras Hindu University (BHU) , considered as one of the prestigious institutes in India; are heart wrenching and my heart goes out to the women, who are being subjected to episodes of misogyny. It's unfortunate that, in a country, which prays to Goddesses, with unm...

Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelrperry/24370213859/">Michael R Perry</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/68064f">VisualHunt.com</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> #RIPHef , we're sad to see you go! Honestly, here was a man, who created an empire, and heralded a sexual revolution in the early 1960s and ruled the hearts of many, thanks to his hedonistic lifestyle magazine, which interviewed some well followed leaders like MLK to name a few. Men, and I'm sure couple of inquisitive women too, have practically grown up reading the  Playboy  magazine - considered as a lifestyle magazine with sex as one of the ingredients. However, thanks to some brilliant marketing, the 'sex' part, sold like hotcakes ( read: nude center pullouts ) and became synonymous with brand  Playboy .  Hugh Hefner , lived a libertine lifestyle, which inc...

Photo credit : <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149902454@N08/35199109580/">Sole Treadmill</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/43b878">Visual Hunt</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> Jack Dorsey says its a product of the times we have been living in, especially the plethora of data, that is being consumed and constructed online. Over one completed days, millions of tweets, direct messages, polls and Twitter cards are being sent and used, and everyone seems hungrier for more!  Welcome to Twitter 2.0 ; where the characters for communication, are on the path towards doubling, except for certain South East Asian (SEA) languages like Japanese, where it's easy to communicate with brevity.  The  #280characters  move, being met with brickbats, critique and love from various quarters of the world, seems to be a strategic decision towards pushing  #Twitter towards b...

                              Photo via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/7e1ffd">VisualHunt.com</a> GenZ - you've heard of them right! Those kids who were born at the cusp or turn of the millennium, and will be touching the age of 18, pretty soon.  So ambitious and tech savvy, that the English language, decided to dedicate a exclusive sobriquet, for an entire sect of young and grooving populace. Parents, and in my article's particular case, Mothers find it hard to deal with GenZ. Surprised? I'll tell you why.  My inferences are purely based on couple of interactions, with lady peers and how they seem to not pick into the lazy ambition; the #GenZ boy and girls have. Also, the uncalled and overtly nagging approach, implemented towards making them perform chores, doesn't seem to match their free spirit and open to newness, ways of existence.  These Moms - who were bro...

Photo credit : <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/levietphotographie/32811140963/">LeViet.Photos</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/560969">VisualHunt.com</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/"> CC BY-NC-ND</a> If you've been online for the (#JimikkiKammal)  hashtag trending.  past couple of weeks, preceding Onam and the beginning of Navratri, I'm sure you've seen this! Yes, Sirree! Malayalis across the globe (an the pseudo Malayalis) too have made this hashtag trend like crazy on Twitter, Facebook, and umpteen version of this song have been uploaded in the name of the  #JimikkiKammal  challenge.  Guess what, even I've jived to the song in my apartment, with absolutely no clothes on! That's how infectious and foot tapping this song is! Part of the Onam 2017 release, titled  Velipadinte Puskthakam , starting revered Malayam Superstar and National awa...

Photo credit : <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/156555495@N04/36313599065/">Free For Commercial Use (FFC)</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/f5ffe6">VisualHunt.com</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> Have you heard about this before? The -CC- in your email; the Carbon Copy of an email, that keeps the most important person in loop, just to ensure that things get done, in an otherwise extremely extra relaxed corporate setup. Brace yourself for the power of CC in emails. It will save you from blemishes, if any were to happen!  This isn't done to make people realize the kind of support one has behind him/her, however it's done simply to emphasize on the point of speeding up processes.  Long before the advent of the personal computer and internet, coaxing would take precedence. It involved getting to know people personally, and sharing couple of cups of ...

Photo credit : <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/motrenko/255390754/">almoko</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/c2ac73">Visualhunt.com</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/"> CC BY-NC-ND</a> Kids can be a nightmare, especially when it comes to keeping them clean. While young girls do seem to groom themselves well and are quite responsible in staying neat, boys can be just the opposite! It's some sort of relationship with dirt and mud, which these boys have, that make them tough to handle.  I know this, simply because my mother had quite a testing time, keeping me neat and clean, just because of my inclination towards sports and the incredible outdoors. However, I must admit that she did a mighty good job, a making me presentable, with the hope that I could carry it around for a while; at least last for couple of hours .  While kids at a certain age, are unstoppab...