Category: Personal

The Great Ocean Road and Yarra Valley(the MUST DO Day trips from Melbourne!)

As promised last week I’d finish writing about the Must-do Day trips from Melbourne, so here goes! The Great Ocean Road and Apollo Bay with the 12 Apostles ARE FAAAAR from Melbourne! It’s comfortably a 4 hr to 5 hr drive so don’t look at seeing both and returning the same day unless you want to get stuck on a God awful tour bus … Read More The Great Ocean Road and Yarra Valley(the MUST DO Day trips from Melbourne!)

Deconstructing Page 3

Courtesy the Times of India CELEBRITY DIVYA PALAT BLOG     A lot has been written over the past few days about the Page 3 parties, the models, the girls, their questionable ‘boy-friends’, their actual ‘funders,’ their actual age and their ‘loose’ lifestyles! It has made it seem like every Page 3 Party is the hunting ground for the depraved and desperate, that every … Read More Deconstructing Page 3

Melbourne- a perfect symphony of youth and age!

I must admit that Melbourne was never on my map- never a city I dreamed of visiting and actually a city I had avoided once or twice during travel. It just seemed so city-ish, plain and boring and if there’s one thing I love about travel – it’s new experiences and the wonderful joy of experiencing new rhythms! But last year during our anniversary … Read More Melbourne- a perfect symphony of youth and age!

One life to live (from my new Times of India Celebrity Blog!)

This Blog is courtesy my new Times of India Celebrity Blog! So do check it out!     There is usually one major reason to die but there are several reasons to live. This week’s news was filled with suicides and self inflicted deaths. “ I watched for ten hours as he died via Skype!” screamed a headline! Harassment caused another individual to kill … Read More One life to live (from my new Times of India Celebrity Blog!)

Instagram your life TODAY! (MY NEW TIMES OF INDIA CELEBRITY BLOG POST!)

I now write a weekly blog for the Times of India – Divya Palat’s Blog! So do check it out!     This week’s big news was that Facebook was acquiring the young, fun Free photo sharing application- Instagram for ONE BILLION DOLLARS! The young co-founders are both Ex- Stanford Students- Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and this being my alma mater I naturally took … Read More Instagram your life TODAY! (MY NEW TIMES OF INDIA CELEBRITY BLOG POST!)

Living like a Maharaja in Udaipur!

COURTESY-: http://www.travelwithdivya.com So anyone who knows me at all…and all those who don’t know me but have read stuff that I’ve written- you’d probably know that it doesn’t take much for me to want to travel…I can make occasions out of almost anything and in my mind celebrations are occasions and are the perfect time to do something different, to travel, to explore, to … Read More Living like a Maharaja in Udaipur!

I hate Mondays!

It’s not even 9 am and the week is already standing in front of me like a volcanic mountain challenging me to climb it threatening to erupt at any time….and I’m going to take a deep breath and say you know what– BRING IT ON! I’m not going to climb it in a day…The pile of work- alarmingly large on my desk is not … Read More I hate Mondays!

To a Happy Vishu and to new beginnings!

So the night ended late with Vishukkani (the first things you must see on Vishu morning) being set up by me. Vishukkani literally translated is the first things you must see on Vishu morning) These are a collection of auspicious things and special things you want the year to be full of! So it is an exciting, wonderful and fabulous collection of flowers, work … Read More To a Happy Vishu and to new beginnings!

Love is…

A feeling of calm….Love makes you feel content not hyper. It calms you. Love is not control. You cannot use love to control someone nor must you let them use love to control you Hard…It’s work and it’s work that has to be done every day. It needs to be oiled like a machine or a car. It needs to be freshened up. It … Read More Love is…

Blog on!

I now start a weekly column for the Times of India as a Celebrity Blogger and so do click on the link and don’t forget to post, like, fb or tweet for me…cos I need all the support I can get! This blog was written Feb end so is slightly dated but rest assured the new ones will be equally vitriolic, happily mushy and totally … Read More Blog on!

The Love List!

    So there comes in time in every relationship when you make ‘the list.’ The list is all the guys/ girls you’ve dated and then what you actually want on the other side! And what’s really funny (and I think a personal joke for Fate!) is that who you end up with  may have just a few or none of the things on … Read More The Love List!

Cuddling lions in Sun City!

When you shoot for shows on television or get to shoot for or in a film, you often get to see places that are truly amazing and sometimes places that you never thought you’d actually visit! This is what happened when during the second season of ‘Making the Cut,’ we traveled to Sun City, South Africa! Now Sun City is about 2 hours away … Read More Cuddling lions in Sun City!