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Christmas kisses in Singapore!

Singapore is my quick-break stop. The city with it’s glorious shopping,perfect order and love for tourists always makes me come back again and again and again! Singapore is the only place where an airline executive after checking in with an excess of 32 kgs ( because I just had to shop for an entire room and 20 light fittings) looked at my delighted but … Read More Christmas kisses in Singapore!

Love is hard-Tips and tricks to keep love alive!

  The fairytale  romances you grew up listening to is not real love. The romantic comedies almost never happen in real life. Movies and books make love look easy. In reality they spoil us- they make us think that when you meet Mr. or Ms. Right, life just finds a way of working out with perfect background music and violins strumming and white birds … Read More Love is hard-Tips and tricks to keep love alive!

The movie of your life! (Rules to Live By)

Rise and shine. It’s a new day. Smile. Walk. Run. Talk. Eat. Laugh. See. Do. Don’t waste time on tears. Don’t waste time on fears. Life will happen regardless. You may win. You will lose. You will love. You will hate. You may achieve but you must always try. Live the truth. There will be days where you don’t want to get up. There … Read More The movie of your life! (Rules to Live By)

Balinese adventures!

It was the end of the year and I had let the year win. Exhausted, fed up and trudging along at a miserable pace- the year showed no signs of ending. It was on one such a week where Aditya asked me what my plans were for the next week. Life had become so routine that I recited my daily schedule in a single … Read More Balinese adventures!

The Edinburgh Diaries Continued

So now that your in Edinburgh, what should you do?- apart from catching some of the best theatre, comedy and musical performances at The Fringe Festival! Here are a couple of MUST DO’S! Walk the Royal Mile (several times)! Street theatre, live statues and the most incredible collection of artistes all around you! Get inspired! You must go eat at the Elephant House cafe … Read More The Edinburgh Diaries Continued

The Edinburgh Fringe

Edinburgh is a delightful place to visit but was never on my map of MUST-SEE , MUST-DO places…that was before I discovered the EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL. Edinburgh plays host in August to the Largest Arts Festival in the world with almost 50,000 shows every year. The entire city welcomes the artistes and audiences during August with an array of colors and tons of warmth! … Read More The Edinburgh Fringe

Beijing bound!

It was that time of year again- the time when we hadn’t gone for a vacation in far too long to remember and we were each getting on each other’s nerves- that’s the time when we know we have to fly away not just to ee something new but to breathe some fresh air and press the restart button for the both of us! … Read More Beijing bound!

A day in Amsterdam…!

Amsterdam was the last stop on our best Euro trip ever and we were exhausted! Traveling had been incredible and exciting but we knew Amsterdam would give us the much needed down time that one often feels one needs AFTER a holiday…like the holiday from the holiday! We were right! Both Aditya and I had visited Amsterdam before… but when we were kids. This … Read More A day in Amsterdam…!

Parisian Adventures Day 1

Courtesy -: TravelWithDivya.com And it was off on a Eurail journey again….and my first overnight train from Venice to Paris. Much has been written about this train-the luxury of first class, the food , the convenience. These are all lies. The train is filthy, cramped, and a totally awful way to cross from one country to another especially from 2 cities as glamorous as … Read More Parisian Adventures Day 1

A Venetian Romance

You haven’t known what romance is unless you’ve been to Venezia….you’ll never truly understand beauty unless you go there. I fell in love in Venezia– it was love at first sight and it was an affair I’ll never forget! You get out of the train station and Venice is like no other city I have ever seen.Water everywhere and water taxis and Vaporettos waiting … Read More A Venetian Romance

The Age of War

Courtesy-: Times of India Celebrity Blog by Divya Palat “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”- Isaac Asimov. If that is true the world must be getting more and more incompetent each day. The horrors of this week were so frightful they were like a terrifying movie but unfortunately all to real. The shocking violence that erupted in the Manesar plant was not … Read More The Age of War

The Good Doctor

“I am sorry. Your brain has been compromised. Your left side is paralysed and you will now never be able to move again!” Those were the first words I heard from a Doctor on the Monday morning when I was just diagnosed with Acute Disseminated Encyphomyelitis. I remember tears flowing down my face as I tried to grasp the enormity of what he had … Read More The Good Doctor