[highlight]“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.”[/highlight]— Sophocles says it and so does my Mom who feels she was born again after me. Why should Mother’s day a worldwide celebration of motherhood just happen on a particular day? For those selfless sacrifices of Mom’s throughout our lives, don’t you feel everyday should […]
FreeCultr & The Style Symphony Birthday Giveaway: Culture Meets Style
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ola Symphonites! The Style Symphony is back with a bang with a super exciting [highlight]Giveaway[/highlight] and this time it’s in association with the one and only happening fashion brand, FreeCultr on none other occasion than my Birthday. 😀 There in-vogue online collection of tees is a boom for all those style-obsessed guys and girls who […]
सृजन का सच
हर सुबह जब झरता है पत्तों से अँधेरा हवा चुनती है बूँदें ओस की और, गूंजता है हवाओं में राग भैरव धूप की पहली, कुंवारी किरण भेदना चाहती है वातावरण में फैली वासना की गहरी धुंध; चाहती हूँ मैं भी, बिखेर दूँ हर ओर ताज़ी सुगंध | पर, स्याह किरणों से कैसे लिखूँ सुनहरे छंद, […]
फ़ना के बाद: Ghazal
अश्क-ए-सागर में डूबने से ज़रा शोर तो होगा, मेरी इस ख़ुदकुशी पे रोया कोई और तो होगा | रास्ते सुनसान हैं, मेरी मंज़िल भी दूर है, सांस लेने को बियाबां में कहीं ठौर तो होगा | दुश्मनी ही सही, कोई तो रिश्ता हो कम से कम, हर मुख़ालिफ़ ने किया इसपे कभी गौर तो होगा […]
Buddy Parenting: My Journey from a Mom to a Friend
John F Kennedy once said— “Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to be politicians in the process.” All what he told us that how apparently we show our expectations when it comes to our children’s future. Suddenly, we start building those castles of cards for […]
हौसलों की हार…
हौसलों के पंख लगाकर उड़ने की बातें करते थे हम कल तक, आतंक के अट्टहास तले, रेंगते, सरकते उन्ही हौसलों को देखा है अभी| रक्तरंजित सड़कों के बीच जीने की जद्दोज़हद में खिसकते, घिसटते उन्ही हौसलों को देखा है अभी| शवों के ढेर जिनपर होती नित नई राजनीति चिताओं पर सिंकती राजनीतिज्ञों की रोटी शहीदों […]
Barun’s eyes do the talking with Scavin!
This is the winning post in the contest sponsored by Scavin Sunglasses! [dropcap]B[/dropcap]arun Sobti— the handsome, stylish and suave tele-actor is now the brand ambassador of Scavin sunglasses. Since he has a small angular face with defined cheek-bones, so I would pick option 5, the brown Scavin aviators for him. These sunnies are bold enough […]
हसरतें: Ghazal
कम-से-कम हम्हीं से उन्हें कुछ गिला तो है शुक्र है कि आज, कोई ग़ुल खिला तो है इस तरफ हवा का रुख़ नहीं तो क्या हुआ एक ही सही, कोई पत्ता हिला तो है हमनवा नहीं तो चलो, हमक़दम सही बेवफ़ा भी संग, दो क़दम चला तो है लाख सितम कर गए, […]
Tricky Dressing Tips for Magical Monsoons with Limeroad.com
Monsoons turn magical when raindrops sing the rhapsody of romance! The fluttering sound of rainfall, the freaking breeze, the rustic fragrance of fuller-earth (dry soil) when drenched with drops and all other drizzy-breezy sensations make us go simply mad over monsoons. But like every rose has thorns and every lamp has a dark shadow beneath, […]
Maybelline New York Color Show Nail Polish Review
Spring summers are the best times to pep up your style quotient with Maybelline New York’s all new Rebel Bouquet Collection. It’s time to jazz up with the glamorously stylish and trendy Color Show Nail Colors from MNY. The [highlight]Color Show Go Graffiti Nail Colors[/highlight] bring New York Street Art in a bottle to you. It’s nail […]
Maybelline Color Sensation Rebel Bouquet Lipstick Review!
May be it’s you, may be its she, may be its me … It’s like maple, it’s so supple, may be its [highlight]Maybelline[/highlight]! 🙂 Maybelline is here with its Spring Summer Collection of 2015 called the [highlight]Rebel Bouquet[/highlight] Range to pep you up fashionistas! This Spring Summer, it’s all about the pastels and these pastels are ready to rebel! Makeup […]
Smile through the miles…
Their useless, countless grin, For me, the most mattered thing. Those reasonless grins, purely puerile The biggest reason for me to smile! In thy search, I walked an extra mile, Then I found, that silly thing was thee… Thou art the synonym of my smile… 🙂 — Sangeeta This verse is dedicated to both my […]
A balanced honey diet: sweeter, healthier alternative to a crash diet
Busy, busy, busy… being busy is an effortless process that comes when you are ambitious by default. And who is not ambitious in modern times? Well, being an ambitious person, I’m a captive of my busy schedule which some or the other way leads me towards an unhealthy life where I’ve no choice but to […]
Iraya neem-based skincare to keep you radiant this monsoon!
With the heavy monsoon pours, keeping our skin healthy is in itself a challenge and that too, when the damp and humid monsoon air begins to play havoc with our skin. [highlight]Iraya’s neem-based skincare[/highlight] range in conceptualized to brush off our skin woes during monsoon by leaving our skin much refreshed and radiant throughout. Neem, […]
How life becomes worthwhile with UC Cricket!
In his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin has proved that “in the struggle for a man’s existence, one who survives is the fittest of them all.” Every household has those survival issues and the person who rules in the family is the one who is the smartest and strongest of them all. In my family […]
When Pixie turned into a Damsel in search of Love…
“One of the most eligible Bachelorette’s” on social media is a name proclaimed for Pixie by her online mates since quite some time. Every day people would wonder and ask Pixie what her dream partner should be like? So, she decided to make a brief narration for them as well as the guy for she […]
मंज़िलें: Ghazal
वक़्त ने करवट बदली और आईने बदल गए, चेहरे के शिकन के संग सारे पैमाने बदल गए | कुछ इस तरह से रात भर हम लिखते रह गए, कि सुबह हुई और लफ़्ज़ों के मायने बदल गए | मीलों चले हम अपनी हसरतों के संग-संग, हम देखते ही रह गए, वो सामने बदल गए | […]
ख़्वाहिशें: Ghazal
ख़्वाहिशें कहना है बहुत कुछ मगर, आग़ाज़ ना मिला, पंख हैं अब भी, तो क्या, परवाज़ ना मिला | बिखरे हुए सरगम मैं सजाती रही ताउम्र, सुर सजे ही रह गए, पर साज़ ना मिला | सिरहाने रख के सो गई, हज़ार ख़्वाहिशें, ग़म भूलने का बेहतर अंदाज़ ना मिला | लफ़्ज़ों में मौसीक़ी […]
FACES COSMETICS: The Magneticeyes Kajal Review
Your eyes are the reflection of your soul. So, while defining your eyes, you are giving a definition to your soul apart from looking drop-dead-gorgeous. Beautiful kohl-rimmed eyes have given multitudinous reasons to poets to narrate the beauty of damsels and abundant ways to add on the radiance to their faces. So, when we talk […]
Fuschia Day Cream Garden Lavender & Lip Balm Pomegranate Pink Review
Monsoons are here and everyone wants to get drenched in rains but rains bring in lots of problems along as skin rashes, itching, freckles, black-heads and what not! In our last blog post for fuschia products, we discussed about fuschia cinnamon and spearmint soaps. After using them throughout these summers, we have built a strong […]