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Hi readers! I hope you like my articles and please feel free to suggest anything which you may have felt to be lacking, so throw in your suggestions and opinions so that I can know what you think about it. So yeah, it's that time of the year when your mind keeps racking for new resolutions to come up with and the hardest part, to keep up the promises. Let's look at this year's review -  Good things that happened this year -  I got invested as the Head girl (yeah!) I started my IIT coaching and progress has been great since then I worked on my fitness regime and stuck to it and eventually got fitter I got to meet my favorite RJ at an event and click a selfie with him I tried out things I'd never done earlier and stepped out of my comfort zone I've learnt to regulate my anger and irritability Home sweet home, at last! I think 2018 has been the year during which I learnt the most - academically as well as emotionally. I met new people, started my most...

Guess what? We were at the southernmost tip of India, the well-known Kanyakumari! Known for its beautiful coasts and historic places, this town kept us in high spirits.  We had our itinerary planned out for the day. The scenic views of the rocky Western ghats on a side and lush green paddy on another is something unmissable and the journo in me was already peeking out, urging me to journal my journey throughout in words as well as pictures to remember. Maybe that is the work of magic on us by nature, when our souls instinctively embrace nature away from the concrete jungle we trap ourselves in our stress-ridden lives. What wonders nature can bring onto man! There did our adventure start. We knew we had only twelve hours to crunch our trip into, so we had no time to waste. Our first stop was the much revered Bhagavathi Amman temple. History says Goddess Bhagavathi Amman after whom this town (Kanniyakumari)  is named of, wore a sparkly amber nose stud which the sailors of...

Pariyerum Perumal (2018) Cast : Kathir, Anandhi, Yogi Babu Director : G. Mari Selvaraj Genre :  Drama                                                                            Synopsis : A young man belonging to a minor community is strangled and stifled in the gory bloodshed of casteism. Rating : ★★★★★ "Etches in your heart...." Mari Selvaraj brings us the tale of the naive Pariyan or " Pariyerum Perumal BA.BL mela oru kodu ", an aspiring lawyer who is determined to make it it big like Dr.Ambedkar (you know what it means). His optimistic outlook is soon crushed in the harsh blow of reality and then it hits him that it is not him who is the problem but the community he comes from.  Kathir beautifully portrays Pariyan in his truest essence with intricate touches of nativ...

Seema Raja (2018) Genre : Drama/Romcom Cast : Sivakarthikeyan, Samantha Akkineni, Soori, Simran Director : Ponram Synopsis : Sivakarthikeyan stars as Seema Raja, a young prince of a small town who falls for a                  school teacher played by Samantha Akkineni. Rating : ★☆☆☆☆ "Drearily dull " Ponram dons the hat of a director yet again after his much-loved blockbusters Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013) and   Rajini Murugan (2015). We enter the theater in high spirits as this film looked promising, after all. We were let down in the very first scene, when our minds started echoing an alert of a plotless commercial film . Ponram as well as Sivakarthikeyan hit rock bottom in our hearts, crushing our hopes. Ponram introduces unnecessary shallow characters for a film that goes about aimlessly. The kabaddi match sequence, poor screenplay, unwanted dialogues on controversies and whirlwind of flashbacks triviali...

Have you ever been able to resist the creamy, butter-like margarine spread on crunchy, piping hot toast?  Sounds appetizing, right? Well, I don't think you'd feel the same when you reach the end of this post. Know why? Ghee is an emotion for most Indians. Every Indian drools at the sight and aroma of a stream of molten, golden ghee gushing over a plate of lentil soup rice. It diffuses a heavenly fragrance which would be the reason behind grumbling tummies. Margarine, on the other hand, is simply a hydrogenated fat. White grease. I don't think it has as rich a heritage or as many fan followers as ghee does. Let me tell you why. Margarine is a substitute for butter made from vegetable plant oils. This American household necessity is known for its mild yet salty taste. Ghee exudes a rich taste when it melts in your mouth, but margarine just slips down your throat, leaving you with a slippery greasy palate and of course, unsatisfied. Though it is not so high in satu...

Wooh..first day over in Chandigarh! Time seems to fly by.... Yeah, we reach the next day. Guess what? We were going to Amritsar! A place famous for its stuffed kulcha, Sri Harmandir Sahib, etc. I knew the trip was a going to be a fruitful and memorable one especially for an aspiring journo (that is me!). Amritsar, derived from the words 'Amrit' which means nectar and 'Sarovar' which means river, thus naming this great city. My aunt, uncle, cousins, parents and I geared up for a road trip (you read that right, a road trip) that was estimated to last for 7 hours (even a passenger flight takes 5 hours to reach there)! Though the journey was quite tiring, it was an unforgettable experience! Firstly, our destination was Harmandir Sahib. Dear reader, would you believe me if I told you that it was made out of solid gold? You betcha! Harmandir Sahib, meaning 'the holy abode of god' was designed by Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh guru. It is one of the...

Sata Sri akala! Can you guess where I'm right now? Yes, you're right....this is the land of muscular Sardarjis  downing pitchers of milk and Malai lassi along with piping hot paranthas smeared with melting homemade butter. Ladies stroll around in colorful glimmering patiala suits on the roads, buzzing over the veggies. It was a tiring 6-hour journey from the heart of Delhi City to Chandigarh. To refresh ourselves, we stopped at Pahalwan Dhaba for a khatti roll and Sitara Dhaba for a lassi and buttery  parantha- The crispy outer crust and the moist warm potato-filling is the star of the limelight. Though it was finger-licking, the parantha was so heavy on me, especially since I was on a long taxi trip. For my lactose-intolerant buddies out there, you might just throw up on your way if you're not so used to animal fat. It's a major no-no if you're doing the same. The meal was followed by 4 hours of sightseeing in Punjab and Haryana and non-stop Punjabi ba...