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I have been thinking about writing about this topic for quite sometime. Depression and stress seem to be more prevalent around us. I have been noticing in public forums or even around me that many are extremely stressed or depressed despite their life being good for a 3rd person who looks at their life. what could be the reason? Unrealistic expectations ? The need to compete? Or chemical imbalance due to the lifestyle changes? The housewives of the previous generation were less depressed or stressed than the working wives  today. People keep saying social media plays a huge role in inducing such stress and depression among the society . Seeing people happy on FB/Instagram/etc makes people compare their lives with others and feel depressed that they are not enjoying as much. But in reality are those supposedly happy couples/people really happy? Finally instead of blaming the social media, isn't it our duty to change our attitude? There has been many cases of H4 visa depre...

The other day when i went for a family function, i met a 24 year old girl. Her parents had started looking out for grooms for her . Though she was ready to get married she had her own apprehensions and questions in her mind. " How do i select my life partner in one meet or how will i know if he is the one for me even after few conversations? "  She was very worried about selecting a life partner through arranged marriage where many of her friends found their life partners themselves , thereby without any worries as she assumed. Now since i was the big sister there and i could see the concern , i felt i should clear it or help her understand the process better ( now that i have  nearly 7 years of exp.. haha unmarried and in the groom hunting arranged marriage process) . The experience and learning is completely influenced by people's life around me. That gave me the maturity ( i assume) to look at arranged marriage process in a practical way.  Now here is what i told ...

Life is sometimes very strange. You don't end up in a place where you wanted to be  .  Sometimes you don't have explanations for why you are in the place where you are in currently. It is so nice to hear people praising me for being talented. Arts is something which i never planned to venture in . People always assume when people hate science you end up taking commerce. I faced the reality of being judged for taking commerce . Little do people know that i always scored only above 95 in science and i got a district rank and silver medal in biology in my 10th boards.  I end up sitting in a group where many discuss oh i never liked organic chemistry. Oh i hated physics and the discussions about the most hated mathematics .  And there i sit,  remembering how i hated  history and geography and how much i loved science and if possible i can sit with maths book solving problems 24 hrs. I enjoyed my school. The way they taught us in BVB was just brilliant. The ...

I have tried my hands in hindi poetry before . This is my first trial of writing tamil poetry. Un ull irundhu uruvaagiren  Unnil oru baagam naan  Ennai sutri thedugiren Oru uruvam illaa dhegam naan Enadhu viralgal valara, unadhu manam kulira un mugathil punnagai soodi kondaaye penmayin uchcha kattam adaindhu nindraaye unnaal naan kaadhalai purindhen en siriya vaazhkai un udan pagirnthen Migha sandhosham adi adhu enakka illai unakka sollu thaaye...

Most of us are fitness concious these days.  We are bothered about being and looking fit. Each of us choose different ways of staying fit. Like going to the gym , joining a strength training centre. Trying out HIIT or resistence training from youtube videos . And yes who can forget JM's 30 day shred , walking in the park, yoga etc  ... last but not the least the so called magic diets like GM diets etc. Being active everyday is the most important thing these days with most of us sitting and working in front of  computers. Over the recent years, my views about fitness and food changed a lot due to people like rujutha diwekar ! (Now those who don't know who she is, please google and learn about her and her books) . I have read few of her books and i loved it ! The main reason is that she advocates eating all the stuff which are restricted by other fitness gurus to lose weight. Lol ! Jokes apart , i really agree with her way of food habits.  She promotes local food...

I seriously got fed up reading posts and articles where they mentioned how sad it is to see women choosing to leave their career to take care of family. How such a talented, highly qualified friend/cousin of theirs became a housewife and how the society looks down at a woman who choses family over career. Making such a woman a coward is total BS ! Our generation is going mad, going nowhere. Nobody thinks about their priorities in life. High time people understand they shouldnt confuse between capability and priorities in life. What do i see around me? A huge group of highly talented, highly successful , high earning ladies giving up their jobs post marriage due to the reasons known very well to them prior marriage. Then why does the society blame the parents/in laws or the husband when the girl conciously takes the decision to marry despite the possible odds post marriage? I agree there are a lot of women who have no say in the marriage, but why are the ladies from liberal ...