Monday Mornings.....

  In the year 2018, a well known print media put up an article whose headline was this - " 88% of marginalised children beaten at school; 91% parents ok with it. " It is called the ' CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ' and comes into existence when a teacher picks up the extreme way of disciplining a student. I am sure most of us as teachers and as parents will disagree to this kind of behaviour and maybe few of us will be ok with using stricter ways of disciplining children both as parents and as teachers. Are you of the opinion that Sex Education should be a must at school or do you think otherwise? Have you ever come across the sensationalism of media personally? How was that experience? Or are you someone who would rather hang yourself before being caught in the claws of media? If you are wondering why I am putting up such questions, it's because during the week I came across a teacher who had been through all this and made me think more about it. #LIFEGOALS - It's abo...

  In today's #DigitalDabba , I would want to introduce you to two very strong and meticulous characters who have taught me a thing or two over this last weekend. Inspector Maruti Nagargoje and Kevin Thomas. People who have the power to make us think about what we are doing, where we are heading to and how we are going to end up. You might feel that I am kind of obsessed with crime and mystery thrillers which is partly right. It seems to be the current flavour of the season for me. #LIFEGOALS - Inspector Maruti Nagargoje is assigned a strange case which on the face of it seems like a simple accident of an elderly person who stays with his son and daughter-in-law. He raises all sorts of doubts and queries and confuses the rest of them to think it could have been a suicide or even a murder attempt. He makes sure he is on the nerves of everyone involved till the end. On the other hand Mr. Kevin Thomas works is a Cyber Security Engineering, a top paying role in the current digital worl...

Over the last week I met two weirdly powerful characters. Both women and true to their nature. And I thought I should let you know about them through #Digitaldabba . I have watched couple of them in various languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Gujrati and French. And I guess I am incline more towards the foreign languages than our regional ones mostly because they take you to a different world of imagination. This one though was no less than a thriller despite the fact that there has been no murder, deceit, not even adultery to think of. Can’t believe it? Read it. You might just end up believing it. #LIFEGOALS – A debutante writer, Delphine Dayrieux whose debut novel had become a best seller had become an overnight star because of her book. The book was about the life and struggles of her mother, who was no more. Despite all the success, flowery life, Delphine was on the verge of depression of not being able to write anything after her debut novel. On one of her book signin...

I have been busy all last week working on a project #campduo conducted by #duolingo for people learning languages through it. I have been learning Spanish and French for a while now and recently added Finnish into my kitty. Not sure where I am going to end up but this journey of learning definitely seems exciting. As a part of the camp, I got to do a lot of things that I would not have done otherwise, like cooking. I did try out few interesting recipes from different cultures with a tinge of Indian flavours to them. Will talk about that sometime later maybe. Time for our #DigitalDabba now. Since I have been camping at #duo, I hopped, skipped and stumbled across French and Spanish people just to keep my spirits high for the camp. And I thought I should be sharing it with you. #LIFEGOALS - Rebecca and Marc who are about to get married soon decide to write a shared story of their roots to create a family tree around the last 25 years for which they travel to an old farmhouse that ...

Have you realised that we have spent almost half year in home #quarantine . Hopefully everyone around is safe. And on a mission to survive this lockdown till it lasts. Weird. For all those who think they are independent, this lockdown has shown that they are still dependant on their career or their workplace to make them feel complete and on the other hand those who were totally dependant on their family and friends have envisioned their new found independence during this time. Which makes it all the more clear that life is unfair at times but can never let you down totally. Last week I met some people on my #digitaldabba who had been through a fair share of unfairness of life. I am not pitying them. But just letting you know in case you come across them.     #LIFEGOALS – An author who is narrating the story of his first book, Krishna , the story of a happy go lucky guy from Vizag living with his single Mom and sister, pursuing his graduation, deeply in love with his senior S...

Welcome to yet another week full of surprises, thrill and of course sharing.   This week on my #DigitalDabba , I am going to take you to meet Sufi and Sujata from #AmazonPrime . A love story which is far beyond being called just a love story. One look at the name and you are guessing that it is going to be another Hindu – Muslim love story with intense love, hard core drama, seat gripping violence, music that sways you away into another world. What if I say it is a Malayalam movie on the block? Now go ahead and imagine the coconut trees, backwaters and Banana chips. Oops ! I guess I just went a little overboard. If you want to know what it is that makes Sufi and Sujata stand out of the rest all you have to do is go and watch it on Amazon Prime but you could as well give this piece a read before you do that.   #LIFEGOALS – Sufi’s life goal was to attain salvation and reach God with his devotion. Though he dwindles from the path for a while when he meets Sujata, I am sure he ...

Hope the Monday blues are gone and you are up on your toes for another fantastic week ahead. We have all been hooked to the digital territory for a long while now (90 days is long….) And we get to meet so many people across digital platforms. Last week, I came across four brave, fiery, naive and sexy women on my #DigitalDabba (Amazon Prime, Netflix and Disney + Hotstar) I know. You have already started guessing their names. Yes. You are right. They reminded me of the fact that even before we were tagged as #WOMEN we are #HUMAN . If you ask me I would say each one of us is special in some way or the other not because we are women, but because we understand what being a woman is. It struck me then that I should share what I felt about these 4 women with all you.   #Disclaimer : It is not a review of the movie / show / character / screenplay. Nor is it a comparison of who was best. It is plainly my opinion about those women who made me sit up and watch all along without even a blink...