BOLLYWOOD
Dilip Kumar’s Ancestral Roots Make Pakistan Proud – Part 1
India’s biggest acting legend of the yesteryears known by his on-screen name of Dilip Kumar was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan on December 11, 1922 in British India’s North-West Frontier Province, now re-named as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the hustling bustling city of Peshawar to a fruit merchant named Lala Ghulam … [Read More...]
ASK SHILPA
Ask Shilpa – What’s Wrong With Me?
Dear CS., I don't know what's wrong with me. Whenever my parents bring up getting a boyfriend or being in a relationship, it freaks me out and I push everyone away. I do want a relationship and sometimes get sad about not being in one, but the older I get, the more freaked out I get about getting married, having … [Read More...]
DATING & CULTURE
Finding your Soul Mate: The Origins of the Soul Mate
When people often think about a soul mate, they imagine an individual who will complete their lives: A soul mate will counteract your weaknesses with their strengths... you will fit together perfectly, complement one another and the relationship will fall into place with … [Read More...]
Shit Bio-datas Say – Part 1: It all starts with the Aunties…
The idea of marriage has become burdened by the existence of biodata. What is it you say? Basically the ins and outs of what is "considered" to be important in a marriage - when in reality, none of it actually is. Summer Yasmin lets us know the beginning stages of a rishtaa deemed worthy based on biodata in the first … [Read More...]
What Mangoes Think: Can we just be friends?
There’s a guy in my office. We work together. We eat lunch together. Sometimes we hang out on weekends together to go see a movie (we both love those sci-fi movies and none of our friends do and who wants to go to movies alone anyways?). We get along really well and enjoy each others company. And it ends there. Yes, … [Read More...]
Celebration, Color, Love…Holi?
So to all those singles and couples, young and old, enjoy the season and the start of spring. And to quote one of our all time fav's, Mr Amitabh Bachchan himself, "Rang Barse.... Holi Hai!" For those of us that have had the pleasure of celebrating the Indian festival of Holi, we all know that this is definitely one … [Read More...]
3 Romantic Places in India (other than the Taj Mahal)
When one thinks of India and romance, the Taj Mahal probably comes to mind. So that's precisely why we decided not to include it in our small list. ;-) 1. Goa - why ride horses on beaches when you can ride elephants in the sunset? At least elephants can swim in case you go too far into the water. 2. … [Read More...]
