Being broke is bad. Really bad! You tend to value money when you are short of it. Situations like these teach you how to be economical and clever enough to spend money, wisely. Here is a list of 10 things that can make you survive even when you’re broke AF.

1. Do the household chores on your own.

Give your maid few days off and do the things on your own. You know you can do it. It will only take some extra minutes and you can wake up early for it. Use only those utensils that are needed and wash them off immediately. Fix a number of clothes to wear and repeat them for a couple of days.

2. Use public transport as much as possible

Why use a private vehicle when you can opt for a public transport? It’s way cheaper. You can also ask for carpooling with your buddy or a random guy on the street that goes the same way as you. Just ask them and you can survive the transportation costs.

3. Cook your own food instead of eating outside.

You can, of course, eat outside once in a while but for every day, you need to cook your own food. Try simple recipes that can be easily cooked and isn’t that expensive to buy.

4. Work as a freelancer after your office hours.

Freelancing work gives you the extra money that can be kept aside as savings or for emergency purposes. Doing work after office hours can pay you really well and you can get extra bucks that will help you survive when you’re left with no money.

5. Reduce your shopping visits.

We understand you’re a shopping addict but when your bank balance doesn’t support, you shouldn’t go against it. Stop shopping for a while and adjust in whatever things you already own. The pretty shoes you saw the other day in the store can rest there for some days. You can buy it later when you can actually afford it.

6. Instead of going to expensive stores, buy from local shops and ask for a discount.

Your requirements will be filled by buying stuff from the local stores too. Chuck going to expensive departmental stores and let the local vendors make some money. They can also offer you some discount if you ask them to. Just make them believe that you’ll visit there more often and you can get quite a good discount there.

7. Prefer products that are cheap and good instead of expensive and better.

There are different companies offering you the same product at a varied price. You can shop for those things that are lower comparatively. Compromise on the name of the famous company and prefer buying it from a less renowned brand. You are ultimately going to get the same product of different brand.

8. Skip going to a movie theatre and binge-watch your favorite movie or show on Netflix

Instead of spending money on watching a movie in a theatre, wait for it some days and watch it online. Or if you badly feel like watching something on a weekend, open Netflix or any other similar platform and choose your favorite show or a movie. Grab a homemade popcorn and spend the evening wearing pajamas at home.

9. Stop buying stuff and DIY things at your home as much as possible.

You can follow the tutorials that are circulated all over YouTube and Facebook and try making a DIY that you need at your home rather than spending money on buying it. Just some raw materials and a couple of tools is what you need.

10. Play quizzes/contests that get you free shopping coupons.

There are many quizzes and contests that people introduce to promote their products. You can search for it online or by visiting to their store. Stay tuned to these stores where you think they arrange such contests, regularly.

As if we weren’t excited for Deadpool 2 enough, Fox Star India decides to rope in Ranveer Singh to dub Hindi version of Deadpool’s character. Yes, you heard it right. The craziness just got doubled. Final trailer of the film featuring Ranveer Singh is out. Take a look.

Deadpool Final Trailer Featuring Ranveer Singh

Yesterday, when I was surfing through Netflix (yes, I’m one of those poor people with rich friends) and I found a show named ‘Vir Das: Abroad (read: A Broad) Understanding’. It is a one hour Comedy Original by Netflix performed by Vir Das in a stadium in New Delhi, India and also in a Comedy Club in America in front of 200 Americans.

Being a comic show, Vir Das said so many things that forced us to think, that many people don’t say out loud and that needs to be said, for Indians and their mentality.

I’ve summed up some beautiful points he made during that hour, which may force you to check this show out:

People spoke crazy sh*t back then, and now we call it religion.

He spoke about religion, and how it needs to be updated. We humans (not only Indians), follow books like Bhagvat Geeta, Quran, Bible which are supposedly written hundreds or thousands of years ago.

“Five don’ts.
Four of them make sense.
The Fifth one they added just to fu*k with you.
That’s a religion: Don’t Lie, Don’t Cheat, Don’t Kill, Don’t F*ck, Don’t eat non-veg on Tuesdays.”

You know the difference between 2001 and 2018. The difference in technology, style of living, life expectancy, everything has changed in the last 18 years. How do you expect to follow something that was believed 1000 years ago? Don’t you think it should be updated?

The lines below are my favorite from the entire hour.

“But I don’t mean to insult my country, ladies and gentlemen.
I am a patriotic Indian. My patriotism is based on a very simple fact: that this country is where I live. That’s it.
I live in India. I am proud of India.
If I lived in Estonia, I would be proud of Estonia.
There is no middle ground in India anymore.
We all have to align ourselves. You’re left wing or right wing.
It’s like you think India is a bird. India’s not a bird. Birds are free.”

Here’s how beautifully he compared India to a goldfish.

India is a goldfish. We have a memory of 15 seconds. It lives in bowl and it wants nothing more than what is in its bowl. But look. The bowl is made of glass.
There’s another world outside the bowl, a world with different cultures, different ideologies, different beliefs, different sexual orientations. We must learn, we must embrace, we mus – “I am India. I live in a bowl. I want nothing more than what is in my bowl.”

These are only few points that he made in an hour of his special. He talked about multiple critical points, like religious phobia, racism, patriotism, politics, corruption, love or even parenthood.

This might be a bit offensive for some people, the show and even this article. This might be against some beliefs, and we are very sorry about it. But this is what nobody is saying, or talking about. This is what needs to be in open and this is what will change the future generation of India.

Keeping all the grudges aside, always remember what Vir said..

“It’s okay not to understand each other”

Have your favourite bits from the show? Or any counter-argument or opinion? Please let us know in the comments below.

Didn’t watch the show yet? Close this and go watch it ffs.

You’ve just cleaned everything and when you lay yourself on the bed, you see there is a little dust on the table lamp kept beside you. You think of cleaning it tomorrow but your inner soul wouldn’t let you sleep peacefully until it is cleaned totally. Are you that kind of a person who would get up from the sleep, clean it and then go back to bed? If yes, then you will definitely relate to the list below. Go on and have a read.

1. You can’t bear a speck of dust where you’re sitting.

It will pinch you and keep moving in your head till it’s clean. And oh, yes you can’t ignore the Monica Geller side of you ever. It will always be active. 24*7 and 365 days.

2. You tend to clean the vacuum cleaner too.

You can spend your entire day cleaning stuff. Even if you have cleaned it once, you’ll go on cleaning it again and again. And don’t deny the fact that you haven’t cleaned the vacuum cleaner too. Have you? Yes we can see you nodding the head! 

3. Whenever you see your friend’s place dirty, you start cleaning that too.

You have gone for a sleepover at your friend’s place but instead of having fun, you get so paranoid by the mess in her room and you spend the entire night cleaning her place.

4. You tend to wash your hands more than once within 10 minutes.

You are someone who would wash their hands even when you’ve just hand shook an acquaintance you met coincidentally. We can totally feel you :p

5. You get a mini heart attack whenever something falls on the floor that you’ve just cleaned.

Your friend just dropped a piece of cake on the marble flooring that you can’t afford to stay dirty. And you have to pretend to be okay but on the inside, you have slapped your friend twice!

6. You clean the plate with tissues in a restaurant before eating.

The only person you trust in cleaning is yourself. And you prove it time to time doing things like cleaning the crockery in the restaurant that you are offered before pouring any food in it.

7. Your wardrobe is always well organized and clean.

Be it after attending a party or coming back from a vacation, you always make sure to keep your things in place. Always!

8. Your daily routine includes an hour session for cleaning.

Your day starts and ends with cleaning only. Without keeping the things clean, you feel incomplete; you feel something is not right. But when you’ve cleaned everything, you feel to be at inner peace.

9. Your trash is also clean.

When nothing in your house is supposed to be dirty and messy, how can the trash be untidy? You even clean the trash by yourself to make sure you don’t leave anything in dirt.

10. You always have an extra stock of cleaning supplies at your place.

You may not have the groceries but you’ll surely have the extra stock of cleaning supplies at your place. In fact, you can NEVER run short of cleaning materials.

RJ Naved from Radio Mirchi is quite popular on Radio as well as social media specially for his Mirchi Murga. In this show, RJ Naved calls people and prank them, many of those conversations have gone viral on social media specially because of the sensitivity of the issues RJ raises in his calls. From religions to society to humanity, RJ has pranked people and taught us lessons on various subjects.

But what happened recently didn’t go well for the RJ. His latest Mirchi Murga prank is going viral for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, a family had lost a dog and put up flyers about their missing dog. And the RJ calls the family on given number and says, he has called to say he hasn’t found the dog. This was very insensitive of him.

What went wrong?

So RJ Naved called this family, asked the person if he had put up a poster about missing dog? The person in distressful voice, said yes. RJ Naved acts as if he has found that dog. The dog parent on the other side is clearly seen worried. While RJ is acting like he has found the dog, the person who thought RJ has found the dog says to him,

“Usko sambhaalke rakhna yaar.”

One can clearly figure the sorrow in pet parent’s voice. And then RJ says that he hasn’t found the dog. Dog parent is clearly upset about this.

Social media is pissed at RJ Naved and Radio Mirchi

Radio listeners took social media to express their anger over this insensitive prank. Since last two days, this prank is going viral and people are clearly not happy.

Pranking the family who has lost their dog is disgusting and inhumane. Dogs are not just hobbies, they are part of families. And to make fun of someone who has recently lost his family member is quite insensitive.

RJ’s old post going viral

Since yesterday, people have dug an old post from RJ’s official page which shows how he is against the idea of having a pet.

While checking authenticity of this viral post, our team did not find the original post. But we managed to find link of the original post (link) which is now deleted by the RJ.

We’re no one to judge RJ’s personal opinion about having a pet. But he has no rights to make fun of a family for having or losing their dog.

Listen to entire conversation here.

13 Reasons Why is one of the most popular original shows Netflix has produced. The show is about a girl who commits suicide and leaves 13 tapes recording 13 reasons why she ended her life. The show portrays very serious issues that prevails in our society like bullying, eve teasing and rape. Season two of the show has widely been anticipated by the digital content consumers and trailer of the same has been finally released by Netflix.

The trailer shows that Hannah Baker was not the only victim. There is one more victim of rape and violence. The trailer does not reveal who is the victim in season 2, but one thing is certain. This season is going to be more intense and gripping. Check out the trailer.

13 Reasons Why Season 2 Trailer

The show is releasing on 18th May on Netflix. We can’t wait for the show anymore. 

Assignments. Practicals. Tests. Examinations. Sleepless nights. These terms haunt you if you don’t enjoy engineering. In this field, it is mandatory for you to fall in love with the machines. But you can get to know that only by entering the world of engineering. And after you’ve entered, you start becoming clear about your interest and passion. While observing closely, the universe gives you signs that you shouldn’t be here.

1. You’ve developed an interest in another field rather than engineering

You are not made to be an engineer when you have a soft corner for writing or photography or any other artistic field. You feel attracted to those fields that you are passionate for. And there, my friend, you realize, you chose a wrong road to career.

2. The lectures bore you to death.

You don’t understand a single thing taught by the faculty and that’s why you’re always yawning in the lectures. You tend to sleep more instead of paying attention during the classes.

3. Your score in tests and exams are always low.

You always start to find your name in the result sheet from the bottom. There is a huge difference between your score and the one just ahead of you. Well, that’s a sign you shouldn’t continue engineering anymore.

4. You mug up the answer by repeating it 50 times straight.

You’re always mugging up the answers since you don’t enjoy studying. And by repeating it again and again you never understand the core idea of the topic. When you don’t understand a thing written in the books, how can you dream to be a passionate engineer?

5. You go blank when you’re asked about enjoying studying.

When someone asks you about how your studies are going on, you think in the head first, “Should I speak the truth or lie about it?” And, after a long pause, you speak in a depressed tone, “It’s good”.

6. You’re never excited about the new semester.

The only time you’re happy and feel good about your life is when you are on a vacation. And the parameter of your happiness goes down the moment you realize the next semester is coming near. Similar feelings, people!

7. Every professor is aware of your disinterest in studies.

Even if every professor has explained you and made you understand a zillion times, you always get back to square one. All the faculties in your college have known you and your interest in studies very well.

8. You always need help from your friends to understand things.

When all the professors are done with you, your friends come to the rescue. They are teacher-like but not-exactly-a-teacher kind of person sent by God. They try to explain you in the language they know you’d understand. That’s why they are God’s angels!

9. Your practical experiments always turn terrible.

You always tend to fail miserably in the practical exams. Mugging up can help you in theory but while pursuing practical exams, you have to use your brain which is only possible if you enjoy engineering.

10. You are afraid to be asked to fix any device or equipment.

When your next door neighbor learns that you are doing engineering, she will bring all the devices and its problems to you and ask you to fix even a single scratch on her remote control.

13 Reasons Why, is one of the many series that created a thunder-storm, both, critically and among the audiences because of its bold (and true) content. When I was watching the first season I realized that every small action that I take, affects one person or the other.

It made me think of the time I was rude, or behaved in an unusual manner with anyone. It made me feel how I can be wrong in people’s eyes and not even realist what they are thinking or going through. I have always followed the ideology of “Always think from the point of view of the person on the other side”, because what you feel is right, can be wrong in someone else’s perspective, and it literally helped me look beyond myself, and see the bigger picture.

I’ve always been vocal about how India is a country that disrespects women, how India is a hypocritical country where people worship goddesses but rapes or molests infants, young children, young women, and the entire female community of India. I’ve always supported feminism and equally opposed feminazism.

But when I finished watching 13 Reasons Why Season 2, something just popped up in my mind, that molestation, rapes and sexual assaults, are not only the problems (disgusting problems) of India, but of the world. In the last episode, when Jessica was testifying against Bryce, other women were shown testifying and telling their stories of how they had been the victims of molestation, sexual assault and how many men have seen them with creepy and hungry eyes.

Yes, I belong to the male community as well, I’ve written an open letter to women before, letting them know how ‘not all men are the same’, how not every man is a rapist or a sex freak, but seeing the other half of my community (yes, other HALF), I feel ashamed, I feel disgusted and I feel responsible, as I am not able to do anything about it.

In one of the episodes, Clay asked ‘Why did she even go in that room?’ suggesting it was Hannah’s mistake she was raped, but he got a solid answer from Sheri, saying it was not her fault, she trusted them and would never have guessed what was going to happen.

In India, we blame the clothes, we blame the girls for wearing ‘provoking’ clothes and we blame them by saying ‘She wanted it’. Guess what? She didn’t.

A girl or anyone in this country (or, the world) should wear whatever they like, should live a life as they choose to, you can’t blame a girl for getting raped, you can’t force a girl to not go out of the house as there might be BOYS who would rape her. Teach and control your boys; tell them that they are no one, if it wasn’t for a woman to bring them into this world, teach them to respect not only elders or higher authorities, instead teach them to respect every human being as an equal, be it a man, woman, child or an elder.

But saying all these is useless, as this has been going over the internet for years. No one heard, no one cared.

Even after Jessica’s testimony and her story, Bryce was just given ‘3-month probation’ as a punishment for raping a girl, what does that tell you? What does it show?

It shows that problem is with the system, how the world, or how India works. How rapists are let free over some amount of money and how corruption is spoiling the culture and the way any human would seek to live, or even seek justice.

I sincerely applaud the creators, the writers and the actors of 13 Reasons Why, for raising their voice, and for choosing the medium to talk about and spread awareness about important issues of the world.

Thank you, seriously!

I request you all to raise your voice against any wrong in this world, I request every human in this world to help everyone in the time of need.

I sincerely request the members of the male community, I know many of us are good human beings, but there are some others who are ruining the phrase ‘being a man’ for us, who are pursuing disgusting ideas in their minds and who consider women as weak and small.

I request each and every one of you, to not let the ‘ruined part’ of our community ruin the world for us, and I request you to teach them the concept of equality.

[Stills courtesy: Netflix]

Bollywood and Internet humorously go hand in hand. The minute a trailer is released, internet will make it viral in the funniest way possible. And when Salman Khan is involved, the dialogues of his movie said by him or his coworkers because the highlights of the tweets and memes.

Race 3 Starring Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Daisy Shah, Jacqueline Fernandez and Bobby Deol as leads released its first trailer over the internet and our newsfeed was jammed with “Our Business is our business, none of your business.”

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After laughing it out loud on these, there was no way the stars weren’t going to ignore it. It was time for Salman & Jacqueline to jump in. 

A post shared by JFFCI (JacquelineF_IndoFC) (@_jffci) on May 21, 2018 at 4:43am PDT

A post shared by JFFCI (JacquelineF_IndoFC) (@_jffci) on May 21, 2018 at 4:39am PDT

Too much of entertainment already, now Salman Khan fans are Salman Khan fans, not your fans. So view the viral Trailer, now now!

That’s all Folks!

Wrong Person; We all have different definitions for ‘The Wrong Person’. They might be someone who broke our heart or someone who gave us everything when we didn’t even want that. They might be someone made for you but weren’t ready to be with you, or they might be someone who always wanted to be with you even when you needed your personal space. We all have ‘wrong persons’ in our lives, some are there just to make us hate ourselves, whereas some are there to teach us right from wrong. We all go through a lot and have our ‘been there, done that’ moments which we are going to talk about, and we all have been through a lot, let’s take a look.

You accept their flaws.

It’s a good thing, right? Accepting someone’s flaws and considering them as your own. You hardly get anyone who would accept how bad you are and still love you. But there comes a time, when those flaws start ruining you, when they start ruining your mind and your heart, when they do one wrong thing you and you still feel that they are right. That’s where it all goes wrong, we accept someone’s flaw in such a perfect manner that they don’t feel wrong anymore.

They take you for granted.

Everyone loves attention, and when a person loves another person, they promise to be there for them no matter what, they promise to give you priority over everything else, and they promise to be the other half of you. But when you fall in love with the wrong person, you aren’t their priority, they choose everyone else over you, and you let them. You let them choose everyone over you by promising them the world when they don’t even agree on giving you one single piece of grass.

You lose a lot.

Not in the context of winning or losing, when I asked my friends what they went through when they fell in love with the wrong person, first thing they said was that they lost everything, including money, their time and their respect. One wrong person, can affect all your decisions.

You stop trusting.

When you accepted all their flaws and their wrong doings, they leave, or they get on your nerves. One wrong girl, made the guy feel all girls seek money, and similarly one wrong guy, made the girl feel all guys are perverts. One wrong person, can make you stop trusting anyone, can make you stop believing in love.

You miss out.

When you were with that person, many people came into your life and many went away; anyone of them could have been the right person and you lost them because you were hoping for them to be good, for them to change and for them to love you like you loved them.

Feelings are hard, Love is hard and trusting someone is hard. But you do it for the wrong person and it changes you. We are not asking you to stop loving, we are not asking you to stop believing in love or stop hoping for them to change for good. But the only thing we are asking you to do is, Love yourself more than you could love anyone else; because you can never be the wrong person for yourself, you will change, you will enhance and you will grow if you love yourself and respect yourself.

So this happened on Twitter. A foreign food channel put up a video recipe of Gulab Jamun and decided to name it Fried Donut. Obviously, the channel didn’t see what was coming next.

Indians made an epic comeback by naming foreign dishes with Indian names. And these comebacks are so on point that we’re sure the channel is regretting calling Gulab Jamun, a fried Donut right now.

This is the tweet that originated the battle.

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Our Gulab Jamun is Our Gulab Jamun, None of your Fried Donut.

We all, have waited for long days or hours for the products, and when they reach at our doorstep, we all welcome them with tears of joy. But there are people hired to bring happiness to our homes; Delivery boys.

They go through a lot, I’ve seen cases where a woman stabbed a delivery boy for delivering her product late, and today I saw a facebook post made by user named ‘Saurabh Trivedi’, informing the citizens of India that how delivery boys working for BigBasket go through immense amount of labour and loads on their back (literally!)

The facebook post made by Saurabh stated that:

Dear Bigbasket , Please see these pictures and think if this is the way one should treat it’s employees? Even the animals shouldn’t be treated like this.

5 days back, this delivery person came to my place. He came via bike carrying this huge bag, the temperature outside was around 43 degrees and the guy was literally bending forward due to the heavy weight of the order he was carrying on his back. He was sweating severely.

He told me that his income is based on the number of order he delivers in a day and company is not concerned about their plight. Be it scortching heat, rain, storm or whatever, the company pays him only on the basis of total orders delivered and does not provide any assistance to improve their convenience for the same. Despite being a market leader and one of the most customer centric organization, it was highly unexpected to see your treatment towards your employees. You guys should be dealt with strong action under law. Friends please share it as much as possible.

He even tagged Ministry of Labour and Employment and Ravi Shankar Prasad (Union Minister for Law and Justice & Information Technology) in his Facebook post.

The photos uploaded along with the post, proved how hard it was for the boy to carry such loads.

To the outrage and anger of Indian Citizens, BigBasket replied to the post made by Saurabh as another Facebook post made on their official page.

We’ve had a few questions over the last couple of days regarding the weight of the load carried by our delivery boys when they deliver express orders. We thought we’d clarify these directly.

First, we feel as pained as all of you who have expressed anger regarding the weight of the loads. We are very conscious of the hardships our delivery boys go through.

Second, our process does not allow a delivery boy to take a load in excess of 15 kilograms. As soon as an order for a route exceeds 15 kilograms in weight, it is split into two routes by our route optimization software. Orders will be delivered by two bikers. However, there have been some rare exceptions where in a misplaced sense of commitment to on-time delivery, the order allocator has assigned a load of more than 15 kilograms. These usually get picked up during our audit process. We have been taking stringent actions against individuals violating the process.

Third, the key reason for the voluminous bag is that we have used crates (rather than smaller bags) for packing orders. Crates minimize damage to products in transit, but make life a little more difficult for the delivery boys. Our innovation team, led by Praful Thachery, has been working very hard with vendors on to come up with design modifications that will avoid the need for a delivery boy to carry a bag on his back, while also minimizing damage during transit. The idea is to have each order packed in just 1-2 small, easy-to-carry bags. When that happens, orders will no longer be packed in crates. Insulation boxes will also be replaced by insulation bags.

Fourth, we are acutely aware of the need to help our delivery boys in the context of their overall well-being. With this in mind, we have been quietly operating a Trust for all our blue-collar staff, including the delivery boys. Through this Trust we pay for the education of their family members, pay for their up-skilling, enhance the financial literacy of their spouses, and provide them with term/life/health insurance at no cost to them. We are doing all this because we believe it is the right thing to do.

We are working hard on the process and technology changes highlighted above. You can expect these to be rolled out over the coming months.

Thanks for being a bigbasket customer. If you have any additional queries or inputs, please write to me directly at kbn@bigbasket.com

Yours truly,
KB Nagaraju (Chief Customer Experience Officer)

BigBasket’s comment over the situation, as seen above, proves that this situation is real, and is a problem for many delivery boys.

Kudos, to Saurabh for being an active citizen and bringing this issue in front of thousands of netizens. This proves that raising your voice against problems, can gather multiple people who are ready to fight it along with you, and bring some changes to this world.

Let us know in the comments, your views and your ideas how companies like BigBasket bring changes into their system, which would allow not only them, but their employees and their customers like you a smooth experience. One step to betterment for a single human and bring relief to thousand others.

Love stories are the best. While most of the short films and feature films that are made on love are cliche, only some stand out and win our hearts. We came across one such short film, The Red Typewriter. A writer meets a girl at a railway station, he falls in love with her but an unusual incident changes their lives. Watch The Red Typewriter, a short film made by writer and poet Navaldeep Singh.

Watch The Red Typewriter

If you were a politician, who would you be? Have you ever wondered? We made a quiz that will tell you which Indian politician you really are. Answer these 5 simple questions.

Take the quiz.

Sanjay Dutt’s biopic Sanju is being anticipated since quite some time now. Audience as well as critics are waiting for this epic film as the film is being made by Rajkumar Hirani and played by Ranbir Kapoor. The film also stars Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Anushka Sharma, Manisha Koirala, Dia Mirza, Sonam Kapoor, Jim Sarbh and Boman Irani.

While teaser of the film hasn’t been able to create much stir in the industry, trailer is surely going to impress everyone. It is indeed a true story that you won’t believe. 3 minutes long trailer of Sanju is just released and it is mind blowing! Take a look.

Watch Sanju Trailer

The film is releasing on 29th June. What do you think about the trailer? Comment below.

Believe it or not, we human beings are inquisitive about everything. And, with the rise of social media, we all happen to come across the tiniest details about people around in no time.

Be it someone’s wedding, an ex’s new relationship, a trip of a relative or someone binging on desserts at a close cafe, everything today is on our feed. And, since everyone has gone so social about their activities, some of us can’t help but wonder about what more is another person in our circle up to. The thought bothering us will lead us to nothing but stalking their profile.

And, these signs prove that you’re a pro at stalking people.

1. You will know the person and the people connected to him/her because you check all the tags. 

2. You’re updated with who’s getting married to whom and has kids already, while you’re busy making a career. 

3. You’re a pro at making itineraries because your research on other people’s vacation is already done. 

4. Because of all this, you’ve happened to create an environment of gossip in your circle. 

5. You will randomly spot someone in public and know them

6. 90% of the times, you know most of the things about people, you’re being introduced to!

7. Your free hours include scrolling through people’s social media posts. 

8. While shopping, you might have spotted someone wearing the same thing, you laid your eyes on. 

9. You’re always the first one to know before your friends if any tragedy has hit a person’s life. 

10. You’ve secretly made judgements on their partners’ looks. 

11. You’ve also been successful in predicting a secret relationship. 

12. There are times, people have called you jobless but you’re not apologetic about it at all. 

13. This habit has made you every analytical. 

14. You secretly know if someone you’ve barely met is being pretentious or not. 

15. And, you debate back saying, “if they never wanted their lives to be public, then why put it up socially?” 

Indians on the internet are mostly divided into two categories, nationalists and anti-nationals. You can either be a Bhakt or Pappu. You can either be a Libtard or Chamcha. Have you ever wondered which category do you fall into?

Well, we made a nationalism test that will tell you who you really are. Answer 8 simple questions and find out if you can pass the test of nationalism or not.

Let’s find out.

There have been tons of challenges floating on the internet since last few years. While some challenges are designed to spread awareness, some are useless. Swachh Bharat Challenge, Ice Bucket Challenge are the challenge that brought this internet challenge culture to India. Last year, the bizarre ‘Blue Whale challenge’ broke the internet for all the wrong reasons.

Right now, we have a brand new Fitness challenge going on in India. Fitness challenge got popular when cricketer Virat Kohli participated and challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fitness challenge last month, along with Anushka Sharma and M.S.Dhoni.

Fitness Challenge

The challenge is simple. Participant has to post a video of working out or exercising, and have to nominate 3 more people to do the same. The idea behind the challenge is to spread fitness awareness.

PM Modi accepted Virat’s fitness challenge and tweeted,

Since then, Twitter was anticipating PM Modi’s fitness challenge video. A user Tweeted just yesterday,

And PM Modi posted his fitness challenge video this morning.

And he further nominated Karnataka CM, Table Tennis player Manika Batra and IPS officer fraternity to take fitness challenge.

Many celebrities have participated in the challenge.

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So when are you taking up the Fitness Challenge?

Internet is filled with trolls, who make fun of people, troll and abuse others for no solid reason. One such incident occured recently. Standup comedian Karunesh Talwar joked about Indian origin contestant of MasterChef Australia in his recent video and people did not take it like a joke.

Karunesh mentioned about contestant Nidhi Mahajan, who apparently made Bhajiya in one of the episodes of MasterChef Australia. Clearly, the comedian didn’t intend to insult the contestant, it was just a light humor. But audience did not think the same. Some of the people who watched that episode are spamming Nidhi Mahajan’s Facebook account and abusing her.

The situation got so ugly that the comedian had to come up with an apology and a disclaimer.

Here is what he said in his Facebook post.

Guys, I put out a stand up video recently about the TV show Masterchef Australia, where I spoke about Mrs. Nidhi Mahajan, an Indian contestant who participated on the show. She has been extremely understanding about the video, and knows I’m only joking. In fact, members of her family saw me perform the bit as early as 2016, and she knew about it as well. She has, since the upload, brought to my notice that she’s facing a lot of trolling and that people have been saying really unkind things. I firstly, would like to apologise to her for causing this. While I’m within my rights as a comedian to joke about what I saw on TV, I never considered that people would respond like this, and for the damage caused, I’m really very sorry. I should not have mentioned any names in the video, and going forward I will be very careful about that. Secondly, I’d like to urge people to stop sending her these messages. She made it to Masterchef Australia, she’s obviously an amazing chef, and a few jokes here and there can’t change that. Understand please that comedians are just joking, and it’s not okay to message people and make fun of them because of something I said. I pointed out one isolated incident on the show, but there were several instances where she did a fantastic job, and we should not forget that.

Nidhi Mahajan replied to the post.

Thank you Karunesh for this gesture! You have great talent and I found your work very original and honest. It takes a lots of courage and a clean heart to do what you did for me publicly on such a big platform!!

Even joking about me was hilarious till the time it did not reach social media and many morons started messaging me and telling me that I am a big time looser, how can I fry bhajiye on MC Australia! My question to all of the people who think making Desi food on MC means lack of talent; but really appreciate people who make pasta(Staple Italian dish),fried chicken( Asian ) etc ,what is wrong with Indian food! It has technique ,complexity and in many academic publications research has been done in Indian food as how complex and simple ingredients makes a dish which you want more! Also, it’s very easy to laugh on a person who has made a mistake when you are behind a computer or phone screen! On internet many people who have messaged me saying I must die because I fried bhajiye on MC Au, but in real world will never have the guts to even stand near me!! The world is already full of nastiness and hatred ; why can’t we all be nice to each other online or offline!

Thank you Karunesh for this gesture;I will never forget about it! Stay blessed.

This incident proves, some Indians just don’t deserve the internet. Putting your opinion is one thing but harassing a girl, calling her a loser just because she made an Indian dish on international show is just plain stupid.

Video that triggered this outrage

This is the video that caused this outrage.

If there’s any place as beautiful as heaven, it has to be Himachal.

Known as the lands of God, it’s truly blessed with beauty. In these times, it’s become way too difficult to survive without a break. The concrete forests that we live in today, have become a complete mess. You know it’s time to take a break when you feel too burdened with the expectations of people, melodrama, and things going around and maybe sometimes inside you. In such times, it’s the best to surround yourself with the beauty of nature for some while, to put your senses back in order and wash your spirit clean. After all, nature is the best healer. It’s okay, whenever you feel too entangled with life, always remember, far, far away from all this mess, there’s a different land with complete solace for you. To not just take you on a trip, but to make you feel the trip – Himachal!

The secrets of Himachal do not lie in the tourist places, but where the journey of discovery begins.. The Parvati Valley.

1. Kasol – The Magical Town

Located in the Parvati Valley, the heart of Himachal. Kasol is known as the baby Israel of India. Not a city, or any big town, Kasol is more like a small village, with great cafes, bakeries, hotels and rave parties. That’s how I describe Kasol. It is not that touched by the tourists, and therefore, more of hippies are found. Of course it is one of the best places in India supplying marijuana and hashish, but not to forget, it’s blessed with the most picturesque views and peace. Spend a night on mountain-top hostel, and enjoy the starlights.

Places to visit: MoonDance Cafe, The German Bakery, and a stall exact outside the bakery offering the tastiest momos.

2. Malana

Malana, the village famous for it’s Malana Cream and religious beliefs. But Malana is so much more than just a village offering hashish and charas. The most beautiful thing about India is, the cultures and beliefs people have. Malana is the untouched, not so famous village of India, having a whole different culture, which people are rarely aware of. People are said to travel from all over the world for the famous “Malana Cream”, but also for the unique culture that they have. Malanese are super proud of their culture and do not really enjoy people disturbing the vibe of their little world. But if you abide by their rules, they’ll be really sweet to you.

Warning: DO NOT TOUCH ANY WALLS.

3. Kheerganga

Kheerganga is a serene meadow situated in the Parvati Valley. It is believed that lord Shiva meditated here for about 3000 years. There’s a hot water spring in Kheerganga, which is believed to have sacred healing properties. As each step you pass here, you feel more connected with your soul. It looks pure, it feels pure. The best thing to do after you reach here is, enjoy the bonfire, with the garam chai and parathas, and enjoy the starlights. Let the sound of streams sing you to dreams, and next morning wake up with the clouds touching your face. Kheerganga is the place where you’ll heal, where you’ll appreciate the beauty of existence. Kheerganga is magical in it’s own way.

4. Manikaran

About 20 mins drive from Kasol, Manikaran is a Gurudwara located in the laps of flowing river, Parvati. It is one of the most peaceful places you’ll ever visit. You can sit in this Gurudwara for hours, it is that peaceful to your mind. The famous thing about Manikaran is the hot water spring. The hot water spring is said to have curative powers and extremely auspicious. Even the rice offered in Langars can be boiled in it. The water is that hot. This hot water spring bath is said to be holy. It can ever cure diseases. The walk built leading to the doors of Gurudwara is more than beautiful. You can actually hear the waves moving. There’s nothing more peaceful than this.

5. Tosh

Tosh – the hidden gem in Parvati Valley. The first thing you’ll experience there as you enter, is the smell of Marijuana. But apart from that, Tosh is full of cafes and scenic views. You’ll stand there with eyes wide open, the views are that gorgeous. People usually visit Tosh after the tiring Kheerganga trek to chill. Greenery, waterfalls, clear skies, Tosh is blessed with all. The cafes in Tosh have got number of varieties to offer. From Indian to Israeli, you’ll get it all. Just blow a blunt, hog and enjoy the view. Best time to visit Tosh, I would prefer December. The snowfall you shouldn’t miss at all!

Every once in a while, from the ordinary life, give yourself a break. It is important to awake that traveler in you. Every once in a while, visit a peaceful place. And Parvati Valley is the heart of Himachal, I say it again! The views once captured here, will live in the heart forever.

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