Indivine# Battling Pimples & Acne - My Story

 Pimples are something every girl suffers from at some or the other time in their life.

Now if you ask me to define Pimples I would say it’s that horrid red colored monster which once grows on your skin would not let you live peacefully and would make every effort to multiply itself to all your irritation.

However the face is the sufferer here, but the mirror definitely is at an advantage! You can’t help looking at your face over and over again and only if you could make it disappear with a magical spell, you could have the satisfaction of getting rid of that hideous thing which is lurking on the side of your cheeks or chin or forehead, probably mocking at you and rejoicing at its successful rooting into your skin!

Repercussions are still worse when they start effecting your confidence. Parties and Social gatherings are a big No! And if going out is inevitable, you have to do such efforts to make these breakouts less visible if not invisible. Try covering it under your hair, or try covering your face with hanky every now and then, or even worse just keep looking down. Such trouble it is to save yourself from the uninvited disgrace!

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Beloved photo-shoots have to be compromised. You can’t help but sit in a corner when everybody else is posing and clicking. How extremely annoying it is to see everyone around you clicking happy selfies and poor you just sitting back!

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Still more pitiful to yourself are those advices that keep pouring on a mere glance at your face. “What happened to your face! How come you got all those BIG, RED pimples on your face? Don’t you drink enough water? Sure, you don’t.” “You poor gal! you have completely spoilt your face!” At such a reaction as this you sometimes really start wondering if these people are actually mistaken that you yourself have done this hideous thing to your poor face! Such concerns even if genuine can sometimes irritate a hell out of you. Instead of being treated as a victim, you are rather made to feel like a culprit. What can be worse, seriously, one thing you have to battle your sinking self esteem and another you have to deal with reactions like these. Only if these people could have been more considerate in their choice of words, their genuine concerns could have been entertained with a better spirit!

Mission Pimples therefore is not an easy one to be sure. These red horrid things invite a lot of attention and detailed followup. You have to setup a whole action plan without being sure how long it is going to take and Whether or not it’s going to work.

So here are a few action items.

Drink water. And that is an evergreen, golden rule for every skin related trouble.

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If you can bring yourself to it, drink Neem water. It purifies the blood and though slow but is effective in the long run.

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Safi is another alternative if you can’t tolerate the taste of Neem water.

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Apply Neem face pack. Applying fruit pulp on the face is also good for skin.

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Banana combined with honey face pack also helps in reducing acne since Banana has antibacterial properties.

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One very important point is never touch or squeeze the pimples. Doing so may lead to permanent scars on the face.

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Exercise. It helps open the pores and helps in dealing with pimples and acne.

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Avoid oily food. Keep your stomach healthy. Eat salads and fruits.

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Use such face wash which suits your skin and once identified don’t experiment too much.

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In spite of all the actions taken on your part, if these horrid things do not leave you, then for such stubborn breakouts, Doctor’s advice is perhaps a better solution.

On a concluding note,

Though pimples and acne are a real trouble for every lady, don’t let them take away your self esteem. Be confident.

Resolve to deal with these and these sooner or later will have to vanish. Just be all out on the mission Pimples & Acne just as I am ;)

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So do visit and find out more tips and tricks for a healthy, glowing, pimple free skin.

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Indispire# Beginning or End !

In to the unfathomable realms,

She thus descended;

None had been the preparation for it,

Sparing the Faith that was her sole carrier;

No one had been there to accompany,

But the love that rested in her soul,

What did not desert her however,

Was the God’s grace…..

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It was soon going to end.  A chapter of life in the book of her soul’s journey.  

Ananya was lying on the bed completely silent and complacent. She was turning back the pages of her life just to review how well the chapter of her life was written. The perspectives on those incidents which at sometime had been foolhardy and vain, in retrospect, now certainly were more clear with a slight degree of ease and a slight of disconnect. All her relations, all her memories, all her dreams were dear to her. But how much so ever one must be attached, how much so ever one must have love in the heart, it can’t stop one from approaching the culmination of that pleasant journey. Such were the thoughts running in her head and she understood at this moment that the real essence of love was love itself. Love is something that is eternal, capable of transcending the material realms. Her non existence was the non existence of the body alone for she will be alive in the form of love, in some  corner of the universe, unseen, unheard, untouched but free to be felt by those who live to love.

At times like these hallucinations are not uncommon. But she still had her mind at work which was busy in the evaluation of her life and she thus concluded that it had been a nice and pleasant journey all in all, with a certain flaws and a lot more imperfections, but what charm a perfect life would carry? Imperfections teach us a lot more and make our journey a lot more worthwhile. About her dreams and wishes, she could reckon, many were granted and many were denied. But the unfulfilled lot did not make her any less complacent. For the dreams which came true, she was grateful and for the ones which never materialized, she was forgetful, for nothing mattered now when she was about to take leave. With all the grace god has always bestowed on her, her only feeling at this time was of satisfaction and love.

With peace in her mind, and gratitude in her heart, she closed her eyes gracefully. She was gone in that moment. Gone into a world unknown to the mortals but perhaps suited to the immortal soul.

In her last moments, it did not matter to her whether she was entering into an end or into the beginning of a new end, what did matter to her was how much she had been able to live, love, learn and grow in the course of her journey.

 This post is written for Indispire#  What do you think happens after one dies? Bring out the best creative imagination to explain. #DeathisBeginning 

Indi-HappyHours# Quikr

While relocating the one thing that’s most cumbersome is to find a place to live. It takes a good amount of research, talking to a lot of friends and acquaintances, making several tones of calls to find one decent place to live.

Moreover, if you really don’t have much contacts, then finding a place to live is not going to be easy. Yes with Quikr, the not becomes obsolete!  How?  I’ll tell you…

Supposing the relocation city is Bangalore here..

You just need to go to the Quikr website…http://bangalore.quikr.com/

Go to the Real Estate and there it is!! Your treasure! Whether you prefer a PG or a flat, 1 BHK, 2 BHK, 3 BHK, whether you want it single or sharing basis, Furnished or unfurnished, you can make your choice.

Quikr is smart enough because once you leave your requirement there, you will get mails based on your requirement directly in your mailbox without having to visit Quikr again. If one of these ads appeals to you can directly contact the person who has posted the Ad via his email ID or contact no.

So Quikr …..

No.1 serves your purpose when you don’t have much contacts

No. 2 gives you a lot many options to chose from based on your requirement

No. 3 saves a hefty amount that Broker is going to charge you.

No. 4 gives you information about all the areas that could be viable for your stay at one place

No. 5 doesn’t only provide you with a staying place but can be used for searching staying partners (read roommates) too.

No. 6 If you opt for rather buying land, it offers you deals on plots too.

No.7 Quikr Nxt Lets You Message Sellers Without a Phone Number. Quikr Nxt is an app, which allows users to chat using the website or mobile app. This means users can chat without having to reveal their number.

No. 8 With Quikr Nxt , you could see photos posted by the seller and observe the minute details of product, via Quikr Chat.

No. 9 Real estate is not the only thing Quikr deals in! Infact you could buy a car, mobile, Electronic appliances as well for the new apartment you relocate to! Not only buy, but you may sell too by posting an ad on quickr.

No.10 With Quikr your life in the new city becomes easy as here you could also search for some hobby classes for the weekends.

No.11 Life of your pets and kids also becomes easy. You could find good tution centres for your kids using Quikr and can get some good pet cares too.

No. 12 Quikr is easy to use, easy navigation and all information is just a click away.

So on a concluding note have No Fikar, Just Quikr

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Indispire# Home is a feeling...

In that cold chilly night,

In those few defining moments,

In that experience

Where life seemed betraying,

In those few breaths,

She could feel his existence in her each breath,

She could feel her longing for him,

Longing for home,

He was her home, had always been and will always be!

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     “Stop this loud music! I am trying to concentrate on a presentation here!” Ananya yelled at Akash.

     “You have been behaving strange for past few days, An. The music is not loud at all! And anyways if it’s disturbing you, you could tell that politely. Why are you yelling uselessly?” , Akash said maintaining a soft tone.

     “Whenever I talk lately, you feel I am yelling. When I tell you to not place your dirty socks on sofa or tell you to keep your soiled hanky away from freshly ironed clothes, you think I am finding excuses to argue with you. When I tell you to help me in kitchen, you say I am being mean. When I tell you to change the channel, you start making faces. We never go out to dine these days. We never go on long drives like before. You are not the same Akash I fell in love with. You have changed. You don’t care about me the way you used to”, Ananya said half sobbing, half yelling.

     “I don’t understand you. What’s the matter with you? Have you started hallucinating? Because nothing of the sort you just said has ever happened! I keep all things in order because I know how much you dislike unorganized clutter. Once in blue moon, I might have forgotten my socks, and you are settling scores for that! And what about channels? It’s in your hands I always place the remote. And seriously An, Tell me once when you told me to do something and I did not do it! I don’t understand why are you just out there with a gun loaded with words ready to shoot at me! Why are you becoming a rebel without even having a reason to be so! Can’t we have a few moments of peace in this house, An?” , losing his patience Akash said in a raised volume

     “House!! Oh yes, house. This is not even home for you now! Just a mere house! You want peace. I will give you peace. I am leaving, leaving right now. I am switching off my phone. You may have absolute peace without having to hear my voice.” ,Ananya said leaving the room.

     “Wait! What? Where are you going? Are you crazy? Wait! Why are you misinterpreting things and finding a reason to fight?”, Akash was trying to make peace however he was also losing patience, “Wait! We can sort it out!”

      But Ananya had lost her temper and she did not pay heed to one word Akash was saying. Finally exasperated Akash shouted out, “Well Go then! Go away now! Wherever you want to!”

      In that fit of anger, she stepped into the car and drove aimlessly without any destination in her head. She was stressed out for past few days. She had been working on multiple projects in office and work was sapping out all her energy. Even small things were irritating her a lot. She opened the window of the car to let the chilled air soothe her brain a bit so that she could think rationally. She knew that she should not have taken it all out on Akash. But her temper was way too bad at times to let her be rational. She thought of stopping by the beach where they used to meet before marriage. She was taking turn when all of a sudden a small puppy came running in front of her car from somewhere. In her attempt to save the puppy, her car bumped into a tree. Her head hit against the dashboard. In those few seconds, before she felt unconscious, there was only one voice echoing in her head. The voice of Akash calling out for her! The voice of Akash when he had first proposed her! The voice of Akash on the day of their wedding! The voice reverberating so loudly in her head eliminating all other thoughts.  The voice was diminishing slowly, going distant, out of her reach. She wanted to hold on to it but it was fading away into a distance far away from her. Struggling with her thoughts she fell unconscious after a few moments.

      Akash switched on the TV and tried to distract himself watching a football match. His mind however was constantly fixed at An. He knew that An had a bit of temper problem. He should have been patient and compliant. He should have stopped her. He switched off the TV and dialed her cell no. but she had yet not switched it on.

     It had been an hour already. He was moving about in the room restlessly trying her cell constantly, but no use. He sank into the bed waiting for a word from her.

      The phone rang. It was An’s cell phone. He jumped to receive the call. “Hello, your wife had an accident. She is in abc hospital. Please come fast”, said the voice on other side of phone.

    Cell phone dropped from his hand, in the next moment he was in his car rushing to the hospital. Tears dropping down his eyes and hands trembling, he was driving as fast as he could.

     He opened the door. An was right there sitting up and thankfully not injured much except the head injury. Akash went to her and sat by her side. An took his hands into hers and with teary eyes she hugged him tightly.

     “Am sorry, Akash! So sorry for my stupid behavior.  It’s you to whom I belong! There is no other place where I belong so religiously! Your embrace is the safest place in the world. It’s where home is! It’s good to be back home!”, said Ananya  smiling with tears in her eyes.

This post is written for Indispire # Write a story ending with "..... It felt good to be back home."#MyStory

! Feel good !

See the strengths; see not the weaknesses

Of the people around;

See the goodness; see not the wrongs;

Love the innocence in them; judge them not for the ignorance;

Feel the love for imperfection; feel not the dislike for the flaws;

For it’s an imperfect world;

And most importantly do it not for them;

But for yourself;

For the peace and growth of your own soul;

Judgments; bad feelings; wrong temperament;

Do no good to the soul;

Such are the feelings which make it tainted;

So do it not for them;

But for yourself;

For the sake of your soul;

To keep it safe in the territory of love;

To protect it from the burdens;

That weighs heavy on it with the negative feelings;

Do it not for them;

But for yourself;

For the love that inhabits in the abode of your own soul…….

Indispire# Good Girls!!

Why do we even need to talk about what good girls mean! Why stereotype a certain type of image for good girls!!

Every girl is a girl next door and every girl is still unique in her own way.

The conformists and the non conformist rebellions;

The ones who chose to be independent in their thoughts and the ones who like to follow the conventional thought process,

The ones who spend hours together in front of the mirror to look beautiful and the ones who don’t give the slightest attention to their looks;

 The ones who are geeky sorts and can beat guys in logic by all means and the ones who just do not enjoy logic and are rather more laidback;

 The ones who like to drink and smoke and the ones who fit into the non drinking non smoking type image;

 The ones who like to flirt and are not afraid of expressing their sexuality and the ones who fit into the coy image;

The ones who are outspoken and bold and the ones who are shy and dainty sorts,

The ones who are privileged to be educated and the ones who in spite of their desire are deprived of education;

The ones who are good at cooking and home affairs and the ones who don’t really enjoy the daily cores;

The ones who are gifted with beautiful faces and bodies, and the ones with not so beautiful face;

The ones who are expressive and the ones who lack in expression;

All of them, every one of them is a good girl. For the goodness depends on the heart and soul of a person.

 The definition of good is same as applies everywhere else and has no special definition meant only for girls.

Every girl is special. Every girl has her own qualities. Good and bad is a part of nature of every human being than why talk particularly in context of girls only!! We may talk about a good person and a bad person but why particularly label girls as good girls and bad girls…

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Define good girls... Everybody has an opinion about a good girl...so whats yours? #GoodGirls

IndiHappyHours# A moment of Innocent Truth!

I was in 8^th standard. All the students were waiting for distribution of answer sheets of exam paper, some scared, some eager, and some indifferent. I was kind of excited to see how much had I scored. The Social Science teacher came with the bundle of papers in her hand. Though I was a good student, I had never liked social science much.

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She started calling out students one by one. I was waiting eagerly for my turn. It was a long wait and my heart had started racing a little bit. My turn however came in the last. Teacher applauded me for having scored the highest marks. I felt so excited, cheeks turned red. Scoring highest in a subject I really didn’t like much gave me a happy feeling.

Ma’am told everybody to check the total and to get it corrected in case of any mistake. There were a few mistakes in totals and students were going to ma'am to increase their marks. I also calculated my total hoping to increase one or two marks. But as I totaled, I realized that I was actually given 5 more marks because of totaling mistake. I checked again if mistake was on my part by chance. It was confirmed that my total was wrong. I got a little upset. Just now I had got applauds for scoring the highest marks when actually I was not the one with highest marks. I didn’t want to spoil all the praises that I had just got. I thought I would keep silent and not tell ma’am about it.

Just then a friend asked for my paper as she wanted to compare the answers. I was a little apprehensive, What if she totaled my marks! What if she came to know about my dishonesty! Hesitantly I handed her my paper and kept observing her as she compared the answers. She took quite a long time in comparing each and every word I had written with what she had written. I kept feeling nervous till finally she returned my paper. Then something clicked me and as she returned my paper, I straightway went to ma’am and told her about the totaling mistake. She totaled again and made the correction. She smiled and told me to work harder to get the highest score. But she made it a point to tell the whole class about my honesty and appreciated me for my gesture. The moment I told the truth I felt lighter and happier. Moreover, I got all praises, if not for scoring the highest atleast for telling the truth.

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I felt satisfied and relaxed and decided to score more next time.

Absolutely true it is!! ,“Kitna Chain hota hai na sachai mein!!!”

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