Vanditaa's blog

Yes, the day is beautiful and it’s supposed to be a day full of joy and smiles. International day of happiness was founded by the United Nations advisor, Jayme Illien to inspire, mobilize and advance the global happiness movement. Illien conceptualized the idea for a U.N resolution that would recognize the pursuit of happiness as a fundamental human right and a fundamental human goal. The day which was founded very recently in the year 2012 marks a new historical milestone in humankind’s ultimate quest for happiness, which dates back to the time of ancient sages and philosophers such as Buddha and religious figures like Jesus, and Prophet Muhammad all of whom theorized about the purpose and meaning of life, the definition of happiness and how to achieve it. While Gross domestic product (GDP) of a country has always been taken as the measure of countries overall growth and development, it was only recently in 2011 that Bhutan adopted gross national happiness (GNH) instead of ...

We have a lot of discussions around us every day about the rights and the wrongs and unfortunately most such rights and wrongs that are laid down by the society revolve around a woman. Wearing a certain type of clothes for girls is not right says one lot, and be broad-minded says the other; girls can party till any time they want say one lot, and there is a certain restriction that girls should follow for their own safety says the other. The biological clock for woman is always tickling and thus girls should get married on time so that they can deliver a healthy child says one logical lot while the other may argue saying that we have advanced and the girl should pursue her career, get stable or even buy herself a house and then look for a companion to settle. Change your surname it makes you more connected to the man you marry suggest some; maintain your identity say the other. And of course, in a very recent controversy which involved one of the best and a world-famous music compose...

The much awaited 2019 is here, and just as we all must have expected, we are surrounded and submerged by political discussions everyday and everywhere! Not just the news and media where they should ideally be confined to, the discussions have spilled onto our WhatsApp groups and social media profiles as well. I am sure many of us put a lot of quotient of our energies, trying to justify our point of views and defending the leader we support. A small twist and we go on and on, a policy change and we start debating again, it indeed is like an endless saga. Isn’t it? But why do we forget, that just like many other things that surround us, politics too is just another thing? By indulging in more than required levels in these debates and discussions that surround politics, we not only lose a significant quotient of our energies but also create and spread many ripples of negativity in our surroundings. It’s unfortunate to see that the verbal wars that we witness over the terms of our d...

Well, the last week of December is as festive as it can get for anybody and everybody. It’s a week that calls for some year-end celebrations, get together’s and travel. I wanted to plan something for that week since eternity but my usual attitude to push every work till the last moment, made me plan absolutely nothing till almost the 20 th of December! It was on the 20 th that it struck me that we needed to book tickets to travel, and of course, we needed to book a hotel to stay. Various places within the country, including popular destinations like Goa, were packed and out of budget for us. There were two options that we were left with; 1) stay back home and crib 2) explore something that we never explored before. After a series of discussions, we came to a common conclusion to travel to Pokhara city in Nepal. I tried searching a lot to get some details about the roads, the recommended route etc but couldn’t get any detailed post and thus I was certain to post a blog on it. ...

“Hell! Where did I keep my keys?” I screamed and pushed some things away hoping to find the keys to my Dental clinic. It was eight in the night; we had to push out of the house for a movie at nine, but before that, I had to put the shutter down for my clinic which is right there on the way. I was getting impatient and annoyed at the same time. Even my husband was looking around, but he showed no such agitation like me, “relax” he said and continued humming and searching at the same time. To add to my agitation my phone rang, it was a close friend’s call, “what’s your problem now?” I answered in an angry tone! I am not sure why but I did, and continued heating up and threw my phone away. People who know me closely know that I wasn’t in the best frame of my mind for more than two years. I conveniently blamed others for my problems, I conveniently switched my moods to good, bad and ugly, I conveniently accepted that it’s not me it’s my adverse circumstances! I was convenient with the ...

Very recently the nation witnessed the excitement and thrill of a celebrity wedding! From waiting for pictures to be uploaded, to making quick memes and posts on it, many of us were engrossed and obviously indirectly involved thoroughly in the wedding. Ironically while the couple getting married was staying at a safe distance away from people, we played the role of a typical religious neighbor who gets involved in any matter in the padosi’s house even when they are not expected to be involved. Out of the excitement yet? Or stalking the next wedding already? Unfortunately in times today we are exposed to more than the required amount of information about others lives. From what they ate to what they wore or achieved we know it all! By this, we imagine a picture-perfect life that we feel others are leading and obviously, try projecting ours as the same. The vicious cycle continues and in this tug of war for posting the best updates online, we all lose a bit of ourselves everyday offl...

Everything around us has taken a huge turn in the past one decade, from love and connectivity to knowledge and wisdom we are quick in getting them all. The quick here is just a button or just a click away. Something more which has entered the list of getting it quick along with the other things is fame and success! The good that has come with the quick way is that we have moved a lot ahead in terms of technology, we have opened the doors for many such things which were previously just a dream, but the bad is that we have become a lot more impatient for everything, we just don’t want to wait for anything at all. For instance, we are not bothered sending handwritten letters which may take a couple of days to reach someone, when the option to make a video call is now available! And sadly we are not bothered to wait and refine ourselves more, struggle more and learn more when fame followed by success is also just a click away? There is a big question that arises here; in today’s time a...