Sunday, May 31, 2020
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Book Review : Love. exe.
The tale of a girl,named Nitya by Manju Nambiar is a feel good story.It is told in first person & with a lot of humour .This makes for smiles every now & then & the reading becomes a breeze !
Nitya is on cloud nine as she has secured a seat for post graduation at Stanford University ! And yet ,that is what creates problems...Indian parents prefer a girl getting married to a stranger a better option than travelling alone to a distant land even if its for studying & on a full scholarship ! The parents do not mind spending a fortune on the marriage as well . And, even that problem gets sorted Nitya's marriage gets fixed to Ganpaty who stays in USA & that too , very near to Stanford University.
Fate has other plans for Nitya though. The wedding plans are shelved & Nitya goes to Stanford University alone & starts her studies. She makes many friends ( including boys ) & secures a top job . At her work place, she confronts Ganpaty with whom she was to get married.Nitya finds it difficult to handle this person, from her recent past. What is the reason ? Had Nitya fallen in love with Ganpaty ? And that love got reignited or is it something else ? Is Ganpaty in love with Nitya or is it only from Nitya's side ?
Has she not moved on as the wedding plans went awry ? Ganpaty has eyes only for Nitya ? Is Nitya being taken for a ride for the second time ? How can she be so naive, when she has been hurt & that too, when the wound is still fresh ? What about the parents of Nitya ? Do they know that Nitya has to face Ganpaty at her work place ? What about Ganpaty's mom, Janaki ? Was she the reason , the marriage never took place ? The story answers all these questions & how ! Never a dull moment in the whole narrative !
A must read, in this lockdown, to imbibe positivity !
Grab your copy @
Amazon.in | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
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Nitya is on cloud nine as she has secured a seat for post graduation at Stanford University ! And yet ,that is what creates problems...Indian parents prefer a girl getting married to a stranger a better option than travelling alone to a distant land even if its for studying & on a full scholarship ! The parents do not mind spending a fortune on the marriage as well . And, even that problem gets sorted Nitya's marriage gets fixed to Ganpaty who stays in USA & that too , very near to Stanford University.
Fate has other plans for Nitya though. The wedding plans are shelved & Nitya goes to Stanford University alone & starts her studies. She makes many friends ( including boys ) & secures a top job . At her work place, she confronts Ganpaty with whom she was to get married.Nitya finds it difficult to handle this person, from her recent past. What is the reason ? Had Nitya fallen in love with Ganpaty ? And that love got reignited or is it something else ? Is Ganpaty in love with Nitya or is it only from Nitya's side ?
Has she not moved on as the wedding plans went awry ? Ganpaty has eyes only for Nitya ? Is Nitya being taken for a ride for the second time ? How can she be so naive, when she has been hurt & that too, when the wound is still fresh ? What about the parents of Nitya ? Do they know that Nitya has to face Ganpaty at her work place ? What about Ganpaty's mom, Janaki ? Was she the reason , the marriage never took place ? The story answers all these questions & how ! Never a dull moment in the whole narrative !
A must read, in this lockdown, to imbibe positivity !
LOVE.EXE:
A Sweet Romantic Comedy Making You Fall in Love by
Manju Nambiar
A Sweet Romantic Comedy Making You Fall in Love by
Manju Nambiar
Blurb
If you are looking for a feel-good heartwarming love story with a happy ending, this is your right pick!
Nitya Balakrishnan, a young girl from Kerala had it all planned out. She was going to live the life of her dreams in the United States of America. And she thought she had nailed it when she was accepted into one of the best universities in the world. But the cosmos had other plans and conspired to drop love.exe into her.
He came with a bang and stole her away in a breath. Love was not quite there in her agenda, but her heart wouldn’t hear of it. The human heart has its own little brain with its strange logic that remains elusive to our reasoning. For once, she just let it be, only to realize that there is no undo button.
This coming of age, a beautiful tale of love, relationships, and dreams would prick your soul, bring a smile to you, and tear up your eyes. A must-read!
Nitya Balakrishnan, a young girl from Kerala had it all planned out. She was going to live the life of her dreams in the United States of America. And she thought she had nailed it when she was accepted into one of the best universities in the world. But the cosmos had other plans and conspired to drop love.exe into her.
He came with a bang and stole her away in a breath. Love was not quite there in her agenda, but her heart wouldn’t hear of it. The human heart has its own little brain with its strange logic that remains elusive to our reasoning. For once, she just let it be, only to realize that there is no undo button.
This coming of age, a beautiful tale of love, relationships, and dreams would prick your soul, bring a smile to you, and tear up your eyes. A must-read!
Grab your copy @
Amazon.in | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
About the author
"My work is mostly reflections on the society with a satirical flavor. The characters in my book are people you can easily connect to and have met all your lives. I try to make the read entertaining, light and pleasant. To me, writing is a medium to spread comfort, positivity and good humor.
I have had a racing mind since childhood, which does all kinds of analysis, interpretations and conclusions of everyday mundane events but have always held my tongue tight for fear of sounding politically incorrect. I found writing to be a perfect platform where I got to finally vocalize my thoughts and ideas.
Manju Nambiar hails from the southern state of Kerala, India. A computer engineer by profession, she now works in one of the leading firms in San Jose, California where she lives with her husband and daughter. Her hobbies include reading, hiking, playing with her daughter and catching up on the latest technologies and trends in the Valley."
I have had a racing mind since childhood, which does all kinds of analysis, interpretations and conclusions of everyday mundane events but have always held my tongue tight for fear of sounding politically incorrect. I found writing to be a perfect platform where I got to finally vocalize my thoughts and ideas.
Manju Nambiar hails from the southern state of Kerala, India. A computer engineer by profession, she now works in one of the leading firms in San Jose, California where she lives with her husband and daughter. Her hobbies include reading, hiking, playing with her daughter and catching up on the latest technologies and trends in the Valley."
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Saturday, May 9, 2020
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Women during the Lockdown.
This blog post was published on Women's Web on 24th April , 2020 as a Featured Post.
India nah, the world is under lock down .And it has affected in myriad ways.And therefore it has obviously influenced kids and especially women as well.
Since everybody has to stay safe by staying indoors at homes, the women of the hose is constantly on her toes.She cleans, cooks, cares, washes, etal. Yes, men do chip in and help .And that is the bare minimum and that too when asked specifically to do so.The kids in the house are no better and yet that's expected .Because, when they see their father and the men in the house laze around, they are going to follow the laid back attitude of the men.
Men seem to believe that while they slogged in offices during pre shutdown days, their wives would snap a finger and housework would get done by itself. Yes, in the pre lockdown days, maids did a part of the housework yet the lady of the house did have to do the remaining part . Men are therefore shocked that women physically do housework ! That is ladies cook, clean, care, wash, etc with their hands , not by snapping fingers ! And since men are at home, they are expected to chip in too .As men pretend to be busy doing nothing, they have to be specially requested to do at least some task around the house. And then , the men do it in such a manner /s that they are never ever asked again to help. A survey regarding the type and quantity of housework done by Indian men is quite revealing . Just that this survey makes it official ! More that 25% women feel that men do not do enough work at the home during shutdown. It follows that post shutdown, they will do no work around the house .And nearly 70% men did admit that housework is tougher than they believed it to be ! Corona lockdown has led to enlightenment ! Not that this enlightenment is going to reduce the burden of housework for ladies in any which way.
And in the midst of the lockdown , there are reports of increased domestic violence. Women are bearing the brunt of this violence followed by children. Many women have nowhere to go and no income of their own. Hence, they are forced to put up with the violent partners . And this lockdown has made it tougher. The men take out all their frustration on their partners as all are at home all the twenty four hours , day in and day out.The National Commission for Women has been flooded with more than twice the number of complaints during the lockdown as compared to those filed before the shutdown.
The victims of domestic violence have been using email and whatsapp texts or text messages to complain about domestic violence as talking on phone gets difficult if not impossible with the abuser being in close proximity. This is different from the pre lockdown period when a majority of the complaints were through the phone calls.
The government has issued a warning that domestic violence will be strictly handled.And yet, with the police being overworked in handling lockdown, it may be difficult for the police to deal with domestic violence. The NGOs working with the police can intervene in matters of domestic violence & ease the lives of women away from domestic violence.
Another downside of this stay at home has been a spike in the number of cases being filed for divorces. Rising divorces are mainly due to domestic violence as also economic downturn which has got aggravated since the lockdown has been en forced to deal with the pandemic. Some couples are consulting lawyers through audio and video calls while others are turning to psychotherapists . Lack of communication and being out of sync is coming to the fore, during the lockdown. Maybe ,counselling can help and if the lockdown continues for some more days, more couples would firm up on separation. In India, women have to fight for their maintenance even after divorce . Divorces begin new problems of more harassment.
Child porn has risen by 100% as per India Child Protection Fund ( ICPF) which works for protection of children & against child trafficking. And many are looking for child porn with violent content. Majority of porn viewers are on Virtual Private Network ( VPN ) to escape Indian government ban on Child Porn .And so, this makes it, extremely difficult to deal with such individuals .For this, more Cyber Crime cells need to be added and more personnel trained to deal with Cyber Crimes.The fact that kids are victims of Porn means that women are more stressed as they need to be more vigilant about their kids .And this is further adding to their woes in this lockdown.
There is some upside for women in this pandemic time. Corona seems to be affecting men more than it infects women. More men are falling prey to Covid 19 than women.Maybe, women are better at handling infections just like they are good in dealing with everything. Maybe, because women have stronger genetic makeup which fights infections in a better manner. Male gender is at risk by Corona and yet, science has always studied the male body.Drug trials and vaccine tests are done keeping the male body as reference .This can later lead to many of the drugs and vaccines being withdrawn because they were never tested to see how they would affect the female bodies. Science needs to treat women fairly so that effective medicines can be made, which will help the whole of the human race not just the male gender.After all , this is the minimum that science can do as a tribute to the discoverer of Corona virus, the scientific pioneer,Ms. June Almeida, a woman who is being acknowledged now, for her iconic work in virology, way back in 1964.
The world over, female heads of State have been able to control the pandemic better than the male heads of state. Taiwan, headed by President Tsai Ing-wen is exporting face masks to other nations .
The Taiwanese President had ordered inspections of all the flights which landed in Taiwan from Wuhan , China when she heard about the virus that was still unknown in December, 2019. A unit was set up to monitor the epidemic and production of personal protection equipment was scaled up .The control was so effective, that USA has asked that Taiwan be given observer status at WHO. Angela Merkel of Germany handled the Corona virus spread so well that Germany had the least number of fatalities in Europe .Similarly, New Zealand's PM, Jacinda Ardern ordered a four week lockdown from March 23.There was large scale testing which limited the number of deaths to nine. And this she did, by banning all tourists though tourism is the biggest revenue generator for her country.
Likewise PMs of Finland, Iceland, Sint Maarten ( all are women ) have taken firm steps of widespread testing and quarantining to control the spread .And they are winning ! It may be argued that these small countries are easy to govern .And yet, small steps lead to bigger things !
And this means, that women need to lead , so that the world is better managed .And more women are needed to make the world healthier and better !
India nah, the world is under lock down .And it has affected in myriad ways.And therefore it has obviously influenced kids and especially women as well.
Since everybody has to stay safe by staying indoors at homes, the women of the hose is constantly on her toes.She cleans, cooks, cares, washes, etal. Yes, men do chip in and help .And that is the bare minimum and that too when asked specifically to do so.The kids in the house are no better and yet that's expected .Because, when they see their father and the men in the house laze around, they are going to follow the laid back attitude of the men.
Men seem to believe that while they slogged in offices during pre shutdown days, their wives would snap a finger and housework would get done by itself. Yes, in the pre lockdown days, maids did a part of the housework yet the lady of the house did have to do the remaining part . Men are therefore shocked that women physically do housework ! That is ladies cook, clean, care, wash, etc with their hands , not by snapping fingers ! And since men are at home, they are expected to chip in too .As men pretend to be busy doing nothing, they have to be specially requested to do at least some task around the house. And then , the men do it in such a manner /s that they are never ever asked again to help. A survey regarding the type and quantity of housework done by Indian men is quite revealing . Just that this survey makes it official ! More that 25% women feel that men do not do enough work at the home during shutdown. It follows that post shutdown, they will do no work around the house .And nearly 70% men did admit that housework is tougher than they believed it to be ! Corona lockdown has led to enlightenment ! Not that this enlightenment is going to reduce the burden of housework for ladies in any which way.
And in the midst of the lockdown , there are reports of increased domestic violence. Women are bearing the brunt of this violence followed by children. Many women have nowhere to go and no income of their own. Hence, they are forced to put up with the violent partners . And this lockdown has made it tougher. The men take out all their frustration on their partners as all are at home all the twenty four hours , day in and day out.The National Commission for Women has been flooded with more than twice the number of complaints during the lockdown as compared to those filed before the shutdown.
The victims of domestic violence have been using email and whatsapp texts or text messages to complain about domestic violence as talking on phone gets difficult if not impossible with the abuser being in close proximity. This is different from the pre lockdown period when a majority of the complaints were through the phone calls.
The government has issued a warning that domestic violence will be strictly handled.And yet, with the police being overworked in handling lockdown, it may be difficult for the police to deal with domestic violence. The NGOs working with the police can intervene in matters of domestic violence & ease the lives of women away from domestic violence.
Another downside of this stay at home has been a spike in the number of cases being filed for divorces. Rising divorces are mainly due to domestic violence as also economic downturn which has got aggravated since the lockdown has been en forced to deal with the pandemic. Some couples are consulting lawyers through audio and video calls while others are turning to psychotherapists . Lack of communication and being out of sync is coming to the fore, during the lockdown. Maybe ,counselling can help and if the lockdown continues for some more days, more couples would firm up on separation. In India, women have to fight for their maintenance even after divorce . Divorces begin new problems of more harassment.
Child porn has risen by 100% as per India Child Protection Fund ( ICPF) which works for protection of children & against child trafficking. And many are looking for child porn with violent content. Majority of porn viewers are on Virtual Private Network ( VPN ) to escape Indian government ban on Child Porn .And so, this makes it, extremely difficult to deal with such individuals .For this, more Cyber Crime cells need to be added and more personnel trained to deal with Cyber Crimes.The fact that kids are victims of Porn means that women are more stressed as they need to be more vigilant about their kids .And this is further adding to their woes in this lockdown.
There is some upside for women in this pandemic time. Corona seems to be affecting men more than it infects women. More men are falling prey to Covid 19 than women.Maybe, women are better at handling infections just like they are good in dealing with everything. Maybe, because women have stronger genetic makeup which fights infections in a better manner. Male gender is at risk by Corona and yet, science has always studied the male body.Drug trials and vaccine tests are done keeping the male body as reference .This can later lead to many of the drugs and vaccines being withdrawn because they were never tested to see how they would affect the female bodies. Science needs to treat women fairly so that effective medicines can be made, which will help the whole of the human race not just the male gender.After all , this is the minimum that science can do as a tribute to the discoverer of Corona virus, the scientific pioneer,Ms. June Almeida, a woman who is being acknowledged now, for her iconic work in virology, way back in 1964.
The world over, female heads of State have been able to control the pandemic better than the male heads of state. Taiwan, headed by President Tsai Ing-wen is exporting face masks to other nations .
The Taiwanese President had ordered inspections of all the flights which landed in Taiwan from Wuhan , China when she heard about the virus that was still unknown in December, 2019. A unit was set up to monitor the epidemic and production of personal protection equipment was scaled up .The control was so effective, that USA has asked that Taiwan be given observer status at WHO. Angela Merkel of Germany handled the Corona virus spread so well that Germany had the least number of fatalities in Europe .Similarly, New Zealand's PM, Jacinda Ardern ordered a four week lockdown from March 23.There was large scale testing which limited the number of deaths to nine. And this she did, by banning all tourists though tourism is the biggest revenue generator for her country.
Likewise PMs of Finland, Iceland, Sint Maarten ( all are women ) have taken firm steps of widespread testing and quarantining to control the spread .And they are winning ! It may be argued that these small countries are easy to govern .And yet, small steps lead to bigger things !
And this means, that women need to lead , so that the world is better managed .And more women are needed to make the world healthier and better !
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