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Dating in India: What 13 Years of Real-World Experience Taught Me | Varun Mannava
Some subjects are easy to talk about. Others take years of observation, experience, mistakes and personal investment before you feel you’ve earned the right to speak about them. Dating and human interaction have been a serious area of exploration for … Continue reading
New Gift – Chapter 7 : Ayyappa Mala (Mandala)
It was around November 2024. Winter had already started. My mother started staying with us since one year. My Father had passed away in November 2023, so I requested her to move in with us. My wife and I were … Continue reading
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Tagged ayyappa, ayyappa mala, daughter in law, family, fiction, life, Love, mandala, mother, mother in law, spiritual, spirituality, writing
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New Gift – Chapter 6 : Neo sleeps off on my shoulder for the first time!
I figured this out on my own and it may be true or false but here it goes. I think Mother Nature made the female gender in a particular way so that they are more ready to raise newborns who … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, baby sleeping, father, fatherhood, mother nature, mothers
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New Gift – Chapter 5 : Driving License
As a kid, I was always fascinated by how a motor vehicle works. Not the science or scientist aspect of it but the functional and convenience aspect of it. Whenever we used commute to school in a public transport (bus) … Continue reading
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Tagged car, child, driving, driving license, EV, family, four wheeler, life, Travel, writing
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New Gift – Chapter 4 : Day Zero
It was the 4th week of May, 2025. Neo was already 10 months inside his Mother’s womb by then. The Doctors said we can expect him to come out any time after the 9th month completed. But our pal was … Continue reading
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Tagged arrival, birth, child, family, labor, life, Love, motherhood, son, writing
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New Gift – Chapter 3 : Neo smiles for the first time!
Taking a cue from the non linear screenplay in many recent blockbusters, lets take dive into those moments when Neo was only a few months old, with some build up and background of course. Right from birth, babies sleep only … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, books, child, parenting, Parents, science-fiction, smile, tech, technology, writing
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New Gift – Chapter 2 – Neo’s Father’s Resilience
I used to be a topper of my class. Right from class 5. I was not so good with my 2nd language Hindi. When I was in grade 4, my brother and I were put in a tuition. Everyday after … Continue reading
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Tagged college, family, fiction, life, Love, never give up, no job is too small, resilience, scholarship, writing
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New Gift – Chapter 1 – Neo’s Father’s Childhood
When I think back about my life, it feels like many stories put together. I am sure all of your lives seem similar to what my life feels to me. I am just in a mood to share a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Childhood, faith, family, father, hunger, life, Love, material things, Mundaka Upanishad, ups & downs in life, writing
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“New Gift”
Prelude I was invited to share my views on self-publishing recently where I was presenting some content to Executive Education Alumni of a renowned business school in India. I was looking for interesting facts about legendary authors, which is when … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, author-interview, babyboy, books, first child, Gift, indian authors, Neo, Newborn, publishing, reading, writing
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Superstar Rajinikanth’s most popular and most rewarding character “Padayappa” (Tamil movie in 1999) had a pilot/ trial run in a cameo character named “Paparayudu” in the 1995 Telugu blockbuster movie named “Pedarayudu” (a remake of the Tamil Movie “Nattamai”)!
This insight is brought to you by Varun Mannava : “King of Clubs”. Now available on Amazon, Flipkart and Kindle We have all watched the 1994 Tamil movie “Nattamai“. The movie directed by K.S. Ravi Kumar was a blockbuster of … Continue reading
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Tagged bollywood, charlie, chennai, cinema, India, indian movies, k.s.ravikumar, kollywood, mohan babu, music, nattamai, padayappa, paparayudu, pedarayudu, rajinikanth, superstar rajinikanth, Tamil, telugu, Tollywood
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