Category Archives: Hobbies

Lockdown Gyan: Why moving to Chennai was the best decision my Father ever made!

Posted on May 24, 2020 by workaholicvarun

My Father Srinivas Gowtham Mannava was born in Baapatla and studied in Guntur (near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh). He was into stage acting during his childhood and had moved around all of Andhra Pradesh in his capacity as a stage actor. … Continue reading →

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Vedanta in Dating

Posted on May 13, 2020 by workaholicvarun

Ok, so 5, 000 (yes, Five Thousand!) Years ago, what was the most toughest task in Indian Civilization? Think deep. People were all goodnatured back then. At least that’s what we can deduce since they didn’t have a greed based … Continue reading →

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Community based Matrimonials in India : Facilitators or Distinguishers?

Posted on May 3, 2020 by workaholicvarun

I was watching a regional (Tamil) comedy channel on TV. I was inconveniently surprised to see a matrimony ad where two people are happily married because they married within the same caste. Being within the same caste helped them understand … Continue reading →

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Who Am I? : Part One

Posted on April 7, 2020 by workaholicvarun

When you are a party bee who hangs out with your wolf pack at least twice a week and converted your passion of hanging out and making new friends out of strangers into a Dating Guru, the last thing you … Continue reading →

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Dating Games in ‘The Game Of Thrones’

Posted on April 26, 2019 by workaholicvarun

Disclaimer : This is my own personal account of Dating instances in The Game of Thrones series. This is not to belittle men/ women/ persons from the LGBTQ community. Most importantly this is not to disappoint or hurt any of … Continue reading →

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Love in a UBER Pool

Posted on May 26, 2018 by workaholicvarun

               We met in a Uber Pool                 I instantly lost my cool I live in Somajiguda You live in Panjagutta We both had to reach Kothaguda … Continue reading →

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The Lady In Red

Posted on October 26, 2014 by workaholicvarun

The Lady In Red She had a secret Which her lips wont tell But her eyes will She had a Man Standing by her side He touched her She didn’t resist But her eyes will She sipped on a drink … Continue reading →

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Rishikesh : Where the mind goes blank

Posted on January 12, 2014 by workaholicvarun

What’s the place on earth where you can get ‘Rudraksh’ malaas; where you get t-shirts with Lord Krishna print on the front and back; where you open the balcony door and you get to see the Sacred Ganga river still in … Continue reading →

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The #FinanceHippies Stories

Posted on November 1, 2013 by workaholicvarun

  The #FinanceHippies stories #1 :Bro 1 : Bro !! AVICI is coming to b’lore next month wanna go ? its just an overnight journey from HYD.  It’ll be fun.Bro 2 : No man.. you know we both cant take … Continue reading →

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Varun’s New Bike!

Posted on June 17, 2013 by workaholicvarun

Thats my new bike ! Ok. So I have reached Gurgaon and my studio room is 7 kms away from my workplace. The autos in Gurgaon have no meters only. Leave alone turning the meters on. Fixed rates here. 3 … Continue reading →

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