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Love Aaj Kal [Love These Days]
So, you might have heard of all the fairy tales on Love stories. Do listen to this story too! Because this is no story nor is it a fairy tale! Now, I know you would protest that love is made … Continue reading
Food Preferences in a Mumbai Family
When you (Varun Mannava) are from a strict vegetarian family and your partner (Shraddha) is from a strictly Non vegetarian family (from Mumbai) and that too with three siblings – one younger brother, one elder sister and one elder brother, … Continue reading
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Tagged cuisine, family, food, food preferences in family, mumbai, mumbai family, non vegetarian, vegetarian
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Lockdown Gyan: Why moving to Chennai was the best decision my Father ever made!
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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Tagged a r rahman, Amma, Amma Canteen, chennai, illayaraja, Jayalalitha, Lockdown, Lockdown Gyan, mani ratnam, Tamil, Thiruvalluvar
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Vedanta in Dating
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
Posted in Conversation Starters, Dating workshop, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Relationship Gyan
Tagged dating advice, dating approach, vedanta
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Community based Matrimonials in India : Facilitators or Distinguishers?
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
Posted in Hobbies, Lifestyle
Tagged caste system, community matrimony, discrimination, indian weddings, matrimonial, matrimonial sites
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Who Am I? : Part One
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
Posted in Hobbies, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Tagged Atma, Consciousness, Lockdown, Who am I
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Dating Games in ‘The Game Of Thrones’
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
Posted in Dating workshop, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Relationship Gyan
Tagged arya stark, dating, dating games, for the throne, game of thrones, jon snow, khaleesi
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90 minutes at “The Hindu” office
When I reached Hyderabad in 2006, I was a young chap with raging adrenalin. Although the adrenalin was focused on only one thing – ‘Making money and supporting my family’. When I got through to a financial services company in … Continue reading
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Tagged dating advice, dating coach, grandfather, Newspaper, The Hindu
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How NOT to be in a Relationship!
Alright, we have heard all the gyan (knowledge) from internet on how to be in a relationship. But what they don’t tell you is how not to be in a relationship. Relationship is a domain that is fast changing. Everyone … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, dating, dating advice, life partner, relationship, true love
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Socializing through Bachata
Everyone who knew me back in 2010s knew me as a reserve, shy, “stick to work” conversation kind of a person. In 2013 I moved to Gurgaon and it transformed me. I had developed a knack for approaching strangers and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bachata, Conversation Starters, dating, socializing
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