Category Archives: Lifestyle

Food Preferences in a Mumbai Family

Posted on August 11, 2020 by

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

Posted on May 24, 2020 by

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

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

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

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

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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90 minutes at “The Hindu” office

Posted on August 19, 2018 by

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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How NOT to be in a Relationship!

Posted on May 5, 2018 by

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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Socializing through Bachata

Posted on April 2, 2018 by

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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Fat Pigeon : Many Pubs inside a single Pub

Posted on July 9, 2017 by

By Varun Mannava (Pub Reviewer & the Author of the *Bestseller book “Polite Pickup Lines in Indian Pubs” buy now on Amazon — http://www.amazon.in/Polite-Pickup-lines-Indian-Pubs/dp/9386073137 ) I see a menu card has a picture of an animated pigeon and the tagline said “Fat bird found with tons of booze”. … Continue reading →

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