Category Archives: Lifestyle

Stand Up Comedy Wala Blog – II

Posted on July 2, 2021 by workaholicvarun

Ok so for all those people who thought my 2nd blog was going to be about Thalaiva, sorry, that was just a classy twist-ending to hook you on to my 2nd blog ok?[Insert laughter] That was typical season 1 episode … Continue reading →

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Stand Up Comedy Wala Blog – I

Posted on June 25, 2021 by workaholicvarun

Ok so, you might have heard about stand up comedy ya? This blog is a twist. I have a lot of comedy (comedy in my opinion) to be rolled out but I can’t do a stand up comedy video or … Continue reading →

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A Millennial Girl In Search Of Her Roots!

Posted on June 4, 2021 by workaholicvarun

It was 31st December 2020. That time of the year when the whole world would let go of old thoughts and welcome new thoughts. But I met a person who was so closely connected to her roots [old thoughts as … Continue reading →

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Love Aaj Kal [Love These Days]

Posted on October 8, 2020 by workaholicvarun

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 →

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Food Preferences in a Mumbai Family

Posted on August 11, 2020 by workaholicvarun

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 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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