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Spectacular Spiti

Tuesday, February 9, 2010
By Mani Padma
Spectacular Spiti

  Hello friends. Here I am back again to unfold yet another pictorial travelogue and the jewel for you is Spiti, in Himachal pradesh. Barren, desolate, stark landscapes situated at a formidable altitude , breathtaking(quite literally )but beautiful place Mystical Spiti shot into limelight with the John Abraham and Udita Goswami starrer movie... »

Finish the Story Contest : Format

Monday, February 8, 2010
By Lakshmi Rajan
Finish the Story Contest : Format

Hi readers, as mentioned earlier, we are formally announcing our FINISH THE STORY Contest. The story of the contest along with the time table will be announced on Wednesday. The format of the contest is given below. And yes, 3 prizes are up for... »

Requiem

Sunday, February 7, 2010
By Mani Padma
Requiem

  Where were you this late?…Another woman?" she sobbed He remained silent… "since… when?" "Month" he replied, her fears confirmed. He was relieved when she left next day. He died after seven months a lonely man… cancer… Love was a poor excuse to deprive a dearest the last moments of togetherness, no... »


An Idiomatic Guide to Play FarmVille

Saturday, February 6, 2010
By Guest writer
An Idiomatic Guide to Play FarmVille

Guest post by Shilpa Garg This post is a part of a challenge. A challenge to write a post using Idioms and Proverbs. Ah FarmVille!! It needs no introduction. It is a virtual farming game which is played by over  73.8 million active users. Even I... »

Dance India Dance Season 2, February 5 – 6

Friday, February 5, 2010
By Lakshmi Rajan
Dance India Dance Season 2, February 5 – 6

  DID Season 2 has been a big let down so far. It started very promisingly during the auditions and gave a feeling that Season 2 would be tougher than the maiden episode. But but but… something has gone terribly wrong. I am not... »

Now Open: Cafe GingerChai

Friday, February 5, 2010
By Lakshmi Rajan
Now Open: Cafe GingerChai

Dear Readers, I am happy to announce the launch of Cafe GingerChai, a sub domain of GingerChai. I would like to expand the possibilities, scope and nature of our online magazine GingerChai. Ideally, I would like to have a platform that helps in better... »

A Consumer fights back

Thursday, February 4, 2010
By Mani Padma
A Consumer fights back

  Life is a battle ground where we have to fight our own personal battles. Some for ourselves , some for our dear ones and some maybe for something which we believe with a passion. It may be for our ideals, our goals, our... »

Reality Attyachar

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
By Lakshmi Rajan
Reality Attyachar

  Last year NDTV Imagine, the Hindi-entertainment channel, ran wild it’s imagination. It roped in Bollywood’s ultimate drama queen Rakhi Sawant and launched a reality show Rakhi Sawant ka Swayamvar. Mock her, hate her, love her, loathe her but the show clocked a good TRP... »

In Search of an Answer

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
By Guest writer
In Search of an Answer

Have you ever wondered why people starts pelting stones at shops and buses whenever a high profile celebrity like a film star or mass leader/ politician dies? All of a sudden, from no where they get all the stock of stones, rods and... »

A trip and a lesson or two learnt…

Monday, February 1, 2010
By Lakshmi Rajan
A trip and a lesson or two learnt…

Few days back you would have seen no updates in GingerChai for couple of days.  I had been to Modern India’s Land of statues – Uttar Pradesh. Chetan Bhagat went ahead with 2 states: Story of my marriage before I penned my 2... »

Dance India Dance Season 2, January 29 – 30

Saturday, January 30, 2010
By Lakshmi Rajan
Dance India Dance Season 2, January 29 – 30

January 29 Amitabh  Bachchan graces this episode. I expected him to promote the now running Rann movie but instead he was promoting his forthcoming teen patti. Today’s performances were inspired by Big B’s movies. First to hit the dance floors are Punit and Bhavana. They... »

Ishqiya review

Friday, January 29, 2010
By Lakshmi Rajan
Ishqiya review

The beginning of 2009 gave Dev D and 2010 starts with Ishqia. Both the movies are bold, path defining and had an unconventional script. Welcome debutant director Abhishek Chaubey and thumps up for him. 2 petty thieves Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad... »

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Managing Stress

By Lakshmi Rajan

Managing Stress Swami Sukhabodhananda One youngster comes to me very depressed and asks this question "Why is God creating so... »