Fun Posts
Blog Sale Preview!
So finally on Divassence! we have initiated third party blog sales! And to start off, here is a sneak peek of one, with a lot of products that aren’t available in India.Seller: Rekha
Pheonix Market City in Chennai! Hurrah!!
Last weekend, we decided to make a trip (it was literally a trip!! thanks to the distance and heavy traffic!!) to the newly opened Pheonix Market City in Velachery, Chennai and see what the hype was all about. I couldn’t help but gasp when I saw the humongous giant buildings (most of them were under construction though). And I was glad that a few exclusive outlets which the city was missing was finally here.Here are a few pictures. I’m sorry about the quality. Couldn’t get really clear pictures due to the pushing and pulling that happened due to the massive crowd 😛
Get Inspired! Get Fit!: Workout Basics
So you’ve decided to work out to lose some weight! Awesome There are many ways to work out, and plenty of logical solutions to keep in mind while you actually are working out. But before you get down to doing that, here are a few things you need to remember:
Stay Safe
A few months ago, a young girl left a Bar in Guwahati. A gang of 18 men set on her, dragged her onto the road by her hair, ripped off her clothes, yanked up her vest and tugged at her bra, and molested her. She was crying for help from the passing cars all the while. They were laughing and smiling, staring into the several cameras that filmed them. One of those cameras belonged to a News Channel’s reporter and camera man.
Welcome to India: the country where a woman can be a president, but must fear for her safety; the country where women are beatified in its mythological lore but abhorred and abused in society; the country where no lofty panegyric is spared in proposing causes for empowering women but where women fight for a place in society; the country where news channels have women as reporters and shows devoted to women’s rights, but – devoid of any compunction – film the molestation of a woman just to add to the sensational value of the case; the country where men may frequent pubs, but the moment a woman does, she becomes a prostitute.
Welcome to India: the fourth worst country in the world, to be a woman.
And all this, right in a place that boasts of an exhibit in a museum that etches Mahatma Gandhi’s words (circa 1921), stating thus: Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; the female sex.
It has been a long-standing thing in my mind: to be able to spread a note on safety, to every woman I know. What I’ve done here is to put together a simple two-fold plan for your safety.
The Safety Kit
Here’s a list of things you MUST have in your bag.
