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What makes e-commerce platforms customer friendly?

“Happy to Help” e- commerce platforms “How may I help you today?”“ I am happy to help you today.” These are a few statements that we often hear when we call an e-commerce platform’s customer care number or are having a frustratingly blunt and one sided conversation with a customer care chat bot! But how […]

CauseAchatter, Food for Thought, Mental Health

5 things I did in 2021 for my Mental Health

Mental health is not an easy subject to write about. You cant delve too deep inside. Its difficult to throw up personal examples as you may end up overasharing. But if you do share a bit, a sense of relief and calm sets in. Phew! I got it off my chest… As far back as […]

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The Handmaid’s Tale Review

The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood is a one of its kind thought provoking, dystopian anthology . For me this book is unique in the sense that I saw the series on Prime Video first. Then I read the book. I usually do it the other way round. Seeing and reading the Handmaid’s Tale gave […]

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Creativity, Entrepreneurship and starting a MSME

The relationship between creativity and entrepreneurship. I often have a debate with my husband about selling art. He is a self taught but talented artist. Now and again people see his art on facebook, and ask for the price of certain pieces. He is hell bent on the point that he wont sell his art. […]

CauseAchatter, Food for Thought, Mental Health

Happy Me

I was going through my phones image gallery. And I could not find a single picture of me in which I am not smiling. That amazed me. Am I really that happy? Just like a smile can mean/ say a thousand words but it can equally hide as many. Smile always… I saw a few […]

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Sugar and Spice and everything nice!

What are girls made of? Sugar and spice and everything nice! Gender Roles All of us have heard this poem in some form or the other while growing up. Societal norms have defined a certain way of behaving, of dressing, of talking, especially for women. Any deviation from the norm is seen as an anomaly, […]

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Being the best version of yourself

My 9 year old niece, during one of our in depth telephonic conversations informed me that, “Mimi! Did you know that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop!” I was shocked to hear such wisdom from the tiny tot. It really got me thinking. Doing nothing does feel good once in a while. But, not […]

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Cake Series: Orange Pound Cake and Food for thought

Food for Thought Before I come to my recipe for Orange Pound Cake, I would like to share some food for thought.Recently I seem to have developed some interest in philosophy. The ancient philosopher Aristotle believed that happiness for human beings is connected to function. A persons life can be happy one when he has […]