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Ishtaa Pure Vegetarian Restaurant has become one of my regular lunch and breakfast spots over the past year. With three outlets now – Kukatpally, HiTech City, and Kokapet, I’ve mostly been visiting their Kokapet and HiTech City locations whenever I’m in that side of town. Here’s what most people get …

Hyderabad is home to the world-famous Hyderabadi Biryani, however, the Nizami food is much more than that. Hyderabad had become a cultural capital under the Nizams, and various forms of art flourished during their reign. Hyderabadi cuisine began to develop during the Qutb Shahi times and flourished during the Nizami …

India is the second highest country in terms of internet users worldwide. It has over 560 million internet users who efficiently handle their work over the Internet itself. With a rapid boom in the digital era, the insurance sector is also adapting to the modern generation.  A few years back, …

Everyone today is looking for investment opportunities. Some are investing in safe bets like fixed deposits and gold, there are others who are investing in equity either via mutual funds or direct investment in stocks. In today’s post, I’ll share some risks and rewards of Penny stocks. Penny stocks are …

May date with Coffee started way back when I moved to Bengaluru. Filter Kaapi – and it’s surely the best way to start your coffee journey. I used to stay near Bannerghatta road and my usual coffee place back then used to be Adigas. A crispy Masala Dose along with …

“Hindustan ka dil dekha…” was probably the best-ever advertising campaign for a state tourism department. It was way back in 2007 when this campaign was released for Madhya Pradesh tourism and it took all of us by storm. The lyrics, those caricatures and the idols in the ad were just …

“Are you back home?” that’s the question most of my colleagues and friends are asking. And that’s because of the amazing road trip that I have been on. In my last blog post, I spoke about my first solo drive from Hyderabad to Lucknow. A journey that was about 1400 …

Driving a car was always something that I looked forward to. From getting the car out from the parking lot to home to driving Nexon in Idukki, I was always game for it. It was just that I was nervous about driving in cities and had a lot of apprehensions …

I guess I’m old enough to say “Humare zamane mein….” (During our times) we used to recharge our numbers with 98 Rs for 2GB of 2G data. WhatsApp was just launched and Instagram wasn’t there. We used to spend most of the data on Orkut and Facebook. Fast forward to …

It’s that time of the year when India gets into the festive season. Navratri, Dussehra, and Diwali take over the country. And over the last few years, another sort of festival that starts around the same time is the shopping festival. While I try to spend only on things that …