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My Parents’ Travel Chronicles! Season 1 (South India Pilgrimage)|Episode 2

My Father is 67 years old and my mother is 60 years old! Sharing the below experiences shared by my father M.S.Goutham : “MY TWO-WEEK SOUTH INDIA PILIGRIM TRAVEL EXPERIENCES – HOTEL STAYS.” “THE CHANCES OF LANDING IN GOOD / DECENT HOTELS BOOKED THROUGH PORTALS LIKE IRCTC / MAKE MY TRIP ARE 50:50. BECAUSE THE INFORMATION AND THE PHOTOS THEY SHOW IN THE PORTAL ARE VERY DECEPTIVE SOMETIMES.” “THE…

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Stand Up Comedy Wala Blog – III

Culture! Let’s take a witty angle on Culture and Rituals this time! [Insert Laughter] I know you would agree when I say this Indian society today goes all the way and beyond to safeguard its culture and rituals. But who invented these cultures and rituals anyway. Someone says if you sneeze before an exam or an interview then you will flunk it ![Insert Laughter] . Ya right. Your nose is the most…

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Stand Up Comedy Wala Blog - II

Stand Up Comedy Wala Blog – II

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 1 ending template that one would see in any OTT [Insert laughter]! Everyone in India knows, especially everyone in South India knows that “no one” makes stand up jokes on Thalaiva. Why?…

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Stand Up Comedy Wala Blog - I

Stand Up Comedy Wala Blog – I

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 open mic sessions yet. Maybe in the future, yes, who knows? For now I have decided to express my comedy wala research through the best medium I am comfortable with. Blog. Writing. Let’s start with the legendary…

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A Millennial Girl In Search Of Her Roots!

A Millennial Girl In Search Of Her Roots!

Flip back a 100 Rupee note – INR and you would know what we are talking about! 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 one might say], that it was hard to ignore her. I was heading to a friend’s house after a new year party at a…

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Tittliaan song review : Of New Age Toxic Relationships & How To Handle Them!

Tittliaan song review : Of New Age Toxic Relationships & How To Handle Them!

I can’t believe I am writing a song review. A first in my 10 years of blogging. But this song has some unknown affinity that I wanted to dwell deep. Firstly, I dont know Punjabi! But who cares. I want to document my emotions whenever I hear this song. So I started with a basic research on why this song became so popular. First things first. The voice of the singer here. It depicts pain,…

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Six words on resolving relationship conflicts!

All the world’s a stage, rehearse! – Varun Gowtham Mannava

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Six words on ideal socializing skills!

World without strangers, tread with caution! -Varun Gowtham Mannava

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Six words on an Ideal Date!

“Stop deriving meaning whenever you date!” – Varun Gowtham Mannava

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My First Vlog!

Here’s what I thought about the Taboo around Dating in India! Hope you like watching it. Dating Gyan in India! Varun Gowtham Mannava

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Love Aaj Kal [Love These Days]

Love Aaj Kal [Love These Days]

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 in Heaven and that subsequently marriages are made in Heaven too. Yes, if you go and ask my parents or your parents they would approve of this fact. But then a lot happened. What happened and how? If you…

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Love Love Love!!! (soon to be a Romantic Fiction book/ web series)

Love Love Love!!! (soon to be a Romantic Fiction book/ web series)

How Akash, an introvert from Chennai becomes an extrovert, makes his way through a lot of friends and establishes himself as a Love Guru in Delhi. He meets his first true love Shruti in a Speed Dating event and they connect on that very night. Shruti is from Bengaluru.

For the next 4 months Akash and Shruti have a ball realizing how special their first meeting was and how their first meeting…

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Food Preferences in a Mumbai Family

Food Preferences in a Mumbai Family

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, you would want to appreciate and remember what their choices are. There is so much diversity and preferences in just one family. And when your partner keeps…

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Dil Bechara : An emotional farewell to Sushant Singh Rajput!

Dil Bechara : An emotional farewell to Sushant Singh Rajput!

With all that’s been happening in bollywood industry since the passing away of the 34 year old actor, Dil Bechara movie feels actually like a Crystal Ball prediction for 1 hour 40 minutes. The film is definitely a fitting and a well deserved farewell movie for Sushant Singh Rajput who was always treated like a guest in the industry and never allowed to settle down. Its hard to watch this movie…

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Lockdown Gyan: Why moving to Chennai was the best decision my Father ever made!

Lockdown Gyan: Why moving to Chennai was the best decision my Father ever made!

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. This did not affect his schooling or college.

He got into Mechanical Engineering in a college in Mysore. This was Karnataka. So now he knew Kannada other than…

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Vedanta in Dating

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 economy back then.

So what was the most sought after desire back then, at least in India? The answer is Liberation through Self realization!

So 3,800 years after the Vedas…

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Community based Matrimonials in India : Facilitators or Distinguishers?

Community based Matrimonials in India : Facilitators or Distinguishers?

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 each other’s expectations. They love the fact that their respective partner is so humble and hardworking because they belong to that caste.

Ha!

I burst into…

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