Karina Pandya

How often has it happened that you've tried to live your life to please; Someone, of course, who suffers from a twisted disease? How often have you wanted to become a person that “THEY” wanted? Begged for their acceptance, your own voice completely stunted? How often have your egos been bruised and shattered? Feelings of self-esteem and pride left torn, twisted and tattered? Trivial as they are, they may run deep; Narcissistic Injuries can play on your minds for years, months and weeks! Psychic wounds left deep inside your minds To heal against time,  So, stand up before it gets too late; You life has much more in store, thats held in fate Don't let someone ever try to occupy your space, Their values, beliefs and actions shoved in your face! Don’t ever be afraid to stand up for who you are, Your beautiful within, you are your own star!

Everyone has been given the discretion to live his/her life the way they want to, But how many of us fall as prisoner to norms of society or in other ways, ‘socially acceptable standards of living’? Our mind is perhaps the greatest gift that we have, A gift, which can empower us or even imprison us- Our lives are meant to be lived with purpose, keeping definitive goals in mind; However, the negativities of the world creep up from all sides; often preventing us from reaching our potential. Our ability to think; the powerful tool that we possess i.e. ‘thought power’ is so often underused, Many people don't even tap into or tap ;into it' only for negative purposes. So, what is this purpose of our lives that we seek? Is it being successful at a job? Having a great family? Or overindulgence in worldly pleasures? Maybe it’s all about running after wealth and money, like a rat race! In this mediated reali...

Italian food is something I just can’t resist and that’s what motivated me to go for this event at FratelliFresh, Renaissance Hotel Powai. When I heard that the chef Christain Puglisi ( half Italian, half Norwegian, raised Danish chef) was Italian and was about to launch a revamped menu I knew this Italian cuisine was going to be extremely authentic! The event, which began at 7PM sharp and went on till 10.30 had many bloggers attending the event so that they could do what their passion was and that, was blogging! Being a writer my profession and blogger as hobby, I knew I couldn't miss this opportunity! Distance didn't matter to me. A journey, which lasted for roughly about an hour (train and auto), I reached Renaissance Hotel, Powai and quickly made my way toward FratelliFresh. Overlooking the beautiful serene Powai Lake, FratelliFresh is quick to catch your attention with its countless number of bottles of Tuscan wine lined on the wall. As soon as you en...

Everything has an expiry date They say good things don't last forever, only memories do But how long is FOREVER, doesn't that even have an expiration date? Even in your darkest hour when you pull out that memory from its safety place and try to remember those people, those days, those times YOU CANNOT Bring it back! Everything in life has an expiry date, We have to realise that. We live in this safety cocoon where we believe that NOTHING can happen to us, But the reality is that we cannot protect ourselves from everything, Everything that comes our way in life; Because like sad times, happy times come with an expiration date And only a memory is left behind But, that memory too wont last forever, because thousands more are being made! The only thing we can do is to live our lives with exuberance, filling it with joy. Do what we love and make our own mistakes. Because it is our life which we have to walk alone, Our mistakes and reali...

Have you ever wondered what your doing with your life,? Like really stopped for a moment and  reflected about where you’re heading; If all the efforts that your putting in, Running from pillar to post;  meeting this deadline and the next one Is taking you anywhere? I’m sure we all have held a similar feeling  at some point of time in our lives. Is this life that we are living truly making us happy,  or are we just too busy chasing countless dreams  to even reflect back on our own wellbeing,  our own happiness? Common questions that seem to float around these days are  ‘So what are you doing with your life’ and ‘Have you been promoted’ But,  what we fail to pay attention to is how happy we are with ourselves. It all boils down to the job that we have and how much money we make, Because that's just the way it is, we are living in a rats race where the only thing that takes us forward is money! And we will go t...