It's Summer Time. Let's Stay Fit!

Summer has come! Finally! After chilly winter days in Hamburg, the weather turned beautiful from last week. The mercury is crossing the early twenties. I can see more people cycling and coming in two pieces to office. Like most of the men in late twenties, I too, have a small tummy, credits to the freezing winter, the long office hours, and the weekends that were spent without any physical activity. I do not want to look old, and I badly want to get rid of the small tummy. I am not someone who prefer to skip breakfast or eating less for dinner to lose weight. In fact, I can never fast or skip food just for losing weight. That is, how I am, from my childhood.

There are two ways of reducing weight in a short span and that can be achieved by following a healthy diet and cycling to office, like I did, in the last summer and lost around seven Kgs, which unfortunately, I gained again in the winter. Now, it’s time to redo and get fit soon.

I prefer having a healthy breakfast, a good lunch, and a light dinner. For breakfast, I always prefer Honey on the top of sliced Banana. A recipe my wife and I like the most. It’s healthy and good for a decent breakfast. I prefer Dabur Honey, which I buy for a good price from Penny. For lunch, I prefer rice with any gravy, and for the dinner I prefer Indian Flat Bread. I call it a balance diet, because I have fruits and tea in between. Because a balanced diet helps to stay fit, stay healthy, and fight against the harmful bacteria by strengthening the immune system.

Do not take any risk when it comes to health, because a crash diet, can lead to several disasters, which includes a dozens of diseases that can never be heard before by a common man. This happens, particularly when you live in a county, where you have inadequate sunlight. So never ever take risk when it comes to food. Do follow a proper and healthy diet.


Also for those, who hates having healthy green salads, can opt for Honey Diet, which adds taste to the tongue, and also helps you to say healthy. Have a look at Dabur’s Honey Diet here. You can find more and more healthy tasty Honey Recipe here, the benefits of having Honey Recipes in detail, and to check out the calorie count that you take in a day. You are always opt for Expert’s advice from their website.

Have a balanced diet, because no ones like to look aged or suffer because of a crash diet. Stay Healthy! Stay Fit! Stay Smiling!

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Surf it All! Surf it Fast!

Cricket... Cricket... Cricket... Sachin... Sachin... Sachin... Inseparable words that made my childhood beautiful. I have a lot of memories attached to cricket. Be it the tuition bunk, falling sick on exam days (my dad still believes I fell sick, so only I took leave... my mom knows me the best), pasting my ears to only pocket radio of those days, happy to stay back at home instead of attending any family functions just because I have to study for a class test or do my unending homework, or the best of all - skipping work reasoning sick and down... all for one motive - To Watch Cricket!

How good it would have been, if I had an option to watch the match when Sachin made history to become the first man on the planet to score a double century. Priceless right?

Yes, Cricket is not just a game. It is more than a religion in India. And to stay connected with the game, we have a hell lot of apps - none of them are the best owing to the speed they deliver the update - but nothing could suffice my requirements. Moreover they irritated me flashing "Loading data" always or "this app is not supported by your phone model". And when days passed, I got used to "Loading Data" and "Late updates" despite of having a 4G Connection.

Deep inside I wanted an app or a browser that's fast, easier to use with seamless transitions and connected 24 x 7 to cricket. I had none. I wished to develop an app on my own. Thanks to busy schedule which never allowed me to do it.

But, I know, I'm not alone. There are several thousand cricket fans wish the same. And guess what, one company made it possible. They made a browser with all I wished for, and with an unbelievable addition - a space in the browser dedicated for every cricket fan connecting them to the match center wherever they are - Believe me or not, but that's the truth.

Have a look at the latest fastest cricket-friendly UC Browser. Now browse faster with maximum data compression than never before. Experience Seamless Transitions. It features UC Cricket, where it provides the best cricket service in India, which includes but not limited to...

- Live Scores.
- Seamless Auto Update of what's happening.
- Fixture & Result
- Latest News
- Videos

Still if you do not believe me, then have a look at this video...

And it's just not that... It allows you to create account for yourself, help you sync between your devices, assures maximum online protection, UC Cloud, and much more... Visit www.ucweb.com now and stay connected. If you like it, share the good news with the world, tweet now!

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Happy and Safe Browsing!

Happiness is buying online jewellery

I wish I can make a meme, “That moment when you realise that the most searched item changes from books to jewellery!” and post it on Facebook. All thanks to my dear wife’s addiction to jewellery and artificial jewellery. Be it Google Search, or Facebook Ads, or whatever, her first priority is to search for online jewellery shopping in India. The moment she finds one, the next few hours she will explore all possible options in the site, and will shortlist at least a dozen items to hear my opinion. Without much option, I will view each one of them, and provide my review comparing with her previous finds. Most of the times, I give a negative review complaining one or the other missing features, but this site www.candere.com amazes me enough to write this post.

For a design fanatics like me, Candere website and their precious creations, is a treat to view and surf. I must confess that they have different ranges of products, from Diamonds to Gold to attractive Gems, from Necklace to Earrings to Mangalsutras for women, from Pendants to Rings for men, and from Bars to Custom Designs for all. What makes the site outstanding, is the way they present the best of their collections to the customers, with detailed information on category wise pricing of Metal, Gemstone, Making Charges and VAT, options to preselect between White and Yellow Gold, options to select the gold carats, which ultimately decides the cost of the jewellery, and helps you buy online jewellery at an impressive price. And for people living in abroad, Candere also accepts payment in Australian Dollars, Great Britain Pound and United States Dollars.

I have made my wishlist: two vakratunda ruby pendants, of the type “just initials jewellery”, made of white gold. I’ll be opting for 18 carat Gold, as the occasion is going to be special. Yes, I’m planning this gift for the third anniversary of our first interaction. I’m very sure that my wife is going to love this. Since they deliver in seven days from the date of order, I will be placing the order just before the special day. I’m super excited!

It’s your turn now. Browse through the vast collection of tempting yet elegant and eye-catching jewellery from your home and make occasions special. Remember Candere products come with Insured Free Shipping, Jewellery Certifications, 30 Days Returns, and Lifetime Exchange. The USP of the product is its bespoke international designs and it’s also available on EMI. Subscribe to newsletter option and enjoy 1000 INR off on your first purchase. Wonderful, isn’t it? Give it a try and share your experience in the comment section of this post.

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The Rain

This post has been published by me as a part of Blog-a-Ton 55; the fifty-fifth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with ​Rashmi Kumar, the author of Hooked, Lined and Single and Jyoti Arora, the author of Lemon Girl.

Sitting by the windowpane Sinamika stared at the pouring rain through the window, the road had become a stream, the trees and the plants appeared green and fresh, the dogs and cats, the cows and hens, became sick of rain, and there was no existence of life on the road.

She looked at her Father, Venkat, he was still sleeping in an easy chair, she had to wait for him to wake up, to sail the paper boats. Her favorite time pass on any rainy day. She looked again through the window; a car flew like a lightning on the road. She closed her eyes, calm, yet melodious drizzles, made her swim in the memories of last year’s rainy season.

* * *

“Appa, I am going to sail my paper boats.” She stood up from the chair after making her paper boats. Her Father got up from the easy chair, brushed her hair, and said, “It’s still raining, dear. You might have to wait a while!”

She put up her long face – the drama queen – sat by the windowpane and waited for the rain to go away. Her Father came close to her, and said, “Maybe, we should try something else.”

“What should we do? Cook Pakodas and eat?” She frowned, looking down, without having any eye contact with her Father.

“Amma is preparing pakodas and tea. She will make it ready in another thirty minutes. Till that time…” Cutting her Father short, she asked, “We will watch TV, is it?”

“No, Sina... We will go out and dance in the rain.” The moment he said this, she jumped on her Father, hugged him tight, and shouted, “You are so sweet Appa!”

Her Mother came out of the kitchen, saw them smile happily, washed her hands, and then she said, “But keep an eye on the road, Sina Appa. These days the car drivers fly like a rocket.”

“I’ll take care of her,” her Father assured. They went out much like the happy mouse after finding the new cheese mountain in the book, Who moved my cheese?

Sinamika looking upwards stretched her hands out, in the rain. She hopped clapping her hands in the rain; her Father too did the same. On seeing them out in the rain, the dogs came out of the kennel and the hens too, joined them and made sounds like one happy family. It was a picture perfect frame.

In about half an hour, her Mother came out and asked them to come in and wash their hands and legs, to have hot pakodas and tea, as she was almost done with the cooking part.

Sinamika ran out of the compound walls shouting, “No… No, I want to play more in the rain.”

They heard a big explosion. Her Mother ran inside to check if something happened in the kitchen, her father ran in next, stopped near the door, and called Sinamika to come in. She refused to come in.

He heard another big explosion inside, followed by a huge scream, when he went inside; he saw his wife caught fire because of the explosion of the kerosene stove. He quickly got a sack, and wrapped it around her, and rolled her down.

He heard a screeching sound outside, followed by Sinamika’s scream. He ran out of the home, only to see her daughter lying in the pool of blood mixed with water stream, hit by an over speeding car that passed through.

He broke down into tears. He composed himself quickly, knocked his neighbor’s door for help, took his wife and daughter to the hospital in the car.

* * *

Sinamika, her Father called her name loudly. She came back to present, tear drops fell from her eye, she looked at her amputated legs, and then her Father, “Can you take me out in the rain. I want to sail my paper boats.”

His lips curved a little, he made her sit in the wheelchair, collected all the paper boats from the table, and took her outside the home.

She took her first paper boat with the help of her Father, looked at the sky, “Amma, this is my letter for you. I want you to return after reading this,” she said and sailed her paper boat in the stream of water that led to the place called Hope.

The second was the letter to God asking him why He snatched her Mother away from her, the third was the letter to the Government requesting to find the car owner who took her legs away from her, the next was her secret wishlist and it continued.

* * *

She Hopes that all her letters get a response!
Will it happen?

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What's Happening!!

It is almost a month since I published a post. Though only a very few friends read this blog, still I hate to leave this place empty. I can easily blame my hectic schedule or the season here. Yes, it is summer in Hamburg. Either I spend my weekends in a park (Stadpark) with Vidhya or I’m busy doing the household or the Hausaufgabe (Homework). Do you have homework to do? If this is your question, then my answer is yes. I joined German Integration Course last month. I have to complete my homework and revise the lessons (I just did once).

On weekdays, I start to office at 7 AM and will reach office at 7 30 AM. I have classes from 5 PM to 9 15 PM, and I reach home at 10 PM. I’m occupied 24 x 7, which makes me unable to post on this blog on Sundays. I can scribble a post like this every week, but for sure, it is going to bore everyone. I can post some photographs or quotes, but that will be same as what I share on Instagram. I do not want to repeat. At the same time, I do not want to keep breaking the promise I did to my friends at the start of this year. One post a week and to complete my books before the end of this year. I wrote until the end of March, after which I got busy. I tried my best to write, but I failed miserably. I do not want to be irregular. Going forward, I will write. The easiest option available is to write a haiku a week, post a few words I learn in the week, and pictures I take. I will try to keep it simple and interesting.

Lessons for the week:

Guten Tag – Good Day!
Guten Morgen – Good Morning!
Guten Abend – Good Evening!
Guten Nacht – Good Night!

Hallo! Guten Tag! (Hello Good Day!)
Ich bin Saravana Kumar Murugan. Wie Heißen Sie? (I’m Sarav. What is your name?)
Guten Tag! Mein Name ist … (Good Day! My name is)

Sie represents respect. (Formal). If you want to have an informal conversation, use Du… For more visit here.

Coming back to the post, there is a reason to start again today. Facebook just reminded me that Simran and I are friends on Facebook for four years. I got excited. I shared it on Facebook. I recalled a few incidents that happened between us. One of them was penning down a story with Simran titled “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”. It is getting published in the book, “A Little Chorus of Love”: a collection of short stories. I hope you people will enjoy reading the story.

Actually, I can write an essay about Simran, but for now, I will keep it short.

I’m lucky to have a friend like you, Simran. Thanks for everything.

Sharing a click I posted on instagram this week. Like it?

#eimsbuttel #waytohome #instagram #photooftheday #click #class #picoftheday #guesswho

A photo posted by Saravana Kumar Murugan (@iamsarav.insta) on Jun 1, 2015 at 1:02pm PDT

And to all my friends, thanks for reading this post. I will be back next week with an interesting post (I'll try). Till then, take care.

Have a great week ahead!

Prost! (Cheers)

Shake it Baby!

“Just a shake is what I needed baby.”

“What do you mean…?” She asked.

“Don’t you know what I mean?” I answered her question.

“But… I’m miles away from you.” Her words conveyed her mood.

“Still… a shake is what I needed to call you again.” I said giving her a clue to what I meant.

“Hmmm…” She hummed for a minute. Inside my head, she blinked like a tube light. As usual. Then she guessed, “Is your balance zero?”

“It was zero, but not now.” Before I complete my sentence, she shot the next question, “how did you recharge on the way?”

“All I needed was a shake on my smartphone after launching My Airtel App.” She asked the next question, “My Airtel App, is that a new app?”

“Well… it’s a simple app but it does a lot of things. Seriously, a lot of things, like recharging online your Prepaid sim, paying your Postpaid bill, manage your DTH and Broadband recharges and payment and much more than that. In short it is a simple online store in your hands.”

“That’s really cool.” She said, spoke to someone in her hostel on the dress she wore, and then she asked a golden question, “Do you remember the initial days of our relationship? How we managed to recharge for the other when not in town?”

“It’s been ten years now, still those days remain fresh in my memories, when we used to recharge for the other if the call gets cut automatically while talking. How can we forget that small shop where we maintained a common account for both of our expenses? Those days are the best days of our life.”

“I just installed the app on my phone.”

“Shake it baby!”

“Wow… that’s awesome. I got a cashback offer that’s almost equal to the amount I recharged.”

“That’s sweet of Airtel…” cutting me short, she spoke in a high tone, “OMG! It has an option to add my family members’ numbers. I’m adding you right away, okay.”

I received a message. “Airtel Recharge... … …. Your New Balance: 574”

“Did you top up for me?”

“Nope” she said, “I was testing the feature… And you know what, now I could recharge and manage all my Airtel services through my smartphone. See how smart I’m” She was excited. As usual.

“I just paid my Broadband bill dear. Hereafter I will not bitch you to pay at the shop near your room. And there’ll not be any reason for you to smoke.” She said, then she laughed and finally she said, “Okay, I will call you after some time. I have to get ready. I’ve a photoshoot today.”

“Okay, I’m also going to get down. I will give you the call once I’m done with the work. Love you my dear little lucky baby.” I said and hung up the phone.

Life of a travel photographer is so exciting, you never know what will amaze your third eye the next second, I thought and clicked the photograph of a boy jumping into the river fearlessly.

That night one more time I launched the app, I got FREE DATA as an exclusive offer for me. I thanked #MyAirtelApp and uploaded the photographs to a new Album on Facebook - Shake it Baby!

Happy Talking! Download the Airtel App here: http://www.airtel.in/myairtel

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Forever

This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 54; the fifty-fourth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton

Forever.
She is Forever.
She is “Forever”… the creator, the living God, the purest Diya in God’s throne, and every single bit of faith I have in God.
She is “Forever”… my first love, my first friend and my best half. That’s why I believe in relationships.
She is “Forever”… a magical musician, a valor protector, and a wonderful teacher. The first song she sang, the first time she protected when I fell down, the first rhyme I learnt, is the best that happened to me so far.
She is “Forever”… my first poem, my first prose and my first special post. Maybe, that’s why I’m able to write.
She is “Forever”… a 21-year-old lady, a super-active woman, working round the clock, round the year, non-stop. She never sleeps and he has food only when she gets free time.
She is “Forever”… a super Amma for… me, my sister, my brother, my sister’s son and daughter, and for my future daughter. Even today, my sister’s son and daughter, call my sister Priya Akka and my mom Amma.

Above all, she is “Forever” my pillar. There are so many “Forever” about her. I will never be able to end this write-up even if I list them all… because I’m her son… Forever and Ever!

Happy Mother’s Day Amma!!!

This post is dedicated to my super Amma and to all the angels in this world…

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