Friday 15 May 2015

#MyAirtelApp

A smartphone is a gadget that helps to do just one thing, make your life easy. We download all the apps that make ours fast. We communicate with friends on facebook, share our thoughts on twitter, post our pictures on Instagram that can in turn put it on both twitter and facebook. We want to go fast as time is precious, rare and in-fact everything. So when you can use this time do better things, like play with your children, talk to your aging parents or perhaps cooking that satiating meal for you have only been eating out all day, all time. If you are a twenty first century professional, the next thing you need after a smart phone is the right app. Ofcourse assuming you have the right connection with great connection strength and speeds, courtesy - Airtel. 

So just log on to  http://www.airtel.in/myairtel, know all about the app, various benefits, download the app, save your time and money and hey, shake that thing! When you do that you get a lot of advantages, here are the three that tops my list:

1. Cool Offers:  Many a times it so happens that my data pack is expiring and I shake the app, sometimes it so happened that I got free data. Not just that at the end of the month when pockets are tight I have found full talk time for low value recharge which meant I can call my loved ones far away and talk without worrying about the balance. Isn't that a boon?

2. Contact Storage and Recharge: My parents live in smaller towns and the internet connection there is bad. They do not either have a smart phone. So mostly they ask me to recharge their phones. As I am always on the go professionally, I have saved all their contacts in one list and all I have to do is refer to that when I need to recharge their phones. This saves me from all the pain of going through the internet, then feeding their number etc. There are also express heck out options so that you do not have to feed in your credit or debit card 16 digit number again and again, etc. So you can practically recharge on the move.

3. Timely Notification and Check: You can keep a complete check of your usage and recharge with this app without saving a million sms that helps you keep a track of your mobile usage and expenditure. Also it gives you notifications when the balance is expiring, etc. so that you are never out of balance. This is especially important for women, working late, travelling alone, etc. A working phone is the first thing you need when in danger.

 So what are you waiting for? Downlaod the app today! 

You can also watch this video and decide:





Sunday 10 May 2015

#Sharing The Load

A son is a mothers pride. He is burdened right from the day he is born, to carry the weight of the surname, the reputation his father built or the success his father couldn't. In either case he is the one everyone's eyes are on. Its a proud moment when he does well for himself in his career but when he becomes a fine gentleman, a human being; a mother is more proud of her creation as that is what speaks for her upbringing. I am happy I raised a fine human being in my son, but the day I realized it was the best one of my life.

I had been feeling unwell for a week now. My son was coming back from the hostel after six months and I was spending all my time in getting his favourite things in place, ingredients for everything that was to be fed to him, setting up the wireless for he cant live without the Internet, cleaning his room etc. It had consumed me and just after the day he landed fatigue caught me. It was his first break after he had left home for the first time in the hostel, but like every mother I was fretting if he was getting well nourished for he had just lost much weight because of terrible food and bad hygiene standards there. I felt terrible the evening I couldn't get up from bed when I fell ill. He just told me to sleep and gave me medication. What he did next surprised me. With a little help from the aunt next door he managed to find, rice and lentil and made me worlds best khichdi ever as I wasn't able to eat much. He also made soup. 

Not just that when his father returned he ensured he was fed well, washed all the utensils, cleaned up the kitchen and everything was perfectly in place the next morning. I took ill for about four days in which he cleaned, cooked , did the laundry and everything. I never felt I wasn't the one running the house. His father was surprised too and helped him. I never knew my son was so capable, that he could manage a family and not just himself. When I told him I was proud, he just said my sister would have done so and I am no different, when we care we share everything.

For the entire break-time then he would spend more time with me helping me side by side and that is the time that we work together for our home is what we look forward to, each time. Now I don't worry about him that much. 

 “I am writing for the #ShareTheLoad activity at BlogAdda.com in association with Ariel.” 

#ShareTheLoad With Love

The era in which we were born and brought up didn't have equality as a basic right for women. Women were left to the kitchen and had to ensure the needs of the family are met. Families, big and small; with lesser or many women was the women's problem. The men like bosses in a corporate office would only see if they got what they wanted, their comfort. Things have recently changed however. Not just the fact that women can speak what they want, men are now being very considerate and the couples now-a-days help each other with everything. Life is always better that ways.

My husband was brought up in a family where women were to do all the chores. I accepted the norm in his family as mine was similar. My daughter however had different thoughts. She was bold about expressing her opinion and as the time changed, she not only grew up to be responsible but trained my son (her younger sibling) to be completely independent. She could of course manage things more than he cool, be it food, cleaning or laundry but he could manage breakfast. When they left home for their careers no wonder they adjusted very easily to the surroundings. I always wanted to go and visit them but my husband being a doctor believed in serving more. He wouldn't take an off and he was dependent on me. He couldn't even make his own tea and so I couldn't go anywhere, not even to visit my children. Even for events, parties and weddings I had to ensure all his things are set and then I would go. I had to return back by night. My daughter was once visiting us and she me tired returning from a wedding and my husband said "I am craving for tea", I instantly got up to make it. Being someone who would never think of failures, she just told her dad "Let me teach you how can you make your tea, yourself". Fathers listen to daughters and she rarely came home, so he went thinking of it as time being spent with her. She however had other goals. She made her father learn to make tea in the next three days. 

It was the time when I could really get a break when I came from work as my husband would now not demand for tea. I could lie down, read , do whatever I wish to as compared to earlier when I had to do other duty, that of a provider. She also taught him basic cooking like instant foods and so now I can go anywhere I want and I am not complaining when I am back for my husband takes care of everything. I am happy though late even our generation has learnt to share life and the load. 

 “I am writing for the #ShareTheLoad activity at BlogAdda.com in association with Ariel.”