How to get Radiant Skin.

Radiant Skin. Everyone dreams of having radiant skin. No oil, no pimples, no blackheads just clean and clear face. We don't get it as our skin has to face sun, dirt and pollution everyday. So getting radiant skin is just a dream. It is like impossible to save your face from dirt, pollution and sun then what to do to get clean & oil free skin? I will tell you what I do keep my skin clean and oil free.

I cover my whole face whenever I go out to save my face from dirt, pollution and sun. I wash my face a lot to remove dirt from it. I wash it before going out, I wash it after coming home from outside and I wash it whenever I feel like. To hide blackheads I don't shave my face for more than 20 days in a month. It is a trend of having a bearded face so it is cool to keep beard on your face but when this trend will go off I had to find something else to hide blackheads from my face. After trying everything I try these natural things to keep my skin clean and oil free but radiant skin (in which I have nothing to hide) is not even closer.

Few days ago I was ordering a face wash online for my brother and while doing that I came across VICCO turmeric cream with foam base. I wanted to know more about that product so I opened its description. Its description was like "Its ayurvedic formula combined with microbicide properties of turmeric prevents oily skin, fights pimples and clears blackheads". I knew ayurveda is better than cosmetics. Ayurveda has various benefits over cosmetic facial cleansing regime. Cosmetic facial cleansing regime is harmful to skin while Ayurveda facial care regime improves the texture and health of skin. Moreover we all know that from how many years VICCO is bringing ayurvedic products in the market. It is one of the oldest and trusted brands in India. So it was worth trying. Hence I ordered it as well along with my brother's face wash.

I recieved it two days after placing the order. I am using it regularly since then. I think it has been seven odd days and I have already witnessed the difference. It has removed pimples from my face, there is no oil on my facial skin and it has started clearing blackheads from my face. I use it after coming home from work and from morning till evening my face faces everything dirt, pollution and sun. It becomes dull in the evening and VICCO turmeric cream removes that dirt and oil from my face and gives it fresh look. I am very much happy with its result. By the time the trend of bearded face will go off my skin will be radiant and I won't have anything to hide. I think everyone should use it because not only it brings you closer to radiant skin but it saves your face from harmful cosmetics.

Waiting lounge on its feet.

In the last week of April I was coming back to Ahmedabad from Pune. My ticket was booked in tier II in a 2 a.m. train from Pune by my agent but the ticket was not confirmed. My agent assured me that my ticket will get confirmed as there was only one waiting in tier II. I left my training centre in Pune well before time and reached Pune station by 10:00 p.m.

Before leaving the training centre I watched two movies of South's superstar Allu Arjun. Both the movies were action packed. I was watching Allu Arjun's movies for the first time. I didn't expected him to be superb dancer. I mean if you watch south movies then you expect action but sensational dance moves from south Indian actors is rarity. Allu Arjun was swift on his feet. His moves were awesome. Apart from that I don't know why but Anushka Manchanda's 'Na jane' song from the movie I, me aur main was playing in my head since morning. My energy that day was at different level. There was excitement of going back home.

By the time I reached station reservation charts were out. First thing I did at station was I checked the charts. My name was not in that list. I checked PNR status and it was same. It still showed WL1. In simple terms my ticket got cancelled rather than getting confirmed. I was standing at Pune station. I had to catch a train at 2 a.m. but at 10:30 I came to know that my ticket has not been confirmed. It was a new city for me, I didn't know anyone there. It was a panic alert but I didn't panic in that sitiation. I called my agent. Before I say anything to him he started apologising and that calmed me down. He asked me to reach Mumbai anyhow. He said he said there is a flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad at 5:30 in the morning and he was booking ticket in that flight. It was the best option among all. I stood in a queue to get the ticket to Mumbai but I wasn't able to get the ticket as railway staff went on a break of half an hour when I was almost there.

11:00 p.m. As there was a break at station I went at bus depot opposite to railway station. Last bus to Ahmedabad departed at 10:15 but there was a bus to Mumbai at 11:30. I bought the ticket of that bus and informed my agent that I have got the bus to Mumbai. He mailed me that air ticket and went to sleep. I was finding the ways to reach to airport and that man was sleeping. He knew he can relax only till I reach Ahmedabad then he was gone. I reached Mumbai at 2:00 a.m. I knew Mumbai is a city which never sleeps but still it was odd time to land in any city. I booked a cab to airport online in the bus only. It was safest option to airport at that point of time. After reaching airport I got a print out of ticket thanks to cooperative and highly supportive staff and then I reached to waiting lounge to relax a bit. I was in the lounge by 3:15 and after all the chaos I was sitting in the lounge and was trying to remove the stress.

Allu Arjun entered the lounge. I was surprised to see him in Mumbai. I didn't knew where he was going but even at that point of time he was charged. He was walking here & there in the lounge using his phone. Suddenly someone turned TV into a sound mode from a mute mode and on TV Anushka Manchanda's 'Na jane' was playing. The song is so well sung by Anushka that everyone's foot was tapping. Allu Arjun was busy with his phone call. As soon as he heard that song after his call he started shaking his leg. "Hey, it is one of my favorite songs." He shouted. "Na jane kahan se aaya hai, Na jane kahan ko jayega, deewana kisse banayega yeh ladka." He started singing along with dancing. He brought the whole waiting lounge on its feet with his energy at 3:45 in the morning. The airport staff also gathered in numbers to see him dance.

Then he came and pulled me from my arm to join him in that act. I woke up saying "no no...". When I looked around after opening my eyes everyone in the waiting lounge was looking at me then I realised it was just a dream. It was an embarrassing situation. So I put my head down and checked my mobile and it showed 4:12 a.m. I saw that dream because I saw couple of Allu Arjun movies and that Anushka Manchanda song was playing in my head all the time. So it was somewhere in mind and it came out as my imagination during that power nap. Though it was embarrassing but it brought that energy and excitement back in me which lasted till I reached home.

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#LiveLodgycal

Long time ago in India people used to buy either small cars or big cars. Indian people were not aware about different segments of cars they only knew two types of cars. Small cars and big cars. Hence they used to buy according to that. There was nothing like SUVs, Sedans, MPV etc in the mind of Indian people. That was long time ago, now people have become smarter and they know about each and every segment of car. From small cars to SUVs they know about everything. Indian people these days buy car according to their needs and desires. They know what they need? A small car, a sedan, an MPV or a SUV.

I am a car freak. I keep an eye on new launches in each and every segment of automobile industry. Few days ago I was going through some new launches and while doing that I came across an MPV Renault Lodgy. It has amazing features. It has everything which I look for in a car but whenever I go on a road trip I take few important things along with me. Let's see Renault Lodgy allows me to carry all those important things or not.

Family

My world resides in my family. I feel complete with my family and I hardly go on a trip without my family. There are three people in my family apart from me but when my extended family like my bua and cousins join in for a trip it gets difficult to fit in one small car but with 7-8 seater Renault Lodgy my dream of a journey with extended family becomes a reality. I always have lot of fun when I go on a trip with my family but at times it gets difficult to plan it with small cars but with the help of Renault Lodgy I can plan those trips with ease.

Cricket kit

Me, my brother and my father just love to play cricket anywhere and everywhere. We keep cricket kit in our car instead of home. Seeing our enthusiasm about the game our cousins join in as well but at times due to extra luggage on marriage trip or long trip we have to keep it at home. Renault Lodgy has large boot space. Hence there is no need of keeping it at home and miss all the action. With Lodgy I would carry it easily even with extra luggage as there is no scarcity of boot space in it.

Entertainment

I have a collection of 350 songs and this collection has both old and new songs. I have stored them in one pen drive and I carry it on every single journey. I love to listen songs while driving. It just calms me down in frustrating traffic of Indian cities. In Renault Lodgy there is awesome Medianav system with 8 inch screen in which I can watch videos as well. I can navigate through songs and can choose the song from that collection according to the mood.

Mobile

I can't live without my mobile. If you want to find me then find where my mobile is. You will find me. These days battery of android phones doesn't last long. Hence I make sure that my battery is full if I am going on long drive but in Renault Lodgy there is in built mobile charger. In Lodgy I can take my mobile without worrying about how much battery is left as I can charge it any time. Renault Lodgy will not keep me away from my phone even for a minute.

Soft Drinks

I carry lot of soft drinks if I am going on long journey. It keeps me fresh and tireless on road. There is always fear of spilling while carrying those drinks. In Renault Lodgy, cup holders and luxurious flight trays keep the fear of spilling away. Now I can take my soft drinks without any fear of spilling and I can keep myself fresh and active through out the journey.

Renault has taken care of everything while designing Lodgy. It has so many amazing features that you will just fall in love with it.

I’m participating in the #LiveLodgycal contest with Renault in association with BlogAdda to get a chance to be a part of the #LiveLodgycal Drive in Goa.

#YouMakeMeWin

I am a member of 'By Lines' the winning team of Game of blogs. Our story is getting published. As a writer it has been the best thing happened to me till date. I remember when game of blogs was announced I was going outstation for training. Hence I was not able to register it on time. By the time I registered for game of blogs I all the teams were finalised but I was desperately wanted to play that game. Luckily I was alloted the team 'By Lines' as one of their members was not an active blogger. I was desperate to play that game because I knew that I was going to learn something at the end. I never thought of winning it. I was just there to get something from fellow bloggers. We gelled up well and won it in the end. It was a great team effort by an awesome team. 'By Lines' consists of Anmol, Ashutosh, Prerna, Preethi, Tina, Ram, Soumya and Me. All of them are great bloggers. I am not an avid reader but their blogs made me read more and more. I learnt from all of them but three of them influenced me the most not just by their writing but by their other qualities as well.

Anmol Rawat

Anmol was the first person to contact me during game of blogs. Anmol don't do anything else than reading and writing and he is earning good amount of money out of it which according to me is incredible. He used to be pro active during game of blogs. There is no doubt that he is better writer than me. Apart from that he is a good editor as well. He used to give his nights in editing our posts. He taught me how to commercialize my writing. Whenever I needed any advice regarding any campaign on different blogging sites I asked him. When I had to put advertisement on my blog, again he shown me the right way in that matter.

Anmol blogs at : http://anmolrawat.blogspot.in/?m=1

Preethi Venugopal

Preethi, chief editor of 'The Awakening' title of the winning story of game of blogs. Her book Without you's cover is out and her book will be out soon (most probably). She is busy in its promotion. She is a fab writer and editor. Most of the chapters of our team has been edited by her. She worked so hard on this story that she forgot her ill health, her anniversary etc etc. She gave more than 100% of her to our story. She was the one to give the alien way to our story. So along with the editor in chief she was also our creative head. She influenced me to give my everything in my each and every post. She taught me that when you love what you do then ill health and all are just excuses.

Preethi blogs at : http://tulipsandme.blogspot.in/?m=0

Tina Basu

Tina is a marketing officer in Britannia. She mixed her work and writing so well that after completing her chapter she used to edit our chapters during game of blogs. She always used to be on time while submitting her chapter. Apart from that she was my saviour during game of blogs. I used to write my chapters from my mobile as I was attending the training. So she and Preethi used to edit and Tina used to post it in my place. I made her admin of my blog during that period. From her I learnt to manage my work with writing. Seeing her editing and writing while working. I started writing while travelling in the local train. It was difficult at the beginning but now I have made it a habit. These days while travelling in train I write most of the time. Moreover I also find time to write while working.

Tina blogs at : http://twinklingtinawrites.blogspot.in

People always remember first winners of the game. So team 'By Lines' (we) will always be remembered as the first winners of game of blogs.

I’m blogging for #YouMakeMeWIN to honour a blogger who has influenced me and deserves to be nominated at WIN15.

You made me blog.

In 2010 I signed up on twitter to follow my favourite cricketers and film stars. It all started with 140 characters. I loved tweeting. It was a challenge to write a message in 140 characters. I was enjoying being on twitter. As I started tweeting I got a mention from Gaurav Kapur which is very exciting for a cricket lover. It was a good start. One day Rahul my school mate sent me a link on twitter. It was a link of his blog post. At that time for me Blog was a space where people write and put theirs views on different things. At that time I used to read Amitabh Bachchan's blog. My first thoughts on blog after reading that were it is not about 140 characters or a post on facebook. It is about expressing yourself through it.

It was an awesome post by Rahul. He is damn good at writing. He used to write for Mtv as well. After reading that post I thought I should give it a try. I asked Rahul what is the process to sign up on blogger. I signed up immediately and named my blog 'PG'. First blog post I wrote was on corruption. I wrote 4-5 blogposts that year. As the time passed by I started enjoying it. I became a regular by 2013 and I started exploring the fields and topics I am good at. From PG I expanded to four Blogs. Cricketology, Freelancing and My interviews are the other three blogs. In Cricketology I write about cricket like what I feel about the game, what I understand about the game, my analysis of different matches and tournaments etc. In Freelancing I write marketing stuff for various companies. In my interviews I write what I have gone through during 50+ interviews I have given. Lastly PG becomes my personal blog by default.

Today I am mainting three blogs out of four. My interviews has been sidelined by me. Blogadda was the first blogging site on which I registered my blogs. Through Blogadda my journey of becoming a freelance writer began. Today I have become a freelance writer from a mere blogger. Last year Blogadda organised game of blogs and in that too my team won and I became an author. It has been a great journey so far. I hope to go much ahead in writing. It all began with a guy pushing me to try my hand at blogging. It was Rahul's blogpost which inspired me to blogging and helped me find my love for writing. Unfortunately he stopped writing after that as he got busy in his family business.

Rahul used to blog at: http://resultofboredom-blogjob.blogspot.in/?m=1.

I’m blogging for #YouMakeMeWIN to honour a blogger who has influenced me and deserves to be nominated at WIN15.

An App way approach

When it comes to online purchase among all the products, customers has highest satisfaction purchasing fashionable products. Since last one year or so I am buying my clothes and footwear online and that too from my mobile only. I buy everything online through the mobile apps. It is good to know that myntra has gone app way through #ItsPersonal campaign. I think it is a great move from myntra to go app way. Most of the people do online shopping through apps only.

I feel app is only way to deliver true fashion experience. There are still some people who wander in malls to buy clothes, footwear and accessories. While there are some people who shop online but don't go the app way as they feel they don't get the complete idea of the thing on small screen. To sell myntra app to those people who are already shop online is easy. More discounts, extra cash back, exclusive designs etc are enough to bring them on app.

Now to sell the myntra app to those who wander in mall to buy clothes and all, I would organise an event at city's shopping malls over the weekends. Moreover to attract the audience at the mall I would invite celebrities to host that event and to explain people why app is the only way to deliver true fashion experience. In this country people follow celebrities blindly. So if they are shown that their favourite celeb is buying clothes through myntra's mobile app then they will also start using myntra app and will do shopping online. We need to bring these kind of people on our mobile app and that celeb's act or performance endorsing our app will do it for us. In this way we will be able to bring those people on our app who haven't joined the bandwagon yet.

My First Expert

God cannot be everywhere so he sent Moms on earth. My mom is everything to me. I can't even imagine my life without her. She is the one who has made me what I am today. She knows everything about me. She knows how to handle me when I am sad, angry and frustrated. She has been my protector, my teacher & my secret keeper. She is my go to person for anything and everything. It is not possible for me to appreciate all of her roles in one post. Hence I am going to talk about Mom the protector in this post.

I used to be a notorious child in school. I always used to do masti with my friends in on going periods. I used to bully and tease them in the periods. Some teachers tolerated that graciously while some didn't. There was one teacher who didn't even liked my face. In first standard she was my class teacher and was strict as hell. She used to beat me like anything if I do something during her period. As she was the class teacher so all the other teachers used to complain her only. In short I was like a punching bag to her. One day she came frustrated from home in the morning and was checking our homeworks and all. I was talking to my friends until my number was called. My number came and I showed my notebook to her.

She saw my notebook and my writing was not good. There she got the reason to beat me. She started slapping on my face while talking something. She didn't see anything she was just slapping me. Another teacher came at that time and she complained her about me. My cheeks turned red and I started crying but that complain allowed her to beat me more. I hid my face to stop her but she didn't stop. At the end blood came out my nose due to her slaps and that bleeding finally stopped her from slapping me. I was sent home due to bleeding. I went home crying and told mom I won't go to school from tomorrow. I was so scared from her. I saw a monster in her that day. My mother took me back to school within half an hour and fought with the principal. She stood by me like a rock. She told the principal that "you treat children like this? He is just seven years old and look how you teacher has beaten him. I want transfer certificate now. My child is in danger at your school."

Principal calmed my mother down and assured my safety at school. The impact of my mother was such that principal changed my class teacher and she was alloted other subjects to teach. 7 years later in 8th standard she became my sanskrit teacher. At that time she didn't remember anyone in the class but me. In 8th standard I was quiet in her class for eight months but then one day she caught me talking during her period. At that time she didn't beat me but she called my parents. My mother was dying to meet her as she didn't get the chance to meet her when I was in first standard. Thus my mom and dad both came to school to meet her.

"This guy hasn't changed at all in last 7 years. He is still that mischievous and under performer as he was in first standard." That sanskrit teacher told to my parents pointing at me. My mom was listening to her calmly.

"I was listening to you silently till now because there is a mistake of my son and I think he has already apologised to you for that. You are talking about my son. Have you changed yourself in last 7 years? You know really well how treated him 7 years back. He was just 7 year old kid at that stage. You talk about his under performance na? Have you seen his results? He has scored more than 80% marks in all the exams of your subject. If this is under performance then what you call a performance? 100% result?" My mom said it to that sasnkrit teacher in very quiet manner. She had no replies to it and meeting ended. I was smiling.

There is one thing about moms that they can not listen anything against their children. That instance assured me that my mom will always be there in my proctection.

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