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Nothing lasts for ever
Dealing with a Broken Relationship

Hi Mags, yes, you are right.. nobody has to tell it's over. I guess the problem is expectations.. sometimes you expect too much too soon or too much too divine.. what people do not realise is that other person is not god and can never know when you wish them to do what you desire.. i have realise...d that now. thanks and keep penning. :) regards AnkitRead More

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Nothing lasts for ever
Dealing with a Broken Relationship

sorry for barge in again.. but i need the agony aunt again.. ;) i wanted to ask, who decides that relationship is over when you don't know who is the dumpee and who is dumper..?? i mean.. if not a word is said about breaking the relationship and then the other person says it's good that it's over..... who is to blame for that? i guess nobody.. right? just asking.. regards AnkitRead More

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Nothing lasts for ever
Dealing with a Broken Relationship

Hi Mags.. nice review.. and i agree with abha about that magical touch seems missing..:) but the review is really good. It has helped me too in some ways in understanding what has went wrong in my relationship and what should i do or not. Though i cannot remove the name in IMs and Ph. no. from my ...cell. :) I agree revenge serves nothing but vanity and ego. Life does moves on. you can get reduced to mere surviving than living, but still you are alive. Going back to per-ex era is good but it does hurt thinking about the better times you had with ex. you can never tell who was wrong and who was dumpee in certain situations..it just happens. In my case, i asked little too more questions and it turns out making me an obsessive and possesive person. Never realising that sometimes when you talk too often, you don't have anything left to talk. And then you ask silly questions just to keep the conversation alive coz you like to hear the voice. But this could seriously turn the odds against you. i believe that break-ups happen when people keep their thoughts inside and not let them out. Some little things you don't like about your ex but you never confronted him/her about it. these little things add up to be a tornado that wipes up the whole relationship in one single blow that it come across later sometime. Anyways, i said little too much..thanks for being the agony aunt for me.. ;) i had almost forget my password for MS and had to really try many combinations to login again. :) hope you are back for good here and waiting for more great reviews.:) regards Ankit Read More

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The MS Writer's Survival Guide
Writing Reviews on MouthShut

HI MS, i should say thanks instead for your liking for my optimism. Just as someone once said, ' For I am an optimist, becuase there is no use of being anything else'. The power to make out good in everything is in yourself.. :) you just have to overlook the failure and see beyond. :) regard...s AnkitRead More

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Trouble in Paradise
Mouthshut

Hi MS.. great review again.. hope it doesn't get deleted. We are not here for MouthShut bashing, we just want to have some transparency here. :) just as a fellow member already said, it's a people centric business. :) Can't comment anything new other than what is already been said by other member...s. :) keep penning more.:) Hope Faisal understands that critism is mostly to help people make themself better and not to bash them. regards ArduousRead More

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The MS Writer's Survival Guide
Writing Reviews on MouthShut

Dear Qwan, well, i am not sure if anybody is out to get anybody or not... but i am surely confused with your comments.. and if you wish to read the reviews with hopes of inspirations then please read all her reviews and not these (so called popularones as you say ) ones.. have you read her reviews... on child abuse?? or domestic violence?? don't be a saint.. and everyone has right to put on his/her views. nobody is wrong buddy, it's all matter of point of view. The only wrong in the world for me is to hurt others with or without purpose. To gain trust you have to trust others too and trust in their thinking. regards AnkitRead More

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The MS Writer's Survival Guide
Writing Reviews on MouthShut

Hi MS, nice review indeed.. MouthShut can even put this review in their FAQ section for new writers. :) always liked your style. Waiting for more reviews:) regards Ankit P.s.: Just don't forget your old friends while getting a bike and new best friends. :)

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Beans, beans, bloody beans!
Corporate

hi MS.. Nice review once again.. not just for reminding us that Bips can't act and the story of movie.. but for nice story and realisation of us being a stereotyped audience.. I never liked these movies.. yes, they are based on reality but i wonder who's reality it really is?? All those Ekta k...apoor serials , where all the ideal brides are marrying 2-3 guys and still being an ideal daughter-in-laws , etc, etc, etc.. no need to repeat all that.. And as for the movies like Page-3 and Chandni Bar, they are based on reality too.. but aren't these realities are hyped up? these people are picking up the exceptions in the society and presenting it as ordinary typical life thing. And making people think that this really happens all around them.. i like the way you said parents should not watch this movie or they will keep off their children from corporate world. anyways, keep writing your nice reviews. regards Ankit PS: you hav changed your pic..nice..atleast this time it's not missing hue and texture.. :)Read More

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The Monk Who Laughed All the Way to the Bank!
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Robin Sharma

Hi MS.. thanks for your compliment.. but you did get me little wrong.. 1) for myself.. yes.. 2) again for myself.. yes. 3) for needy ones.. like old-age homes or orphanage.. 4) for GOD..( again for old age homes or orphanages.. and for hospitals,etc too..) 5) for family.. no.. again for n...eedy ones.. i am not a saint and by no means i would like to let the million dollars slip by so easily.. but doing this will give what i need.. my wish to travel, my craving for knowledge and my peace of mind. ;) hehe.. keep penning.. regards AnkitRead More

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The Monk Who Laughed All the Way to the Bank!
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Robin Sharma

Hi MS.. nice review again.. :) havn't read this book yet and now not so interested anymore thanks to your review. I wanted to read this one purely because it's a bestseller and i was curious. About the Alchemist , yes, thats a better one. But one of my really good friend gave me one self-help (or... rather philosophy ) book which i still think is best i ever read. It's 'Fish Tales' a sequel to 'Fish'. And about that tea incident.. it just happens so that i was reading a book about teachings of Bruce Lee (yes, the same one).And in it he refers to this same thing.. he filled a glass with cola and another with water.. and told his pupils that glass of cola is them with their knowledge.. and galss of water is him with his knowledge. Now those who wish to learn from him must get themself empty to receive his knowledge. you are not wrong, Robin has been looking around to gather matter for his books. and as for getting million dollars.. hmm.. old people always say that you need to split all your wealth in 5 parts.. 1 for youself (with that i would love to go on a world tour) , 2nd for your future (this one will be spend in gaining knowledge of everything that can be learned) , 3rd for god ( but since i do not believe in god, i will donate it to help needy ones) , 4th for needy ones (as it says) and 5th for your family and loved ones (but these days it's better to do something useful than pampering the ones around you, so i will donate that too).. hehe... little selfish, aren't we all? nice review... keep writing more.. :) regards AnkitRead More

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Himesh Reshammiya - an Aural Assault!
Himesh Reshammiya

Hi MS.. nice review once again.. i totally agree with you regarding HR music.. well, i liked it in the start..but then he had to start singing himself and throw it all in the bottomless well.. now when i listen to his songs , it takes some time to realise which song it actually is..otherwise the... same beats, almost same lyrics and SAME VOICE and STYLE.. yes, his songs are good for moving your body in the disc. or gyms..but seriously not for other moments.. it's more of noise pollution than music these days.. i think he got inspired from some new upcoming pak. rock bands who gained quick fame with consistancy in beats and singing style..like JAL.. well, they had some really good music but this kind of consistency often get too boring.. so, let HR enjoy his 2 min.s of fame and hope he come to his senses soon to just be a good composer than being a sucker for good singing.. And your review was fun to read as always.. and comments section is also looking more lively than ever.. keep writing :) regards Ankit p.s.: And yes, this new format of Mouthshut is little confusing but you will get hang of it soon. :) atleast the webpages look better than before with those google ads not cutting the review in half.Read More

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An Ode to magicalsummer
General Thoughts About MouthShut

hi, read your review.. but i am not sure if i can fully comply with you.. yes, you are right that Magicalsummer could tell faisal where to put those ads.. but then, it's Faisal's work, not hers. i do not know if you know this or not, but MouthShut do sells out your reviews to various companies t...o help their product promotions.. have you ever thought why they put a review about certain brand of lip-stick in hot review section and not a review that talks about dngers of skin cancer or anything?? because they can earn money for selling out these articles. yes, Faisal is running a business here, and i am a businessman too.. but atleast i know that in a fruitful business you should give customers what they want.. and by the looks of it, hardly anyone like these ads cutting between the reviews.. you should not accuse anybody without any reasons or proof.. yes, MagicalSummer is still writing here, but there could be a better to explain this than just assuming we need mouthshut more than it need us. i know a few people who stopped writing here.... have you thought why? even i am not sure why, but its all part of business.. anyways, think what you feel right..but don't write something just for the sake of writing or to make the webmasters happy.. even you say that think she is right, then why you make it personal but taking her on??? you could have make this review a general statement to all with just a reference to her review.. don't know why you wished to make it a personal attack.. keep penning.. maybe you will too regain your muse and pen a paradise regained. regards Arduous p.s.: an advice to faisal.. criticism should always be welcomed. It inspires you to be better than yourself. Take them as constructive blocks, not as distructive blows. Read More

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Turn on or turn off?
Adidas Deodorant

Hi MS, nice review again.. the suggestions are really good especially in this delhi summer.. i do use adidas, but not very much.. i tried roll-on once , denim if i remember correctly, but then i realise that i that i am allergic to it so it's spray ones since then. missed those puns and funny r...emarks in your review that always make reading your reviews more enjoyable.. but must say that nice shift of style.. keep writing more and more, regards AnkitRead More

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Ride the Thunder
Tips on a Dream Bike

Hi MS, how are you? Had to wait for a long time to read your new review... but glad that you are back.. i like the idea of following your dreams better than the contents of the review.. but really, your reviews are always fun to read. i have nothing more to add than 'just follow your dreams beca...sue yes, life is short' regards AnkitRead More

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The new and improved Indian
Air India

Hi MS, nice review again.. now i can just point to your review in case my friends ask me why i prefer indian airlines over jet/sahara or Kingfisher(which is getting more famous nowadays)... i know they are always late... i remember watching a documentry on discovery channel about Tata airlines ...(founding name of indian airlines and air-india).. people said that we used to match our watches with tata flights because of their punctuality.. and now being late is like a middle name for indian airlines.. yes, there are always smiles.. :) and readiness to help too.. but as sharath points out , their interior is as ratty as those 1st generation air-conditions.. ;) all in all, yes, indian airlines is changing.. and thanks for pointing it out to us.. keep writing regards AnkitRead More

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Heaven hath no rage...
She-Devil Movie

Hi MS.. nice review indeed..in the content and in the way of presentation both.. :-) well, i don't have anything to say..i have seen this movie long time ago.. even i agree that begley shows no real charm in him for which 2 women fight so madly about. but from the movie his fidelity is justif...ied after you see Barr's face.. i know, i know.. that should not be the reason for his cheating.. coz he should have not married her in the first place if he didn't love her.. but she was being cringy..as you yourself said. i am not defending men's cheating habits or women also for that matter.. it's just if both of you understand eachother and give eachother what they want then there is no need for looking around. and remember...if both give then both receive it too.. so, it's not just giving but receiving too.. i read somewhere...love is all about giving and lust is all about taking.. you should not take anything..you will get everything automatically if the other person loves you too and give you whatever you want.. it's getting too long..and ther is no real end to it.. i just hope that i do not see a she-devil or a he-devil in my life.. ;) keep writing. regards AnkitRead More

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Skintillating - in this life and the next!
General Tips on Personal Grooming

Hi MS.. i am glad i am the first one to comment this time.. :-) nice review again.. and very useful too.. too bad i got to read this review only few days after i got my first tattoo.. got it in HK.. yes, there is pain in getting it done..but it does fades away in few minutes.. it took a...bout 3 hours to get my tattoo completed (without coloring).. will get it colored in my next visit.. thanks for all the advices and telling the people that tattoo is not just body art.. and everyone who gets a tattoo is not a gangster or a loose character..but a human who loves art.. :-) keep up with good writing.. regards AnkitRead More

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The Verandah, Taj Connemara
The Verandah - Egmore - Chennai

Hi MS, nice review again and you have seriously made me regret my last visit to chennai.. i went to Taj with a friend but then we thought that just catching a quick pizza would be better option since we were getting late for a meeting... so, next time to chennai and my friend will have to litera...lly drag me out of there..otherwise he knows that i won't leave a good place with good food and good service until HIS pocket is empty.. ;-) hehehe.. keep writing.. regards Ankit P.S.:- you do have a very unique style of writing and i am not of those stern faces.. :-) and do tell me about that thing you left in The Ritz.. will definitely pick it up..Read More

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First among equals
The Ritz Carlton - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

Hi MS, again.. you just know the best way with words to bring a smile on even the sternest of faces with your reveiws.. nice review again.. and useful indeed (for i am planning to travel in that part of world soon). And thanks for telling about the story of 100 years egg in advance.. now i kno...w what i have to order and what not, and which recipe to be asked before ordering... i wonder how your children reacted after learning how that dish is made (without the knowledge of modern changes in the recipe ofcourse).. and i can only guess the words you must have choosen to tell the story to them.. i would have run to the bathroom to get everything out asap.. ;-) well, Ritz.. here i come to be pampared.. :-) nice work MS, keep writing and keep us smiling.. regards AnkitRead More

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Ribbons, bows and wrapping paper.
Choosing Gifts for a Mother

Hi MS, Really a nice review..and i must say that you always touch the right cords with most precision..your review is very colloqial in the 1st person account with excellent blend of emotions and light-hearted humour ( work on your dad and wash cars for a year, etc.).. hehe.. i am sure your child...ren would do that for you, but they would ask like rs.1000/wash.. ;-) afterall, they would like to get you those gifts asap too.. you made me remember when i first gave my savings from my pocket money to my mom.. She was so glad.. yes, she never asked for it but she liked it anyways.. she bought a dress from that money and tresure it.. and yes, you are right. Old age or just because you are a parent doesn't mean that you cannot wish for material gifts.. :-) and yes, there isn't have to be any special occasion to show a special person in your life that you care. and i hope your children do work on their dad for those gifts.. but also ask them to tell me how they did it, i would try something same on my dad to get me something. ;-) haha.. keep writing..:-) regards AnkitRead More