Monthly Archives: October 2016

Impress Your In-Laws On Your First Diwali

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Diwali Deepawali Festival

The idea to spend your first Diwali with your in-laws always gives mixed feelings of excitement as well as a bit of nervousness. After all, this is when you are away from home and celebrating Diwali with your new family. But, one thing, which bothers all newlyweds is about making your in-laws happy and impress them on Diwali by doing something special. You need to be attentive while making the decision of buying something as Diwali gift or planning something special. You should not forget that this is one of the most important festival and your chance to impress your in-laws and create a good image for yourself. Here are some simple tips, which could help you to impress your in-laws on Diwali.

Find out about their likings: To find out more about the interest and likings of your in-laws you can ask your husband about this. You can talk to them and ask about their interest and choices indirectly. He is the best person to tell you more about his parents, their likings and dislikes, etc. If you are living with your in-laws, then you can casually start a conversation to find out their plans about Diwali festival.

Go out for shopping with your mother-in-law: You can go out for shopping with your mother-in-law as this could be the best chance to buy a gift of her choice. This will give you ample opportunity to find out more about her likings and tastes and get to know her individually. This will also help you in choosing the right gift for her on Diwali. You can easily find out whether she wants to buy some new clothes, jewelry or anything else.

Cook something special: It is quite obvious that in Diwali you are expected to prepare the special food for the pooja and family dinner as well. This could be your another chance to impress your new family. To show your mother-in-law that you are serious about helping her out, you can offer to help her in the kitchen. You can even cook any of the dish, which is your specialty and you are just a perfectionist in it. If you can make some mithai at home, then this could be your chance to show your cooking skills and impress your in-laws.

Help them in Diwali preparation: Diwali is one occasion when every family member is busy in doing some special preparations. This is one of the most hectic times of the year, where you are supposed to do and prepare for a lot of stuff within short time. You are supposed to do a lot of cleaning work, buying new upholstery, or whitewash in the home could increase your burden. So you can help your in-laws in various manners to ease their burden.

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First Karva Chauth, Make it Special!

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Karva Chauth festival for husband

After marriage in the first year you celebrate all festivals with the new family. Every festival has its importance, but first Karva Chauth is really significant and carries great importance for married Hindu women. For a newly wedded woman it is most important to carry out the traditions of the family and celebrate the Karva Chauth in the same manner. She is showered with blessings of blissful married life ahead. All the married women keep the fast for one-long day for the longevity of their husband.

Nowadays, most of the married women celebrate Karva Chauth festival in group, where all the married women of the community get together and offer all prayers for their husband’s longevity and complete all the vrat rituals together. The festival reflects the joy, excitement and magnificence of being married and reflects the status of a woman with henna, jewelry, the tradition of ‘Sargi’ marital attire and ‘Sindoor’.

The First Sargi: Sargi is the dawn meal, which is generally prepared by mother-in-law. Sargi is consumed before the dawn of Karwa Chauth. This meal includes sweets, fruits and other delicious eatables. The newly wedded daughter-in-law presents some gifts to mother-in-law to show her love and respect for her mother-in-law.

First Baya: Baya is the gift to mother-in-law on the occasion of Karva Chauth from daughter-in-law. This sargi generally consists of salted and sweet mathris, dry-fruits and some special gift. This Baya becomes more important if it’s for the first Karva Chauth. Even for the family of daughter-in-law it is really important. Her mother brings gift for all family members. These gifts consist of some utensils, sweets, clothes for all family members and jewelry and make-up kit for her. However, sweets, utensils and clothes are distributed among the females of the family who are going to participate in the Karva Chauth pooja with the newly wedded bride.

First Karva Chauth Pooja: All the females of the family made special arrangements for the evening and Karva Chauth pooja in a family where they all are going to take part in the pooja with the newly wedded married woman. The newly wedded woman is supposed to wear the bridal lehenga or some heavy sari with jewelry and make up. After performing pooja with the other ladies of the family, she seeks blessings for her happy married life from all elder women of the family. The newly wedded woman distributes mathris and other things amongst the ladies that were a part of baya.

Gifts from Husband: Husband of the woman who observes her first Karva Chauth feels great to see her fasting rigorously whole day for his longevity. To make her feel special and pamper her, he presents her some special Karva Chauth gifts. Nowadays, these days husbands also takes her out for her out for a dinner to save her from the drudgery of day’s cooking work.

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Celebrate victory of Good over Evil on Dussehra and Durga Puja

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Dussehra, Vijyadashmi, Durga Puja

Vijayadashami is also popularly known as Dussehra or Dasara or Dashmi. Dashmi is the tenth day of Navratri or Durgotsav is Hindu festival celebrated in the month of October. It is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in various forms across India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The day ends a 9 day fasting period of Navratri in the Hindu culture. The day also coincides with immersion of idol of Goddess Durga. The people celebrate this festival to with full fervor and spirit. This is the celebration victory of Good over Evil on Vijayadashami day.

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A Men’s Guide to Buy a Perfect Wedding Suit for Big Day!

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Mens Wedding Suits

It is not just important for the bride to look gorgeous on the wedding day; rather the groom should also look good and match up with her beauty. When it comes to the wedding day, the most important thing for a bride and a groom is to look their best on the day. So, it is equally important and complicated for a groom to buy a perfect wedding suit. Wedding shopping is one of the most complicated things and when it’s for the Big Day then it becomes more confusing. It is really difficult to decide whether you want to buy a two piece suit or a modern suit. Although the choice is difficult, but if you are really keen to buy one, then make the right choice for the Wedding Day! However, there are many options to choose from, but here we are sharing some important tips and wedding suit options for you to help you in making the perfect choice.

Right fit for the occasion: Keep this in mind that you are the one who is the showstopper of the day. Therefore, it is very important that your dress should match the occasion and overall vibes of the wedding ceremony. If your wedding ceremonies are in night time and outdoor, then your wedding suit color should be in some light color, but if your wedding venue is indoor then choose a dark color suit. Go for a well-fitted tailor-made suit to catch the eyeballs of the guests at wedding venue.

Don’t follow your business suit style: When it comes to wedding day, all the rules go out of the window and one thing that rules is you need to look good. Therefore, on your special day you too are eligible to make the style statement. You can select a suit that fits you well and can be a bit modern and stylish too. The shape of the lapel and the pocket details also tend to differ from the regular one. So make your own style statement for the day and choose the most perfect wedding suit.

Two-piece suit: A simple two piece suit is most suitable for your wedding day. However, you can choose the one with same color tone or in two-color tones. You can go for light and dark color combination for two color suit to highlight the inner and outer detailing of the suit. If you really don’t want to invest huge amount in buying a two-piece suit then you can go for buying a suit without inner jacket. If you have any inner jacket that can go well with your new suit go for mix and match. A dark blue or black color suit with light color waist jacket and a white shirt with tie is a perfect elegant dress for your wedding day. Here, the choice is yours to buy a brand new two-piece suit or to mix and match your older ones.

Go according to your body type: The key to look good on your wedding day is to dress according to your body type. Don’t forget that everybody is different from other and same is with the body types. If something is looking good on someone, then it is not important that it will look good on you as well. So, before buying a new suit, it is important that you understand your body type and buy your wedding suit accordingly. If you are tall and thin, then you are lucky enough to experiment and try anything you want. But, if you are bulky, then it is better that you go for fitted suit with a little bit of a nip in the waist to give the impression of a leaner you. If you are bulky, then choose dark shades for your suit to look slimmer.

Buy some elegant accessories: Accessories are not just meant for the bride, elegant accessories always compliment the men as well. To get a new look, it is all about going for right detailing and accessories. Try some good and complimenting accessories such as a bow tie, vest, tie, and cuff-links in a different color or style. You can try whatever you think is going well with your suit and enhance your looks and appearance.

Ultimate Men’s Color and Pattern Style Guide (Reference Article)

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