Seema Goswami

Looking to date? Here are some types who are just not second-date material

What would be your deal-breaker when it comes to dating?

If your date is more focused on Instagramming the food or Snapchatting with friends, rather than engaging with you, you need to ask for the bill and get the hell out of there(iStock)

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Published on Apr 23, 2017 01:59 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

I would not be a teenager today for all the money in the world

Who would be a teenager in today’s world? Not me, for sure!

Technology may have made it easier to do homework, but social media has actually made our kids’ lives much more distressing and complicated(Getty Images)

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Updated on May 13, 2017 12:57 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

The gratitude guide: How to thank your stars

Take a moment out to count your blessings; you will feel much happier for it

Maintain a gratitude journal to be thankful for the little joys of life(Getty Images)

lifestyle

Published on Apr 08, 2017 09:33 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

What your clothes say about your life...

Or as that old saying goes: clothes maketh the man (and the woman)

There is no denying that our clothes say a lot about us: who we are, what we believe in, where we come from, and sometimes, even what we do(Shutterstock)

lifestyle

Published on Apr 01, 2017 09:32 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

No Sex Please, This Is An Office

How to deal with sexual harassment at the workplace

You may be inclined to give a first-time offender the benefit of the doubt. Do that if you want to, but make your feelings clear while you are at it(Getty Images)

lifestyle

Published on Mar 25, 2017 06:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

How do TV series’ fare when compared to the books they’re based on?

Can bestsellers make a seamless transition to our television screens?

Game of Thrones’ TV series brought to life the fantasy in the book with great panache

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Published on Mar 18, 2017 09:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

This year, stick to vacationing in India

Don’t want to deal with hostile immigration officers in foreign countries? Take a break in your own instead!

lifestyle

Published on Mar 11, 2017 08:04 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

10 simple tips to fight writer’s block

Writer’s block is normal. Use these simple tips to meet all your writing deadlines

Don’t give in to writer’s block. Don’t walk away from your desk, even on the worst days(Getty Images)

lifestyle

Published on Mar 04, 2017 10:31 PM IST

Hindustan times | BySeema Goswami

How do we encourage people to spend less on extravagant weddings?

Is it time to slim down the Big Fat Indian Wedding to more manageable proportions?

The competitive spending on weddings has bankrupted many a middle class family and pushed poorer ones into debt(Shutterstock)

lifestyle

Published on Feb 25, 2017 11:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Dealing with the Big C, the right way

Cancer is a word most of us tiptoe around; and when we do deal with it, we usually get it wrong

How does one negotiate the minefield that surrounds cancer?(Getty Images)

lifestyle

Published on Feb 18, 2017 11:32 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

How to say no to commercialisation of romance this Valentine’s Day

Save yourself! Say no to the commercialisation of romance that is Valentine’s Day

I can’t think of anything more romance-ruining, or bankrupt-making as participating in the commercial exercise that is(Getty Images)

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Published on Feb 11, 2017 08:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Sexism in public life: a reality nobody can ignore

Don’t sweat the small stuff, for it’s the big picture that really matters

Constantly objectified and commodified by male chauvinists, women are rarely seen and heard on our political scene(Getty Images)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 05, 2017 12:14 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Bright colours are the very soul of India

We Indians are not afraid of colour and we have the wardrobes to prove it

In Punjab, men’s turbans are as colourful as women’s salwar kameezes(Getty Images)

lifestyle

Published on Jan 28, 2017 08:25 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

Walks are a period of quiet reflection, a time to switch off

Trust me on this, it will do you much good and not just by way of exercise

Going for a walk leads to a sense of well-being that has nothing to do with aerobic exercise itself.(GettyImages)

lifestyle

Published on Jan 21, 2017 07:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

The demise of ‘Ramu Kaka’ and why you should learn to look after yourself

It won’t be long before maids disappear from our homes, so it’s time we learnt to look after ourselves

Young women, who would enter domestic service, can now be hired as attendants at petrol pumps or become Uber or Ola taxi drivers(Getty Images)

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Published on Jan 14, 2017 07:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Learn to forgive for your inner peace

It’s not ‘sorry’ that is the hardest word; it’s ‘forgiveness’

lifestyle

Published on Jan 07, 2017 06:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Not a party person? Here’s how you can escape the NYE madness

If you’re tired of all that forced jollity that comes with the New Year, this may be the time to get away

lifestyle

Published on Dec 31, 2016 06:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

What I wish for this Christmas...

Christmas means presents; and this is what I would like to find under my tree this year

My Christmas wish list includes a time machine, to undo all the horrific stuff that happened this year, and lots of empathy(Getty Images)

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Published on Dec 24, 2016 08:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

End of a chapter: Seven books I loved reading this year

This is a time to take stock of what I read, which new authors I discovered and which old favourites made a comeback

As the year winds to a close, it’s time to update that reading list(Getty Images)

lifestyle

Updated on Apr 29, 2017 11:17 AM IST

BySeema Goswami

Seven tips for getting through a long flight

We all take them at one time or another, but how do you survive a long-haul flight?

lifestyle

Published on Dec 10, 2016 06:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Why is it that we so rarely stop to count our blessings?

It’s only when you begin to give thanks do you realise how much you have to be thankful for

lifestyle

Published on Dec 03, 2016 06:33 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

Winter is coming, and why I can’t make the most of it

And I, for one, can’t wait to make the most of it

lifestyle

Updated on Nov 26, 2016 08:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Far from the madding crowd: The great escape into literature

When the world gets too much to bear, it’s time to retreat to your ‘happy place’, writes Seema Goswami

Seeking solace in a book: There is nothing like comfort reading to make you feel better about yourself and the state of the world(SHUTTERSTOCK)

lifestyle

Updated on Nov 19, 2016 08:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

How to deal with the hotbed of hatred that goes by the name of the Internet

You only have to spend ten minutes on the Internet to realise what a hotbed of hatred it has become(Getty Images)

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Updated on Nov 12, 2016 07:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

A mid-life crisis can be a chance to ring in much-needed changes

From this year on, my motto is Carpe diem, writes Seema Goswami

While I am not in the throes of a mid-life crisis quite yet, I have come to the realisation that time is not on my side. In fact, it is the enemy, racing past even as I struggle to play catch up.

lifestyle

Updated on Mar 10, 2017 08:17 AM IST

BySeema Goswami

Let’s mark Diwali as a festival of lights, not a celebration of excess

Seema Goswami on her childhood Diwali memories and her resolution to celebrate the festival with simplicity and earthen oil-filled diyas

The Diwalis of my childhood used to be communal affairs: Kids would pool their resources to buy crackers and then get together in the evening to set them off while the entire neighborhood watched(SHUTTERSTOCK)

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 29, 2016 05:30 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

Why did all women take the Donald Trump tape so personally?

Even in the 21st century, the medieval, feudal concept of ‘droit du seigneur’ – the right of powerful men to make free with a woman’s body without her consent – is still kicking ass.

There are myriad reasons women don’t report sexual assault: because we are embarrassed, ashamed, terrified of being disbelieved, and mortified at the thought of being known ever after as ‘that girl’(Getty Images)

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Updated on Mar 10, 2017 08:17 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Why the unmasking of Elena Ferrante makes us all so uncomfortable

Ferrante’s anonymity had a purpose: it allowed her the freedom to write about stuff that we struggle to acknowledge to ourselves, let alone say aloud to the world. And it was this liberty that allowed her voice to soar as high as it did; and to speak to the rest of us.

Not some writer’s caprice: Ferrante’s anonymity allowed her the freedom to write in her books (above) the stuff we even struggle to acknowledge to ourselves.

lifestyle

Updated on Mar 10, 2017 08:17 AM IST

BySeema Goswami

Give ‘conscious uncoupling’ a chance

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt provide us with the perfect example of how not to conduct a divorce, writes Seema Goswami.

The Jolie-Pitt divorce turned into the stuff of tabloid dreams, a public spectacle that left the whole world gawping(Getty Images)

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Updated on Oct 08, 2016 08:28 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

India and Pakistan are doomed to conducting an eternal dialogue of the deaf

Not only are we not the same people, Pakistan and India seem to inhabit parallel universes these days, writes Seema Goswami.

Spot the difference: I grew up thinking of Pakistanis as people who were just like us. To me, they were not The Other.(Getty Images)

lifestyle

Updated on Mar 10, 2017 08:17 AM IST

BySeema Goswami

Seema Goswami

What would be your deal-breaker when it comes to dating?

Who would be a teenager in today’s world? Not me, for sure!

Take a moment out to count your blessings; you will feel much happier for it

Or as that old saying goes: clothes maketh the man (and the woman)

How to deal with sexual harassment at the workplace

Can bestsellers make a seamless transition to our television screens?

Don’t want to deal with hostile immigration officers in foreign countries? Take a break in your own instead!

Writer’s block is normal. Use these simple tips to meet all your writing deadlines

Is it time to slim down the Big Fat Indian Wedding to more manageable proportions?

Cancer is a word most of us tiptoe around; and when we do deal with it, we usually get it wrong

Save yourself! Say no to the commercialisation of romance that is Valentine’s Day

Don’t sweat the small stuff, for it’s the big picture that really matters

We Indians are not afraid of colour and we have the wardrobes to prove it

Trust me on this, it will do you much good and not just by way of exercise

It won’t be long before maids disappear from our homes, so it’s time we learnt to look after ourselves

It’s not ‘sorry’ that is the hardest word; it’s ‘forgiveness’

If you’re tired of all that forced jollity that comes with the New Year, this may be the time to get away

Christmas means presents; and this is what I would like to find under my tree this year

This is a time to take stock of what I read, which new authors I discovered and which old favourites made a comeback

We all take them at one time or another, but how do you survive a long-haul flight?

It’s only when you begin to give thanks do you realise how much you have to be thankful for

And I, for one, can’t wait to make the most of it

When the world gets too much to bear, it’s time to retreat to your ‘happy place’, writes Seema Goswami

How to deal with the hotbed of hatred that goes by the name of the Internet

From this year on, my motto is Carpe diem, writes Seema Goswami

Seema Goswami on her childhood Diwali memories and her resolution to celebrate the festival with simplicity and earthen oil-filled diyas

Even in the 21st century, the medieval, feudal concept of ‘droit du seigneur’ – the right of powerful men to make free with a woman’s body without her consent – is still kicking ass.

Ferrante’s anonymity had a purpose: it allowed her the freedom to write about stuff that we struggle to acknowledge to ourselves, let alone say aloud to the world. And it was this liberty that allowed her voice to soar as high as it did; and to speak to the rest of us.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt provide us with the perfect example of how not to conduct a divorce, writes Seema Goswami.

Not only are we not the same people, Pakistan and India seem to inhabit parallel universes these days, writes Seema Goswami.

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