Hello guys!
Look at me updating on time and everything. I'm going to take this seriously from now on. That Indian Blogger means business. B|
So this year a lotttt of stuff happened to me. I learnt new things, did new things and I feel like I've become a different person. Everything has changed but the one thing that hasn't changed in my life are the books. They are the one constants. Always there. Tell a story. Take you to another place, another time. Let you live another life. It's all magical. And this year I read a lot because whenever I was sad, or just wanted to escape from reality (11th grade does that to you. xD) , it was books that was my escape. So I've listed 5 books that I absolutely fell in love with and which kind of changed my life and played a part in some way or the other! So in no particular order-

1. The After Series - Anna Todd

I started reading the series about a year and a half ago and I instantly fell in love with it. It's a Harry Styles fanfiction but doesn't portray him as a One Direction member, rather as a bad boy from England with all the tattoos and piercings. The whole deal. It's a love story about him and a girl named Tessa, who is the complete opposite with straight As, knee length skirts and everything. They are the last two people that should end up together but when you read the book you start fighting for their relationship as well! The book makes you laugh, cry, scream, it just gives you THE FEELS. The story takes a lottt of twists and turns as well and it keeps you on the edge of your seats! You just have to read this book, whether you are a directioner or not!

2. How To Fall In Love - Cecilia Ahern

Cecilia Ahern is my all time favorite author and it was hard chosing one book of hers to put in this list. I chose this one because I think it was one book that is not all rainbows and fairies like her other books (which I love :P) but at the same time it makes you believe in love and life and everything. It gives you hope! It's about a guy who wants to end his life but gives a girl 2 weeks to convince him otherwise. The girl makes it her mission to make the guy fall in love with life. Do read it to find out if she succeeds! It is a beautiful book.

3. A Work In Progress - Connor Franta

I've never really been a big reader of biographies or memoirs but this one I absolutely loved! I think the reason why I loved it is the fact that it isn't just a memoir because Connor teaches you something in every chapter, whether it be how to take a good picture or to follow you dreams and passions. It also really motivates you to do things differently and go beyond your comfort zone. Definitely a must read. I also felt that it's written differently, kind of in the way Connor is in his videos and that's just another bonus! Do give it a read!

4. All The Bright Places - Jennifer Nivin

Some would call this book the next TFIOS and I have to say that I would  agree with them. When you read this book you do get strong John Green  vibes because the author has been so  honest and has put forth the reality and the harsh truth of life in a kind of beautiful way. The book is a love
story between a boy, Finch, who is suicidal and a girl, Violet, who just
lost her sister in an accident and has shut everyone out. The book takes you on a journey of their
relationship. Much like TFIOS this book does take you on an emotional roller coaster with all its ups and downs. It reminds everyone that life is too short and you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. It also reassures teenagers who may be bullied or suicidal that however big and bad this world may seem, you are not alone. Definitely a book I strongly recommend.

5. An Abundance Of Katherines - John Green

John Green is another personal favorite of mine because of his realistic writing. Most of us read books to escape reality but there is just something about the way he puts forth the truth. This book is a really simple book compared to his other works but maybe that's why I quite enjoyed it! Not only do you go on an amusing adventure with the protagonist you read read about these small folk stories and facts that I really loved! Do give this one a read!








So that was 5 of my most favorite books I read in 2015!
Hope you guys enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
A lott of updating has happened on the blog and I really hope you guys like it! Something new that I've added is the Guest Blogging segment. Do send in e-mails, I would love to hear from you!
Auf Wiedersehen.

Without Wax,
That Indian Blogger.

"I'm not afraid of death I just don't want to be there when it happens." -Woody Allen

Hello there!
So, long time no see. Yes its been a looong time hasn't it? Damn. Ok so this time I am not going to crib about how long its been since I last posted (which was on the 26th June, which was exactly 50 days ago and just thinking about that makes me depressed. ), instead lets get right to it!
So India celebrated its 69th Independence Day the other day, and it's a national holiday like this that really brings the entire country together! I think India is one place where you have a HUUUGE spectrum of people and on the 15th of August this HUUUGE spectrum just becomes one single color and it is truly a beautiful sight!
So if you ask me, 'Are you proud to be an India?', I would give you a very vague answer! I do have a number of reasons! So, India is not a very rich country and a vast population of the country is not educated, so a lot of people just don't know the difference between right and wrong! For example, Indian roads. Let me tell you, there is not ONE person who follows the rules and driving here is an absolute nightmare. Another thing is that a majority of the country is still VERY orthodox and conservative, a lot of points cannot be put forward here and because of this women face a loottt of difficulties. Another evil prevalent in the country, probably the worst one, is the caste system. Now people will tell you that it is eradicated but nooo, it is very much present, from the slums to the rich households. Caste is the biggest wall that is yet to be torn down.
Now having said all that, India is not a bad place to live in, despite what the newspapers tell you. A lot of evil people may be living here but there are a larger number of truly amazing and inspiring people who are born and brought up here. All the way from Mahatma Gandhi to the beloved Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. And the number of cultures in India is something that is absolutely AMAZING. Every direction you look in you find people in different clothes, speaking different languages, eating a huge variety of food, practicing different cultures, religions etc etc! And honestly speaking, just being a part of that and experiencing it everyday is just magical! One of my dreams is to live in Europe, now many of you from India would want to settle somewhere abroad as well, and that's ok, I don't think that that makes you less of a patriot but I do think at the end of the day we must never ever forget where we belong! The Motherland. You might go to all corners of the Earth but wherever you go, you will be an Indian. And I believe we must be proud. Indians invented the goddamn numbers! Ughh.
So yeah! You may take the Indian out of India but you cant take the India out of the Indian. :P
Sooooo that was my post! Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Auf Wiedersehen. :')

Without Wax,
PROUD That Indian Blogger.

Song for the post-
Don't forget where you belong- One Direction

Hello there everybody!
Very kind of you to take some time off and read this, means a LOT to me. Ugh I'm being too sappy aren't I? Oh well. :P
So as some of you probably know, books are my ULTIMATE escape. You know, that break from reality that we all require once in a while! And recently, I've learnt that Cecilia Ahern's books (author of PS. I Love You, Where Rainbows End, Thanks For The Memories, to name a few) are THE BEST way to do that! But one book in particular, 'If You Could See Me Now' by her really got me thinking! In the book there are these people who we call "imaginary friends" but Cecilia Ahern, says that these people are very real, we may not see them, but they are very much present all around us and its just that we choose not to see them! But kids can see them. Why? I think we can strongly relate this to real life. When we grow older, we become so stressed out. At some point it happens to everyone! We hardly have time on our hands, we don't even find time to pee, let alone think! And this is all inevitable, regardless of the profession you choose, the stream you pick etc etc etc! Its more or less a fundamental thing we face while growing up and I believe that somewhere along the line we just lose ourselves a bit and forget to look around us! Now if you're in college and you look at a plant, you probably, deep down, don't really look at it as a plant! You probably think about the Phloem, the Xylem, the Chlorophyll, the Chloroplasts, the Photosynthesis, bla bla bla! You cannot just see the plant, as a plant, a beautiful thing that somehow grows of the dirt in the ground and can take care of itself all by itself! Now a kid would see it as just that, and see the beauty of it. The Beauty In Small Things. But us young adults and grown ups? We just forget. And I think we should remember not to forget because it will make living life a whole lot easier! There are very bad people in this world. Extremely, unthinkable horrid things happen to good people and are carried out by bad people! Its also something that's inevitable and bound to happen to people and just thinking of it has the ability to just piss us off and we may even want to just give up on everything but no. Don't. Whenever you feel this way, just stop, even if you have a really important test the next day and you are freaking out, and you think you're finally going to break (pretty much like how I felt a week ago, before my Chemistry test), just stop whatever it is that you're doing and take a deeeep breath and look around you, look and The Beauty In Small Things and that will give you that little extra you need to make it through your day and get a step closer to your goal. Just remember to not forget and you'll do great, I assure you! The Beauty In Small Things. :') Don't forget.
Without Wax,
That Indian Blogger.

Song of the day-
Possibilities - Freddie Stroma

Hellooo Everybody!

And so the summer is slowly coming to a close! I mean school starts NEXT WEEK for me. Damn. Where did all the days go? We'll never know. *sigh*

So anyways today's post is going to be on trust! I believe that trust is a fundamental element of life if you don't want to end up as a loner with 200 cats. ( Why do they associate loners and cats anyways? :P ) Now that wouldn't be an ideal life now would it? It would be even worse if you're allergic to cats. :P
Now, Trust according to Dictionary.com (Thank you Dictionary.com) is a Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc, of a person or thing; confidence.
That definition though.
But in other words, trust is something that can take years to build but only a minute to destroy! Once we've gained the trust of a person, I don't think we realise how important and precious it is until we've lost it! It is really hard to find people in to trust in this world but once we do, we really have to be grateful because that is honestly a beautiful gift from God or "The Universe" if you happen to be like me. :P We must never let go of it. EVER.. People like that are just a blessing to find! :'(
The thing about trust is that if it is ever broken, it can never ever ever be the way it was! It's sad but very true! You and the other person involved may have forgiven and forgotten but deep down there will always be that fear or question! Trust is basically like paper, once you crush it, it will never be the same again! Yup. The world d its wicked ways!
The person you can trust is the one who will help you get through anything, and will just make you life a bit easier and worth living by just being in it! So never take them for granted! There may be 7 BILLION people in this world but sometimes, all you need is ONE. (#OTH Scenes. :') )
Now appreciating people's trust is one story but another Is not breaking other people's trust! When you break someone's trust, it can be quite devastating for them! I've been through it and I honestly would not wish it upon my enemies! (Not that I have many enemies. :P)
So yeah that was my post for today! Hope you guys enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! All the best to alllll the tenth graders! Results out sooon, so fingers crossed!

Auf Wiedersehen. :')
Without Wax,
That Indian Blogger


PS- Songs for the day-
The Edge of Tonight - All Time Low
Missing you - All Time Low
Dancing With A Wolf - All Time Low
PPS- Yes I'm am currently OBSESSED with All Time Low <3

Hello everybody!
So formal. :')
Hope everyone is having a fant-astic summer! It's going by too damn quickly isn't?
Anyways, lets get straight down to business! To many of you, the title of this blog post probably makes no sense! And you're also probably thinking that I've finally lost it! BUT nooooo. That is something that is still yet to happen! Anyways, this title actually makes more sense than most of my other titles do! When I read what 'Without Wax' means in two of the amazingly talented Dan Brown's books, it just made so much sense and is quite beautiful to me actually!
So basically sculptors, from the time of Michelangelo (who is a famous artist from the 16th century! AND other than being a FAB-ULOUS artist he is also a sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance! Thank you Wikipedia. :') ) have been hiding the flaws in their work by smearing hot wax into the cracks on their work an then dusting the hot wax  with stone dust! So now their sculptures would look flawless to the human eyes! And you thought that the people from the 15th century were down right daft because they thought that the Earth was flat! :P So anyways this method was actually considered cheating and therefore any sculpture 'Without Wax' ( which is literally sine cera in Latin or as we know it, sincere! ) was considered to be a 'sincere' piece of art! So even to this day people sign their letters as 'Sincerely' as a promise that what the person has written is 'Without Wax' as in, his words are true!
( I would like to take a moment to thank Dan Brown for this oh so fascinating piece of information that I wouldn't have received if I hadn't read his amazing and shocking books, 'Digital Fortress' and 'The Lost Symbol'. I'd further like to thank my mum for getting me a copy of 'Digital Fortress' and Id like to thank an amazing bestie of mine for lending me his copy of 'The Lost Symbol' :') )
Basically from this I feel that we should ALWAYS stay true to ourselves! We should never ever let society change us! People who are to true to themselves are the most beautiful! They are the ones who are the most successful! They are the ones who everyone looks up to! They are the ones who keep moving forward!
Somewhere along the line some important people in your life may stop giving you the attention you deserve and you may feel obligated to change but NO. Hold your head up high and move on because you may want that person to be a part of the story of your life but maybe they were meant to be just a chapter in your life!  AND the best way to get someone's attention is to stop giving them yours! Trust me, once you do this, they will definitely start to realize what you mean to them!
Anyways, as you know, you only live once ( #YOLO ) and is it honestly worth living life as a 2nd or 3rd rate version of someone else when you can be a 1st rate version of YOURSELF!
So yeah, I think we should ALWAYS be 'Without Wax'!
And so that was today's blog! One of my favorite so far! Do leave your thoughts below! I always enjoy reading them!
A special shoutout to Vittal and Akshatha and Anupras! You guys are the reason I continue writing and enjoy what I do!
Without Wax,
That Indian Blogger

Songs For The Day-
Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran <3 <3
One - Ed Sheeran
Even My Dad Does Sometimes - Ed Sheeran
Ps- Yes I am currently OBSESSED with Ed Sheeran.

Heyy guys!
Another post in less than a week?! Shocking isn't?
Anyways how's it going?! Hope everyone is having an AMAZING SUMMMER!
I was just going through some old blogposts of mine and I was cringing at the number of typos I made!! My sincerest apologies to everyone who had to go through that whilst reading that.
Moving on!
So today I thought I'd write about Outgrowing Friends! I read about this in Girl Online By the wunderbar and prettiest person EVER, Zoe Sugg. (Which is an amazing book by the way! ) So I thought I'd write my views on this because I can relate to this STRONGLY.
So there's good people and there's bad people in this world and I've learnt that friendship can make you blind to this! One can get so hung up on a friendship, that seemed to have lasted since forever, that they fail to differentiate between whats right and wrong! One might be an amazing person but no matter how good you are sometimes even the best of us succumb to Peer Pressure. Its's sad really, because you can get hurt in the end! People change. It's completely inevitable! Sometimes its for the good and sometimes it just isn't! We have to learn to accept this! People may not stay the same as they were or the way you wanted them to be! This can become really hard to accept! It may even come to a point where you no longer know where you stand with a person and that person ma even be your bestestest friend! IF YOU NO LONGER KNOW WHERE YOU STAND WITH A PERSON IT MAYBE TIME TO STOP STANDING AND START WALKING. MOVING FORWARD. It will of course be hard but life is too short to spend your time with the wrong people. At the end of the day, it isn't really worth getting into trouble and all that! And of course, the hardest things are in the end, the RIGHT things. There are many AMAZING people in this world, I've learnt this, so better things will come your way if you do the right thing, things like leave some people behind and move on in life. SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS FALL APART SO BETTER THINGS CAN FALL INTO PLACE. Let them judge. Hold you head up high. Hold on to what is right, don't be blinded. let them talk behind your back, they are behind you for a reason!
So yeah, I hope you all choose your friends wisely, because friends are the biggest influencers in life! Friends can decide your character, personality, you can even form a view on a person based on the friends they choose and friends are what you become! So coose wisely and carefully!
May be odds be ever in your favor!
Thank you so much for reading. :)
This is That Indian Blogger Signing Out. :)

Songs for the post- (click the song to give it a listen! )
This Song Saved My Life - Simple Plan
Wherever You Are - 5 SOS
Unpredicable - 5SOS

Hey guys!!
GUTEN TAG! ( Ps- I learn German now. :P ) Hope you are doing well! Its finally SUMMER!! The most epic time of the year!! Full of adventure and excitement and all that! But I must say, the Bangalore heat is KILL-ING me. I hope all of you, who appeared for the dreaded board exams did the best they could!
So, today, as you know, if you've read the title of this blogpost, which I hope you did, I thought I'd write about Faith, Religion And Hope!
I'm not that religious, to be honest! I find that all the 'poojas' and ceremonies and sacrifices and restrictions on food and what not, doesn't make any sense! We are of course taught to not question it all! But still, don't you sometimes wonder 'why can't you cut your hair on a Tuesday?' or 'Why can't you eat meat on a Saturday?'. At the end of the day, is there really a logical explanation? Some of you probably have different opinions and I don't judge you! Everyone has their own beliefs and I have no right to question it really! Not that I want to! :P
Anyways I've noticed that sometimes some people only believe in God only when the going gets tough! That to me is quite pointless! I mean, you should whole heartedly believe in God or just don't believe at all! Isn't it quite unfair to God? You ignore him the whole year and on the day you want the iWatch or iPhone 6, you reach to him! Foolish isn't?!
I believe that that there is one God. I don't know what he looks like though! I don't give him a face! He (actually or 'she'! ) could or probably is looking at every thing I do and is maybe even looking after me? I don't really know so i couldn't really tell you for sure but I'd like to believe and have faith in so!
I think we should all have faith in something. It may be in God or even something else like Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy! I've been going through quite a lot of "stuff" these past few months and sometimes these 'stuffs' can really put you down and during times like that we MUST hold on to faith! AND HOPE because Hope is the only thing stronger than fear! HOPE IS THE THING YOU MUST LET RISE FROM THE ASHES OF BROKEN DREAMS AND SITUATIONS BECAUSE THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE WINGS YOU NEED TO RISE ABOVE AND MOVE ON.
Whatever happens you must hold on to FAITH and HOPE and turn to the next page in your life because you will realize that there's more to the book, that is life, that the page you were stuck on.
So what are your views? Do you agree or disagree with me? I would love to read your views, whatever it maybe! I take constructive criticism! Most of the time at least! :P
Hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Thank you for taking your time to read this, it really really means a LOT to me :)
Auf Wiederzehn! ;)

Songs For The Post -
How To Save A Life - The Fray
Science And Faith - The Script
Human - Christina Perri

Heyy there people! 
New post! On time! Sort of! Yay!! :P
So basically i experienced a LOT of changes happen to me and to people around me recently so I thought I'd share them thoughts with you guys! 
So yeah what's change? It's to make or become something different. (thank you Oxford Dictionary of English for that! :P) so is it good or is it bad?! I seriously cannot figure that out and I don't think I ever will! 
Change basically makes my head spin. Let me tell you why! 
Good change is just heart warming! Rises your hopes in humanity!( which is very low currently btw :P) and then when your hopes in humanity are on the rise, you witness bad change and that just smashes your hopes in humanity to an all time low. Change basically PMSes a lot! 
I think we should all aim to change, to some amount. Change does help us adapt to changing surroundings after all! For example you can't stay with your parents forever! And obviously you must change for the better! Not for the worse! And I also think that we musnt change in hopes that the "it" crowd will start liking us! You must always be yourself. Unless you can be Iron Man, then be Iron Man!! Just kidding, always be yourself, and if people don't like it cause you aren't cool or something like that, they can get lost. They're just jealous green eyed monsters. 
Witnessing people change can either be a overwhelming or absolutely heart crushing situation! I speak from experience! Seeing people change for the good has the ability to make your heart swell with joy and what not! It really can make you happy! Sometimes more than money can! :P But when you see people change for the worse you just feel like the world or some might say even god is just letting you down! It's a genuinely a sad sight because sometimes you like that person and seeing them undergo a bad change just puts you off! 
Change is completely unpredictable and  inevitable! I like to believe that everything happens for a reason and that every cloud has a silver lining! We must be prepared for all situations! Change is definitely a strong force that is out of control and that we must learn to control!  So I think what we can do is hope! (Hold On Pain Ends) hope is the only thing stronger than fear! And we musnt let the fear of something happening make nothing happen! 

So yeah that's it for today! I wish all the tenth graders around the country all the best for the board exams! May the odds be ever in your favor! 

Song for the day 
Amnesia - 5 seconds of summer

Hiiii guys! Long time no see, I know. I procrastinate tooooo damn much. My worst quality ever!  Hence the absence for over TWO months. Omg. Anyways my new year resolution is to update more often! Hopefully I don't break it! :P So anyways this is the first post of 2015!! Omg but it's been two damn weeks into the new year. 2015. I still haven't got that wrapped around my head! :P 2014 went by too damn fast and it was honestly the best year of mine so far! I got to do loads of new things last year, for example I went in an auto rickshaw by myself for the first time ever!! :P very proud of myself for that XP and I also had a Death By Chocolate from Corner House for the first time ever. OMG if I start talking about how sexy that was I may never stop!! I went through loads of situations for the first time ever, like "real teenager problems" and all that! :P lost some really good friends! :/ visited AMAZING and SEXY places in the most beautiful continent, Europe, for the first time ever! OMG I could go on and on but I have to say that the main highlight of the year was making new friends! There are a few people that you just sort of click with and I'm so very grateful to have met a couple of people like that in 2014. They don't actually realise it but they have literally made my life worth living! Sappy I know but true story! I went through quite a few dark phases last year and those people were by my side every single step of the way! :') Some of them I've known only for about 9 months now but they literally mean the world to me and I never ever want to loose them! The very thought scares me. Even worse than The Conjuring did! And that's saying something! XD :P They probably know who they are as well!  Hopefully! :P Ananya, Vittal, Nita, Sushu, Vid, Teju, Liki, Vidya! :') omg I've never had so much fun in my life as when I'm with you people! We might fight yes, but fights are what make our bonds stronger! :P The doped scenes with you people are what I live for! :P omg so many things I want to say to you guys! Ananya, just omg thank you for being there through it all:') :* Vittal and Nita, thank you for "taking us in" :P and just for all those Magic moments! :') sushu! Thank you for being you! Stud you are. Don't forget. Vidyut! Midnight chat scenes. Enough said. :') :P Teju, Liki and Vidya! Just thank you for everything. :P :D  Ok all in all you guys are amazing and sexy friends! And I just love you peeps. :P those three words though! Said too much but not enough. So rw love you guys!! This has been my online letter of appreciation to you all! :P like I'm just telling the world how sexy you guys are! :P I wish everyone meets people like you peeps in their lives!