The beautiful world of Dream Catchers...

There are beautiful concepts and beliefs that exist in different parts of the world. Travelling and technology have shrunk the world so much that many such traditions are now known to us. One such tradition which originates from the Native Americans is Dream Catcher.

It is a handmade object made using a willow hoop, on which a loose web is woven. The dream catcher is then decorated with sacred items such as feathers and beads.

These dream catchers are said to emit positive vibes. It is believed that dream catchers have the ability to catch all of a person’s dreams. The bad ones get tangled in the dream catcher and perish with the first streak of dawn. However, the good dreams gently slip through the outer holes, sliding down the soft feathers to the person sleeping below.

In olden days, they were woven by the grandparents for newborn children and hung above their beds to give infants peaceful, beautiful dreams.

Fascinated by this concept, I browsed the internet for hand wooven dream catchers in Mumbai. After a little research, I came across an amazing e-shop called 'dreamcatchers_india' on Instagram. I loved their designs and instantly placed an order for two dream catchers.  A bigger one for my bedroom and a relatively smaller one for my office cubicle.

The Dream Catchers arrived within a week. Also, they were more beautiful than I expected. The colors were just perfectly complimenting each other. I could strongly feel the love and compassion with which they were weaved.

Sharing the pictures below:

Dream Catcher for my bedroom

Dream Catcher for my cubicle

Chromatic, Vibrant and Ravishing!

Didn't you fall in love with them ?

Aren't you excited to buy one for yourself or your loved ones?

I am sure you are!

To order or view more of their designs, check their Facebook page here. Their Instagram Id is dreamcatchers_india. 

So Dream on guys ........ Coz everything starts with a Dream!

Flash Your Magical Card

 
It is a known fact that shopping is an exuberant activity however in Mumbai the whole experience of shopping has somehow become more of a punishment. The humidity and the traffic here makes sure the pleasure of purchasing nice stuff turns to be a misery.  The malls are overcrowded and most of the times you have to pick things in haste. One begins the shopping all excited and rapturous but at the end of it becomes cranky & frazzled!

So when I think of the future world of shopping a lot of things come to my mind. But 2030 is not too far away. It seems like so close. A realistic expectation would be to see a convenient shopping experience. Instead of me going to buyers, they coming to my house to sell stuff. I foresee that every individual would possess a shopping card (just like adhaar card or ration card). This card will be an unique identification for an individual  in the shopping world and will be valid across all small & big shops including malls and local kirana wala's.

What will be the content of this card?

This card shall carry details of the cardholder including their bank account numbers, mobile numbers and all addresses. It will also have a GPS chip which will keep track of the cardholder's location all the time. So whether the person is sleeping, dancing, travelling, gyming, swimming or bathing his/her location will get traced by the central server with the help of the GPS chip on your card. It will also have the account history i.e. information of cardholder's previous purchases.

The Card will have a natural interface. By that I mean all instructions will be passed through hand gestures and the results will be seen in virtual screen created in air.

How will all this help?

Whenever a person wishes to buy something, all they need to do is enter the product description through the natural interface. All matching items from various shops across the city will get listed on the virtual screen. The individual can pick the best one and an alert will go to the vendor along with the person's current location. The location will be traced by the shopping card.

The person doesn't have to worry about paying the bill. He/She can virtually swipe their card. As the card and account details are stored in the shopping card, it gets automatically transferred to the vendor over a secured channel when the person sends confirmation message through his registered number that he wants to buy the product. The vendor in return will send a message of the Bill and estimated time of delivery of the product.

The card shall also be able to create a virtual trial room where the virtual clone of cardholder will try the shortlisted clothes , shoes make up etc. Thus, without trying one will be able to choose stuff that looks best on them.

Easy! Ain't it?

Not to worry about travelling, visiting a number of shops and carrying heavy baggages. Just sheer happiness of buying the best available stuff across the city and getting it delivered at the door step!

This is not all. The crawlers will check the history of purchases and browsing history available on the card to analyse the individual's taste, preferences and needs. With this result they will analyze what  are the best suited items in the market and send alerts for the same. One will also be allowed to block vendors on the card. This shall ensure that the cardholder doesn't get any alerts from that particular vendor.

 This card looks like a multi tasking genious. Hence, my friends I shall take the liberty to call it a 'Magical Card' as it will magically turn our lives and conventional styles of shopping upside down!

This is an entry for the contest ' The Future Of Shopping' on Indiblogger powered by ebay.

Especially for girls!!! ;)

ALDO 50% off, Westside 60% off, AND 30% off , Pantaloons 50% off....... Come JAN & JULY and my love for shoes, clothes, accesories multiplies by leaps and bounds and reaches a point beyond which calculations are obfuscating!!! :)

A Shopping Addict by birth, a Saving Phobic after I began working and  Sale-a-Crazy since mall started dominating Mumbai!! Given the limited SALE period for all big brands that too clashing with one another I often face crisis picking the shops to cover during this time and the one's to drop.

Its risky to leave even a single shop unvisited cause you never know which coal mines have diamonds hidden in them!!!

 Sometimes I wonder how jejune life would have been without Malls, Off Season Sale, Debit cards, Gift Vouchers, Shopping Cards!!

Some people find it difficult to understand the delectation in spending money!! Shopping is nothing but waste of time and resources for them. But for me its a good exercise. It keeps your mind healthy, wealthy and wise!! ;) When you are depressed just try this once, pick your car keys, make sure you have your debit card or enough cash, drive to the nearest mall. Once there, try the best clothes and accessories and look into the mirror if you feel nice and confident looking at yourself buy it!!! At the end you would be too busy picking good stuff in the best possible deal  and for time being you would forget your worries and troubles!! The icing on the cake would be that you would have managed to pick some really cool stuff that you could wear and feel confident and happy!! :)

When you look beautiful, you feel confident and tend to have a positive frame of mind! I spend on myself cause its very important to come out of the rat race, catch a breath and to live your life. What if you save lots but you are not alive to spend that money or enjoy a hassle free old age or what if you aren't that fit enough to do the things you planned to!! You can do cost cutting and savings now but by the time you get the returns you would lament over the young years of life!!!

I don't recommend saving none and spending all you have! I say save but let yourself free to spend and indulge in the stuff you wouldn't be able to do in years that are still to come!! Keep no regrets with your past! Don't get grinded in the responsibilities so early!!

At the end, remembering SRK and his golden words,
Jeena hai toh iss pal mein jiyo kyunki kya pata KAL HO NA HO!!!