The most memorable Valentine day of this world..

A very happy new year to every soul on this earth.
With start of the year come new responsibilities and resolutions.
                           

I also have made few resolutions and one of them is to make this coming Valentine, super duper and ultra special for my beloved.

I was lying on my bed and planning for a beach side dinner date when something mysterious happened at the window.

There was a dark circle visible on my study table, as dark as a black hole.
Suddenly a beam of light came out of it leaving something on the table and disappearing in fraction of seconds. It was a potion, something like what we have seen in harry potter movies.

Well I hoped it didn't work like that. As I came near to the table there was something written on it.
The golden words read –“Once in a century God chooses a human being whose love is pious and divine. You are the lucky one. To honor it he is giving you a magical potion.
After gulping it you will have unlimited powers for a day through which you can make your beloved feel the most special person on this earth.

I was standing there agape.
Is this for real ?
Unlimited powers for day, was I dreaming?

I pinched myself, wow !!! it was for real and not a dream.
It was 11 p.m., just an hour left for the special day to start.
When the clock hit 12 I called my beloved and told her to get ready in the morning by 10 a.m. as there were lots of surprises planned for the day. She was damn excited and couldn't control it, so she kept on asking me to reveal some of them but I was reluctant to disclose any. I told her to sleep tight and wake up fresh as the day was just going to be Legendary :)

After talking to her I was ready to start my work as everything had to be nothing less than perfect. Quickly I drank the potion. For few seconds I couldn't feel anything but then I felt very light and energetic.

To see if the powers were really working I asked for a Lamborghini parked outside my house.
I rushed to see if the magic really worked and to my delight it did.
Wow..!!!!! I was laughing, dancing and behaving like a mental.

Before anyone could see it I made it to disappear and started working on my plan.
I made a note of all the things she liked, right from meeting APJ Abdul Kalam ji, eating wafers and Chinese cuisines, watching Doraemon and living in her own fantasy world where there are fairies, castles and mermaids.

Finally it was 8 a.m. in the morning and I was ready with my surprises.
I picked her up from her place in a Lamborghini. She was like Wow..!!!!
“Where did you get the Lamborghini from?” ,her voice was full of surprise.
I told her not to ask questions and just relax and enjoy.

As we reached Gateway of India, the Lamborghini turned itself into a water Scooter.
“Where are we going and how is all this happening? Are you Ankit only?”, she was now scared.

I kissed her gently on the lips and told her the complete story that happened with me last night.
I asked her to trust me and enjoy the surprises I have planned for her.

After riding for an hour we reached an Island.
There were dolphins and mermaids swimming around it.

In the middle there was a castle which looked the same as we see in fairy tales.

The Island was a bit different from the normal ones.
There were cute Doraemons roaming around the entire place. 

Small fairies in the shape of butterflies were busy making everything colorful and lively. 

There were flowers which on touching converted to wafers , chocolates and Maggi.
My girl was mesmerized as she couldn’t believe on her eyes. Slowly she touched the cute Doraemon which in return kissed her hand.
This made her dance with joy.
Next she took the fairy shaped butterfly on her hand. It waved her wand and tada..!!!!
Magic happened and my GF was now looking like Cinderella.
                                        

A Unicorn came flying towards us. 

                                            

We sat on it and it took us to the castle.
As we entered the castle a guide came to our service.
There were 5 halls in the castle.
Hall A had all the games in this world which you can play live.
As my gal loved to play board games so there were big structure of snake and ladder and Ludo placed right in the front.

After playing that for an hour we went to Hall B which had all the variety of cuisines in the world.

As it was lunch time so we had the yummiest food in the world and moved to hall C.
Here you could watch any movie of your choice. We ordered for DDLJ our favorite movie.

Hall D was next in line which had one of the most amazing dance floors.
Most romantic songs of all time were played and we soaked into each other.

After being in each other arms for more than 2 hours it was time to take her to the final Hall E.
It was like a church which was decorated for a marriage function. Our friends were sitting in front row.
I took her hand in mines and popped the question –“Will you marry me”.

                                    

She said yes with tears in eyes. And then came a voice, “you can now kiss the bride”.
It was none other than the great APJ Abdul Kalam ji.

                                  

Finally we took his blessing and left for home. Dreams come true but your love should be true..:)

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Planning the Big day for Saina Nehwal

The word marriage holds a very important meaning in everyone's life.
It is not just about 7 pheras, one mangalsutra or a chutki bhar sindur but its a much more deeper connection.
Coming together of 2 souls with a promise and  to be with each other in sweet and sour defines it briefly.


Saina Nehwal is one of my favorite celebrity sportsperson in India and one of my dream is to plan her wedding...
My dream came true when I won a contest organised by TOI in association with Manish Malhotra.
The ultimate prize was planning the wedding of queen of badminton world, Saina Nehwal.

I was given 10 days to do that as the wedding was on the fortnight from now.
Though I had planned wedding of many daily soap celebrities but planning this one was something big for me.She being an International sportsperson has friends all over the world so that was also a challenge.Also the theme of the wedding can't be too flashy as it was the case with TV celebrities. so I had to think of something classy and unique.

In this world where time is the biggest asset, saving every penny of it is very important.
The above phrase holds true in my case as I had only 10 days to plan the complete wedding.
I wanted one umbrella under which I could get everything.
There were so many online shopping destinations in the market but at the same time the cases of bluffing and selling fake products have also increased.
To be true I had no such tension as my companion for planning this much awaited wedding was Baggout, the one stop online destination for all your needs..:)
I had used it before and it always got me admiration.

The important categories for a me at this moment were
1. Bride Dresses
2. Bride Jewellery
3. Bridal Makeup
4. Food and Drinks
5, Accommodation & Commuting Arrangement for Guests
6. Decoration
7. Gifts for guests

Taking one at a time I started my mission "Saina ki wedding planning".

The most important thing in wedding is the bridal dresses.
There are around 5-6 times in the span of 2 days that a bride needs to change her dress.
The first ceremony is engagement and I planned to buy a beautiful gown for Saina.

Next was the Sangeet ceremony and for this I bought a beautiful saree for her.

The next day we have the Mayara ceremony and for that I decided to give Saina a different look with another designer saree.

The last two most important ceremonies are Reception and Feeras.

For reception I bought a beautiful Lehenga for her.

And for Feeras I wanted to simple it simple, not much heavy but stylish. So I went for a designer Salwar kameez.

All the dresses were brought from Jabong where I got 6% cashback.


Next category was the Bridal Jewellery
Diamonds are a woman's best friend and I wanted something which can match with the glow, beauty and charm of Saina so I went for diamonds.
For Engagement I purchased a beautiful diamond ring and a diamond set containing necklace and earrings. Necklace was my favorite of all three.





For Sangeet I purchased another beautiful set with Ruby embedded in it.

For Mayara I went for something traditional and when it is traditional it is always gold.
I bought a beautiful necklace from Jewelskart

Reception is where a girl can flaunt the most and I wanted to leave no stone unturned.
So I bought a very beautiful and stylish diamond necklace for her which could fill her neck and make her look even more gorgeous.

All the diamond jewellery was brought from Surat Diamond Jewellery where I got 10.5% cashback.


For Bridal makeup I choose the most famous make up artist of the town who had done make up of many TV celebrities.

Now as I had taken care of the Bride needs it was time to serve the guests and the most important thing for them is Food and Drinks.
Though I had booked a very famous caterer for the same but as there were many foreign guests also so I decided to order some Pizzas and drinks too.
Baggout had solution for it in the form of FoodPanda and Coke2Home. I quickly placed an order for the same.


Next was the accommodation and commutation arrangement.
As the guests were royal so they had to be given royal treatment.
Hence I choose Courtyard Marriott which was also near to the airport.
Thanks to Hotels.com I got 6% cashback on it.
Commutation was also managed by them.

Penultimate category was decoration.
A marriage is known by the unique and artistic beautification that charms the eyes of beholder.
It is the first thing that a person notices and I had to keep it nothing less than awesome.
So I choose FlowerAura which also gave me 11.25% cashback.

Last category which is liked by everyone is gifts.
People also remember a marriage by the gifts that are given and I wanted to make it special so I decided to give everyone Badminton Racquets signed by Saina Nehwal.
I ordered the stuff from PlantSportOnline which gave me an impressive cashback.

I also had a special surprise for Saina.
For that I ordered a Big Greeting Card from Archies where all guests were going to pen down their wishes for the couple.

I was finally happy and satisfied with my arrangements and was now eagerly waiting for the Big Day to arrive..:)


This post is written for a contest organised by Baggout.

When Arvind Kejriwal went Shopping

Current LokSabha elections are the most dramatic and interesting till date. Each party has given its best to fling dirt on each other, to divide India on issues like Communalism, Casteism & Secularism, make false promises and even use foul language to humiliate and defame each other.
This time there is a new player in the game , the AAM AADMI PARTY.

Bringing big names from different sectors of India together, bearing anguish of the AAM AADMI in forms of slaps, accusing big industrialists like Mukesh Ambani of fraud, Arvind Kejriwal and his troops did enough to create a buzz.

Now was the time to wait for 16th May, the result day and relax a bit. What better it can be then to do some online shopping, so Arvind Kejriwal followed his trend of asking the India Janta. He asked people to suggest him a platform where we can get all the best deals across India and people were smart enough to propose "Baggout".

Baggout is an online shopping platform where you can browse thousands of products from the best online shopping stores like Flipkart, Myntra, Jabong, Ebay, Amazon and the list is endless. But what makes it unique and different from other players in the same segment are the below points
1. CashBack Policy -:
    You get cashback on whatever you purchase, isn't that amazing.
2. Products suggested by friends -:
    Till know our opinions were controlled and manipulated by the salespersons, marketers and                 anonymous reviews. But on Baggout the things have changed where we can browse through               different products suggested by our friends and choose the best one among them.

So Arvind decided to go with the AAM janta and logged on to Baggout using his FB account.
As he signed in he was surprised to see first thing as helmet suggested by Kumar Vishwas, may be because of the recent love shown in the form of Thapads by the AAM AADMI.
After buying helmet from Jabong, next suggestion was from Medha Patkar to buy some brooms as there was scarcity of the same in their godown and also they required them for their next rally.
All the brooms available online were purchased.

Gul Panag was the next in the queue with her suggestion of a stylish Muffler. As he always loved to wear one so was happy with the suggestion. After browsing through different brands available , he finally bought three from Myntra.

As he scrolled down something was there to surprise him.
Though this were probably the last two suggestions, but were from the biggies.
One was from Arnab Goswami who on behalf of all the journalists suggested him to buy some cough syrups as sometimes it was difficult to understand his talks..:P

And the final one was from Narendra Modi who suggested him to replace his party symbol from broom to vacuum cleaner as today's AAM AADMI had become a bit advanced...:P

Arvind Kejriwal was a happy man as he had saved lot of bucks because of the cashback offers on all the products he brought. After reaching the party office he made an official announcement declaring Baggout as the online shopping platform for the AAM AADMI  party in India.


This post is written as part of contest on Baggout