Software Engineer

Consultant

Tupperware's downfall can be largely attributed to its failure to keep pace with the evolving market.

Product Manager

Damn! Tupperware has gone bankrupt😕 I thought it was a thriving company.

Software Developer

I still remember aunties when they meet at kitty parties, explaining Tupperware business.

Content Compliance

The number of times I've almost been throwing out of home for losing my tupperware lunch box is unreal  Thanks Tupperware for being a companion through school days ❤️

The number of times I've almost been throwing out of home for losing my tupperware lunch box is unreal

Thanks Tupperware for being a companion through school days ❤️

What will Indian moms scold their kids for now? :(

Investor

What will Indian moms scold their kids for now? :(- Grapevine

Don't feel like throwing them away, can't reuse them or keep them around me either except one or two things. All sorts of memories attached to the gifts.

Any advice?

What to do with gifts from exes?

Product Owner

When I was a child, I was a foodie and loved street food, but we couldn't afford it most times(Unfair life/ rough times). I remember how special it was when my mom occasionally brought me my favorite street food, 'Samosa.' Those moments were the best.

Now, I earn a decent amount and can afford things for myself and my family. I often buy my mom her favorite treats, but I personally don't enjoy anything like I used to. Sometimes, I think about going out to have a Samosa or other fast food, but then I worry about hygiene or diseases. I've never drunk or smoked; the only thing I loved was street food. But now that I can afford anything, I don't feel like eating it.

As a child, I used to dream of earning a lot of money one day. Now, it seems like money is the only thing I care about.

I wish I could be that child again, who was happy just to get an occasional Samosa.

It feels like I matured too soon, which I didn't want. I want to eat my favorite food sometimes without thinking about anything else, just savoring the moment and the nostalgia. I don't know how to get that feeling back.

I Miss the Simple Joys from My Childhood

Senior Software Engineer

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This question has been seriously bugging me for sometime. How do rich and upper middle class kids manage abroad in US and UK like countries? They won't get any house help like a maid to cleanup their room, nor a cook to make their food. I mean I am assuming they have grown up with this sense of entitlement and with utmost privilege their parent were able to provide them in India. Is it easy to give up the previous tantrums and lifestyle conditions and just suck it up for the next few years? Also the weather is so cold at some places that you feel like getting out of the bed, let alone cooking and cleaning!

How do these top 1 percent kids manage? Does the US humble them? Now, I don't agree with the  reasons that the US has dignity of labour and crap. I know if for a fact that if labour laws of minimum wage, taxes and welfare were to vanish, all the Americans will end up having a personal Buttler at diet cheap prices. It is more about these welfare schemes reducing the inequality in society.

Do share your experiences!

How rich and upper middle class Indian students make it without any househelp in the States?

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Nestlé’s baby food brands including Cerelac and Nido added sugar in the form of sucrose, in lower and lower-middle income countries including India — but not in the products sold in Europe or UK, according to a report by Swiss investigative organisation Public Eye and International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN).

The research was conducted at a lab in Belgium, and examined Nestlé’s baby food products from Asia, and Africa branded as Cerelac, Nido, Mucilon and Dancow. These contained an average of 3 grams per serving, and in some cases up to 6 grams. Similar products tested in the European markets showed no added sugar. A Nestlé India spokesperson has attested that the company has reduced the sugar content in the baby product portfolio by 30% over the past five years, NDTV reported. In 2022, the sales on these products exceeded Rs.20,000 crore in India alone.

Nestlé has been under the scanner in the past for similar violations in several African countries. Reports from the 1970s raised the alarms on their unethical marketing practices in an effort to push artificial feeding over breastfeeding.

New 20000 crore market just opened up

Don't know why I'm so pissed with these news. Kinda knew it, but they have ruined generations. Most of Indians turning out diabetic, obese and heart attack prone may not just be "lacking exercise". The food has been laced with unhealthy sugars when we didn't even know they were bad for us. 
  
 And so passed with government.  Europe has such tough food laws, even US. But India, we are just numbers. If I die, there will be 50 to replace me, or even more 
  
 Fckin pissed!!

Product Designer

what all boxes have you never thrown away ?

During our parents generation, Tuitions were viewed as a Taboo. It was perceived that only the academically weak needed Tuitions.

However all of these changed quickly where we see majority of our generation opting for coaching from Class 8. For today's GenZ, it's a matter of pride if someone gets enrolled in prominent coaching institutes for JEE, AIIMS, CA, UPSC etc.

What do you guys think was the social drivers for such change in attitudes? 
What age did you first opt for Tuition and why do you think your parents accepted tuitions for you?

Why/When Tuitions went from Taboo to Essential?

What's one habit that hasn't changed for you since childhood?

Why do relatives feel that they should always talk about doing things the right way and how do they know what they say is the right way?

Some examples -
- to lose weight, focus on walking and fully come to normal BMI and then only do weight training. But, research suggests weight training to be more beneficial for both weight loss and increasing metabolism
- we should drink hot water to lose weight. What?😂
- get married early and marriage is the only way to go!
- our screen time shouldn't be more with mobile, but rather with tv
- don't use earphones, they damage ears
- Some fruits are beneficial for diabetes

Don't get me wrong, I love relatives. I just don't enjoy someone giving advice when I didn't ask them. Especially when I can't trust their source of information for anything - life advices, religion, shastra,  traditions, women's rights etc.

And, I am really tired fighting battle and tackling so much misinformation about everything. All I do is just listen to them and move on!

Wanted to know what do you guys do?

How do you deal with unsolicited advice of relatives?

Cancer-causing substances found in some MDH and Everest products by authorities in HK and Singapore. Meanwhile in India, nothing.

Today in Indian food quality bafoonery

Living in Bangalore is like participating in a daily obstacle course of stupidity these days. It's like the city is hosting the World Championships of Not Using Common Sense. Day by day, it’s getting crazy in here. People are literally just straight-away stupid.

Picture this: I'm in the metro, following the line like some good boii. But no, here come the backline breakers, sprinting ahead like they just got the memo that the free WiFi is about to expire. They won’t even have the patience to let others deboard from the station (bs ghusna hai sbko).

On the road: Small Aile is there, and these morons either walk in the middle of the road or walk slowly like they are going to maaiyat. There is no way to even overtake them.

One day a couple was literally just standing in the middle of the fucking metro entry gate, and all other people were going from sides. I was literally at my fucking limits; I controlled the urge to ask them that whatever shit they're discussing, if that is a national concern, then it’s okay; otherwise, please fuck around on the side.

And what’s up with this throwing garbage on the road thing, literally every morning on the road, tons of food, spillage, and disposals of whatnot can be seen. God, please throw it in the trash.

Rant! (Bangalore)

Lawyer

Security Analyst

The Delhiite in me ensures I am always tracked 

Sending cab location sharing
Last seen full length and face pic
The place I am going to - Google maps link
The person I am meeting - Name n number

(The last one couldn't be followed for many GV meetups, but luckily all turned out well 🤞) let it not be jinxed 🧿

The Delhi Travel precautions

Share something that changed as you aged in life

Project Manager

It can be anything related to not doing something you always wanted to but never did, a mistake you realize you shouldn’t have made, or feelings of not being successful enough. Feel free to share your thoughts.

Do you have any regrets?

Failed to spend enough time with my parents. Life moves really fast. If you're around your parents take care of them, spend time with them and if you're away then make sure you visit them often ☮️

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People with kids: What's different in your parenting than your parents?

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Moengage is hosting a “flagship” event in their “home turf” and are asking employees not to come so they can save money on the number of plates served during lunch and the amount of beer bottles served. 

What’s the cheapest cost cutting measure your company has taken so far?

The irony is that Moengage called an investor to whitewash their financial condition in a recent town hall.

What’s the chindiest cost cutting measure your company has taken?

This is reality in India too

You don't need to spoil kids with the best possible education, day care and shit they don't even need. 
  
 Today's parents are too much. Our generation didn't even have half the stuff that today's kids do, we still did alright.  
  
 Homeschooling is a great and realistic option that most people don't even consider. They just want to justify breaking their backs without even asking their own family if they need all that extra money and privileges.

either Savage or Pookie, there's no in between.

Indian Mothers' behaviour to their children is always

Software Test - QA

I have been a little caught up with numerous things in my life lately and have finally found some free time to open up myself to new experiences. 

I had a wishlist of shows and movies that I wanted to watch but as soon as I start watching them, I get bored and feel like turning it off. 

No, its not the content
No, its not the genre
No, its not the actors
No, its not the taste either

This is pretty ironic as considering the fact that I have spent a fair share of my youth chasing academics and career, my heart had always craved for life experiences. I had to let go of the woman I loved simply because I was too focussed on my JEE. I wont be able to forgive myself for that EVER. It almost felt like I had lost a limb, without which , I would be rendered disfunctional. Thats a separate story tho.

Nothing excites me (yep nothing)
Nothing amuses me 
Nothing feels lively

I have no clue where my life is headed

I understand that as we age, our triggers of happiness change. I have put concious efforts into knowing what those new triggers are. But I cant find any plausible sources of happiness.

I am performing pretty well with my career.
Even got a double digit hike.
But didnt feel that kick of joy.

Have I approached a dead end?

What will Indian moms scold their kids for now? :(

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