A healthy dose of advice

July 27, 2018 09:16 am

If there is one thing everybody excels at (and I’m also guilty of this one) it is giving advice. From tips on how to save your outdoor plants from the torrential rain to how to become more productive, there is a lot of advice that is thrown at you (or that you throw at others) on a daily basis. And much of it, as I’m sure all of you already know, is useless chatter – words carelessly uttered to fill in the gaps and sometimes also to overpower and dominate. If everybody knew everything, why aren’t our lives perfect?

Bollywood star Salman Khan, who is currently hosting reality show Bigg Boss for the sixth time, has said celebs do the “most disgusting things” to stay on in the game. The actor was speaking at the 15th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2017 on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, August 23: CPN (UML) leader and former Finance Minister Surendra Pandey has said the government must introduce a cooperative policy at the earliest for management of the cooperatives.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Instead of starting work immediately on the Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway project by instituting a special purpose vehicle as per recommendations, the government has started preparations to award the contract to Nepal Army.

NEW YORK, March 18: During the Urban Arts Partnership 25th anniversary benefit this week, model Ashley Graham spoke about how frequently young women approach her to discuss being bullied for their weight, something the supermodel says she completely relates to.

Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush, no strangers to life after the White House, have told Malia and Sasha Obama that after Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, they will, “Be writing the story of your lives, beyond the shadow of your famous parents.”

Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook and founder of Lean In Foundation, gave the best career advice to jobseekers during an Airbnb event.

Unsolicited advice that I live by

October 21, 2016 09:06 am

There was a time when I broke ties with friends and family over a simple altercation. One mean, rude, or insensitive comment and I would be done with that person. For life. I’m not kidding.