It’s my birthday in two days and you know who used to get excited about every single birthday in our family? My grandmother (Dadi). But we lost her a month back and we don’t know how will we ever overcome that loss. As the saying goes “life goes on”, we are trying to live by that, but it is easier said than done! I know there is suffering on a global level due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, but apart from that if someone faces personal suffering too, then things get a bit tough to digest and handle. We are not taught in schools and colleges about how to cope up with such situations and it w ..read more

Hey Gratisouls! Long time no see (read)! Quick update, if you have been following me for a long time now, then you might know what might tagline was (Even if you don’t know, it’s okay everybody is busy these days). My tagline was ‘Gratisoul- A positive perspective towards life. Now it is ‘Gratisoul- Growing through life’ because I realized that one can’t always stay positive. It’s not a bad thing to say that. Because we all are human and feel all kinds of emotions be it positive or negative and through those emotions, we eventually grow through life. Hence, presenting to you the new version of ..read more

Do you have a pet? Is it a cat, dog, hamster, rabbit, or any other animal? Comment below and let’s bond over our pets! So, I have a pet, his name is Coco and he is a chow chow. It’s only been 6 months since we got him and I already feel like a mother who is selflessly in love with her son aka dog! And that’s why I wanted to talk about pet therapy and how animals are the best healers! Having a crappy day at work? Hug your pet once you reach home and see your worries disappearing. Feeling stressed due to your current personal or professional situation? Go and play with your pet for 10 minutes an ..read more

19th November 2020 is World Men’s day and living in a male-dominated society is not easy. But we often judge without hearing the other side of the story. What does it feel to be a man? What do people mean when they say ‘Be a Man’, or ‘man up’? These are some of the questions which nobody even bothers to hear or talk about. Because in this judgmental society we usually believe what we see and hence feed our mind with that one-sided information. Being a female, I know it is tough to fight for our basic rights in this old-fashioned society. But it isn’t easy to be a man either. We all face our sh ..read more

So, there’s this show based on a book which is based on a real-life story of a financial stock market ‘legend’ Harshad Mehta on Sonyliv and I too decided to hop on this bandwagon to know about what the hype was all about. And this show is a literal eye-opener of what money can do to our lives. So, here are 5 life lessons which I want to share. (P.S if you haven’t watched the show yet, this blog might contain some spoilers!) 5 lessons from The Harshad Mehta Story 1. You don’t need Education to become Rich No matter how much you are scoring in your exams currently but life will never be as easy ..read more

Freshly graduated from college, entering the real world without knowing the complications it withholds for us, we start our professional career. (while some pursue higher studies) And that’s how our 20’s begin while thinking about our 30’s making us feel overwhelmed. So, talking about our 20’s first. Either we pursue higher studies or enter into professional life directly through a job or business. We either love our first job/business so much that we fixate ourselves that we’ll be doing this only for the rest of our lives or we keep on changing and switch from one experience to another. Which ..read more

Hey Gratisouls! So today’s blog is by our new guest blogger Jeffrey and he’s from Nigeria. Let’s welcome Jeff in our ‘GRATISOUL COMMUNITY‘ and see what he has to say about having confidence and being assertive in life. The Importance of Confidence Good day, Gratisouls. I’m Jeff, a guest blogger. A big thank you to Kaddie for letting me write here. I hope you’d like and enjoy what I have for you today. Ok, let’s begin by defining Confidence and assertiveness according to the Oxford dictionary.  Confidence; a feeling of certainty; firm trust (usually in oneself, abilities, or something) Wha ..read more

Hey Gratisouls!! Welcome to another episode of ‘Not so cliché career’. And today we’ll talk about alternative career options for arts & humanities students. If you have missed out on previous blogs in this series, here’s a quick recap for you!! For medical students- https://gratisoul.com/career-options-apart-from-mbbs-for-pcb-students/ If you have non-medical- https://gratisoul.com/what-to-do-after-non-medical-apart-from-engineering/ If you have commerce with or without maths students- https://gratisoul.com/10-career-options-for-commerce-with-maths/ Now, let’s come to the arts and humaniti ..read more

For my next blog in the “Not so cliché career” series, here are some alternative career options for students having commerce with maths in their 12th standard. If you have missed out on my first two blogs, here are the links to them. Career for PCB Students- https://gratisoul.com/career-options-apart-from-mbbs-for-pcb-students/ Career for PCM Students- https://gratisoul.com/what-to-do-after-non-medical-apart-from-engineering/ Well, apart from Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) or Bachelor in Commerce (B. Com), here are some other career options for you.  10 Career Options for Comme ..read more

For the next blog in my “Not so Cliché career “series, this one is for the students having non-medical in their 12th. If you think that your chance for a better life will only be by pursuing engineering then you are mistaken. There are a variety of career options that you can pursue if you just try to look way beyond cliché engineering. Now I’m not demeaning engineering here. I too am an engineer by profession. But I didn’t want to take up computer science engineering. I felt that everybody was doing that only. So, I researched for something different and finally did my B. Tech in Food Technol ..read more