Short films to books: Spend a good time indulging in these fun activities

Curated by Arpika Bhosale Jane Borges and Christalle FernandesGanesh Chathurthi might be over but that doesnrsquot mean you have to let go of the mischievous elephant god so soon Ever thought of embroidering a tiny Bappa to embellish your dining table cloth or perhaps to keep near your ghar ka mandir Akshu Jain founder of the sewing community Knot Your Type has put together a Shree Ganesh DIY kit that includes an embroidery hoop sewing needle and a Ganesha template for you to embroider The kit comes with a QR code that links to a video tutorial Itrsquos fairly simple and easy to master Just follow the instructions and watch your embroidered Ganesha come to life The best part is that you get to create a Bappa who will stay with you foreverTelling your boss theyrsquore deluluWhen your boss tells you to work overtime you nod enthusiastically with a fake smile on your face while inwardly cursing them Thatrsquos if yoursquore a millennial A Gen Zer might just say ldquoAre you delulurdquo This writer you guessed it the teamrsquos resident Gen Z had two different colleagues send her digital creator Darshen Krsquos spoof on Millennials Doing OT vs Gen Z Doing OT or overtime We laughed at the accurate portrayal of the Gen Z employee who treats jobs and life with the same amount of unbothered sass The Singaporebased comedian echoed this writerrsquos lsquoshookrsquo gasp to the T The influencer who was a cabin crew member posted a recent video on weird passengers possibly inspired by real life But we love his impressions of delulu Gen Zs and their crazy antics the mostdarshenk InstgramDonrsquot tell me to calm downAt a time when everyone suffers from some form of anxiety including us we thought wersquod finally give a try tomdashCalm the meditation app of the stars It is one the most expensive apps in the meditation arena at over Rs 33000 charged in one go However the free content we sampled for the trial period of sevendays was horrendous There meditation sessions lasted a total of two minutes doing little to calm our fraught nerves Most of the content is locked during trial period and you cannot gauge whether the paid version is worth it or not We feel other apps have much more variety in the trial period and more importantly the price point doesnrsquot send you into a panic attackPlaystoreExcite your mind in a short timeFor those who like to watch films but canrsquot commit to the hours needed to sustain the hobby Omeleto offers a quickie The YouTube platform regularly posts short films most of them horror and psychological thrillers all under 20 minutes We recently watched one about a woman obsessed with using a particular filter on social media platforms ldquoYoursquove got to take control of your liferdquo her internet friend urges when he shares the filter with her ldquoYoursquove only got onerdquo A common ritual that we all have participated in with our Instabuddies right Well maybe not What might seem as an innocuous reality of our digital times quickly turns into a twist when the filter which is based on augmented reality starts to feel more sinister than a regular facealtering device as it starts to alter her mindOmeleto YoutubeTruer words never spokenJoseph Zacharias and Shashi TharoorThanks to this writerrsquos mother and grandmothers aphorisms have been part of daily vocabulary in our home The more familiar one and best said in Konkani Foolish is the man who sees a well during daytime and accidentally falls into it in the night Parliamentarian and author Shashi Tharoor and free thinkersatirist Joseph Zachariasrsquo new book The Less You Preach The More You Learn Aphorisms for Our Age Aleph Book Company Rs 499 is inundated with witty and wise nuggets of wisdom With over 200 original aphorisms coined by the duo this book could be a good addition to your bookshelf as well as a most suitable gift for someone who treasures ideas that provoke make you ponder and entertain Our favourite ldquoThe hawk hunts the crow picks the vulture waitsrdquoAvailable at all leading bookstores