Jabong.com - The Ultimate Shopping Experience

Ok, so it's shopping time. Excited? :) Who isn't, right? But hold on.

If I asked you what's the worst thing about shopping, what would you say ? I know what I would say.

1) Leaving the comforts of your home - True. Let's face it now - after a full day of shopping I get tired from all the walking around, the lugging of heavy bags and no comfortable pit-stop till I reach back home.

2) Lack of good prices - You know, sometimes I wonder if there was ever a shop where people could get everything they wanted for unbelievable prices without having to spend hours searching for that perfect vendor or walk all over the place looking for a perfect price. Unfortunately that place exists only in my head. :p

3) Battling the weather conditions - It's called a shopping spree for a reason. :-D If you had to battle the sveltering heat or muddy rains to just reach your favorite shop only to find the thing you were looking for is out-of-stock, would you still like it. I know I wouldn't. Not pretty.

In the recent years, thanks to the internet and online-retailers, shopping has taken a different meaning altogether. It surprised me when my friends chose online shopping. I mean, how do you even shop "online" for clothes or cosmetics? My doubts were put to rest when I came across Jabong.

It's a smart, easy and fun way to shop from the comforts of your home for great prices with wide varieties of choices. Jabong offers you this and much more.

Recently, I decided to feel the experience myself and I wasn't disappointed. 

For starters, their website - www.jabong.com is so easy to traverse and to search products that half of your shopping stress is reduced right at the start.

They offer a wide range of products for men and women.

On selecting my product, the payment and confirmation procedures were a cake-walk. All I had to do was 

• Choose the appropriate payment method (which, by the way, can be one of the following - Netbanking, Credit card or Debit card)
• Review my order and delivery date
• Confirm my purchase

The best part came after the procedure was completed. I received an email and an SMS confirming my payment, order details and the expected date of delivery (which was a week later owing to the pincode where I stay). So there it was. All the information I needed at one place in an easy manner. :)

Jabong provides an easy tracking system which tracks the delivery of your product from the onset of online purchase.

One more thing that impressed me was that even though the expected date of delivery for my product was a week later, I received an SMS 3 days after the day of purchase saying my package would reach me today. Isn't that cool? A couple of hours later, the delivery person was at my doorstep.

My order was neatly packed and wrapped with bubble wrap. I love clean packaging and Jabong surely is a pro at it! :)

This experience was so much easy and fun without having to go through any hassles of regular mundane shopping. So here on, Jabong it is ! :) 

Yours' truly,

Book Review : Rise of the Sun Prince

Title: Rise of the Sun Prince (Ramayana: The Game of Life - Book 1)
Author: Shubha Vilas
Place: India 
Publisher: Jaico Publication House 
Publication Date: 2014
Genre: Mythology
Edition: 2014 
Pages: 252 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-81-8495-530-9

Goodreads blurb - Here

My thoughts - 

First of all, I have to admit that I was completely mesmerized by the front cover of this book. Kudos to the artist for the cover illustration. I was left gaping at the masterpiece observing the vibrant colors, the depiction of the scene and expressions of the characters. Every subtle nuance has been captured so beautifully that you never wish to shift your gaze. To add to it - the way Lord Rama's lotus eyes and the look of sheer determination in them has been accurately envisioned by the artist to match the author's words is commendable. For once, I felt it right to judge the book by its cover.

Moving on to the book, remember how we have come across the story of Ramayana time and again since childhood of how Lord Rama kills Ravana and rescues Sita? Well, I would say that was only one percent of the entire book. 

With this book be ready to experience the real story of Ramayana. Being the first book of a series, this book takes us on a never-before journey to reveal the characters and their stories. The reason why this legendary epic was written, the reason why Valmiki turned out to be the chosen one to write this epic, the history of the kingdom of Ayodhya and its ruler - Dasaratha, the great tales of bravery, compassion, kingship and beyond.

What's different about this book is how every character, instance and situation relates to our present day. Never before did I read the epic to understand and find answers to my life. The author enlightens us with elaborate descriptions to shift our focus from the situation in hand to reveal an underlying way of better living. It helps us to identify ourselves and adorn a clearer perspective towards life.

At many points while reading, I stopped to ponder and ask questions about a particular character or situation. Enter the footnotes. The footnotes at the end of the pages answered my questions in mind-boggling ways.

When it comes to the characters, I experienced Dasaratha’s pain and rejoiced in his happiness as the story progressed. Thanks to the flawless depiction of relationships. The author perfectly portrays the father’s love, care and concern for his son and a teacher’s eye for talent in his disciple. The comparison of perspectives – one for love and attachment and the other for duty made me twirl as my mind transported to the era when unfulfilled commands weren’t merely brushed off instead they were came with free curses.

The only showdown for me was few missing pages from the book. That’s right. My copy of the author-autographed book seemed to miss 8 pages towards the end of the book and that dampened my spirits since I didn’t want to miss the continuity of the narration. Nevertheless, I won’t let that affect the rating since that would be like eating a delicious, sumptuous banquet and not thank the chef.

The glossary describing the 24 qualities of a complete hero reminded me that we are imperfect beings who reside in an imperfect world. We need constant reminders to align ourselves internally and externally so as to conduct ourselves with utmost poise and accuracy.

My rating for this book stands at a perfect 5/5. J

I completely read the book and I was happy to have encountered this version of the epic in addition to what I already knew.

Go ahead and read this book. Indulge yourself in those magical times !

Thank you Shri Shubha Vilas and BlogAdda for this magical book. 

This book gave me countless quotes of wisdom. Here I enlist, however, just a few - 

"Nature of attachment is such that the mind justifies our attachment and hides our weakness."

"The longer you struggle to get something you are attached to, the more painful is the fear of it's loss."

"Dasaratha loved Rama, but Vishwamitra knew Rama."

"Celebration means sharing your joy making other people happy."

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Yours' truly,