50 Fun Questions for a Rapid Fire Game

So, the office leaves no stone unturned as far as the mixing up of colleagues is concerned. And some of the games actually are interesting, fun and you get to know a lot about your colleague's otherwise elusive life. When a session like this was conducted, where a randomly picked victim had to sit on the hot seat and answer questions which can range from professional to a personal..infact very personal level, I realized people were coming up with placid questions like "What's your favorite pastime",etc.

The session started. We live in a country where somebody has to break the ice. So before somebody kills the game with mundane questions like What's your hobby? What's your pet's name, etc. take a leap through the awkward silence and heading towards Entertainment! Entertainmet! Entertainment!

Therefore, I thought of coming up with list of fun rapid fire questions that you can ask playfully and might as well get to know a great deal about the person under question's question (like a questionable inception). 

Here you Go!!

1. Define yourself in one term?
2. If there was one bollywood dialogue you could say to your boss, what would it be?
3. Whom are you currently stalking on social media?
4. What is the most deepest fear that you have?
5. If you were to trade your professional life with someone, who would it be?
6. Who is the most attractive person in the room?
7. Your worst date ever?
8. The most obnoxious proposal you've ever received?
9. Who is the guy/girl you've recently friendzoned and why?
10. If the world was ending and you were to save only one person, who would it be?
11. Whom are you jealous of and why?
12. Have you ever done something you regretted doing immediately?
13. Your comfort food?
14. Define your love life in a bollywood title?
15. The band that you pretend to like to be more socially acceptable?
16. The song that you actually listen to when going to sleep?
17. One advice that you have for your boss?
18. If you had an option of being a super human, who would you be?
19. Which is that one book you've bought but never read?
20. Who would you voluntarily give your TV remote to?
21. One bad habit of yours that you're working on?
22. Your most embarrassing nickname and the reason behind it?
23. Who's the first person on your speed dial?
24. Have you ever quit doing something for the fear of losing?
25. What is your mid night hunger pang meal?
26. What is your favorite current TV series?
27. What is that one taunt your mother always gives you?
28. Which is that one thing what you don't do cause you don't have that kind of money?
29. What is your to-do task for the weekend?
30. What is that one piece of advice you have for the opposite sex?
31. If you could go back in time and change one decision of yours, what would it be?
32. What is that one thing you do very very carefully?
33. How long did it take for you to get over your previous relationship?
34. One thing you can't leave your home without, and if you do, you go back to get it?
35. If you see someone wearing exactly the same clothes as you, what would you say/do?
36. Whom do you complement because you have literally nothing else to say?
37. How often do you check your facebook/twitter/instagram in a day?
38. When home alone, what do you do?
39. The song that defines your life right now?
40. What is that one thing about you that no one in the room knows?
41. Which is the most recent problem of yours that you've googled?
42. What makes you cry at movies?
43. One thing that you swore that you'd never do?
44. What is that one thing you can't share with any one cause its that precious to you?
45. Who gets you most of the times even though they don't know you very well?
46. Have you ever escaped from a date, if yes, why?
47. If you have to exhaust 1 million dollars in a day, how would you do that?
48. Who do you believe really needs a makeover in this room?
49. What is that one weird thing you've done to attract someone you like?
50. What would be your apt weekend activity?

The above questions would definitely give you a sneak peak into the person's life and you'd get to know them better. Its best when you don't give the person time enough to think, tops..4 seconds. Well, get to know them better and any great answers you've received let me know.

How to Avoid The "When Are You Getting Married" question #LikeABoss

The wedding season is on and so are the inquisitive levels of all the older women who are concerned about our single life. It is of immense importance to them to know what are your plans, so that they can share them over kitty parties with other women who even remotely know you. They have the questions that will not only crush your party plans, but also leave you introspect into your love life or the non-existence of any, and God Forbid, succumb vulnerably to their instant prospective matrimony options.

"When are you getting married?" "So now that you are settled, what next" "All the good grooms are being taken already" "Are You Lebanese?(Those who have seen Dear Zindagi would know)" are the questions that would be too personal to be brought up socially but there's no privacy with the aunties. So, Fret not and figure out the following options and emergency responses and chose what suits you well.

Harry Potter's Cloak of Invisibility 

See You Later Aunty Gator

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Give Shocking Responses

So, you either can cry yourself to sleep affected by such questions or instead you can face those over dressed nightmares with upfront responses. The responses that shut them up. Sample responses, to be chosen at your own risk:

"I'm Living in instead, and its better"

"Still figuring out if he's really the one"

"His ring wasn't fancier enough, so I passed"

"He's not Husband material"

"Single and Having a Pringle"

"If you're giving me a fancy wedding gift, I'll contemplate the same"

These questions will make her fumble and she will flutter away like a heavily decked butterfly.

Ask Counter Questions

The best way to quieten certain people is asking them something further more embarrassing. They will probably avoid you thereafter. Sample questions, also add some extra dramatic expressions for added effect:

Super embarrassed but GOTS to SMILE

"And You're Asking That Because...?" 

"Your son passed that exam? He flunked once right?"

"You've been married for 25 years, how's it going" 

"Its amazing I don't even remember how I'm related to you and you're concerned about my marriage"

"Haven't you put on too much weight?"

"Is that jewelry real, like I'll not buy something like that for my wedding"

"Any rich lad in sight?"

Have fun with them

Offer to sit with them, for fulfilling their very desire of attention. 

Judge other people and ask about their POV on who's who, who's wearing what and they will want to get rid of you cause there are many other single women and men in the party whom they want to tie in the pious knot of matrimony. Also, need new gossip for the kitty party. 

Change the Topic

This is the good girl way out. Change the topic oh-so-nonchalantly that the aunty can't think past the compliments and you become her instant favorite, who knows if she actually has a Bruce Wayne in sight? Compliment her. Ask about her saree, her jewelry, where did she buy all that from, has she lost weight cause it looks like she did, she look half her age, she looks like her daughter's sister, etc. etc. She will forget about everything and answer you like its a narrative question in board exams.

This way you don't make enemies and earn some brownie points as well.

So go party and have a blast at your friend's, cousin's or whosoever's wedding you wanna have a blast at. Hope the above tips come handy. Though, new ideas are always welcome. :)

#DearZindagi will make you Sit back, Relax and shed a tear or two!

Dear Zindagi has mixed reviews. Some find it introspective, some find it excruciatingly long and sermon giving. Some find it too relatable, some couldn't stay longer post interval. So if you're heading to the theater expecting some song and dance sequence, some upfront jokes, double meaning jokes, and other bollywood-esque stereotypes, then please change your mentality but do not miss the movie. Why, you ask? Let me list it all down for you:

Acting par excellence, by both Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt. SRK, who has taken a leap by the laid back role of a Dimag Ka Doctor complacent with his own ways and clientele, one to be precise. Barely saw any other client visiting the doctor. Alia proves that she's good at what she does. What if she doesn't know basic G.K. questions, but as far as her job is concerned, she has aced her role as a talented, career-centric, selfish, spurned, damsel in distress with such nonchalance that you can't help but feel her happiness, dismay, jealousy, confusion, etc. And isn't that the way we are, how often are we able to talk about our feelings with someone who isn't going to judge us or provide us with a solution.

The Alia Breakdown scene. If you don't feel a lump in your throat in that scene, you probably are stone hearted. The ease with which Kaira narrates the feeling of a 6 year old abandoned by her parents who are trying to figure life out for themselves. You can, at some point, relate to the complaints she has from her parents assuming that at some point or the other we all have been angry with our parents for one reason or the other. Whether it be the jealousy from the attention they gave to your younger sibling, enforced a career on you, had unrealistic expectations you had to live up to, the list is endless. If anything, it will at least sort out your undisclosed childhood issues. Dr. Khan (SRK) mentions with utmost ease "Ek baar, apne parents ko maa-baap ke unche ohde se thoda neeche, regular logon ki tarah dekho". You understand that humans make mistakes and its natural. So, forgiving becomes easy.

Subtle messages. Gauri Shinde has brought into light many strong messages with such subtlety that they don't seem like the heart of the movie but the message is very well conveyed. For instance, accommodation problems for single women in cosmopolitan cities, labeling women based on their partners and women being affected by such labels, acceptance of homosexuality in Bollywood, etc. So, these are just a few issues that are brought up oh-so-casually.

Ze Therapist. When your psychiatrist is as suave and gentlemanly as SRK, you can't help but spend most time at his clinic than anywhere else. He is natural, powerful and every single word uttered by him has a meaning to it. With limited screen time, he has made the difference.

Goa like never before. Serene beaches, affluent houses, no pollution, the Goa shown in the movie is so beautiful, you end up booking a vacation when in the middle of the movie itself to play Kabbadi with the waves. Just wondering where was this Goa in my recent vacation there?

You walk out with a smile on your face. With settled issues, emotions sorted, understanding life as it comes, as Kaira dances her way back to her place, so would you, with a million dollar smile on your face.

A feel good film. Stick through the first half, it gets better, I promise!!