True love. A beautiful phrase that gives meaning to relationships and makes them beautiful too.What does a perfect couple mean? A couple where two people who are so much in love with each other, who never fight and are always happy? Well, honestly I don’t think so. A perfect couple is when two people who are so much in love quarrel and fight with each other, sometimes even get very mad at each other but at the end always make their way to each other to get their happily ever after. But do all true lovers and perfect relationships get a happy ending? What if suddenly one day everything ends because of some reckless mistake that could have been avoided..? Can we find another true love and believe in it?

Book review of All This Time

Written by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott this book takes you on a journey of losing and finding love. Wait…sounds ordinary? Well, it is not. This journey makes is magical- because it has the magic of making you laugh and cry, make you feel hurt and joyful, make you scared and relieved too. Mikki Daughtry is a screenwriter and novelist, currently residing in Los Angeles. She graduated from Brenau University where she studies Theatre Arts. She is one of the co-authors, with Rachael Lippincott, of #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart. She enjoys watching old black-white movies, listening to Doris Day on repeat, or reading ancient Greek plays, during her leisure time.Rachael Lippincott graduated from the University of Pittsburgh from where she holds a degree of BA in English writing. She currently resides in Pittsburgh with her wife and their dog.

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Kyle and Kimberly are the ideal perfect couple always making their way to each other no matter how much they fight. Or at least that is what Kyle thinks. But on graduation night Kimberly breaks up with him, but that is not the worst thing that happens to them that night. Their car crashes. Kyle has got a brain injury, and when he wakes up he finds out that Kimberly is dead. He is devasted because that is not the end that Kyle wanted, not being able to even see Kimberly again. He felt no one understood him… Until Marley came into his life. Marley is also suffering from her loss. And both of them understand each other the way no one else can. From, hiding their pains to sharing each part of their life, connected by the little things around them, the journey of Marley and Kyle is going perfect. But something happens again…and just when Kyle is starting to put his life together, everything crashes down, again. He has to accept reality, but will reality accept him? Will, he ever get back his true love again and feel those emotions again? Or will he just lose everything?

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The story has the beautiful and mesmerizing essence of focusing on the little things that make you fall in love with the person. The way Mikki and Rachael have focused on the meticulous details, that makes true love so beautiful and meaningful, instead of focusing on the bigger picture grasps your complete attention and makes you want to read the book in just one go. Love is not always about grand gestures or expressing how one feels about the other every time. It’s also about healing and growing together. It’s about loving your partner unconditionally. Making them feel safe not just by hugs but by words too. Sometimes little moments can also give you a lifetime of happiness in a way that you would have never even imagined.

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Book Review — All this time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott

There has never been a company before with a work culture like that of NETFLIX. From the time Netflix launched as a DVD rental service in 1998 to be one of the most loved and subscribed OTT platforms globally, this journey of Netflix is one of the most interesting stories that anyone can get to know about.

Journey of Netflix in brief

Originally NETFLIX started as an online DVD renting company but as the business environment continued to be dynamic, NETFLIX kept adapting to the dynamism by implementing policy and rules which were never heard of or even tested before. It had continuously re-invent itself to cope up with the advancement of technology and changing tastes and preferences of the people.

How Netflix kept adjusting to dynamism?

Reed Hasting defied the culture of conventional orthodox rules and policies that other companies follow to operate, instead, he focused on developing a culture of Freedom &amp; Responsibility, valuing people over processes, focusing on innovation over efficiency. Sounds out of the box? Doesn’t it?Hastings believes in the policy of providing the employees with the context within which they have to act instead of giving them orders and controlling their actions. Not only this but he also believes that there should be a candor environment in the company, and the employees should give candid feedback not only to their colleagues but also to their seniors.

Reed Hasting's way of formulating unique policies

Written by Erin Meyer this book gives us a deep and detailed insight into the journey of Netflix which started as a DVD rental service to being a company with more than 7000 employees across the globe, producing its own award-winning Movies and TV shows, forming an unconventional &amp; unorthodox work culture making it one of the world’s most innovative, imaginative, and incredibly successful company where the approach of “Don’t seek to please your boss” is followed.

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No Rules Rules- Netflix and The Culture of Reinvention — Book Review

Androgynous fashion refers to the donning of clothes and accessories in such a way that it avoids creating a distinction between masculine or feminine physical characteristics and to express non-binary gender identity. In other words, it refers to fashion that is neither feminine nor masculine but gender-inclusive and sexually neutral, hence creating a genderfluid fashion.Paul Poiret &amp; Coco Chanel are considered to be among the first very few pioneers to introduce Androgynous Fashion Style to the fashion industry. In the 1900s Coco Chanel designed trousers that could be worn by women. After this, many liberation movements in the 1900s liberated women to wear comfortable clothes which allowed free body movement. The 1960s saw a great change in women breaking free from their rigid gender standards but it was also time for men to loosen out of the gender stereotypes and discover their identity.In India, we can witness the androgyny fashion not only in Western Fashion but also in some of our Authentic Traditional Fashion too. For example- The Mundu or the Lungi wore predominantly by the men of South India is similar to a feminine skirt. Kurtas and Salwars are worn by men and women equally. The Nauvari Saree worn by women of Maharashtra is draped in a similar way to that of the male dhoti.

What is androgynous fashion?

Androgynous fashion refers to the donning of clothes and accessories in such a way that it avoids creating a distinction between masculine or feminine physical characteristics and to express non-binary gender identity. In other words, it refers to fashion that is neither feminine nor masculine but gender-inclusive and sexually neutral, hence creating a genderfluid fashion.

What is Androgynous fashion?

Fashion, however, is one of the very few industries where being queer or homosexual has ceased to be an issue. Recently, we can see the visibility of a large number of transgender/queer/homosexual and non-binary models in the mainstream fashion industry. Fashion surely has become one of the most proximate tools for both men and women to explore and express more about their sexual identity.

Role of Androgynous fashion in LGBTQ community

In India, we can witness the androgyny fashion not only in Western Fashion but also in some of our Authentic Traditional Fashion too. For example- The Mundu or the Lungi wore predominantly by the men of South India is similar to a feminine skirt. Kurtas and Salwars are worn by men and women equally. The Nauvari Saree worn by women of Maharashtra is draped in a similar way to that of the male dhoti.

Some beautiful Indian Examples

Social media websites and apps like Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, etc have a plethora of influencers who are revealing and promoting the trend of gender-fluid fashion. Indian fashion influencers like Komal Pandey, Siddharth Batra, Malkeet Singh, and many more. Global Fashion influencers like Jamie Windust, Vick Franco, Eli Erlick, and many more have inspired a lot of people to explore their identities in depth through fashion.

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