Contrary to our ‘groom with a views’ assertion, there can be more to a bachelor party than the eminently boring ‘classics-and-conversation’ gathering on the one hand - and the typical ‘booze n broads’ thrash so revered by the male species, on the other.

The traditional stag route is as antiquated as its kitchen tea counterpart. You’re ostensibly celebrating your freedom, but surely that is a gigantic contradiction in terms. If anything, your love should set you free. Who needs marriage if it can only be viewed as a life-long restraining order?

Still, the concept of a stag night is a great one - a gathering of old friends to toast the future. It’s also the perfect excuse to enjoy a night out with ‘just the guys,’ a night to re-live the boyish pranks of your adolescence with relish and nostalgia - without the fear of reprisals from your ‘better half’ gnawing at you! Boys will be boys, and, like girls, they just wanna have fun!

It is not about games people play. Many of which may hinder a relationship. This one is about games that people ought to play in order to enhance their relationships.

As we go through our marriages lots of priorities which tend to distance us as a couple crop up. Jobs, careers, education, bringing up the children are some common “distractions.” Thanks to the enlightening television shows, magazine articles and self-help books which have made people aware of these problems that might result in making your marriage mundane, predictable, or all together lost.

Rebuild intimacy and open the door of deep communication by playing games. There are many games designed specifically for couples. Here are a few samples of games you could play.

The Washington Post reports an increase in pre-wedding investigations by detectives hired by families to investigate the other side in today’s prosperous India. The biggest ’sources’ for such detectives are domestic servants! So snoop’s the word as far as cooks, housemaids, drivers and others are concerned.

Gujarati wedding customs have the groom’s mother-in-law trying to catch his nose on arrival of the baraat, as a reminder of the fact that he is taking away her daughter and is now responsible for her happiness. If this makes for red-nosed grooms, so be it!

Life on Indian roads becomes more perilous than ever. While dug up roads and potholes are common knowledge, the new rules, smart policing, increased affluence and boom in vehicular numbers means that one has to adapt in ever different ways. Here are some driving skills you may need on today’s roads:

Whether you stay in a high-rise apartment block, or in a quiet bungalow in a posh neighbourhood, it is unlikely that you’ve never heard the ear-splitting yowl of the tom-cat in search of his mate. This primitive sound, very much like the loud wailing of a new-born in a hospital ward can cause one to wake up from deep slumber and be forced to go to the loo in the middle of the night. Or it can bring some pretty lurid nightmares, if one refuses to get up.