Talvar movie is based on Arushi murder case
which took place in 2008. Meghna Gulzar has handled this sensitive topic
brilliantly by keeping the viewers engrossed throughout the movie. An extensive
research on this unfortunate incident has been done to do the justice with every
angle of the case.
Irfan Khan as Ashwin Kumar has acted well
as the investigating officer of CDI (Central Department of Investigation). Tabu
has a small role as Ashwin Kumar’s wife. Neeraj Kabi plays the role of Dr. Ramesh
Tandon. Konkona Sen Sharma as Nutan Sharma and Dr. Ramesh Tandon’s wife looks
natural on screen. The rest of actors played their respective role very well.
The best scene in this movie is when the investigating
team are presenting their view points and facts to support them. If you love to
watch crime investigation then this movie is a must watch.
Dear readers, here is my first video on yoga. In this video I am explaining how to do exercise which helps is reliving back ache. This is the best exercise for back pain. Do it regularly and say good bye to back ache.
Actually, I am taking medicines for meditation that's why I forget the things so frequently." Mrs. 'A' told me this in Hindi except the word 'MEDITATION'.
"MEDITATION!" I was shocked. "I am doing meditation for more than fifteen years. I have read the works of varied saints and authors on meditation but never heard about the medicine or injection for meditation."
She said these words in Hindi. "No....... Actually .....what we call it............." She pondered for a while and then said, "'DEPRESSION'."
I repeated, "DEPRESSION! You are taking medicines for depression!!"
I can’t imagine my life without internet. These
days, internet is a multi-faceted tool which can be used in various settings of
life for doing enormous things. Now, it is the time to use high speed internet.
Internet connection with superb speed is
what one desires!
Airtel 4G has unbelievable speed and is
more reliable. With this speed I can view more pages, send more emails, watch
more videos, download and upload more content and can do much more.
1. Business - My working efficiency has increased with the high speed of internet
connection. Now I can do my business more effectively and more efficiently. I
can communicate better with my clients. I can do conference calls with them
without any interruptions. I can transfer files and upload documents related to
business speedily. I can now work from my office, home and in travel. I mean I
can work from anywhere with 4G internet connection. Fund transfer, purchasing
shares, online investment in mutual funds, loan repayment and viewing my
account balance can be done from anywhere and at any time. I can promote my products
online faster through various social media sites. Faster marketing will yields good
profits!
2.Bill Payments – I can pay my electricity, telephone and mobile bills faster without any
interruptions. Without any break in net
connection I can do net banking, pay my insurance premiums, transfer money to
third party and can make contributions to charity. It saves my time.
3.Learning – I can now learn new things more effectively and efficiently than
ever before. I can surf the net faster. I can research faster. I can learn
faster. With my eyes affixed on computer screen, even a single blink time seems
too long to wait for the data to download or a webpage to open but with the
unbelievable speed of Airtel 4G internet connections I can browse and download
without wasting my precious time even for a fraction of second.
4. Online buying – I can view variety of products which can be surfed in less time while
doing online shopping. I can compare prices of the products before buying with
ease. I can buy grocery items, clothes, fashion accessories, jewellery and
other products with fast speed.
5. Social - With a high speed internet connection I can very easily stay connected
with my parents, relatives and friends. I
can communicate with them online with social networking, chatting or instant
messaging. I can communicate faster online with the persons who share the same
interest with me. World is becoming smaller with fast speed internet
connection.
6. Entertainment - Super entertainment is available with just one click. Now, I can
easily watch uninterrupted television shows, movies, music videos and
slideshows. I can download songs and book a movie ticket in much less time.
7. Travel – I can explore city maps to reach my destinations and can search
the famous places with a lightning speed.
8. Blogging - I can do much faster blogging.
Dear readers,
with 4G internet connection you can load my blog faster and of course you will
be able to read more posts in less time. :)
I was in a dilemma what to cook in lunch as
my cousin, Lavi and her husband was visiting me. My cousin is a fan of North
Indian food especially Punjabi food. Chhole
bhature, gujiya, mango shake and
spicy tomato and garlic chutney are some of her favourites. Her husband loves
to eat Italian food. Pasta in white sauce, pasta salad, dip made up of basil
leaves are his all time favourites. To make both of them happy, I tried Penne
Rigate in balle balle style fusing
the two different ingredients, flavours, food and culture together to create
something new. This is what I prepared! And of course how I prepared!!
Penne Rigate in balle
balle style
Servings – 4- 6
Preparation Time – 15 minutes and overnight
fermentation period and soaking time of chickpeas
Cooking Time – 45 minutes
Cook Penne Rigate
Ingredients
Penne Rigate – 55g
Olive Oil – ½ teaspoon (for
cooking)
Olive Oil – 1 teaspoon (for
tossing)
Salt to taste
Method
1.Boil water in a pan. Add salt
and olive oil in it. When it starts boiling add pasta and cook it uncovered for
ten minutes in an open pan. Keep a timer for exact timing.
2.During the first few minutes,
starch come out of the pasta, making it sticky. Stir it continuously and
gently.
3.Take out a pasta piece and bite
it. It should be ‘Al Dente’ meaning it should be firm to bite. It should
neither be crunchy nor too soft. It should appeal to the teeth.
4.Remove the pan from fire. Drain
the cooked pasta immediately into a sieve and transfer it into a pan containing
cold water. Drain it again, toss it with olive oil and keep it aside.
Yellow sauce
Ingredients
Mango pulp (Neither raw nor fully ripe
mango medium size) – 150g
Milk – 250ml
Cream (Malai)
– 40g
Corn flour – ¾ table spoon
Refined Wheat Flour (Maida) – ½ table spoon
Raw turmeric – 1 small piece
Grated cheese – 50g
Butter – 7g
Mango Essence – 2 drops
White pepper – ½ tea spoon
Salt to taste
Method
1.Melt the butter in clay pot on
low-to-medium heat. Add refined wheat flour to it. Stir it continuously with a
wooden spoon to avoid any lump formation. Add 175ml milk and cream to it. Stirring continuously bring it to the boil. Add grated raw turmeric for colour.
2.After one minute, reduce the flame and add cheese, salt and white pepper. Mix 25 ml milk and corn flour.
Allow it to cook for few more minutes so that it becomes thicker than white
sauce.
3.Remove from fire and stir it
for some more time to avoid any thick layer formation on the top. The clay pot
retains the heat for more time, preserves the nutrients and aroma. The milk
recipe cooked in clay pots tastes delicious.
4.Blend mango pulp and the
remaining milk in the mixer. Add the mixture and mango essence in the sauce on
cooling and mix well. The sauce is ready. Keep it aside.
Chickpea Boiling
Ingredients
Chickpea – 25g
Dry Indian Gooseberry (Amla) – 3-4 slices
Cloves – 1
Peppercorns – 2-3
Bay Leaf (Tejpata) – 1 small piece
Cinnamon (Dalchinni) – 1 small piece
Black Cardamom (Kali elaichi) – 1-2
Ginger – 1 small piece
Baking soda – ¼ teaspoon
Turmeric – ¼ teaspoon
Salt to taste
Method
1.Soak chickpeas over night. Put
them in pressure cooker. Add salt and turmeric powder.
2.Take a cotton cloth of a size
of handkerchief. Put all the condiments and spices in it. Fold it making a
triangle and roll it and tie a knot.
3.Put it in the pressure cooker
so that it is immersed fully in water. Add the baking soda and stir it. Close
the lid. Place it on high heat.
4.When pressure is reached turn
heat to low and allow the steam-release rocker to rock twice. Remove from fire
and wait for pressure to decrease. Open the lid.
5.Squeeze the bundle into the
soup to drain out all the flavours from it. This soup with Indian flavours will
be used in cooking penne.
Penne in Yellow sauce
Ingredients
Red bell peppers – 2
Red chillies – 2-3
Basil leaves – 25 leaves
Butter – 7g
Olive oil – 1 teaspoon
Garlic – 6 cloves
Onion – 2 medium size
Chickpea soup – 3-4 table spoon
Oregano – 1 ½ tea spoon
Thyme – ½ teaspoon
Rosemary – ½ teaspoon
White pepper – ¼ table spoon
Salt to taste
Garnish
Pitted Black Olives – 6-7
Basil leaves – Remaining leaves
Method
1.Melt the butter in a pan. Add
olive oil. Mix them. Saute finely chopped garlic, onion. Add chopped half of
the basil leaves and diagonally chopped red chilies in it. Do not overcook
them.
2.Add chopped red bell peppers.
Saute them. Add boiled chickpeas and soup. Mix yellow sauce and obtained the
desired consistency of sauce. Add salt and other spices.
3.Add pasta and stir it very
gently. Remove from fire and garnish it with chopped olives and basil leaves.
Penne Salad
Ingredients
Cherry tomatoes – 8-9
Chopped Cucumber – 70g
Chopped Carrot – 60g
Chopped Radish – 30g
Chopped Red bell peppers – 20g
Penne Rigate Boiled – 3-4 pieces
Lime juice – 2 teaspoon
Olive oil – 1 teaspoon spoon
Honey – 1 teaspoon
Radish leaves small sized – 3-4 leaves
Coriander leaves – 20g
Dry Mint – ¼ teaspoon
Black pepper – ¼ teaspoon
Oregano – ½ teaspoon
Parsley – ½ teaspoon
Salt to taste
Method
1.Mix oil, lime juice and honey
in a glass bowl. Add chopped ingredients in it. Add finely chopped radish
leaves and coriander to it.
2.Slice pasta piece into three
parts cutting it diagonally symmetrical to its edges. Sprinkle spices and toss
them gently.
Triangular stuffed n puffed bread
Ingredients
Barley flour – 10g
Refined Wheat Flour (Maida) – 100g + for rolling bread
2.Saute coarsely crushed sweet
corns and olives in it. Add cheese. Add spices and salt. The filling is ready.
3.Mix half quantity of curd and
barley flour. Leave it overnight to ferment.
4.Remove the skin of roasted
capsicum it will easily peel off if the oil is applied on the outer surface of
capsicum before roasting. Grind it along with the remaining amount of curd.
5.Take the refined wheat flour in
a bowl. Add butter and salt to it. Rub it nicely in the flour. Knead the dough
using fermented barley flour and capsicum blend.
6.Make small balls of dough. With
the help of rolling pin, roll it more lengthwise then width wise. Place the
rolled out dough on the triangular mould.
7.Place the filling in the lower
part or base portion. Move the wet
finger very lightly on the three sides of the mould so that it seals well and
the filling doesn’t come out. Do not fill it too much that it touches the sides
of the mould. It should be sealed properly else it will mess while frying.
8.Flip the top end over the
bottom one. Press it gently. Trim off the extra dough from the edges and mix it
in the rest of the dough. Open the mould and very gently take out the stuffed
triangular piece.
9.Deep fry them in oil till
golden brown. Take them out on the paper so that paper absorbs extra oil.
1.Roast peanut in a pan. Rub it
gently between the palms and skin will peel off. Blow off the skin.
2.Grind Peanut, Bengal gram,
pistachios into a fine powder.
3.Grind basil leaves, garlic,
green chillies and ginger using a small quantity of curd.
4.Add salt. Mix them together.
Tomato and Garlic chutney
Ingredients
Country Tomato – 150g
Garlic – 6-7 cloves
Carrot – 30g
Red chillies – 3
Ginger – 1 small piece
Onion – 1 small size
Red chilli powder – ½ teaspoon
Butter -7g
Oregano – ½ teaspoon
Thyme – 1 pinch
Dried parsley – 1 pinch
Cloves -1
Roasted cumin seeds – ½ teaspoon
Fennel seed powder – ½ teaspoon
Sugar – 3 teaspoon
Black salt – ½ teaspoon
Salt to taste
Method
1.Grind tomato, garlic, onion,
carrot, red chillies and ginger to make a fine paste. Add red chilli powder to
it.
2.Heat butter in a pan. Pour the
mixture in it. Stir it till the water gets evaporated.
3.Add grinded clove and roasted
cumin seeds to it. Add oregano, fennel powder, dried parsley, thyme, black salt
to it. Add salt. Do not add salt in the beginning as the quantity of mixture
will decrease.
White balls
Ingredients
Paneer (chhena)
made from cow’s milk– 15g
Refined Wheat Flour (Maida) – a pinch
Salt to taste
Method
1.Rub the paneer with the heel of
the palm so that it is mashed well.
2.Add refined wheat flour and
repeat the process till the palm become greasy.
3.Make the small ball by rolling
the small portion between the palms.
4.Boil water in the pressure
cooker. Add salt in it.
5.Slide the balls slowly into the
salty water. Close the lid. Place it on high heat. When pressure is reached
turn heat to low and allow the steam-release rocker to rock twice.
6.Remove from fire and wait for
pressure to decrease. Open the lid. The balls will swell and become soft.
Plating
Spread the penne. And garnish it with fresh
basil leaves. Put the salad and puffed and stuffed triangular bread. Make the
line of green chutney and end it with a dot of red dip. Put the white balls on
the red colour.
There were big smileys on the faces of my cousin and her husband on seeing the smiley on a plate. They both liked the idea of combining Indian and Italian recipes very much. On tasting, they both said, "Perfect".
"Please believe me, I prepared the pasta for the first time." I shyly said.
The short film ‘Ahalya’ by Sujoy Ghosh is
going viral on Youtube. It is a thriller in which the viewers’ eyes are glued
to the screen for the fourteen minutes. Not a scene can be missed from this
movie. And moreover one keeps thinking about the film story line and its
interpretation after watching it. It is based on a mythological story of Ahalya
and her husband, Sage Gautam. Indra who is attracted to beautiful and young Ahalya
disguised himself as Sage Gautam, visited their hut to woo her. The sage caught
them together. He cursed her to turn into a stone and came back to life only
after the touch of Lord Ram’s feet. He as well as cursed Indra with impotency.
In Ahalya movie, Radhika Apte acted as ‘Ahalya’,
Soumitra Chatterjee as ‘Gautam Sadhu’, Ahalya’s husband and famous artist. Tota
Roy Chowdhury was a stoned face policeman named ‘Indra Sen’. The story began
with a policeman who rang the bell of a house and a beautiful lady opened the
door. The policeman, Indra Sen visited the house of the famous artist Gautam
Sadhu to enquire about the missing young person Arjun. The beautiful wife of
artist greeted him. The policeman saw Arjun’s humanoid sculptures along with
others on mantelpiece in their drawing room. The artist told him that Arjun had
modelled for him a month ago and also about the magical stone that turns one
into whatever one wished to which Arjun might have used before missing. The
policeman doubted the story. The artist asked him to check the magical powers. He
touched the stone and went upstairs to hand over the phone to Ahalya. She
treated him as her husband. He was also surprised to see himself as Gautam
Sadhu in the reflection. When he was coming back, in the mid way he changed his
mind and went back to her bedroom. He found himself next to the other humanoid
sculptures on the mantelpiece.
In mythology, Sage Gautam cursed both of
Indra and Ahalya for what they did where as in this movie only Indra Sen was
punished where as Ahalya enjoyed her life as before repeating the same mistake
again and again. In the beginning Ahalya was wearing white colour dress and in
the end she was wearing black after the secret was revealed to the audiences.
The movie has the shades of ‘Professor Shonku
O Ashchorjo Putul’ (Professor Shonku and the strange dolls) by Satyajit Ray and
the animated movie ‘Alma’. Professor Shonku went to Sweden and met a person
named Gregor Lindquist who was a doll maker and visited him to see his creations
and falls in danger. Humanoid sculpture idea was well used in this film.
In the heart of Rewari city, Ashish Shopping Center in T. P.
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"Where did you click this pic from?" On seeing this beautiful double color leguminous flower, one of my friend commented.
"In our society." I replied.
"Where in our society?" She asked with a bit of surprise in her voice.
"Just below your kitchen balcony." I smiled.
"I never notice this flower."
"Of course it can't be noticed from sixth floor as its size is small." I said with a little wink. "These days it is blooming you can watch it whenever you pass by that area." I smiled.
“So, should we start the business meeting?”
I asked two gentlemen sitting in front of me.
“We can do the meeting in the bank!” One of
them suggested.
“Why in a bank?”
“Actually
I have to present the cheque of Rs. 37 lacs.” He replied. “You come along with
us and we can do the meeting in the bank.”
“You can present the cheque after this meeting;
it is only 9:45 a.m. yet.”
“Ya, but it is very urgent. If it is not
presented early, it will not be cleared.”
“Fine. Then present your cheque first, I am
waiting for you here. When you come back then we will talk about business.”
Both of them went away, I took out my novel
and started reading.
Two hours later, they came back.
“Just because of YOU, my work was not
completed.” The person who had to present the cheque complained.
“What did I do? I was sitting here reading
my novel. I said. “How can I disturb you?”
He realized that he picked up wrong words
and said politely, “As you were waiting here, in hurry to return back while
filling the cheque I wrote 37 thousands instead of 37 lacs. My cheque got
wasted.”
“If you were so concerned about me and thinking
about me while filling a cheque then why you filled only 37 thousands, you
should have filled 37 crores.” I thought. ;)
I have read the memoirs written by so many
saints and sages but Om Swami’s memoirs ‘If Truth be Told – A Monk’s Memoir’ is
one of the best. The flow is simple, lucid and interesting. I thoroughly
enjoyed reading this book.
I went to HarperCollins office to attend a
meeting organised by Indibloggers. At the end of the meeting, one of the staff
members asked all the bloggers to pick any book which they liked the most from
the HarperCollins office. As I passed through the passage with cabins on both
the sides, I saw an ochre colour book on the shelf above the sitting area. I
went closed to it and found it was written by ‘Om Swami’. Wow! I am a regular
reader of Om Swami’s blog and have watched some of his videos. His talk about
‘What is God?’ inspires me the most. Earlier, I desperately wanted to visit the
function of the release of ‘If Truth Be Told – A Monk’s Memoir’ at Delhi. But I
couldn’t as I was busy or ill or both, I couldn’t remember correctly now. I
picked up that book and announce that I wanted this book. I was the first
blogger to choose.
This book tells about the life of Om Swami
before and after taking ‘sanyasa’. He
was voracious reader from his childhood days. He learnt astrology and tantric
practices at young age. His name was Amit Sharma and lived in Patiala along
with his parents, sister and brother. At the age of eighteen he went to
Australia for higher studies. He worked hard to earn and to learn
simultaneously. He made a good amount of money and started his own business
which he later on extended to U.S. and Europe. He took sanyasa from a naga sadhu
but left him as sadhu had not yet
mastered his emotions like anger. He went to Himalayas to do intense meditation
in silence and solitude. He succeeded and realised himself. He felt a sense of
dispassion and detachment arising from within without any effort. Just like
when we churn milk it turn into butter and that butter can never be converted
back into milk, his mind experienced an irreversible peace and immense joy.
Some of the wisdom gems from this book are
listed below:-
When you write, I want the writing to be
so taut that if anyone is to remove even a comma from your sentence, the
entire paragraph will have to be rewritten. When you speak, I want you to
struggle, not because you cannot think of words with which to express
yourself but because so many rush to your mind that you have to really
choose to pick the word that is most apt, that is perfect.
Never
lose stocks. Never forget that you buy them to make a profit. Once you
have reached a profitable position, exit. If they betray you and you are
making a loss, exit. Your goal is to make more profits than losses.
Why do we
earn, and why do we learn?
It is
wrongly assumed that tantra is about tantric sex, tantric massage, tantric
yoga and so on. This is not where tantra starts or ends. Tantra is an
inner journey the practitioner undertakes to break the conditioning of the
mind and move beyond the conditioned and egoistic self, so that he may see
himself as he truly is.
Meditation,
worship, praying it’s all useless if we are unable to go beyond what holds
us back.
Self-realization
is removing yourself from the support structure. You no longer require the
pillars; in fact, you become a pillar of divine love and light.
The
eternal truth is that you have the right to live your life to the fullest.
Every moment.
Find what
makes you happy and pursue it.
You are a
master of infinite possibilities.
In the end OM Swami said, “I’ve given you
my truth. Go, discover yours.”
Dear readers, I think this is my longest
post, may be because I am a great admirer of Om Swami. :)
I am sitting next to Ashish Chopra in WORD UP, 2015, Gurgaon whose videos go viral on Youtube especially the one in which he paid the toll of the car behind him on Delhi - Gurgaon Toll Plaza. Some of his famous videos are as follows 1. How to travel visa free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJVs_I-I5w 2. Premium Auto Rickshaw Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe6cI5REP-0 3. Travel light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQbJOod7fTM Earlier his lecture on 'Vlogging how to's' was very interesting and inspiring.
‘Those Small Lil Things In Life and Love’
by Rahul Saini is very interesting, simple and humorous. For light reading, for
time pass this novel is a good read or rather should not be missed. It tells
about the friendships, relationships and family life of a guy named ‘Raj’. The
most interesting point I liked in this book is Rahul gifted soap to his
girlfriend, in his school days. The Bollywood songs and scenes give an exciting
filmy angles to the incidences happening in Raj’s life. There are no erotic romantic scenes to attract masses but sweet,light romance.
In this book the story moves alternately in
past and present. The font sizes are unlike to differentiate between the
present and past. I must say that I like the past more than the present
especially the school days memories of Rahul which are very interesting and
full of surprises. One can easily relate to the main character and his
naughtiness.
There are some typing mistakes which can be ignored as the language used is casual and not literary.
"I bought two books a day before yesterday. Today, I finished reading both." I said.
"You read so fast. Do you read in washroom?" Miss. 'I' asked.
"No. I am not that avid reader."
"Actually, I read books in toilet as my sister doesn't allow me to keep the tubelight on after 10 p.m. as she likes to sleep in dark room. So, I have to go to washroom, to sit there and read and read till I feel sleepy."
I attended Word Up! 2015 organised by Indibloggers at Striker, Gurgaon. It was a nice experience to hear the views of Lakshmipathy Bhat, Nandita Iyer, Ranchit Hirani, Kiran Manral, Vishal Shroff, Arun Nair and Ahish Chopra. Kiran Manral gave a lecture on 'Confessions of a Reformed Blogger'. She is the author of 'Once upon a crush' and 'The Reluctant Detective'. I got the chance to click photos when she was sitting just next to me. :)))
Kiran Manral is busy surfing and I posing for some more pics with her! :))
Overall I was a nice experience to be a part of Indiblogger Meet and I had a great time there. :)
‘There’s Something About You’ is Yashodhara
Lal’s third book. Earlier her two books namely ‘Just Married, Please Excuse’
and ‘Sorting out Sid’ were bestsellers. ‘Just Married, Please Excuse’ was her
autobiographical novel in which the character named Yashodhara faces adjustment
problems with her hubby Vijay during the first three years of their marriage and
‘Sorting Out Sid’ was from written from a view point of a male.
The most interesting point I liked in
‘There’s Something About You’ is that the female protagonist is not beautiful,
slim or attractive like the heroines of other romantic novels. Trish, the main
character is in her late twenties, overweight, single and have lots of problems
in her family and career life. She is burdened with lots of responsibilities
like any ordinary person in the society. She fights with her problems own her
own. She keeps trying to find a solution for the problems arising one after
another in her life. She is helpful and even tries to save a stranger’s life at
the risk of her own life. While reading she doesn’t seem to be a character but
appears to me like a real person living my next door.
Sahil, the main character is in his
thirties, doesn’t want to join their family business, plays guitar, helps the
underprivileged and has some super natural powers of seeing the past or future
of the person whom he touched by chance. Although Trish is an exception!
This is an unusual romantic novel in which
as the hero touches the heroine, she felt electric current passing through her,
something much similar to classic Bollywood movies. The chemistry between the
two is interesting and the conversations are mostly enjoying.
The story is set in Mumbai. Trish with her
parents lives in a small sized flat with a view of sea. The sunset is described
beautifully by the author.
The
sun was setting now and Trish watched the shimmering pink and orange rays
splaying out over the ocean in silence. She couldn’t quite believe it. Her
impetuous act had actually paid off in a totally unexpected way. She knew that
Ba would be watching the sunset from his window, and this made her feel a sense
of oneness with him. Maybe – just maybe – things were going to be all right.
Generally while watching sunset we think
that our problems will end with it and the next day will be a new beginning,
new hopes and will be full of new desires. Trish parents, Akansha, Lisa,
Nivedita and Zee helps in moving the story further in an interesting way.
Yashodhara Lal’s way of writing is very
impressive and very gripping. I liked to read very less female writers or I
must say I admired only ‘Pearl S Buck’, ‘Jhumpa Lahiri’ and the third name I
add to this list is ‘Yashodhara Lal’.
In the end, I would like to say to my
readers that if you love unusual love stories this is the best book for you. If
you want to read a light romantic novel then this book should not be missed.
Everybody should do exercises whether the
person is young or old, fat or slim, rich or poor, working or non working. Exercises
like walking, body weight squat, lunges, cycling, side bends, single leg bends
and limb raises are good for healthy living. Everybody should focus on the
betterment of health. Those who can’t find the time for rigorous exercises
because of work pressure in office and home can do exercises for just five
minutes. Five minutes exercise is like a healthy snack. It will rejuvenate and
recharge the body as well as the mind. Skipping, climbing stairs, sit ups, wall
push ups, chair crunches, stationary jogging, dusting and household chores,
seated calf raise, dancing, desk pushups and weight lifting can improve body
metabolism and overall health.
Many people do crash diet to lose weight.
It is not at all a healthy way to lose weight as it harms the person physically
as well as emotionally. Instead of losing weight through crash diet it is
always better to lose weight naturally by cutting on the amount of sugar
intake. Honey is a better substitute for sugar as one table spoon of honey
contains lesser calories than sugar. Moreover, honey is sweeter than sugar so it
is added in less amount to get the same level of sweetness. Sugar lacks
proteins, enzymes and vitamins where as honey contains proteins, enzymes,
vitamins and anti-oxidants that body requires for healthy function. Honey has
lower Glycemic Index (GI) than sugar.
Benefits of a teaspoon of honey a day are
weight management, sugar substitute, source of energy, aids digestion, helps in
cold, cough and throat irritation, gives beautiful skin. Honey Diet is a healthier option for mind, body and soul. Dabur honey is sourced
from the forests of Sunderbans and Himalayas. It passes through strict quality
checks before processing. The whole process happens in the most hygienic
environment, without any human contact to the product or the bottles. Dabur
provides pure honey which means fitness and good health. Dabur honey comes in
1Kg bottle and 400g squezee.
One of the healthy recipe in which honey is
the ingredient is Honey fruit salad by Chef Vikas Khanna.
Ingredients
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2
teaspoon fresh lemon juice, plus the juice 1 lemon
1 1/2
teaspoons poppy seeds
1/4
teaspoon salt
1/4
teaspoon prepared mustard
1 apple, cored and diced
1 banana, sliced
1 avocado, peeled and sliced
1 (11- ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Method – For the dressing, combine the
honey, orange juice, oil, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, poppy seeds, salt and
mustard in a jar with a tight lid; cover and shake well. Toss the banana, apple
and avocado with juice from one lemon to prevent the fruit from turning brown.
Combine the fruits, raisins and nuts in a fruit bowl. Add the dressing and stir
gently.
I am mad about watching cricket. I sit for
hours and hours in front of T.V. to enjoy cricket match from beginning to end. Like
everyone else, I am also eager to know what will happen on the next ball. While
watching cricket, I am so absorbed in the match that I forget about the world
around me. Surprisingly I even forget to eat and drink.
Last Sunday, I went to see my doctor as my
stomach was upset, my legs and arms were paining and I was feeling very
lethargic. My doctor advised me to eat light food which is easily digestible,
to do regular yoga exercises and to walk twice a day. He warned me not to miss
a single day otherwise my poor health will deteriorate further and then the
chances to recover will fade away. He also prescribed some medicines for
betterment of my health which I had to take thrice a day.
“Although I like to walk and exercise in
the park but when the cricket match is telecasting I don’t want to do anything
else, not even exercises which are must for my good health.” I told my friend.
“You can watch the match on your mobile.”
My friend said.
“The internet connection on my mobile is
very slow. I lose interest in match as it downloads very slowly.”
He suggested me, “Download UC browser as it
is fast, faster and fastest. Moreover your time will not be wasted till the
circle moves round and round while downloading cricket match. You will not feel
bored rather will enjoy the each and every ball of cricket match, especially
the sixers hit outside the boundary wall by your favourite cricketer, Yuvraj
Singh!”
I followed his advice and downloaded UC
browser and UC Cricket. Now I can watch match very clearly and smoothly. The picture is very
clear. I love to hear the commentary with each and every ball played. The voice
is so clear and blends well with every action.
My friend further guided me, “Not only you
can watch cricket matches on UC cricket but you can also download your
favourite Bollywood songs. You can watch ‘Tumse
jo dekhte he pyar hoya’ while doing kapal
bhati, a breathing exercise.”
“Yes, I love UC browser. It makes my life
interesting. I am enjoying every moment with it.”
“You can also surf the internet with a very
fast speed. Surf it all, Surf it Fast!”
“Doing exercises and walking becomes more
interesting if entertainment goes side by side. I will not miss my exercises as
per my doctor’s advice as well as I will not miss my cricket matches as per my
heart’s voice.” There was a tinge of naughtiness in my voice.
