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RAMAYAN

Neha Bhatia — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:53:42 +0000

RAMAYAN involves the story of brave, courageous, composed and benevolent “SHRI RAM”, who had two sons Love and Khush. He was the son of brave and religious king “Dashrath”. Dashrath, king of beautiful city Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh had three queens Kaushaliya, sumitra, and kakaiyi. The one thing which made king worried was not having son. And for the sake of having son he and his queens ignited the fire and undergo prayers with help of “guru”. And after that they were bestowed with sons. Kaushaliya gave birth to Ram, Kaikaiyi to Bharat, and Sumitra to Laxman and Shatrugan. They all went to receive the education from guru Vashishth and Ram being the powerful was devoted with secret powers and powerful arrow. He was allowed to use this powerful arrow to save the world only if it becomes necessary. Raja(king) Janak, king of Mithila and father of Sita declared ones that her daughter will get married to the powerful person who would able to lift the heavy and powerful bow and arrow of Shivji. And Shri Ram lifted the arrow and got married to Sita. The kings, and the people who all were gathered there were surprised, shocked and praised Shri Ram. At the same time, sita’s younger sister Urmilla got married to Laxman and her cousin to Bharat.
Now, since king Dashrath realized that he is approaching towards old age. So, he decided to deliver all his empire and duties of Ayodhya to his eldest son Shri Ram. By hearing the news kakaiyi was filled with anger and jealousy as she wanted Bharat to be the king of Ayodhya. Kakaiyi asked, Raja Dhashrath to fulfill her two wishes which he owes her. First, she wanted Bharat to be the king of Ayodhya. Second, was to send Ram for 14 years to vanvaas(living in jungle). Though, Raja Dashrath was despaired and overwhelmed completely, but he accepted the wishes of his wife. Shri Ram accepted to go to van(jungle)vaas(living) and with him Sita and younger brother Laxman accompanied him. After few days Raja(king) Dashrath was demised as he couldn’t hold the anguish of his son and his last word was “Shri Ram”. At this point of time Bharat and Shatrugan were not in the Ayodhya. So, message was send to them to come back soon. The moment they came back and saw their father lying lifeless and knowing that Ram, sita, Laxman had gone to vanvaas leaving him to be the king of Ayodhya. This left him with pangs and he was annoyed on his mother as how she can do this to my elder brothers. Bharat with his army set out his journey to van(jungle) to met his brothers. He met and greeted them with tender love. He also asked them to come back to Ayodhya but Shri Ram refused to do so and answered him that he is ought to follow his duty and words given by him to his father and his return is merely impossible.
In the jungles they spent very simple life and annihilated devils (rakshas) with their powers. The real story begins when Sita was kidnapped by devil “Ravan”. Though Ravan was full of powers, with ten faces, knew many mantras(powers) and bestowed with blessing of many Gods especially shivji. But he made one big mistake of kidnapping Sita for which he was devastated. Hanuman, true follower of Shri Ram plays indispensable role in searching Sita. He with the help of Vibhishan, brother of Ravan but follower of Ram, was able to reach “Lanka” where Ravan with his followers were living. Within the moment Hanuman burnt the whole “Lanka” with his tail. Everyone in the Lanka was shocked and astonished to see the chaos he made in couple of minutes.
Though, Ravan was incessantly told by his wife “Mandodhari” and his brother “Kumbhkaran”, who was full of powers, he slept for six years and rest of the time ate unlimited food at a time, that he should return Sita to prohibit his death. When Shri Ram found no other way, he decided for war. But the struggle in there way was that they had to cross the sea to reach the earth of Lanka. For this, they prayed to God of river. And due to his suggestion and power of vanar (monkey) sena (army), they started throwing huge stones into the sea which floated on it and a path was made. They attacked lanka where Ravan resided. And with the order of Ravan his army of devils also retaliated. Firstly, Kumbhkaran and Meghnath also called Indrajeet were killed. After this Ravan became suspicious and directly came to combat with Shri Ram. Whenever Ravan’s head was hitted with an arrow, it joined again and again because Ravan had ten faces.
At this time Vibhishan, brother of Ravan came to Shri Ram and told him that hitting Ravan in his stomach could only take away his life as it was filled with water and by hitting on it, all water will dry up and he will fell down on earth.
Shri Ram aroused his arrow and hitted Ravan in his stomach and he fell down on the earth. Whole of the army felt scared and the war ended.

According, to Hindu mythology the annihilation of “Ravan” was written.
Which is why, Kakaiyi asked Bharat to be the King of Ayodhya. Though she was bliss with the decision of Ram being the king, but her head turned due to Manthra, an old lady who took care of kakaiyi and Manthra’s head turned due to the people with full-fledged powers and had immortal knowledge because they wanted complete destruction of devils from the earth.

TOP TEN WATER FACTS

Neha Bhatia — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:28:30 +0000

Water is an important ingredient for our body. To stay healthy, one should drink at least eight glasses of water everyday. Here are some facts about water you must know:

• Drink six to eight glasses of water per day. Pregnant and lactating women and athletes need more. Coffee, tea, and sodas do not count toward your daily water requirement. These drinks act as diuretics and lower the amount of water in your body.
• A lack of water can significantly decrease work performance. It can also cause constipation, and can increase the risk to kidney problems and urinary tract infections.
• Don’t drink unfiltered tap water. Chlorine is the most dangerous element in most water supplies. It can cause cancer, heart disease, and other health problems. Fluoride may also increase cancer risk.
• Highly sweetened drinks are not absorbed and used by the body as quickly as plain water. Cold water, between 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, is absorbed best.
• Drink water regularly throughout the day, irrespective of your thirst.
• Fresh fruits and vegetables contain a lot of water; hence they contribute to your body requirement.
• Fibrous food creates an increased affinity of water in your body.
• Athletes should not consume high-fiber foods such as whole grains, whole grain cereals, or apples right before exercise, as high-fiber food can pull water from body into the intestinal tract.
• Older Americans have decreased thirst and need to pay attention to drinking enough water.
• Drinking more water doesn’t increase your tendency to bloat. In fact, drinking water will decrease bloating. Salt and sodium-rich foods, imbalanced female hormones, and poor cardiac functions are the most common causes for bloating.

Drink water thoroughly through out the day to keep yourself fit and strenuous.

DEATH

Neha Bhatia — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:27:56 +0000

Human beings consider death as opponent to life, scornful, odious, fearful, a nag, and something to lament about but the bitter fact which cannot be denied that it is inevitable at all costs.

Our body is mortal and the instinct voice at the time of death call utters one thing “I wish I had”. Never ending desire of man makes him to combat death and live more and more.

We are scared of death because we seclude it from life rather than treating it as part of life. Considering death as part of life will enable to accept and concede death with peace and tranquility.

People going through the topic, I would ask you to close eyes and give a deep thought for a moment about death. Giving a thought may jostle your body and soul from the core. The commotion caused by death-rattle spins head.

What is death? What happens after death? What makes us to trammel or restrain death? Though, today we are living in the scientific and technological drenched bloom world but death catering questions are endless and still remain a guarded secret.

EKTA KAPOOR-QUEEN OF TELEVISION

Neha Bhatia — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:55:31 +0000

Any serial or movie castes with letter “K” either way Ekta kapoor would surely be part of it. “Anything she touched turned gold” generally the saying is often used for successful business men but the writers, journalists concede it to write for our tv industry queen Ekta kapoor.

Her overwhelming contribution to television industry is admirable. At the young age of 21, her matured thoughts gave her sheer determination to move ahead in life. Today every new actor wants to work with talented Ekta to gain name and to give a good kick start to his career.

Money may not have been constrain to begin her career as a tv serial maker but utter sweat, stress, dedication, and determination is surfeited to reach the stage she stands today.

Once I watched a show “coffee with karan” featuring Karan johar interviewing Ekta kapoor and three of his hired TV male actors. There she was interrogated about the person who she would admire and the kind of person she would like to be married with and her answer undoubtedly was Mr. Mukesh Ambani because in her view point he is an intelligent and creative man. So, it is crystal clear that intelligence in a person entices her.

Everybody knew that she utterly believe to live in the benign presence of god and her office echoes the scents of god and goddesses. She strongly believes in astrology and the thing which amazed me is that she also checks the horoscope of every actor she hires.

Most of the actors owe their success completely to her. Every Indian household is hooked up with the character she portrays in her serials. Her works are overpowered with the dose of seriousness. Anything she did whether tv serials, producing bollywood films or other works are all meritorious and her efficacy on Indian television screen will remain a legend.

Eminent, prodigious, sanguine Ekta kapoor is the queen of prime time and numero uno of tv industry. She is the solo player and anyone could find difficult to combat with her exemplary works.

TRAVEL ETIQUETTES

Neha Bhatia — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:12:49 +0000

Living each day vivaciously, exuberantly, and with zest bestows happiness and sanguine thoughts which helps to experience and enjoy life utmost.
Traveling is the best way of filling life with bloom and bliss. The options of places to travel in front of us are widely immortal. Traveling involves many things to ponder about for making the trip pleasurable and graceful such as food, comfort, recreational facilities, transport, places, etc.
Tourism of the place plays an indispensable role for the ease of the people. The moment tourist enter the door of the hotel, he wants to be greeted with warm and intriguing pleasure.
A tourist also must have travel etiquettes as the time they start their journey, the business of tipping should get into force to receive meticulous attention. Relaxing areas, salubrious exercising gym, multi-cuisine, leisure facilities is all that the tourist could ask for.

Good food brings delight and ignites the person to visit the place again. So, it’s important to focus attention in this area to attract people. Apart from this stress busting activities like spa, squash courts, indoor swimming, etc will make tourist joy by enjoying in a big sophisticated paradise.
Whenever the person visits he becomes familiar with the people and type of life they lead. The tourism must provide a book to the travelers making them acquaint with their culture and living. Where ever a tourist path his journey he is bestowed with multiple choices and he himself had to make it interesting by indulging into activities such as-
• History- know the history of the place by locales, it will arrest more of your attention and interest in the particular place.
• Eating out- the food is the common ground for all. Food is one thing which has to be enjoyed and knowing the tastes of all different places gives a sense of pure bliss. You will definitely find good restaurants according to the place.
• Shop till you drop- shopping anywhere gives a sense of happiness and self mounting confidence. Clothes, antiques, and other well-versed things in the market well describe the culture of the place.

Traveling the new place is experiencing the new life. And undoubtedly, sumptuous activities entice people to gratify again. Don’t forget and be gracious with the token of appreciation to the people who served you through the journey.

Beauty - Natural ways to glow your skin

Neha Bhatia — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:19:56 +0000

Facials are requisite to make your skin glowing and retain the charm. Face is the most exposed parts of our body and gets vulnerable quickly. Which is why sumptuous facials are necessary to ameliorate skin. Most of the skin care parlors assure you rejuvenating and magnificent charm.
But certain aspects of your daily life could do wonders and improve the condition of your skin.

SLEEP: Sleep deprivation leads to early fine lines, a gaunt look, puffy eyes and dark circles. So, proper sleep is necessary to relax mind and body.

WATER: If you want your skin to glow, then drinking two bottles per day especially during summer should be consumed. It not only helps skin to maintain suppleness and texture, but also helps in detoxification.

FRUITS: Make a habit of eating bowl of fruits at least one time a day. The skin needs antioxidants to rejuvenate and repair itself. Antioxidants are active compounds found in uncooked foods like fruits, salad and vegetable juices. Fruits help not only when you consume it but also when you apply it on face as a face pack.

STEAM BATH: Try to have steam bath once a month your skin will definitely glow after sitting in the sauna for a while.

EXERCISE: When you exercise, blood rushes in your body at high level which creates a warm and healthy glow to your skin.

OILS: Consume oils in a good form, healthy oil via nuts like almonds and walnuts.

FOOD FOR SKIN: Vegetable juices, salads, alfalfa juice, aloe Vera juice, coconut water are all good for skin. Avoid fried foods, pickles, packaged food, cheese, cream.

COLON HEALTH: Colon is the place where your body absorbs water and finally expels body waste. People who are prone to constipation have full and lifeless skin. To ensure colon health take herbs like dried rose petals, triphala, and amla.

Last but not least avoid anxiety. It causes fine lines, dark circles, and makes age faster. So, keep smiling and be happy to feel young and beautiful at all ages.

POWER OF OLIVE OIL

Neha Bhatia — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:00:34 +0000

The moment one takes the name of olives immediately one thing mind utters “healthy for heath”. Before proceeding to any information on olive oil one should be well-known with the fact that olive oil is the only oil in the world extracted from fresh fruits. It is extracted from fresh olives following strenuous process.

The highest grade type of olive oil is known as the extra virgin olive oil. This oil is famous for its perfect aroma and flavour. However for preparing cold dishes like salads (dressing), pasta, rice and fish extra virgin oil is by far considered the best options by the most chefs.
The second variety is called olive oil. This oil is a combination of refined olive oil and extra virgin oil. The third variety is Pomace oil. This oil is mostly used for cooking purposes. It is light oil and has neutral flavour.
The positive and stimulating fact attached to olive oil is that it is less fattening than other oils. There are several health benefits related to olive oil such as it combats coronary heart disease and head ache.

Along with benefits it’s necessary to know the myths related to olive oil which may acts as constrain when you can make best use of it.

MYTH 1: OLIVE OIL IS ONLY USED FOR SALADS.
FACT: Olive oil can be used for cooking as well. It is excellent to be spread on meat on barbecue as it helps to pressure the natural juices.

MYTH 2: OLIVE OIL IS NOT SUITABLE FOR MARINATING
FACT: Food marinated in olive oil makes it much tastier. Being lighter oil it helps the aromatic herbs and spices to mix better.

MYTH 3: OLIVE OIL IS EXPENSIVE AND HENCE BE AVOIDED
FACT: Since amount of olive oil used in food item is much less than amount of any other oil used. So, average cost comes up to be the same.

MYTH 4: OLIVE OIL SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR DEEP FRYING
FACT: The characteristic of olive oil being lighter it prevents the food from becoming greasy.

Hope the information on olive oil will enhance you to opt for it and benefits your health utmost.

Women are expected to look good and youthful in all circumstances

Neha Bhatia — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:35:16 +0000

Whether in teens, being mothers, or approaching to old age women are expected to look good and youthful in all circumstances and old age is something that must be avoided at all costs.
Being women the mind is always obsessed to maintain yourself to avoid askew and awry comments which is why women tend to spend hours slogging on tread-mill, though they are unwilling to do so.

Even workplaces are becoming increasingly ageist. Your chances of finding job decrease with an increase in your age especially after fifty. The days when everyone looked for experiences are over now its youthful dynamism that counts.
Women who are approaching middle-age need to tightened their belts and try hard to at least appear younger which involves coloring hair, exercising daily, uplifting face massages to ensure that you completely rejuvenate yourself and keep updated with latest fashions whether its clothes, mobile or music.

And if your job demands vivacious and active concerns then smarten-up yourself and rely on what makes the world go around today. The heavy and slob-like looks are outdated even if you are pregnant you have to give yourself right dose of diets to maintain figure. The moment you have popped the baby out, step in immediately to exercise and dieting to get your original figure back.

The tremendous pressure mounts at the age of forty when you are reluctant to schedule regularly going to parlors. Six weekly coloring appointments and if you have hair of 20yrs old then you have to pair it with 50yrs old face to gratify to the eyes of others.

So, youth is profound and at its premium accost it with energy and fervor intensity to maintain your health as excuses are no longer heard instead seems to be eerie to ears.

FIVE FASHION RULES FOR SUMMER

Neha Bhatia — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:09:33 +0000

Be cautious to deal with scorching summer. When fashion changes one must understand the style pertinent to the season. As your mood changes with the change in trend, but be smart to select as fashion demands outflow of money.

So here are exclusive summer fashion rules:

BE CAUTIOUS WITH YOUR COLOUR CHOICE:

Enjoy the colour and experiment with bright yellows, greens, blues, and even reds. There is no restriction to wear light peach, mango, and magenta either this summer.
Rosy pinks surely enhance your skin tone and please the eyes of others. For day time try out the shades of fresh garden greens and sunny yellow. And for evening you can’t go wrong with nude and natural tones. Avoid too bold prints and keep embellishments to the minimum.
If you are opting to wear summer dress then its better to stick with one colour. Mix and match of colours would just gain redundant attention.
Adding sequiens metallic tones and bit of glitter is also acceptable and praised this time.

KNOW YOUR FABRIC:

Before deciding designs its better to choose right fabric for yourself to beat the heat. Evade any heavy and thick textures. Cool cottons, crushed cottons crepes and chiffons work best during summer.

STYLE-UP

The winner dress for the season is “trapeze”. The dress is a total standout and is a fabulous opportunity for going bare legs. Apart from this jeans, three-fourths, and sexy high-waist dresses, long tops, tunics etc is the elaborated summer collection market has.

ACCESSORIE WITH BELTS AND BAGS:

Considering bags, clutch bag will add spice to your dress this season. The ample of designs and colours are available. Better to buy black, silver and red to match with all kinds of outfits. The easiest and most affordable update is belt which is eye-catchy and makes your dress attractive.

Last but not least the must have for summers is a nice pair of sunglasses. Big and bold is in and shades of black and brown will give you a sense of style.

So, deck up your wardrobe with current summer style. And for more style updates keep reading your fashion electronic magazines.

DANCE

Neha Bhatia — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:06:36 +0000

DANCE- THE FUN WAY TO HEALTH

The fun, amiable and amicable way of loosing weight is DANCING. Suddenly dancing turned into a trend due to reality TV shows. People not only liked because it is trendy but also the good way to keep fit. Different dance styles help different body parts.

The following describes this clearly and broadly.

SALSA:
Salsa refers to a fusion of informal dance styles, usually done with a partner.
• Improves and regulates blood flow.
• Regulates heart rate
• Improves flexibility
• Tones the body

JAZZ:
Jazz dancing refers to several related dance styles, such as tap, ballet and so on.
• Improves posture
• Helps in isolation of body parts
• Strengthens bones
• Makes muscles soft and supple.

BOLLYWOOD AND BHANGRA:

Experts have turned the traditional Punjabi bhangra into a challenging cardio work outs.
• Strengthens shoulders and arms
• Makes body flexible
• Encourages overall body moment
• Very entertaining

BELLY DANCE:
If abs is what you really need to work on, try belly dancing.
• The best abs work out
• Builds arm, shoulders, and finger muscles
• Less strain on the body
• Sculpts the figure

The most common queries solved by dieticians concerning weight loss shows up the myths pre-occupying the minds of the people.

MYTH 1: People lose 5kgs a month.
The amount of weight you loose depends on your initial weight. The higher the initial weight the quicker the weight loss in initial months and so on. If you are 60 kg and want to lose 5kg you will lose about 3kg in the first month and subsequently lose 1.8kg every month.

MYTH 2: Weight loss is continuous
Like all biological processes weight loss has a rhythm. Thus, your weight will decrease, stabilize, decrease again and then may actually increase. So do not expect a steady downward curve because body does not let go so easily.

MYTH 3: Once I have reached my target this is my actual weight
This is the biggest myth. Once you have attained your target, you have to maintain it throughout.

MYTH 4: Men and women lose weight at the same rate
No men have faster rate of weight loss than women.

So, follow simple ways of loosing weight which seems to be interesting and fun-loving to your mind and body.