My Favorite City

 Coimbatore is my all time favorite city and I loved to be Coimbatorian. With its major

production in cotton, Coimbatore is known as Manchester of south India and poor man’s Ooty.  

It is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu, and also one of the leading and growing cities in

educational, commercial and in textile industry. We have 3 medical colleges, 7 universities,

many Engineering colleges, Arts colleges in and around Coimbatore that supports all the

educational constraint to become the educational heart of south India. Indeed, here are plans for

the establishment of the world class university in the city. It is also one of the leading exporters

in automobile components that meet 30% need of the entire India. It is more diverse city than

any other city in Tamil Nadu in cultural. Though, it is more diverse city and cosmopolitan, here

people of Coimbatore are sociable and what not, Coimbatorians are known for their simplicity

and hospitality.

Coimbatore is 530 KMs from Chennai, and is connected by national highway from Salem

leading to Kanyakumari. We can easily connect with the neighboring cities due to the four lane

road facility.  In Coimbatore city, you can also find well laid roads and lanes. Coimbatore has an

International Airport and is connected to all major metropolitan cities in India, and Gulf. Indian

Airlines, Jet Airways, Air Sahara, silk air and Air Deccan operate frequent flights in

Coimbatore. All the major telecom service connects the entire district of Coimbatore. With the

increasing demand for the treatment, medical facility and equipment, Coimbatore set an example

for the entire state with the world class infrastructure hospitals with well equipped instruments

and high quality doctors.

We have mountain ranges on all sides, with Niligiri Mountain in the north and pollachi

valpari hills in the east. The eastern side of the city includes majority of the urban area and the

western side has the Nilgiris, Anaimalai and Munnar ranges and to the west of the city we have

Palghat Gap, a mountain pass which connects Kerala to Tamil Nadu. Moreover, the city has

Noyyal river, Pilloor river and Athikadavu river which almost serves the water requirement of

the entire city when the rainfall is not sufficient for the need of the city. Besides these rivers we

have sweetest ever Siruvani waterfalls in the Western Ghats and multiple streams that drain the

waste water in the city. Coimbatore is blessed with beautiful, pleasant, salubrious climate

throughout the year due to mountain ranges and the cool breeze blowing through the Palghat.

And for kids we have several amusement parks in and around the city namely, Black

Thunder water theme park, Kovai Kondattam amusement park and Maharaja Theme Park and

recently for the relaxation of the people at the weekend Coimbatore is equipped with two biggest

malls in the city

Last but not least Coimbatore has numerous Hindu temples with the famous Maruthamalai hills

with the height of 500 mts in the western ghats of the Coimbatore region.

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Foxtail Millet kesari/Thinai Kesari

Foxtail Millet kesari/Thinai Kesari

Millets contain higher amounts of fiber and minerals than wheat and rice. Moreover, it also contains good quality protein with a high content of essential amino acids. It has low glycemic index and hence it produce lower blood sugar levels than wheat or rice. The presence of magnesium in millet can help to reduce the effects of heart attacks. With all the benefits of millets in mind, I am going to share my sweet recipe using millets with the all new sugar free natura.

I used foxtail millet (also known as thinai, Kavalai, Korai and Kamban Korai in Tamil ) instead of ravai. Kesari is a south Indian dish, which is known as kesari bhath by Kannadigas,  is traditionally  prepared using rava.

Ingredients Required

• Thinai  rice (or)Foxtail millet- 1/2 cup
• Water - 2 cups 
• sugar free natura (low calorie sugar substitute)- 1/2  cup
• Ghee - 2 tablespoons
• Cashew nuts - 1 tablespoon
• Raisins - 1 tablespoon
• powdered Green cardamom 
• kesari powder (orange) & salt - a pinch

Method
1) Dry roast the thinai  rice with ghee in a kadai  and cool down to room temperature.
2) Once cooled, take the thinai rice in a mixture and grind it to a medium coarse powder ( like ravai).
3) Now heat a tablespoon of ghee and roast cashews, raisins till they become golden brown.
4) Take water in a kadai and allow it to boil. Add thinai to the boiling water.
5) Slowly stir thinai in simmer flame till it is well cooked without forming lumps.
6) Add a pinch of keasri powder and salt.
7) Finally add powdered cardamom and sugar free  natura to the mixture.  Stir for few more minutes.
8) Add rasin and cashew at the end and stir it so that it gets mixed well. Allow it to cool.
Delicious kesari is ready.

Here is the recipe

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Anniversary celebration.

Every year I used to celebrate my parents anniversary by greeting them through phone. Its was my parents 60^th anniversary and I wanted to celebrate that anniversary in a special way. While I was talking to my colleague she said that she celebrated her parent’s anniversary by visiting Tirupathi temple and shared her memorable experience. From then on, I planned to celebrate my parent’s 60^th wedding anniversary in a different way. But they have already visited Tirupathi.

My dad once told me that he want to visit an orphanage and want to donate something either in the form of money or food. Suddenly, I felt I should fulfill his wish and got an idea to take them to Mentally challenged school which is near to my house.

I donated dinner in the name of my parents for the children staying in Mentally challenged school on the day of their wedding. My plan is to take them to that place on that special day. On the day of their wedding anniversary as usual I greeted through their phone and informed them that we will be going to that school that evening. My dad was very much happy on hearing this and both my mom and dad was ready by 5.00 PM

Sharp by 5.00, after my office, I went to my parents’ home. I took them to the mentally challenged school. Once we stepped into the school, we observed there were nearly 70 children’s at different age group. When we saw them, we felt our heart was heavy. My dad felt emotional by seeing the children struggling to speak. Some kids could not even respond to our care.

At 7.30 at night the dinner arrived and everybody was assembled in the dining room. The prayer section started five minutes early to the dinner. After prayer we severed dinner to each and every child. When my parents served in every child’s plate, they said ‘thank you’ from the bottom of the heart.

Those words were much pleasing. Every child enjoyed the dinner to the at most happiness. At last after dinner every body gathered in a place and greeted by parents in a sweet lubbay voice that could not be expressed. They said, “Happy Anniversary to you. May god bless you. Long live both of you”

Later, we spoke to the management about the day to day activity of the school. After a while, the childrens went to their room to sleep.

We just donated in the form of food, but in return we got a memorable happiness and joy that money could not give us.

While returning to home, my dad and mom said that they never celebrated their anniversary. They said this was the real happiness. They said, they had a good time while talking to the kid and being together. After that my parents decided to celebrate the anniversary every year with those kids.

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LG nexus 5X-The Champ

LG nexus 5X-The Champ

LG and Google have come up with the new revised version of LG nexus 5.There is much lot difference between the refreshed version of the new LG Nexus 5X.The new LG nexus 5 X comes with reversible USB Type-C charger with which the speed of the charging is amazing. This is the one among the features, they have the difference between the old one and new one. What more one can expect from the refreshed one?. Below are the features of LG nexus 5X.

1.  Design : The advanced features of LG Nexus 5X make me feel smarter and simpler experience than ever before. The design of the Nexus 5X has been one of the most important aspects that has strike the market today. It comes with the capacitive multi-touch and hence the sensitivity will be great. The weight of the phone is just 130g which will exactly fit into your pocket with easy carrying.

2. Display: Yeah, performance becomes secondary when display really matters for smart phone. LG 

Nexus 5X has full HD with 1920 x 1080 resolution, and so no doubt that the LG Nexus comes with a greater resolution display. Above all who does not love to take photos, where photos are said to be the future memories. It has dual camera in which it has 12.5 mega pixel rear camera and 5 megapixel front cameras which make you feel that it worth for the money.

3. Storage Capacity:  The other notable feature of LG Nexus 5X is that it comes with, 32 GB internal space memory, I never worry about taking back-ups of my mobile. When talking about the speed, with its 2 GB RAM it is unimaginably fast compared to the other smart phone today.

Apart from the mentioned features it has some more additional such as video recording, voice recording and so on. Yeah you have all this features in the entire smart phone today, but the difference lies in the processing speed of it.

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My Dream

 For more than years I have the plan of doing self business ie, to start a small own cloth shop in my native place, but due to lack of trading knowledge, insufficient time and improper guidance it remained as dream. Now I am a full time mom to my one year son, whom I am engaged with and it is difficult for me to think of business. Recently I met my friend who is very much interested in fashioning and does lot of purchases in online. she told me about the new app- Baggout, and during our conversation I came to a conclusion that, I can use this app for my business. Here are the few salient features of Baggout which she shared to me, thought of sharing it with you.

• Bagggout is a platform which will definitely reduce lot of time for the buyers in searching for the product. Since I cannot spend much of my time in online this will help me for my business.
• This app helps to discover latest trends and the style of dressing according to our body type.

• It has multi stream products of leading online retailers such as Amazon, Snapdeal, Flipkart, limeroad, Jabong and many more where in one can shop their product in one app. The third screen shot shows Jabong offer. 

• With these features one may doubt about the speed of the app. It does not hang and the speed is really amazing when compared to other app.
• For those who cannot afford daily time in searching for their favorite dresses, it gives you the best solution in the way as daily recommendations.
• Finally it makes shopping much easier, simpler, interesting, fun and what else,  it occupies less space in the mobile ie, many app in one complete app.

With the amazing new experience of the app, I am fully impressed with its performance and now I am fully used up with the app. No doubt my dream of starting an own shop is not a big step to take in. Now I can do online shopping and can place orders with the best brands within a short span of time with one app in my hand.

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My Birthday Gift

My Birthday Gift

Today I wake up little earlier in the morning than the usual time and started preparing breakfast. I have to get my elder son ready to school and my husband was getting ready to college. My husband is a professor in a private institution. Throughout the day my younger son(turning one year old next month) keeps me busy. 

By the time I completed breakfast, I heard a whine of my younger son. I took him from bed and started packing lunch and snacks for my son. 

“Happy birthday mom” My elder son wished me with a card in his hand. With full of surprise I thanked and kissed him for such a sweet surprise.
“You remember my birthday?” I asked him.
“Yes mom. I selected this card for you, while returning from school yesterday”
“So nice of you” I said and started feeding the breakfast.
 “Bye, Bye mom” he rushed to catch his van, when we heard his school van horn sound.

  Now its my husband turn to wish me. He came to dinning and I was eagerly waiting for him to greet, but he did not. As usual he must have completely forgot my birthday.

Every year, be it a anniversary or a birthday we visit a temple that is near by my house. With thoughts fluttering in my mind, I planned to go for temple in the evening.

After having his breakfast, I asked him to be little earlier in the evening thinking that he will ask for the reason. But he said he would try to come earlier and left saying bye to me. I was totally upset and disappointed.  After a while I heard my mobile ringing and I thought it might be my husband. My husband is known to surprise in different ways.

I took my mobile, but again disappointment clouded my emotions. It was my mom at the other end to greet me. I talked to my mom and dad for a while and resumed to expect a call from my husband. Till evening I was eagerly waiting for my husband’s call, but it turned out to be a disappointment day for me.

In the evening he came earlier as I requested in the morning. I asked him to get ready for temple but he said he is waiting for a person. After an hour, a salesman entered my house with a machine. It was a treadmill and he started giving instruction of Do’s and Dont's with the machine to us. My husband made him the payment and the salesman left the house.

After a while my husband said, "Happy birthday my dear, this is my birthday gift to you. I want to surprise you, so I didn’t wish in the morning.”
I said, "Thank you so much. I thought you have forgotten my birthday. But why tread mill?”

“How can I forget your birthday? Recent times you could not find time for your health. I felt you are ignoring your health while you take care of our son. I want you to be fit and healthy and this will help you a lot. You can do exercise, when you find time. Above all, you don't have to get embarrassed for running outside our apartment. You can stay fit, by staying at home. This will burn out all the extra fat and will control your blood rate and heart-rete. Since heart is the main part of the body, main fitness lies in the protection of heart. From tomorrow, you have to use this treadmill for walking. I will help you in all the ways”.

Really this gift is a different and valuable one for me.

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Education Today

Education Today

“I am participating in the #SachchiAdvice Contest by MaxLife in Association with BlogAdda.”

Today admission to the engineering course is easy, due to the elimination of entrance exam and more private institutions in our state and parents can easily graduate their children as a professional degree holder. Moreover today we can see at least two engineering graduates in a family. But 15 yrs back, when I am doing my graduate it was not so easy to enter into engineering college. We have to write entrance exam, and based upon the marks scored in the exam the admission to the engineering college would be confirmed. On the other hand if the mark scored is low we have to join only through payment quota.
Due to financial criteria, it was difficult in those days for the middle class family to graduate their children through payment quota

Yeah, during my higher secondary examination result the mark was not bad and I scored 81% in the public examination. But the biggest hurdle is the entrance exam where everybody has to face it. I went to special coaching class for the entrance exam for one month and after one month preparation I wrote the exam. I too had the dream of joining in professional course, but on the day of entrance exam result, the mark scored was not sufficient for me to get admission in the engineering college.

My dad mad mom found it difficult to get admission in the payment quota, so they decided to seek admission in science courses. At first I am not convinced with their decision, but my mom said me that there is nothing superior in courses. It is all about learning; and she advised me to have graduation in science course and to do the best in it. Finally I got admission for the Physics course in the arts and Science College. My life changed there and completed my under and post graduate in physics stream. Today I am assistant professor in engineering college and completed my doctorate in physics. Now teaching engineering students every year gives me satisfaction and this profession is a passion for me.

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Now Everyone Can Fly

Now Everyone Can Fly

Some of the preferred destinations for the first time travelers to Asian countries will be Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Dubai, because it is easy to access. One of my most favorite and my long time dream is to visit Malaysia. In the last few years Malaysia has become more popular for tourists. It is a perfect country which attracts lots of tourists and a great destination for couples and families with children. I have heard that accommodation in Malaysia is very affordable when compared to neighboring countries. My husband’s friend often invites us to Malaysia who is there with his family. He used to share his enjoyable moments and photos with us often.

Last year during the winter holidays, we were planning to go Malaysia. But, since we were a family of four people, we dropped that plan considering the flight expenses and hotel accommodation charges. For a upper-middle class family like us, International trip requires a proper planning and big budget. My son who is very much interested in swimming and diving insist us to take him to an International tour. He always wanted to try scuba driving. I did discuss his interest with my husband about an International tour many times, but due to time and money constraints it was postponed all these years.

This year we decided to visit Malaysia during my son’s exam holidays. When I was talking about International tour idea to my sister, she suggested me to visit 27coupons.com and check for the offers that would be available for hotel and flight tickets. She insisted that there were lots of discounts and
coupons for international flights and hotels.

At first I don’t have much idea about 27coupons.com, but when I visited 27coupons.com, I came to know that it’s a platform that provides the information about the discount coupons of other portals. When searched for Yatra and Make my trip, there were lots of surprises in the form of discounts and coupons for both domestic and international flight charges.

Through 27coupons, I found a discount coupon that offers 10000 cashback on International flights bookings. I went to makemytrip.com and booked the flight for 4 to Malaysia. The moment I booked the flight I got cashback of Rs10,000 as offer. I was surprised to receive the cashback and I immediately informed this to my husband.

We never expect that we will receive the cash back and we were happy that this amount will be used for other expenses during our trip to Malaysia. Now we are counting our days for our dreams to come true and my son is very much eager to visit there. We have informed to my husband’s friend that this time we are visiting to Malaysia. He has made arrangement for us to make our trip the most unforgettable and memorable one. I really thank the 27 coupons.com for letting us know the discount coupons that is available in different portals.
Its really encouraging for all family members like us in the form of giving discounts and coupons. With these offers, people will be happy since everyone can now fly to their dream countries within their budget itself. As summer holiday draws near for all kids the discount will really add flavor to those who are planning for this holiday.

   Above all my dad turns 60 this year, this time I want to surprise him with a memorable gift. As a birthday gift I have booked domestic flight for my mom and dad to Agra. My dad has often said to me that his long time dream is to visit Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders in the world. This birthday will definitely be the unforgettable one to him. Believe it or not I came to know about a offer from 27coupons.com and booked the flight through Makemytrip and I received cashback of Rs 2000 for domestic flights. 

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My Raksha Bandhan Gift

My Raksha Bandhan Gift

“Hai.. one good news for you..There is marathon in October in Coimbatore. Do you want me to register for you?” asked my brother.
“Really!!!   sure I want to participate in the marathon. So register for me also” I answered him through the mobile.
“Then I will do it for you. Which one you are going to participate 5km or 10km?”
“Since this is the first time, 5km will do. “ I said him.
“Then start practicing from today”  he advised me.
My mom who is observing all the above conversation asked me “Is it true? Are you going to Participate in the marathon? What happened to you?”
“Yeah  mom. I am serious. This time I am going to run in marathon in Coimbatore. I am waiting this for a long time”. But with her reaction I understood that she still did not believe me.

My mom is correct I never shown interest in this type of activities before. It is my Deepak who made the change in me. Deepak is my younger brother who is doing his graduation in Coimbatore.  We often fight for silly things at home. At times we will not talk to each other due to small misunderstandings. I will often shout at my mom for being fond of my brother. But I recognized and understood that it is quite common and natural when my dad is very affectionate to me. I still remember the day I cried when he is about to depart for his studies to Coimbatore.

Deepak is very interested in sports and he will take part in all the games in his school days. At times he will come home with medals and cups. After his school days he began to go trekking to hill places with his friends, he will involve in long cycling and often he will run in marathon.

He used to share the joy and the real feelings he experienced when he take part in such activities. He motivated me a lot and often advised me to go for walking and jogging in the early morning, and requests me to involve in any one of the sports. Due to his interest and hard work he came fourth in the last marathon. It is that moment changed me and I became his real follower. He enjoys in everything he do. Then on, I decided to take part in such activity which will keep us fit and energy. Now with his full inspiration, I am going to participate in the marathon.

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Colgate #MaxFreshMove by a forest hunter.

“I am dancing for #MaxFreshMove activity at BlogAdda. If you are not blogging, you can join me by participating in this #MaxFreshMove facebook activity.”

Any Idea when did dance began? The dance was first evolved even before the speech or language was born. Ancient men, moved their hands and legs in order to communicate their needs and emotions. As the days passed, dance evolved into a much bigger space and people started to dance for entertainment. History revels that contemporary dance began at the 20 century. Today we have lot of varieties, jazz, rock, hip-hop.
Dance cannot be avoided. When we go for an outing, or camp during a trip, the first thing that reflects in people mind is dance. Though my friends force me to dance, I always take the corner of the room, when it comes to dancing. I always feel embarrassed and never dance in front of people. At the end of the trip, when my friends discuss that they had a good time during camp fire and dance, I realize that I have missed lot of fun.
When I came across Colgate #MaxFreshMove,  I decided to give a try. In olden days, we don’t have tooth paste. With the same theme in mind, I imagined the reaction and the dance movements of a forest hunter, when he/she come across a tooth paste.

Personally, I felt happy and enjoyed a lot right from beginning of preparing the costumes of the forest hunter.

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Distance is not a problem with Airtel 4G

Distance is not a problem with Airtel 4G

My husband is a professor and currently working in university of Perlis , Malaysia. I have a son of four years old. Due to family circumstance, my husband is residing in Malaysia and I along with my son reside in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. My son is very much attached to his father and he miss him a lot. Even though I miss him, I am matured enough to handle his absence. Whereas, my son could not take up his absence. At times, I cannot convince him when he demands his father. So, we decide to chat through Skype and we took broad band connection purposefully to have a video chat with him whenever it was needed.

When my son saw him first time in the video, there was no words to express my son’s joy. Slowly, it become a routine. Every day, after returning from school, my son used to chat with him during night time. My son demands his father to show his new guest house, his shoes, his TV, his living room, his dinner, in short everything through the camera. I still remember, my husband used to take the laptop in his hand and move around 360 degree to show the complete room.

On the other side, my son shows his new toys, his home works through camera. Sometimes, when we were chatting there will be a problem with the network speed. The video call gets disconnected, or sometimes it gets hanged, or sometimes the call never gets disconnected. Those days, my son used to cry loud and never sleep at night. We were facing this issues frequently.

We were looking for a fastest network and were inquiring my friends about the fastest Network in `India. Every one's answer was not convincing. I then, came upon the #GetAirtel4G advertisement which made me to go for it. But I don’t have much idea about 4G. But, the advertisement tempted to go for it.

As soon as I got a new 4G SIM, My son was curious to talk to his dad. We immediately called from my mobile and the call got connected immediately. It was such a memorable experience that cannot me expressed in words. The clarity of the video was awesome and the voice was clear. The call never got disconnected, even after having video chat for one hour.  My husband was surprise to experience the network speed, clarity on the other side.
Previously he used to share the pictures of his weekend trip. But These days, he records each and every move and send those videos which is a duration of more than one hour through What’s app.

And due to fast speed, we were able to download the video quickly. You know what, these days we would reply him back with a video of our expression on watching the video.

Earlier, without Airtel 4G, for downloading the pictures itself would take minimum 30 seconds. These days, with Airtel 4G, the video gets downloaded at the earliest.

This Fastest network will be very much useful for the people whose family stays far from India. With Aritel 4G, we feel we covered entire Malaysia.

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My Raksha Bandhan Gift

My Raksha Bandhan Gift

“Hai.. one good news for you..There is marathon in October in Coimbatore. Do you want me to register for you?” asked my brother.
“Really!!!   sure I want to participate in the marathon. So register for me also” I answered him through the mobile.
“Then I will do it for you. Which one you are going to participate 5km or 10km?”
“Since this is the first time, 5km will do. “ I said him.
“Then start practicing from today”  he advised me.
My mom who is observing all the above conversation asked me “Is it true? Are you going to Participate in the marathon? What happened to you?”
“Yeah  mom. I am serious. This time I am going to run in marathon in Coimbatore. I am waiting this for a long time”. But with her reaction I understood that she still did not believe me.

My mom is correct I never shown interest in this type of activities before. It is my Deepak who made the change in me. Deepak is my younger brother who is doing his graduation in Coimbatore.  We often fight for silly things at home. At times we will not talk to each other due to small misunderstandings. I will often shout at my mom for being fond of my brother. But I recognized and understood that it is quite common and natural when my dad is very affectionate to me. I still remember the day I cried when he is about to depart for his studies to Coimbatore.

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Deepak is very interested in sports and he will take part in all the games in his school days. At times he will come home with medals and cups. After his school days he began to go trekking to hill places with his friends, he will involve in long cycling and often he will run in marathon.

He used to share the joy and the real feelings he experienced when he take part in such activities. He motivated me a lot and often advised me to go for walking and jogging in the early morning, and requests me to involve in any one of the sports. Due to his interest and hard work he came fourth in the last marathon. It is that moment changed me and I became his real follower. He enjoys in everything he do. Then on I decided to take part in such activity which will keep us fit and energy. Now with his full inspiration, I am going to participate in the marathon. As a token of love this Rakshabhandan I have decided to gift him a cycle, the one love the most.

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Magical stories with Colgate

Here is my child imaginative stories with Colgate pack.

What else, With every Colgate Dental Cream Offer pack, your kids can now make their own magical castle! Share their magical stories with us on Facebook using #ColgateMagicalStories and win amazing prizes, every day!

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#MaxFreshMove

"Every moment is a FRESH beginning" and dance is a celebration of that moment!

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Dance is the best thing to energize the soul and mind. I personally believe that music could bring back the joy of people. I remember an incident which happened last week. My husband and I were planning for a family trip from long time, but due to unavoidable situation the plan did not get executed at all.

When Shared the disappointment with my friends, they gave us an option. They were planning for a trip and they gave an invite to join and it was a group of 5 people.

Al-together, there were some 8 children in the group. We booked a resort and at the same time, silent meditation course were taking place in the resort. Hence, music system were banned in the resort on that particular night.

The children were highly disappointed, since there were no music systems and could not dance. We played songs in the mobile, but the kids could not enjoy the dance to the extreme. One of my friends son began to cry, as there were no camp fire at night. We promised him, that the next day we will arrange camp fire and requested the resort people to arrange the camp fire and dance.
The next day, they arranged the dance and all our children enjoyed dancing to the song. They were awake whole night dancing to the high beat song.

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Dabur Honey To Stay Fit

Dabur Honey To Stay Fit

During my studies in college I use to take part in all the sport activities and will be one among the top 5 winners. For me sports are one of my favorite fields, right from the childhood apart from my studies. I never felt tired of continuous running and playing with my friends.
After marriage I changed my field and I choose teaching profession as my career. I took long leave for my delivery inorder to look after my son. I am busy in preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner for my husband and my baby. I joined college after my maternity leave and all my colleague started commenting that I have put on weight.  I have heard that almost every woman would gain weight after deliver, since they will not find time to take care of them. That day immediately after returning from college when I checked my weight, I was shocked to see that I have gained almost 10kg of weight after my delivery. From then on I cannot even walk for short distance due to my obesity and felt little tired when it happened to lecture for one hour. As a result I planned to visit my family doctor who has attended my delivery for consultation. After seeing my weight my family doctor suggested me to reduce weight and advised me to go for walking. For me I cannot leave my son in the morning and go for walking and moreover I have to prepare breakfast and so on. It is difficult for me to find time to go for walking but at the same time I am concerned about reducing my weight.

Img Source - Dabur Honey

One day when I was talking to my sister she gave me the idea of Honey Diet ie to consume honey in the early morning before breakfast to reduce weight. But I hesitate to use because of the fear of side effects and at the same time I do not want to lose energy, but she advised me to use best brand Dabur Honey which will not have side effects. From then I started drinking Dabur honey with half lemon in one glass full of warm water in morning before breakfast. Consistently I lost 1 kg of weight every month since it removes the unwanted cholesterol from the body and now on the whole I have reduced almost some 5 to 6 kgs in these 6 months. Believe it or not consuming honey in the morning will help you to reduce weight without any side effects and loss in energy. Now I feel that I have become young and energetic while giving lecture.
Here are few tips To stay fit
1. Mix Dabur honey with half lemon in one glass full of warm water
For Face pack
1. Mix Dabur honey with little amount of salt. Apply it on the face. Scrub all over the face and wash it off.
2. Mix Dabur honey with tomato puree. Apply it on the face  and wash it off

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UC Browser for my favorite Game

UC Browser for my favorite Game

Cricket is the most passionate sports of India over many years. It is the outdoor games which is played at national and international level and is liked by almost all ages of the people. For me too before marriage my favorite and craziest game that I watch without food and sleeping is cricket. I often used to stay in the hostel when India was playing important matches while doing my graduation. There are no words to express the joy and tension every time I experienced along with my friends when the match is at the final moment. Next day of the match the hot topic in our class would be about the match and the performance of India. I still remember those days I fought with my daddy to buy television to watch world cup cricket in 1999.

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Everything changed when I got married and began to go job. There is no time for me to watch cricket as I am tired of work when I return from my office. The only possible way is I use to collect the score of the match from my colleague then and there. Now I am busy mom for my 9 month boy baby who uses to crawl round the home. In the morning I am busy in preparing breakfast and lunch for my husband and I have to pack him at right time. Then I have to take care of my little boy who never allows me to sit for one hour to watch TV program. I have to monitor him all the time and with this busy schedule I can say I almost forget cricket in these days. One day I said to my husband that I am missing cricket nowadays. Moreover I added that I have already missed the fun and the enjoyment of world cup matches this year but I don’t want to miss the IPL match. He immediately gave me an idea to have UC Cricket by downloading UC Browser in my mobile. At first I don’t know much about the UC Browser and I downloaded it in my mobile.  But I was highly impressed by its speed and dependability. This UC Browser supports for immediate downloads and loads multi page at once so that it is easier for me to read many articles at a time. UC Browser is compatible with number of operating system including Android, ios, windows and Symbian. UC Browser has undergone various upgrades, and its latest version supports for hardware acceleration. The important thing is that all the options occupy only a bit of space. The continuous upgraded performance of the browser will never disappoint the user. UC Browser is the brilliant and good option to choose for fast and quick downloads. Above all I never miss cricket nowadays with this UC Browser in my hand. Apart from my busy schedule I can even watch cricket without interruption and updated with the scores of my all time favorite game.

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My Smart Journey with Asus Zenfone 2

Recently I happened to view the photos of my friend that was taken from Asus Zenfone 2, and I was surprised to see the image of the pictures. The clarity of the photos made me to view the images again and again. From then on I started reading its performance in google to know more about Asus Zenfone 2. Today my favorite Smartphone is Asus Zenfone 2. Here are 10 reasons why Asus Zenfone 2 is my wishlist. At the end definitely Asus Zenfone 2 will be your favorite Smartphone.

1. Light weight: The 170g weight of Asus Zenfone 2 weight makes more comfortable and light weight to carry it in my purse along with my other requirements.

2. Smarter Experience: The advanced Zenmotion and snapview features make me feel smarter and simpler experience than ever before.

 3. Luxurious ergonomic arc design:  Nothing could replace the stunning clarity, amazing beauty and elegant look of Asus Zenfone 2. Its luxurious ergonomic arc design with incredibly thin and slim makes me to love it. Moreover I hold it always in my hand with pride, due to its classy and expensive look.

4. High resolution13MP Pixel Camera: The 13MP Pixel Master Camera and f/2.0 aperture lens of Asus Zenfone 2 makes me to click, click on the moments with high resolution. Even at night time I can capture 400 % brighter photos with excellent clarity without the need of flash light.

5. Excellent audio quality:  Asus Zenfone 2 delivers excellent audio quality.  I need not worry about the charge since it has boost master technology I can charge up to 60% in just 39 minutes.

6. Storage Capacity:  Due to its 4 GB RAM , I never worry about taking back-ups of my mobile. Moreover I can capture bunch of photos and can place it in my mobile.

7. Processing Speed:  Due to its intel atom Z3560 and Z3580 processor, it is unimaginably fast which can be upto three times faster than predecessor.

8. Multitask performance: It is good companion for me which helps me to get my work over at time. I can do office work and multiple browsing at home without crawling and compromises.

9. Premium Protection: Above all I need not be aware of my mobile always in order to protect form son. Its view flip cover deluxe protects Asus Zenfone 2 from scratches and scrapes. Definitely Asus Zenfone 2 will make you feel comfortable and good.

10. Instant uploads: With its photo collage apps, I can take the photos instantly and upload it to my family members through social media.

With Asus Zenfone 2 in my hand you believe it or not it makes my life simpler and smarter.

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The most beautiful gift in the world

My dad’s journey and his role toward his vision of making me the head of department of a university was agitated with hard work, sweat, strong-willed determination and persistence. He trained me to remember and follow only one slogan as soon as I wake up. "Be Determine to be productive today".  No doubt, his experience had shaped me better.

I look back on those early years and remember his sacrifice that made me to excel in my career today. At the start of my career I was supposed to give a presentation to a group of 1000 people on the topic “thin-film”. It was an excellent opportunity that anyone would receive at the initial stage of the career. I was very nervous to face a crowd of thousands, hence my dad accompanied me. On seeing my nervousness, my dad understood what’s running in my mind.
He said, “You may not have all the answers or cover all of the planned material. You may not receive positive and complete attention from all the audience. But if you are passionate about what you are presenting and saying, the audience will remember that passion for a long time before they remember the words you are conveying.”

Those words went deep into my mind and I portrayed my presentation with sheer passion. He stayed with me throughout my presentation and cheered like a true devotee. If I reminisce those days as a young teenager, lot of emotions bubbles up to the surface of my throat and leaves me speechless.

If I am being successful today, I will admit that it’s because of my dad’s love for me that got me here.

This achievement, however pleasing, does not come without the struggle of my dad. I am so glad that my dad has prepared me for it. I am so grateful to my dad. I am married now and staying with my husband and kids. I visit my father’s home once in every month. The space he occupied in my heart, push me further to new boundaries and new possibilities. I hear his voice inside my heart that advises me during the tough times.
What could I favor him in return? I know, none of our dads will love expensive gifts or money. Their happiness is their kids. On this father’s day, I have one expensive gift that would make our dad to cloud with happiness.

Hug Your Dad and say how much he means to you. I am sure, that’s the most beautiful and expensive gift in the world.

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Dance the best medicine

My grandmother was not completely cured, when the hospital doctors informed that she can be discharged today. She was still very sick and weak. The hospital staff arranged the ambulance to transport my mother back to home. I was extremely disappointed and was developing negative feelings on the medical science, since medicine and doctors could not cure my grandmother.  If it cannot cure a person, then what is the use of hospitals and medicines?
On the other hand, I did forget that my grandmother is becoming old. Birth and death are natural and one has to admit that. The doctor said that my grandmother can survive only for a month. I took her to the balcony and offered the coffee. She is a die-hard fan of coffee. She enjoyed every sip of it and gave the cup back to me with a smile on her wrinkled face.
A thought crossed my mind. Instead of cribbing about her health, I decided to fulfill all her wish in this one month. I do not have any magical power to change her fate, but I had the power to keep her happy till.
“Mom (I address her by that way), do you have any unfulfilled wish?" I asked my grandmother with an unease tone.
As serious as she could be, she said, "Are you planning to fulfil my death bed wish"
Tears rolled down to my cheeks.  She smiled and looked at me. I did not have courage to look at her back, hence I left the place.

In the Evening, while watching TV, there came Allu Arjun song. My grandmother, who was sleeping on the bed, took effort to come to living room and watched the song. She also added that she likes Allu Arjun a lot and his dance is effortless and full of energy. I sensed a content in her face after watching his songs.

The next day morning, I saw in newspaper that Allu Arjun and Anushka Manchanda are coming to a mall for ABCD2 promotion. I know my grandmother likes Allu Arjun dance, hence I took her to the promotions.
As soon as I shared my plan of taking her to the promotion of ABDC2, where Allu Arjun is coming for the promo, I could sense an excitement in her eyes. She eagerly got ready for the promo. We reached the mall early and to our surprise both Allu Arjun and Anushka Manchanda were on time. The entire crowd cheered them and welcomed with roar. On observing the crowd, my mother also got excited and roared along with the crowd. The day was spent with full fun masti. Dance, singing made the environment brighter and brighter. My grandmother thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. Even after reaching home, my grandmother was excited to the core.

The next day, I had a checkup for my grandmother and took her to the hospital. The doctor was so surprised that her BP level and health was normal. When I shared the incident that we went for promo and she did slight dance over there and was cheerful throughout the function, the doctor advised to continue to do that in possible ways to keep her lively and healthy.

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Dance and Song brings positive Change

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Every Single mother on the earth could relate to the below incident I am writing about.
“Sanju, it’s already 7. Wake up. You will miss the school van,”
“Mom.. 5 minutes..”
“Sanju its 7.10. If you don’t wake up in now, I will seriously complain to your class teacher”
No reply from my son and he refuses to wake up. I get angry, then the day starts with scolding’s and tension. This is the usual routine of my daily morning (or any working women) during a working day.
Being an elders, we love to snooze our clock and sleep for some more time. They are kids don’t they love to snooze and sleep for some more time.
Today it started in the same way. My son declined to get ready to the school. After battle and struggle he got up, but he was not ready to bath by himself. I was also in tension to get ready to office. His school van had already arrived and it was waiting in front of my house. All of a sudden while packing his dairy I found that there was a home work that was not completed. I got angry for not informing that he had a home work to do.
My son was still stubborn to get ready.  I informed the driver to leave and planned to drop him in the school. I was already upset as I need to put permission for my work.
I scolded my son for not waking up and getting ready. Without listening to my words, he started playing with the new electronic car that his dad newly gifted him. I could not control my anger and gave him a pound. He started crying and I made him to get ready and dropped in school.
Till that time, my anger was at the peak. As soon as I dropped my son, I felt bad for the morning mess and beating my son. Even in my office, I could not concentrate on my work completely. Evening I thought of asking sorry and explaining him not to repeat those things in a lovely tone.
But a big surprise was waiting for me. As soon as my son came back from my school, he removed his shoes and kept in the shoe rack properly. He kept his bag in the study table and took the tiffin box and dropped in the sink. He kept dancing, took towel by himself and went for bath. After bathing, he started doing homework. He also promised, he will get up early and get ready by himself tomorrow.
I could not believe and asked for the reason for his positive change. He said, Allu Arjun and Anushka Manchanda has come to his school and gave a performance. I could feel from my son voice that they had a good time with singing and dancing. My son was so energetic and he said, they will come to the school for the next one week, and that’s the reason he was interested to go to the school tomorrow. That’s is when I realized a dance and songs could do wonders.

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25 simple home tips to look always Younger.

25 simple home tips to look always Younger.

Even to act in Serials they look for heroines with glow and beautiful skin. People with dark skin, but highly talent are not able to shine in the media. Starting from the age of 10 to 70, every woman wants them to look younger and beautiful. If we search a beauty parlor, we need to spend thousands and thousands which is not possible for everyone. So, I am sharing 25 home made tips from my experience.

 

1. Green Tea - Drinking green tea, results in younger skin.
2. Turmeric and Lemon – A mixture of turmeric and lemon purifies the skin. (if you feel your skin is yellow due to turmeric powder, you could try using "VICCO Turmeric Cream".
3. Honey and Lemon – Applying this juice on the face increase the glow of the skin.
4. For Oily Skin – Turmeric powder, Orange and Sandal wood. Preserve the orange peel and dry it under the sun. Make the orange peel to a powder and mix it with sandal wood and turmeric powder to removes the excess oil in the skin.
5. To remove Stretch Mark – A mixture of Turmeric Powder, Yogurt, Besan Powder and Lemon Juice
6. To get rid of Dark Circles – Turmeric Powder and Sugarcane Juice remove the dark circles under the eyes.
7. To protect the skin from Ultra violet rays - Use olive oil every day before taking bath.  Apply olive oil in circular movements and take a sun bath. The sun bath has to be taken before 7.00 AM. Continuous usage of olive oil results in tan removal as well.
8. For Dry Skin – Mix one Spoon of honey and with cold milk and apply on the face.  Avoid applying to the lips, since the taste will lure to drink this mix rather than applying to the face.
9. Cucumber and Yogurt – Smash Cucumber into a thick paste and mix with yogurt. Apply this paste in the face and wipe with a tissue paper. This paste will be very effective for all types of skins.
10. To get Refreshing Skin – Apply cucumber juice, mint leave and milk
11. Tomato and Cucumber – This paste removes the dirt on the neck that is caused by wearing chains. 
12. Cucumber and Curd – A paste of Cucumber and Curd treats the tanned skin.
13. To address Peeling of Skin – Aloevera gel is good for skin. This gel can be mixed with Vitamin E Oil (Vitamin E oil will be available in shops) and when applied, peeling and tanning of skins can be reduced.
14. To get Clear Skin – Mix Alovera and Lemon to get clear skin
15. Potato and Lemon – Take the juice of Potato and mix with lemon juice. This combination is good for the healing of tan caused due to the pollution and UV rays
16. Rice water – Wash your face once with the rice water. It will remove the pores on the skin.
17. Oat Meal – This tips is little tedious as that of cooking. But this face pack is very   Oat meal 3 tea spoons, one white egg, honey and curd.
18. Almond Powder and Yogurt – It removes the dirt that is caused to the excess
19. Almond Powder, Cream milk, Lemon Juice and Oat Meals – Another face pack for radiant skin.
20. Peas, Yogurt, Rose water, Lemon, Papaya – Mix into a paste and use it as a face pack.
21. To get Fairer Skin – Cucumber, Sandal Wood paste, Lemon Juice, Tomato paste will do wonder.
22. To get Fair skin (Dry Skin) – Mix powdered milk, honey and lemon along with essential oil and apply to get a fairer skin.
23. Tomato Juice – Apply the tomato juice on the face to get shining skin
24. To get rid of ACNE – Remove the skin of the tomato and smash it to get a thick paste. Apply it on the acne and leave it for half an hour.
25. During winter, the skin gets dry soon. Apply raw honey on the face and wash it. It’s the best moisturizing cream.

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My Experience with My Airtel app.

My Experience with My Airtel app.

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Airtel has become an integral part of our life. At least one person in a family would be using Airtel network. Recently I installed My Airtel app in my smart phone and I am here to share some of my experience with you which I enjoyed with the My Airtel app. No doubt I challenge you at the end you will definitely install My Airtel app in your mobile. I never have the habit of using app in my mobile before. I always want everything to be analyzed, demonstrated and verified even for the small things I buy. But the My Airtel app changed my view completely and today I am addicted to the app.

It happened that day when my husband was out of station for business and would return only after three days. We have Airtel DTH connection in our home and it was the due date for the payment of amount. My son who is watching the IPL match keeps insisting me to pay the amount because he did not want to miss the match at any cost.  But for me the only problem is I never used to the online transaction before for any instance. Immediately I called my husband through mobile and asked him the solution for this. He suggested me to download the My Airtel app and after that I followed the instruction given by my husband for the payment for DTH. My tension got released and my son was happy at that moment. From then I started using the app whenever I am free and today I do online transaction and mobile recharge with the help of the MyAirtel app.

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Here are the three features that really inspired me in MyAirtel app.

1. It is the most secured, fastest and smartest way to recharge the DTH especially Airtel DTH in a more simple way. The PCIDSS helps me in the ever most quickest online transaction.

2.’I want to’ feature helps me to save the frequent recharge and payment bill in my mobile home screen. Hence it is very useful for me to view the transaction history of recharges and payments whenever I am in need. The notifications remind me the due date for Airtel DTH which keep me relax from the last moment tension.

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3. I am the 3G internet user and it helps me in easy and fastest recharge. Moreover, I love the features of 3G data recharge facility .It alerts me every time with SMS about the used data, the remaining data’s, the date of validity and above all it surprises me every time with the offers.

    This mind blowing My Airtel app is the app where all the DTH Airtel, 2G and 3G internet users must have. It will definitely give a different experience. No doubt this MyAirtel app makes my life simpler and smarter.

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