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ContentsContentWomen in Business

The Language of the Heart 8

Be an Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Exhibition 17

Think Promedia 18

Vital Voices 20Ceramic Flowers 22

Take it Light

Opinions Galore 26

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Jus Ask Brinda 55

Beauty Speak 76

Cut to theCut to theBoneBone

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HealandFness

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Miniature City

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Natures Wonder at

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Contents

Salt & Pepper Korner

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World Tour

Never Mess with Women 44

Murder or Suicide 46

Campus Wear 40

Teenage Miseries 49


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Contents

165

October, 2010.

month

Cover Page CreditPothys

Vol. 5 No. 165

CEO (Global Operations) : Nischinta

Chief Operating Officer : Kalpana Yuvarraaj

Editor-in-Chief : Swati Amar

Associate Editor : Malini Shankar

Editors Graphic & Design : Mariappan

Photograph and Design Coordination : KanakrajProduction Executive : Sumathi R

Marketing Coordination : Sivakumar

Advertising & Marketing : Ravichandran

: Prashant

: Kirtivasan


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Eves Times has introduced a business section for women and the youth that will not only carryinspiring stories of achievers, but will also be a complete business directory for all those whodesire to start their own enterprise and those who are running their own businesses.

Eves Times offers FREE SPACE FOR entrepreneurs, specially women and young entrepreneursto advertise about the products and services they offer. Our B 2 B section will be an interface for all

those who form a part of the business chain including suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers and

traders, and end users. Women who work from home and offer services such as tuitions, transla-

tions, writing, and any other form of services can also send in their details along with their email ids

to us .

Our parent rm , Promedia is conducting Entrepreneur Development Programmes, Corporate

Training programme and , Business consultancy and promotions nationally and globally. Organiza-

tions and individuals who are interested in using our services can approach us Under the umbrellaof Promedia we will be organizing exciting business meets and fairs, competitions, awards ceremo-

nies, awareness campaigns, business consultancy and counseling and everything else that goes into

shaping complete business professionals.

Entrepreneurs can send in their write ups and photographs to be featured in this section by mailing

to [email protected]/[email protected].

GREAT NEWS!

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Entrepreneur of the Month

The new Eves Times keeps up its promise of bringing to you achievers who ght against many

odds and contribute to the society in different ways. This month we are mighty proud to feature

this little girl with a sunny smile who belongs to the bandwagon of smart , young entrepreneurs

running niche businesses. Meet Chinmayi Sripada, the Chennai girl with a honey dew voice.

THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART


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We all know Chinmayi as the

playback singer from Kannathil

Mutham Ittal days and a de-

nite inclusion in a movie with

A R Rahmans composition.

But not many know that proba-

bly she might be the only youngwoman entrepreneur who runs

a successful business in the

very niche area of translation

services. Lets join Chinmayis

exciting journey in the world

of C & T where her company,

Blue Elephant makes its royal

strides.

Talking to Chinmayi is like watching a gurgling waterfall

cascading through verdant hills

and valleys. Her banter re-

minds one of the jingling of tiny

bells that endears you to this

innocent woman who rightly or

wrongly entered two professions

that in no way are compatible

with her persona. Yet that is

Chinmayi for you, an embodi-

ment of the modern young

woman for whom nothing ever

is impossible, a woman who

makes her own decisions, and

mistakes too; yet forges ahead

in a world of challenges still

designed for the convenience

of men. And the good news

is that despite a social ambi-ence that imposes unbeknown

hurdles for her , the woman

is comfortably ensconced in

both the family and profes-

sional arena, at the helm For a

few rare women like Chinmayi,

two demanding professions are

a cake walk , though replete

with back-breaking hours of

toil, insomnia, frenzied work

schedules, hectic world travels

and all that the profession and

business entail. At the end of

the day it is all worth it.

Every journey starts with a ti-

ny footstep. Small events and

chance meetings or hobbies

form the foundations for mam-

moth enterprises. As a little

girl, Chinmayis mother Pad-

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Telugu as an additional second

language so that she would be

procient in Tyagaraja Kritis

, Annmacharya compositions

and other Carnatic Telugu com-

positions. Chinmayi was being

groomed to be a Carnatic musi-

cian.

Alongside her music tuitions,

certain other occurrences were

gradually transforming her life.

Chinmayi and her mother relo-

cated to Chennai from Mumbai.

As she became more and more

involved in music, her innu-

merable music competitions

and performances were coming

in the way of her school life. As

expected, she could not nd a

school that would allow her to

both continue her studies and

pursue her passion. After the

tenth standard, she decided to

start home based education.

Sadly, our education system

is such that it does not look

at individual capabilities, tal-

ent, interest and aptitude. It

is like a factory where the -

nal result is mass emission of

similar products. In fact, in our

country, there are schools of

all kinds, even for differently

abled children. But there are

no educational institutions ex-clusively to cater to the needs

of the high IQ category. Such

children are like the proverbial

sacricial goats that are lost in

a society which does not under-

stand them, she says somberly,

trying to impress upon us the

great loss the nation is fac-

ing due to the thwarting of the

cream of the IQ pool.

When she was in Plus one, Kan-

nathil Mutham Ittal happened

and there was no looking back.

While Chinmayi was planting

her feet rmly in the movie

industry as an acknowledged

playback singer, she was also

pursuing graduation through

distance education. She later

completed her masters in Psy-

chology. Alongside, she started

learning German.

I nd the German language

just grows into your skin, so

much so that you even start

dreaming in German, she gig-

gles, Without exaggeration!

I started thinking and dream-

ing in German. Chinmayi has

completed all the levels in Ger-

man from Max Mueller Bhavan,

Chennai.

Then came a request from a

friend to translate a German

document. Gradually more and

more documents came for trans-

lation and with that the idea of

oating a small enterprise for

offering translation services

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Creatively designed, The Blue Elephant has a lot of information about the languages of the world.

We picked up a few to tease your gray cells. Check how strong you are in the Linguistic Arena

LINGO-LANGO-B1NGO!1. Name a couple of shortest words in English

2. What is the shortest complete sentence in English?

3. Which is the largest spoken language in India?

4. Which country has no ofcial language ?

5. Which language has the most number of words?6. Which country beats the USA in the number of people who speak English?

7. What is the most commonly used language in the English language?

8. Which words end with MT?

9. Which words rhyme with month, silver, purple and orange?

10. Which is the highest language today?

11. Which is the least spoken language?

12. Which is the rst written language in the world?

13. Which language does not require punctuations?

14. Which is the word that can be spelled without repeating a letter?

15. Which sentence in English uses every letter in the English language?

germinated, with encourage-

ment from close friends. At the

behest of her friends, Chinmayi

decided to give her company a

name which had a high recall

value simply because it is out

of the box. Thus arose the BlueElephant, the translation com-

pany.

After initial hiccups due to

the lack of professionalism of

Indian translators, today her

company hires expert trans-

lators and interpreters from

across the world and has carved

a niche for itself in the arena oflocalization and translation ser-

vices. Chinmayis professional

jaunts abroad help her to keep

expanding their network of

translators continuously . The

rst thing she does when she

lands in a country is to estab-

lish contact with the linguistic

groups and organizations. She

talks admiringly about the

global professional translators

associated with her companyand feels that given an oppor-

tunity she would establish an

institute for Business Etiquette

in our country to improve the

quality of our translators and

interpreters.

Chinmayi has lots of plans and

dreams for the future. Amidst

her myriad activities as a playback singer, voice over artiste,

emcee, TV anchor and the rigors

of an entrepreneur, Chinmayi

dreams big. But she is a wom-

an who is not content with just

dreaming. Chinmayi believes inrealizing her dreams through

action. And that is what differ-

entiates her from other young

entrepreneurs.

THE BLUE ELEPHANT QUIZ

age?


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Women in Business

Aunit of Indo International Trade Forum, Business & Professional Womens Network Internationalworks for women empowerment across the world. This , we believe , can be done only throughnancial emancipation , which in turn will lead to cognitive freedom . Financially empowered women

are not only economically productive, but they also contribute to the health and growth of a nation.

Given the intrinsic strengths of women , if given opportunities , women can play a major role in

pushing up the status of our country in the Human Development Index.

We believe that entrepreneurship in todays Communication and Tech-

nology era is a proven way of enhancing the womens nancial andpersonal status in the society. Hence, bpwni encourages women in

every possible way to provide her with that opportunity to elevate

herself and her family. Right from eliciting interest in entrepreneur-

ship to helping her decide on a suitable enterprise, we provide all

services related to Entrepreneurship development for both men andwomen. Bpwni will help a woman develop requisite skills to run the en-

terprise , equip her with the knowledge of her business, train her

and her staff , provide inputs about the market and help her

in expanding her clientele .

The Centre for Entrepreneur Development of IITF and

BPWNI together conduct entrepreneur development

programmes, coordinate with nancial institutions to

provide short term loans to the trained entrepreneurs

and guides entrepreneurs to choose their eld of

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power women from the grass root level, improve

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Eve s Times October, 2010

CONTEMPLATING PROGRESS?

WE, THE PEOPLE

Acontemporary global media and communicationenterprise, Promedia aims to provide qualityconsultancy and services related to all spheres of

businesses and services that fall within the ambit of

the media and entertainment industry, education

and training, promotion of art and culture , events

and public relations for corporates and execution of

associated national and international assignments.

Promedia has contacts with a wide network of ex-

perts in various elds globally that provides us with

an advantage of executing any event or assignment

with a great degree of variety and excellence.

Promedia is the genie you have been looking out

for to develop your organization or business and of

course the quality of your personnel, in the most ef-

fective manner .

Our Core Competency

Promedia conducts entrepreneurship develop-

ment programmes, organizes workshops, seminars,

conferences and events in health care, education,

personality development and leadership, yoga and

personal enhancement, nance and investment, arts

and crafts etc. Promedia also conducts fund-raising

events, entertainment events and award ceremonies

as well as corporate events.

ONE STOP SOLUTION FOR YOUR

DEVELOPMENT

Our strengths

Exemplary team of experts , counselors and resource

persons

Fields of expertise

Entrepreneurship development,

Event MangementIndustrial Relations and Organizational behav-

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Vital Voices of Asia, aregional leadershipand training summit was

held in New Delhi from 14-

17 September, 2010 with

a mission to strengthen a

powerful network of regional

women leaders across sectors,cultures and generations to

help advance the regions

of South Asia and East Asia

Pacic socially , politically

and economically. Over 250

women from 24 different

countries participated in the

summit. The focus of the

opening day agenda was a

keynote address on investing

in women for sustained

economic growth. The

panel discussions, break outsessions and trainings that

followed focused on three

key areas viz., Women as

an Economic force, Women

in Political Leadership and

Public Life and Safeguarding

Womens Human Rights. The

summit was hosted by Vital

Voices Global Partnership, a

leading Non-governmental

organization that identies,

trains and invests in emerging

women leaders around theglobe. The organization was

founded in 1997 by the then-

First Lady Hillary Clinton.

The summit was a collabora-

tive effort between the US

Vital Voices



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Chief Operating Ofcer of Eves Times Group, Kalpana Yuvarraaj at Vital Voices Conference in Delhi

Government, Confederation

of Indian Industry and lead-

ing multinationals, charitable

foundations and non-govern-

mental organizations. Vital

Voices of Asia concluded on

September 17 with SEVEN, adocumentary play capturing

the remarkable lives of a di-

verse and courageous group

of see n women leaders from

around the world. Actor and

womens advocate Shabhana

Azmi had a leading role in

the Play.

Vital Voices international

staff and team of over thou-

sand partners, pro bono

experts and leaders, including

senior government corporate

and NGO executives have

trained and mentored more

than 8,000 emerging wom-

en leaders from over 127countries in Africa, Asia,

Eurasia, Latin America and

the Caribbean and the Mid-

dle East These women have

returned home to train and

mentor more than 500,000

additional women and

girls in their communities.

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Women in Business

Revathi Kumar wasthe quintessentialhousewife who was busy in

a joint family with cooking,

cleaning and looking after

various generations. Her rst

initiative was to learn sewing.Her attention shifted to arts

and crafts and then spent

ve years in Muscat learning

different techniques and

art forms. Finally she really

blossomed like the beautiful

ceramic owers that she

makes today.

Ceramic ower making is a

special art. Clay owers can

be made to serve as beautiful

and permanent decorations.

Revathi learnt the art of

making cold ceramic owers

from Poornima Subramani-

am in Muscat. She makes the

owers from a special ingre-dient: I get starch powder

and use glue and colours and

make a dough. Then I roll

it out, a very tedious chore,

into little puris and cut out

various shapes. It requires

no heating or baking. I have

to plan well in advance the

structure, colour and shapeof the ower petals and

leaves. I assemble the basic

CERAMIC FLOWERS Recreating natures beauty

material and then arrange

the owers in the Ikebana

style that I learnt from Smt.

Saroja Ramamrutham. I use

different bases and real dry

owers and containers to

show of my creations to the best advantage. These ow-

ers will not fade and retain

their colour for a long time.

When the owers become

dusty, they can be washed

in running water and wiped

carefully.

Nature is her inspiration andRevathi is always observ-

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kinds of owers and leaves

and also on the look out for

background material like

seed pods, driftwood, sticks

and branches wherever she

goes.

Revathi makes custom de-

signed arrangements for

clients and also conducts

classes in both ower mak-

ing and arrangements. Her

fee includes raw materials

that she sources from abroad

and even provides someextra material to try their tal-

ents after the course is over.

Revathy has presented pro-

grams on TV and has run Art

and Craft classes and activity

workshops in the holidays for

kids.

Contact Revathy Kumar at Block C3, Flat 5,

Serene Acres, Thoraipakkam, Pallavaram 200

Feet Road, Chennai 600097:

Tel: 4282 32, 98405 44420

Padmini Natarajan



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YOU

After scouring for jobsand spending tediousdays applying, preparingfor interviews and getting

your documentation ready,

attending interviews and

resorting to myriad other

things you have managed to

get a job at last! You thought

you had nally landed the

perfect new job. It was a

step up with a great title and

good pay and benets. The

commute wasnt bad, and

everyone seemed friendly.

But in just a few months, it

was clear that the perfectt was really no t at all.

Your boss would have been

a control freak or your co-

workers would have been

slackers. Maybe the work

wasnt what you expected

or you didnt have enough

support.

Its an all-too-familiar oc-currence for many, but if


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Random Musings

Have we at various points of our lives,wished for a world that lets us be? Aworld that does not question any of our

decisions, moves, plans, ideas, actions,creativity? A world that not only forms

an opinion, but voices it at the drop

of a hat? None of us have been spared

of or removed from an opinionated

confrontation; many of us more than some.

When we bought our at and went about setting

it up with enthusiasm, we were unprepared for

t h e ood of opinions that started to

pour out from the ood of visitors who would come

to see the new house.

Some of our guests would

open their quota of opin-

ions as soon as we

opened our door to

receive them. They

would look at the

door with shocked

disbelief and ask,

This direction is

north. How did you

have the entrance here?

My smile of welcome

would freeze and my

thoughts would ght to

come to my lips. But hav-

ing undergone the drill of

Aththi devo bava since child-hood, I could not allow my thoughts to

win that ght. I would merely allow them

OPINIONS GALORE


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Jus Ask Brinda OurCounsel

TAKE IT

light!Salt & Pepper Korner

Make your kitchen experience exciting using Mallika Badrinaths wise counsel. Mallika has recipes for

everyone; even bachelors and children can turn out a delectable meal using her guidance. So go ahead with

your kitchen queries and prepare healthy, tasty meals with the help of the Cuisine Queen of south India.

My husband is a diabetic. I am unable to think of some good snack for him during teatime. Can you

suggest some good snacks for diabetics?

Chandirika Rajan, Coimbatore

All snacks that are steamed or made with less oil are good for di-

abetics. I have brought out a special cookery book for diabetics,

which is available in the market. You can make a variety of snacks

for diabetics. Try to include a lot of sprouts and fresh vegetablesand creatively turn out ordinary recipes into special, tasty snacks

for diabetics. You can make different varieties of sandwiches,

stuffed chappathis, dosas, idlis, pidi kozhukattais, upmas and

kichris with dhal combinations, noodles with a lot of vegetables

(you get wheat noodles in the market) dhokla, steamed vegetable

adais, idiyappam, etc.

Mallikas Special Recipes for Diabetics

Papaya HalwaIngredients

Papaya diced 1 cup

Skimmed Milk Powder 2 Tbsps

Articial sweeteners 5 small sachets

Cardamom, powdered one pinch

Saffron one pinch

MethodKeep the diced papaya in a thick-

bottomed pan and stir. When

the paste dries, sprinkle milk

powder over it and stir. Add

cardamom powder and saf-

fron. When it cools, mix

the articial sweetener

and serve.

Quantity : One serving forsix persons

Calories 21

Carbohydrate 3.6 gms

Protein 1.5 grams

Fat 0.07 grams

Nutrient Details (For oneperson, one serving)


S d Ch S d i h M thod


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Sprouted Chana Sandwich

Ingredients

Wheat Bread 8 slices

Grated onions 50 grams

Grated tomatoes 50 gramsGrated carrots 50 grams

Grated mint, coriander leaves 10 grams

Finely cut green chillies 2

Lemon juice to taste

For Preparing Sprouted Chana Chutney

Sprouted chana 100 grams

Red Chillies 2Jeera tsp

Salt to taste

Calories 105

Carbohydrate 18 gms

Protein 5 gms

Fat 1.5 gms

Nutrient Details for oneSandwich

Method

Cook the sprouted gram in a pressure

cooker for ten minutes.

Grind the red chillies, jeera and salt rst

and then add the boiled chana and grind

coarsely.

Spread a little sauce or green mint chutney

over a bread slice and spread the chana

chutney over it.

Over this place grated carrot and other

vegetable gratings, green chillies, salt,

nely grated fresh coriander and mint and

squeeze a few drops of lemon juice over

this mixture.Keep another slice covered with chutney

and place it over the rst slice and serve

immediately.

Courtesy 300 vegetarian Recipes for dia-

betics

By Mallika Badrinath



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TAKE IT

light!Simmering Sensations

Navarathiri NaivethiyamHere are some easy-to-make recipes to keep you

smiling through the festive season.

Tender Coconut Payasam

IngredientsTender Coconut 1

Milkmaid can 1

Powdered cardamom 1 tsp

Dry fruits, friend in ghee 2 tbsp

Such as cashew nuts, Raisins, slivered almonds,

Pistachios etc., Saffron strands and 1tbsp warm

milk if desired

Dry Fruit Laddus

Ingredients

Seedless Dates 1 cup

Assorted , chopped dry fruits 1 cup

Method

Mince dates in a mixie and add the dry fruits. Roll

into balls.

Variations

You can add grated coconut, a little milk powderand a dash of ghee if desired. You can also mix in tutti fruit . If you nd the paste too stick, brush you

palms with our and roll the balls.

Cook n Smile Easy Recipes

Method

Remove the pulp and water from the tender coconut and grind in a mixie. Add milkmaid and mix

well. Add all other ingredients and refrigerate. Those desirous of adding saffron strands can soak

them in warm milk, rub well and add into the payasam.



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TAKE IT

light!READERS RECIPE

GRANNYS ALCOVE

Do you know of any time-

tested tips on health and diet

care that your grand mother

passed on to you? Why dont

you share your precious

knowledge with our read-

ers? The best tip can also

win a surprise gift. Shoot off

your ancient secrets to edi-

[email protected]

Some Useful Tips For Curing

INDIGESTION

Take 100gm of saunf

(sombu). Roast without

adding oil in a pan for

3-5 minutes. Cool and

powder the saunf. Take tsp of the powder and

mix in 200ml water.

Drink 2 or 3 times daily.

Take kg fresh ginger

(inchi). Extract its juice

either by crushing or

grinding .Mix in equal

quantity of honey. Take

1tsp whenever necessaryor after your meal.

DATES PINEAPPLE

CUSTARD PUDDING

Ingredients:

Lion Dates : 1 packet

Milk :

Custard Powder (pineapple avour) : 3 tablespoons

Sugar : 4 to 5 tablespoons

Method:

Cut the lion dates into small

pieces and soak in litre of

milk. While soaking, ensure

that the milk is lukewarm.

From the remaining litre

of milk, take half a cup ofmilk, keep aside and boil the

remaining milk without add-

ing water. Add sugar and boil

it on a slow re.

Make a paste out of the cus-

tard powder, using the half

cup of raw milk. Add this

semisolid paste to the boiling

milk and keep stirring. Take care not to burn it.

Grind the soaked dates and mix this paste into the boiling cus-

tard. You have to be doubly careful now. Switch it off once it starts

thickening. Cool it. Transfer the contents into a glass owl, deep

freeze it for 15 minutes and serve it.

Now your tasty Dates Pineapple Custard pudding is ready to be

served. Go ahead and pamper your familys tongues.

Devaki Swaroop

2/44, 6th Main RoadR.A.Puram, Chennai 600 028


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Keep these ready before you

set up the kolu.

Given the hectic schedules

these days, it is wise to spend

a few minutes planning and

preparing in advance for

the festival. You can use the

weekend to hang readymade

decorations such as colour

lights, festoons, maavilai

and even the kolam in front

of the kolu. For those who go

to work, use electric lamps

near the kolu so that

TipsTips

even if you are away, the

lamp is lit by putting on a

simple switch.

Old and exclusive kolu dolls

can be re-painted well in

advance to give a new look.

Also do not forget to buy a

new set or a piece this sea-

son from the artisans who

throng markets with their

wares.

Working women can fry ca-

shew nuts, raisins slivered

almonds or pistachios and

powdered carda-

m o m s

ready, storing them in air-

tight containers or bags and

use them when needed to

turn out a quick payasam.

Well, if you work your graycells, you can conjure up in-

numerable ways of saving on

time and effort. For the en-

terprising women of today,

it is no big deal. But ensure

that you are not compromis-

ing on the quality of your

food and the much-needed

break. If you can somehow

entice your family members

into helping you out, you

would have spent quality

time with them and also got-

ten all your work done!


HANDY HOUSEHOLD TIPS


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When using expensive spices

like cloves, cardamom and

cinnamon, powder them to-

gether with a little salt (or

sugar if the dish is sweet) to

get the avour well distrib-

uted. You need lesser quan-

tity of spices if ground this

way than if they are used as

whole.

A very stale loaf of bread can

be freshened by dipping it

in milk or water (or a mix-

ture of the two) for about a

minute and than placing it in

the over to make it crisp for

about fteen minutes.

An egg cracked at one end

cannot be boiled properly,

but if you crack it slightly at

the other end too it will boil

perfectly.

If you need only a few drop

of limejuice do not cut the

whole lime, just pierce it

with a thin skewer or fork

and squeeze out the required

amount of juice.

By

Geeta Shirish Amte

Flat#80 Ashtalaxmi Apts,

Phase II Coastal Road,

Besant Nagar,

Congrats Geeta! All your tips

are simply fantastic. We select

you as the winner of the Month

Ed.

HANDY HOUSEHOLD TIPS



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Lifeisnotaboutwaitingforthestormstopass

Itsaboutlearningh

owtodanceinther

ain.


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Hi Buddies!

School goers must be neck deep in their preparation for examinations. College goersmust be getting somewhere there. For us youngsters, lifes now a whirlwind of

books, lessons, exams, not to mention some of us who have our parents and teachers

breathing down our necks and the inner turmoil that is now becoming a constant

phenomenon the churning of our stomach, its somersaults and grumbling becom-

ing worse as we plod through each day.

Life resembles a journey through the eerie tunnels of the Pyramids.. of course

we develop our own addictions during this time Mine fortunately ended with tea-

minimum number of mugs a day, just about enough to keep the eyelids open. Of

course crisp biscuits go with hot tea. A luxury I am going to allow myself duringthe dreary days of examinations. I am indeed conscious that I may have to work out

all the extra calories going into the system but then who cares? These little munch-

ies will help us touch the nineties and eighties; otherwise the danger of sliding down

to single digits looms large before our eyes. The tantalizing double digit numbers can

fetch us a lot in life.. earn us the respect of our teachers get a lot of goodies from

our parents, and admiring glances from our peers and friends. Worth all the sweat

and blood, right?

I believe in a simple mantra . anything that has begun has to come to an end. Thats

the hope that keeps us all going. And the glorious possibilities of indulging ourselvesafter the dint of slogging. Colourful pictures of all that we can do after the exams

keep popping out every now and then and spur me on to move forward. I am sure

all that I have described just now are common youth experiences. Much as we may

detest, no youth can escape nor overlook such examination experiences. Best of luck

to you guys and gals who have set out to conquer the world! After the rigors of the

exams, the festive season is waiting for you !

Until next month,

NamrataEditor, Teen Mag

GETTING SERIOUS WORK DONE.



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Can you nd the single word which will be a synonym for both the words in each pair that follows?

For example, the word that would be a common synonym to Sort andBenevolentisKind. You should

be able to supply ten double-duty words for the remaining groups, but 13 or more is excellent .

1. Sort- Benevolent

2. Results-Belongings

3. Curtsy-Prow

4. Stays-Corpse

5. Railing-Duel

6. Tresses-Fastens

7. Dissertation-Try

8. Ray- Timber

9. Intersect-Peevish

10. Raise-Back

11. Eruption-Reckless

12. Hoodwink-Cliff

13. Tied-Leap

14. Wearied-Drilled

15. Ravine-Stuff

16. Stockings-Tube

17. Spiritualist-Average

18. Cataract-Drops

Whatsthe

GoodWord



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Elizabeth Kiho a pretty damefrom Umshyrpi College,

Shillong shares her insights

with us about current fashion

trends and suggestions for this

college academic season .

FUN CAMPUS WEAR

STUDYING IN: Umshyrpi Col-lege, Shillong

ORIGINALLY FROM: Dima-

pur, Nagaland

Fashion talk withElizabeth

How will you describe your

sense of dressing or style?My style is simple . I love be-

ing in clothes in which I feel the

most comfortable.

Where do you like to shop?

Pepe jeans, Forever 21, Chanel

and Gucci

What motivates you in fashion?

I always imagine donning a

new and different look whenev-

er I go out. This desire coupled

with my creative instinct moti-

vate me to seek the latest trends

in haute couture fashion.

What are your hobbies?

I love gardening. Its one of myfavourite pastimes. I love lis-

tening to music too!

Who inspires you in terms of

fashion?

My sisters. They are like my

role models who I look up to

when it comes to fashion.

What kinds of clothes do youlike wearing?

For me jeans and a simple shirtwill do. I do love to wear dress-

es if and when the occasion

demands. Basically simplicity

is my style.

What would be your fashion

tips to college girls?

Wear anything that you feel

comfortable. Dont go for dress-

es just because they are pretty

or branded. Always wear clothes

where you can express yourself

the best . Also have a personal

sense of style. Everybody has

his or her own distinct per-

sonality and what looks good

on someone else may not look

good on you. So its very impor-

tant to have that exclusivity instyle.

A close up ofElizabeths outt

Loose cotton shirtFor college a simple, loose

cotton shirt with a big bag ac-

centuating it will be a goodchoice. The bag will manage all

your books easily, looks classy

and the shirt as mentioned ear-

lier is ideally suited for the hot

and humid weather in many

states .

Name: Elizabeth Kiho, 3rd yr

BA HISTORY


requires is a little bit of sponta-

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A pair of welltting jeans with

ats:Beating the sweat and managing

the Save yourself from horrible

shoe bites, get ats similar to

the one Elizabeth is wearing. A

pair of well tted jeans will keep

that sweat in control as well as

look hot! Flats have become a

necessary commodity in the

fashion circuit. And jeans nevergo out of fashion. So they make

a perfect t!

Experimenting different styles

in kurtis, long tops and dresses

by Elizabeth:

On a concluding note, looking

at the fashion styles used by

college girls it is pretty evident

that looking good is not reallyas hard as it seems to be. All it

y y p

in looking good and having

the ability to choose the right

clothes for you. These girls are

no models; they are just like

you but they know how to use

their creative pursuits and by

doing so are able to make an

impression in clothes as well as

accessories. And the highlight

is the season compatibility

quotient that the clothes have.

They are comfortable clothes

that keep the heat and humid-

ity at bay and all in good style!

Are you a college girl or boy?

Do you want to make a fashion

statement? Do send to us simi-

lar details with your pix and you

will be featured! Come on , lead

the guys and gals!

Teen Mag Edit Team!

Stellina


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Jest 4 Laughs

(Taken from papers written

by a class of 8-year-old kids !)

Grandparents are a lady and a

man who have no little children

of their own. They like other

peoples children.

A grandfather is a man, and a

grandmother is a lady!

Grandparents dont have to do

anything except be there whenwe come to see them. They are

so old they shouldnt play hard

or run. It is good if they drive

us to the shops and give us

money.

When they take us for walks,

they slow down past things like

pretty leaves and caterpillars.

They show us and talk to us

about the colors of the owers

WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT?

and also why we shouldnt step

on cracks.

They dont say, Hurry up.

Usually grandmothers are

fat but not too fat to tie your

shoes.

They wear glasses and funny

underwear.

They can take their teeth andgums out.

Grandparents dont have to be

smart.

They have to answer questions

like Why isnt God married?

and How come dogs chase

cats?

When they read to us, they dontskip. They dont mind if we ask

for the same story over again.

Everybody should try to have a

grandmother, especially if you

dont have television, because

they are the only grownups

who like to spend time with us.

They know we should have

snack time before bed time,

and they say prayers with usand kiss us even when we have

acted badly.

Grandpa s the smartest man

on earth! He teaches me

Good things, but I dont get

to see him enough to get as

smart as him!

A six-year old was asked

where his Grandma lived.

Oh, he said, She lives

at the Airport and when we

want her, we just go get her.

Then when were done hav-

ing her visit, we take her

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6 7 8

3 8 4

2 8 6

5 7 3

1 4 9

6 2 3

7 6 9

4

Teasing and tickling your gray cells is said to improve yur

brain power. Go ahead and play with the numbers and check

for yourself if you have it in you to vanquish number puzzles with ease! Happy Sudokuing! Answers on Pg.44

Yeah WriteSmart Generation!A politician was seated next to a little girl on

an airplane so he turned

to her and said, Do you want to talk? Flights

go quicker if you strike up a conversation

with your fellow passenger.

The little girl, who had just started to read

her book, replied to the total stranger,

What would you want to talk about?

Oh, I dont know, said the politician, How

about global warming,

universal health care, or stimulus packag-

es? as he smiled smugly.

OK, she said. Those could be interesting

topics, but let me ask you a

question rst. A horse, a cow, and a deer all

eat the same stuff - grass.

Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow

turns out a at patty, and a horse produces

clumps. Why do you suppose that is?The legislator, visibly surprised by the little

girls intelligence, thinks

about it and says, Hmmm, I have no idea.

To which the little girl replies, Do you re-

ally feel qualied to discuss global warming,

universal health care or the economy, when

you dont know shit?

And then she went back to reading her

book.

TALE PIECE >>>>>>>


GRAFFITTI


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NEVER MESS WITH WOMEN!WOMEN!

A lawyer working in the UK wrote to his wife in India ....

Dear Sunita Darling,

I cant send you my salary this month because the global market

crisis has affected my companys performance, so I am sending 100

kisses. You are my sweetheart, please adjust.

Your loving husband.

His wife replied...

Thanks for the 100 kisses, Below is the list of expenses I paid

with the Kisses...:

1. The Milk man agreed on 2 kisses for one months milk.

2. The electricity man agreed not to disconnect only after

7 kisses.

3. Your landlord comes every day to take 2 or 3 kisses

instead of the monthly rent.

4. Supermarket owner did not accept kisses only,

so I gave him other items, I hope you under-

stand..

5. Miscellaneous expenses 40 kisses.

Please dont worry about me, I stillhave a balance of 35 kisses and I hope

I can survive the month using this bal-

ance...

Shall I plan the same for the next

month?

Your Sweet Heart,

Kichi

GRAFFITTI


8 6

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Quizzeria


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8 9 6 1 2 7 4 3 5

5 4 1 6 9 3 2 7 8

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9 7 2 3 5 4 8 1 6

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1 3 4 2 8 6 9 5 7

4 1 8 5 6 2 7 9 3

7 6 3 4 1 9 5 8 2

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..................................................didnt actually pull the trig-

ger. The case now becomesone of murder on the part of

the son for the death of Ron-

ald Opus.

Now comes the exquisite

twist.

Further investigation re-

vealed that the son was, in

fact, Ronald Opus. He had become increasingly de-

spondent over the failure of

his attempt to engineer his

mothers murder. This led

him to jump off the ten story

building on March 23rd, only

to be killed by a shotgun blast

passing through the ninth

story window. The son had

actually murdered himself sothe medical examiner closed

the case as a suicide.

A true story from Associated

Press,

Reported by Kurt Wester-

velt.

Bizarre or what?


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Teen Counsel


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Teen Counsel

Have you ever askedyourself if you are happy?

I bet everyone out there has

got something or the other

nagging him/her. So you arent

all that happydue to certain

stumbling-blocks you have

encountered. Be it academic

pressure, or peer-pressure

or parent-problem, its thereeverywhere, for everyone. So

wed like to reach out to you

and help you.

These things

occurit isnt

the end of the

world. Certain problems mayhave solutions, but for some,

you just need to adjust, get up

from the ground, plaster a brave

smile and walk on.

Other than the fact that the ac-

ademic workload is tremendous

(and that should be the under-

statement of the century), the

peer-pressure has decreased noless. Especially in cosmopolitan

schools/ c o l l e g e s

wh er e students of

all cultures mix, certain unnec-

essary frictions occur. I myself

have heard of the cool gang,

the hep gang, the nerd gang,

the dork gang, et cetera et cet-

era. Some obnoxious people

nd pleasure in other peo-

ples misery, dont they?

In schools, especially,there is discrimination

against looksgirls are

considered fat or dark-

s k i n n e d o b v i o u s l y ,

today, people nd looks to

be of more importance than

character, personality and

intelligence. Remember

looks will probably get you

to Bollywood, but your in-

telligence, street-smartness

and personality will bring

you to ultimate success. So I

wouldnt count myself lucky

if I were beautiful.

Eschew the faade pulled

by most shy girls, a beau-

tiful person lies within,

and that beautiful person

must be respected. So you

an e p you.

These things

occurit isnt

the end of the

wh er e students ofhav

the

the

era.

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w

if

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Teenage Miseries


neednt suffer from inferiority

complexyouve got all that it

takes!

live with it. I know, it hurts so

much that even iodine wouldnt

help, but what else? You obvi-

l ll hi d di h

obviously dont judge your soul-

mate by the hes so cute and

perfect statementstheres

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A friend in need is a friend

indeednot. Friends arent

all that best-friendy now a

days. Even best friends tendto backstab you, and some just

cant control their jealousy. So

I think you ought to watch out

for backstabbers, alias best-

friends. The solution? Be

friendly to everyone, but dont

get all that touchy-personal,

unless you totally trust that

person. Some of your so-called

friends sometimes tend to gocranky on you. Some others nd

pleasure in leaking out your se-

crets, spreading rumours and

gossiping behind your back.

Sometimes, there just isnt a

solution to any of these prob-

lems. You either have to talk

it out, and if the other person

wont listen, then you have to

ously cant act all third-gradish

and complain to your teach-

ers. So if youve ever heard of

prevention is better than cure,

then youll simply have to ad-here to it. You neednt conde

your innermost secrets to any-

one you assume to be your

friend. And you need to trust

your intuition. The minute you

feel something is wrong, then

listen to your mind, and not

your heart. Your heart will tell

you what to do, but your mindwill tell you what is right. Your

heart is a weakness, your mind

is your strength.

The boy factor. How can I for-

get that? So at least 80% of us

go through these hes so cute,

and so nicehes perfect stag-

es. Girls, these are just your

hormones out of control. You

more to it than that. So Im not

saying that its wrong to be in-

fatuated to a guy, I mean, how

can we help that? But denitely

theres a limit to it, and unless youre really condent about

what you feel and youre ready

to commit yourself, then you

must simply concentrate on

what is more importantmak-

ing it big in life. Being single

is beautifulyou never have to

worry about your heart getting

broken. Besides, most guys dig just good-looking girls, while

we girls prefer guys of good

character. So why waste your


time trying to impress some-

one, when youve got big goals

and great heights to scale?

of their path. When it comes to

parents, I think we need to try

and reach up to their expecta-

ti d k ff t t

Lastly, you need to balance out

your studies and your activities.

Friends give you short term

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Another pathetic factor in

schoolsfavouritism and par-

tiality. Dont try to deny it, Ive

been through that phase my-self. Whilst some teacher likes

a student, she holds a grudge

against another student. This

is painful, and causes rifts

amongst the students. The so-

lution? You cant complain to

your principal, or youll be pe-

nalised. You can probably crib

about it to your parents, and

wait a whole year, and put up with all that undeserving re-

marks from your teacher.

Finallythe parent factor.

Parents just dont seem to un-

derstand, do they? Or is it the

other way round? Parents may

tend to get unreasonable at

times, but they have their black

days as well. Especially whenMoms PMS, you need to be out

tions and make an effort to go

by what they say. Parents love

us, they do their best for us, and

we cant deny that. In case you

nd them being unreasonable,you need to talk it out with them

later, when theyre in a better

mood. Youll be surprised with

the results.

happiness, but hard work gives

you long term happiness.

If this might comfort you, life

is a test. Its very easy to handlesuccess, but handling failure is

a challenge.

By Namrata


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E ves Times will bring to

you heart-rending stories,anecdotes, jokes and any

meaningful pieces of writing

that are oating around in the

cyber world. Of course, you too

are invited to send in your mail

to [email protected]

Lessons of the Square Water-

melon

The Japanese grocery stores

had a problem. They are much

smaller than their US

counterparts and therefore do

not have room to waste. Water-

melons, big and round, wasted a

lot of space. Most people would

simply tell the grocery stores

that watermelons grow roundand there is nothing that can

be done about it. That is how I

would assume the vast majority

of people would respond. Butsome Japanese farmers took a

different approach. If the su-

permarkets wanted a square

watermelon, they asked them-

selves, How can we provide

one? It wasnt long before they

invented the square watermel-

on.

The solution to the problemof round watermelons wasnt

nearly as difcult to solve for

those who didnt assume the

problem was impossible to be-

gin with and simply asked how

it could be done. It turns out

that all you need to do is place

them into a square box when

they are growing and the wa-termelon will take on the shape

of the box.

This made the grocery stores

happy and had the added ben-et that it was much easier

and cost effective to ship the

watermelons. Consumers also

loved them because they took

less space in their refrigerators

which are much smaller than

those in the US meaning that

the growers could charge a pre-

mium price for them.What does this have to do with

anything besides square water-

melons? There are a few lessons

that can be learnt to make our

lives better. Here are a few of

them:

Dont Assume: The major

problem was that most people

had always seen round

watermelons so they auto-

matically assumed that square

watermelons were impossible

before even thinking about the

question. Things that you have

been doing a certain way your

entire life have taken on the

aura of the round watermelon

and you likely dont even takethe time to consider if there

is another way to do it. Break-

ing yourself from assuming this

way can greatly improve your

overall life as you are constantly

looking for new and better ways

to do things. This is one of the

most difcult things for us

to do because most of the as-sumptions we make, we dont


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Counsel

We come from a middle

class family. Our secondson who is in college is

very easy-going. He was a

serious student in school.

After joining B.Com in a

popular city college, he

has changed due to the in-

uence of his friends. He

has started getting very

poor marks and has a cou-

ple of subjects as arrears.

He spends most of his time

out with his friends watch-

ing movies and eating out.

If we try to counsel him he

asks, What is the point,

studying like Anna? He

studied in IIT and abroad.

But now he is a divorcee

and unhappy. We dontknow what to do- A wor-

ried father.

For many youngsters, the sud-

den freedom in college makes

them loose balance. They shift

towards entertainments with

friends and pile up arrears.

Parents panic about the future

of the grown up child! May be what you did was not coun-

selling; but advising, which is

going to irritate him further!

With a teenager, parents can

only interfere up to a limit be-

yond which they need to learn

to let go. Who gives money for

the son, to spend the way he

wants to? The father? There

you have a lagaan (rein). You

can spell out your expectations

about his academics and say

that if they are not fulfilled,you may be forced to cut down

his pocket money. Parents can

make their teenage children

responsible only by letting

them face the consequences

of their actions. You will have

to monitor in a non-intrusive

manner. It is a challenge for

parents. On the flip side, what

your son says is true. What we

need today is life skills, more

than academic excellence. Try

not to be permissive to his de-

mands, while taking care not

to put him down verbally. May

be your non-interference and

firmness will make him recog-nize his responsibilities!

Eves Times is happy to an-

nounce that family therapist

and Parent-Teacher Educa-

tor Brinda Jayaraman will

answer any query you want to

ask relating to interpersonal

interactions. Send in your

questions to askbrinda@

evestimesonline.com or [email protected]


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Pushpanjali is a revered ritual

where Goddess Durga is wor-

shipped with 108 lotus owers

both at homes and in the pan-

dals. In the pandals, while the

priests recite the mantras any-

one from the public can take

part in the pushpanjali. Thesignicance of the puja pandals

is to promote community amity

and afnity, eschewing any nat-

ural differences among people.

All the ve deities are wor-

shipped. There is an interesting

practice associated with the

worship of Ganesha. Known as

kala bou, a small banana tree is

presumed to be Ganeshas wife,

is decorated like a woman and

placed beside Ganesha idol.

The day of Vijaya Dasami

dawns on a fervent note. Most

houses and pandals keep 108

small earthen pots of water and

a huge pot where the reection

of the face of Goddess Durga is

visible. It is considered to be

very auspicious to see her re-

ection in this pot on the day

of Vijaya Dasami. The public

make a beeline to witness the

beautiful visage of their mata.

Amra pallav or mango twigs are

placed over the little pots which

are also considered to be auspi-

cious. The rst lucky visitors to

pandals can take a pot each to

his house. The little pots keptin the puja room at homes are

distributed to relatives and

friends.

On the day of Vijaya Dasami,

people visit pandals offering

betel leaves, touch the feet of

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ity, longevity and happiness.

Known as Devi Varan (pro-

nounced as bharan) there is

also a ritual where people write

the divine words, Shree ShreeDurga, in pieces of paper, palm

leaves, amra pallav, betel leaf

or billum leaf and place at the

feet of Goddess Durga. Wom-

en have a special ceremony,

Sindoor khela, where they ap-

ply sindoor over one anothers

forehead and also playfully on

the cheeks. They also wear the

sacred bangles, pala and shaka.

Sweets are distributed on the

occasion of Devi varan including

the popular coconut laddoos or

nadus, rasogollas, sandesh etc.

People in the padas also distrib-

ute clothes to the poor and offer

fruits and community lunch

to everybody in the villages,

padas and communities.

During the evening of DurgaPuja, the goddess is taken

out for visarjan where she is

immersed in the holy banks

of Ganga or the Village River,

pond or well.

The dream of every Bengali

is to go to their hometown

to savour the true avour of

Durga Puja. Every year, I toomake it a point to go to my

hometown. I dont want to

miss the sights, sounds and

fragrance of this great festi-

val. This is the only festival

of its kind that spreads the

message of community unity,

happiness and peace, dis-

solving all differences amonghuman beings.


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On our recent trip to Europe, we visited aminiature city called Madurodam, whichis located in Scheveningen in the Netherlands.

Madurodam is not only an amusement park or

an exhibition, it is also a war memorial. This was

built in the memory of George Maduro, a war

hero who died on 9th February 1945 in a Datchau

concentration camp. George Maduros parentsnanced the miniature town. The prots are

donated to a good cause, especially charities related

to young people.

As we went inside, we suddenly felt as though we had entered

a miniature toy land and as if we were giants among the typical

Dutch buildings and landmarks that are replicated on a scale of

1:25. Every landmark has been exactly replicated. We were told

that some models took at least 4 years to build and they are made

of synthetic materials. Trees and shrubs with small leaves areused in particular and they are regularly pruned. Being the month

of June, the climate was extremely pleasant.

There are two routes to follow, the architecture route and the water

route where you can see all Dutch engineering hydraulic projects

in one walk. There are many Amsterdam scenes: canal houses of

Amsterdam, The Water Tower, Anne Frank house, Rijks Muse-

um, Dam Square, Royal Palace

and Mint Tower. There is also

a replica of the house where

George Maduro, who gave Ma-

durodam its name, was born.

We were fascinated to see the

miniature wind mills turn, the

boats and ships move down ca-

nals, re ghters extinguishing

a re in the harbor, trains tra-

versing the city on the worlds

largest miniature railway, a

replica of Schipol airport with

moving aircrafts and conveyor

belts with luggage being taken

to them. There is an amuse-ment park in which the roller

coasters, bumping cars, merry-

go-around start operating when

a coin in inserted.

Madurodam is worth visiting as

you dont want to miss the feeling

of visiting your childhood again.

Nikita Nevgi, Singapore

Photos by Kishore Nevgi,

Singapore


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One of my favorite holidaydestinations would have to

be Turkey. This summer, I got

an opportunity to visit one of the

unique geological formations,

the calcium travertines of

Pammukale which is now on

the UNESCO World Heritage

list .

Pammukale is located insouth-western Aegean region

of Turkey in Denizli province.

This region though known to

enjoy a temperate climate for

most part of the year was blaz-

ing hot when we set out for the

day.

After having completed 3 hours

of arduous walking through theruins of Hierapolis, while rest-

ing our weary feet in the pools

which supposedly gave Cleo-

patra her divine beauty and

washing our thirsts down Turk-

ish ice creams, we were hoping

that our next tourist attraction

was not too far away.

As we walked towards our nextattraction all I could see was

what looked like a long white

blanket along the hills. As we

got closer, had it not been for

the scorching heat, one could be

forgiven for thinking that they

are at an ice glacier. The calci-

um travertines with their blend

of pure white calcium deposits

and turquoise pools cascading

down the slopes was breath-taking and I immediately knew

why Pammukale meant cotton

castle in Turkish.

Tourists and locals visit Pam-

mukale not only to enjoy the

enthralling beauty of the beau-

tifully terraced calcium pools

but also to exploit the health

benets the thermal springshere have to offer.

Shifting of a fault line in the

Valley of Menderes River along

western Anatolia gave rise to

hot springs laden with minerals

and calcium hydro carbonate.

These unique travertine ter-

races are created when the hot

mineral water ows over thecliff edge leaving deposits of

calcium as it cools. To keep the

travertines white and to prevent damage, tourists are not

allowed to walk on them. The

water within the pools of the

travertines and the hot water

springs in the region is scientif-

ically proven to have medicinal

qualities for treatment of ail-

ments like high blood pressure,

asthma, heart disorders and

rheumatism.

Pammukale was one of the most

surreal holiday destinations I

have been to, its comes as no

surprise to me the Turks call it

the 8th wonder of the world.

Radha Chandrasekhar,

Singapore

Photos by Chandra

Radhakrishnan, Singapore

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1. Is dieting without exercise

of any use?

It is not only useless but

harmful too.You might lose

weight on the scale but in

actuality you have lost your

healthy mass which is your

muscles.You have to lose

fat and that is achieved only

when you sweat it out.

2. Is there any risk of infectionfrom contact with someone

elses blood or saliva?

Yes. which is the reason

why we ask you to main-

tain heigene in the gym and

change room.Wipe equip-

ment before and after use.

Do not reuse sweaty clothes

hung in the closed changerooms day after day through

the week!

3. What should I eat when I

exercise?

If you are a diebetic please

do not work out on an empty

stomach.You can have 1 or

2 marrie biscuits with tea

before you work out.A light

beverage will not hinder your

work out, infact it gives bet-

ter stamina to perform well.

4. I have been trying to re-

duce my weight but I hardly

get time for exercising owing

to my hectic work schedule. I

have been thinking of trying

out slimming pills. Do they


work? Are there side effects

attached to it?

Can you suggest exercises for

improving my busts?


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attached to it?

You have to give priority to

health and make time.Slim-ming pills are defenitely a no

no.The weight loss is tem-

porary and will get back as

soon as you stop them.Please

do not fall for these market-

ing gimicks.

5. I have a good gure but my

tummy is big and shows. I

am 20 years old. Despite thefact that I do the treadmill

and go for walks for about an

hour regularly but my tummy

doesnt reduce. I have be-

come careful about my food

too. Can you suggest specic

exercises for reducing only

tummy? Are sit ups good? I

cant do the ones lying down

because I have back aches.

Fat distribution is both ge-

netic and life style oriented.

Stress in studies\work can

play a major role in tummy

fat. Even aches and pains

do not respond to medica-

tion if the mind is not at rest.

Practise pranayama and yo-

ga under a certied teacherwhich will address your back

pain too.You can do yoga and

walking on alternate days.

How are you doing sit ups if

you cannot lie on your back!

Hope you got the name of the

exercise right.

6. I am too thin and would

like to improve my bust line.

improving my busts?

Stand tall and press your

palms together in a nam-asthe.Make sure you do

not round your shoulders

or hunch.As you press you

will feel the muscle behind

your bust swell. Repeat this

10 times.If you are a gym

goer add chest press, chest

yes and push ups to your

schedule under the guid-

ance of a certied trainer.What happens is a rming of

your pectoral muscles which

will push your bust forward

making it look fuller than be-

fore.The bust as such is just

glands and fat and increase is

not specic.When you put on

over all weight automatically

your bust too increases.7. I have auditioned for a TV

channel. Unfortunately, de-

spite the fact that I have an

attractive face, my double

chin shows my face as large

on the screen, which during

the audition I was able to see

in the monitor. I am afraid

they would reject me. Arethere exercises to reduce my

double chin?

Chewing gum is a good ex-

ercise for the jaw line.Open

your mouth with the jaws

moving away from each

other,tilt your head back and

gently close the mouth bring-

ing the jaws together into abite.This stretches the skin to


maintain elasticity.If you are overweight

... work on reducing and automatically

the double chin will vanish.If it is a ge-

netic design of the face the only way out

is make up and dressing


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is make up and dressing.

8. My torso is thin but I have heavy hips,

thighs and tummy. Can you suggest ap-propriate exercises to achieve a good

gure?

A good gure is a man made denition.

Some are heavy on top, some below and

others in the middle.Let us rst love our

body the way it is.Brisk Walking for 45


minutes is the best exercise

for the lower body and you

can couple it with squats

and lunges for better tone

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care of the ab around the

tummy too.

9. I have lower abby tum-

my. How should I reduce?

Should I go in for liposuc-

tion?

You have not mentioned

your age and marital sta-

tus.If you have had babies?

If you are in a profession

that demands a tonedtummy and if your tummy

is abby beyond exercise

being effective you might

have to think of invasive

procedures. Otherwise,

no.

10. I sleep a lot. As soon as

I get up I eat a lot. What is

the problem with me?

Just a bad habit,boredom

or toomuch free time which

we generally attribute to

accepted lazyness.Good

you are conscious about it,

the next step.....just force

yourself to wake up early,

have your coffee\tea and

go for a brisk walk or hitthe gym.Be in company of

those who start your morn-

ing brightly.Just break the

habit with will power.If

this does not work consult

a doctor to rule out any

health issue.

Vijaya Chamundeswari

Vijaya Chamundeswari

Fitness Consultant -Certied by

The American Council on Ex-

ercise (ACE), Reebok, Integral

Yoga Institute (IYI), Pilates

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Apart from special featureson health, our regularhealth column, Stethoscope will

experts from different medical

elds answering your queries.

We are happy to announce thatDr. Priya Selvaraj MD MNAMS

MCE, Assistant Director,

G.G. Hospital Chennai will

answer queries on obstetrics

& gynecology and assisted

reproductive technology. Send

your questions by mail to

[email protected] or

[email protected]

or to our ofce address.

My daughter attained me-narche when she was in Class

ve, at the age of nine. She has

exhibited marked physical de-

velopment and compared to

some of her friends, she looks

big. She feels very uncomfort-

able about it. Why is the onset

of menarche early (around 9

or 10 years) among girls in re-

cent times? What do you thinkare the psychological impact

of this trend? (Based on your

real-life experience, though it

is a question for psychiatrists

and psychologists!)

Kusum Bhat, Chennai

The age of menarche can be

considered from the age of 10.5to 16 years although concerned

parents may be anxious about

these extreme age groups. The

time of onset of the rst pe-

riod is determined by genetic,

nutritional, psychological and

environmental factors. Chil-

dren these days are generally

precocious and aware in com-

parison to earlier years andthis form of mental develop-

ment may also be attributed to

physiological changes. Better

nutrition and fortication of

common food where by an op-

timum weight gain for the age

or even more can be a reason,

since a higher body fat contentleads to early pubertal changes.

Psychological stress in the fam-

ily environment or at school can

also contribute due to higher

levels of stress hormone (Corti-

sol). Some studies have quoted

the use of pesticides and chemi-

cals in the environment which

bear resemblance to estrogen(female hormone responsible

for pubertal changes) as a cause

of early menarche. We have

had parents coming with their

daughters who got their rst

period at the age of 9 years,

but these days there has been

a general advance in the age of

menarche and so this need not

be considered abnormal, unlessa pathological cause is identied

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World Arthritis is being

celebrated each yearon October 12th. People

with arthritis from around

the world join together to

make their voices heard on

this day. The aims of World

Arthritis Day are to raise

awareness of arthritis in all

its forms among the medical

community, people witharthritis and the general

public, to inuence public

policy by making decision-

makers aware of the burden

of arthritis and the steps

which can be taken to ease it

and to ensure all people with

arthritis and their caregivers

are aware of the vast support

network available to them.


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RecentAdvances in jointreplacementsurgeries h fk h l i

a successful operation the pa-

tients often are not happy in

their perceptions because, they

have some pain in the rst few

weeks. Now greater emphasis is

laid on how to make the experi-


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The largest joint in the body,

the knee joint is formed where

the lower part of the thighbone

(femur) joins the upper part

of the shinbone (tibia) and

the kneecap (patella). Shock-

absorbing cartilage covers the

surfaces where these three

bones touch.In a standard total knee re-

placement, the damaged areas

of the thighbone, shinbone

and kneecap are removed and

replaced with prostheses. The

ends of the remaining bones

are smoothed and reshaped

to accommodate the prosthe-

ses. Pieces of the articial kneeare typically held in place with

bone cement. A knee replace-

ment usually involves three to

four days in the hospital. The

recovery period depends on a

patients general health, age,

and other factors, but many

people can resume their nor-

mal activities four to eightweeks after surgery.

The concept of keyhole surgeries

is pass, says Dr. Suryanaryan,people know it is not true. To-

day we look at optimizing the

incision. Today we talk about

reduced tissue trauma surgery

or RTTS. The concept of key-

hole surgery however helped

surgeons to benet from better

understanding and the instru-

ments becoming better. We

are more controlled so that thetissue injury due to surgery is

minimized and the recovery is

hastened.

According to him another

recent focus is on pain man-

agement after surgery that has

improved in leaps and bounds.

In comparison to hip joints

the knee replacement surger-ies tend to be painful. Even

though as surgeons we say it is

p

ence more comfortable for the

patients. The spin off has beenthat the range of knee exion

has become much better.

Advancement is from the ma-

terials and design point of view

which is two fold. When we

talk of new materials we are

discussing how to improve the

longevity of the surgery. That is

if we say the knee joint surgery will be comfortable for 15-20

years, in 90 % of the cases as

reported in the literature by

many surgical centres, we are

now hoping to improve the life

to 25-30 years. Why the surgery

fails l is due to the wearing off

of the plastic which we use in

the implants. One new materialwhich has now come to clinical

use for knee joints is oxinium,


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these have to be tested for 30-

40 millions cycles. Now if you

take downhill skiing or jogging

the body weight is 10-12 times

more if you do slow jogging, it

is 5-6 times more. Hence it is

appropriate to modify the lei

signs, kinematics studies and

other things to prevent degen-

eration of cartilage and use of

OATS or autologous cartilage

transfer procedures are being

tried out. Hitherto OATS was

used only for small areas of

Newadvancements inHip Surgeries1. The size of the head has in-

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appropriate to modify the lei-

sure sports and factor these intoyour daily activities. It is sensi-

ble not to go for heavy straining

work till we have enough results

with the new materials that it

will not lead to negative effects

after many years. People must

realize that nothing is tested for

eternity. If the cartilage can fail

in 50 years, so can the material

fail. It is just a mater of time.

ResearchStem cell therapies on osteo

arthritis are being tried. In de-

used only for small areas of

damage to cartilage. Now theyare trying to experiment with

osteoarthritis too.

Finally, people must be moti-

vated to go for smaller and cost

effective procedures and try to

put off replacement. The re-

sults of replacement surgeries

are the best when the patient is

at his worst. Replacement sur-geries should not be done for

every small complaint.

Dr. Raj Chakravarty Head,

Manipal Hospital, Bangalore

has resulted in less disloca-

tion of the ball and socket joint. Earlier, because the

head was small, the ball and

the socket joint used to slip

out. Now dislocation rate

has come down.

2. Newer biomaterials have

come in the arena of im-

plants. Metal on metal

implants doesnt wear outeasily . The plastic cup sur-

face on metal employed in

replacement surgeries ear-

lier used to wear out. New

materials such as metal on

metal have made a foray

in hip replacement surger-

ies. However, what the long

term effects of the metal

iron which they are made of

has not been understood as

much as the effects of metal

toxicity if any. Hence sur-

geons avoid this in women

of child bearing age as it

may lead to abnormalities

in the fetus.

3. Another material that has

come into play is ceramic.

Is not toxic to the body

and does not wear out eas-

ily. However earlier ceramic

used to crack. Now the new-

er quality ceramic does not

crack and will not wear out

or break

4. Cross-linked polyethylene

prostheses have replaced


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Cold n TruthsCold n TruthsWe are in the midst of winter and it is the right time to start a good routine to keep your skinhealthy. Cold weather wreaks havoc on your skin due to cold winter air, dry heat indoors and

hot showers, which take a toll.

Dry skin is not only uncomfortable, but it can also make you appear older and dull! To avoid dry,

itchy skin these winters, you may need to pay a little more attention to your skin than you do duringthe warmer months.


To keep away aky, coarse and

dry skin in winters, you can try

to use sandalwood oil, almond

etc. You can also think of a fruit

mask for your face before you

retire to bed. You can wash off

water for sometime, pat them

dry and applying moisture,

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to use sandalwood oil, almond

oil, olive oil or baby oil and oilbased moisturizers.

A moisturizing body lotion with

sandalwood oil has immense

benets. The sandalwood oil

locks in the moisture in the cells

while almond oil provides extra

nourishment for the needy skin

cells. Any moisturizing body lo-

tion with sandalwood oil makesyour skin glow and gives a fresh

look to your face without mak-

ing it greasy.

Most of the wrinkle formation,

especially during winters is due

to moisture loss from cells. A

moisturizing lotion locks in the

essential moisture and tanks up

nutrient reserve thereby help-ing the skin retain its youth.

Sandalwood oil also helps

treat acne and blemishes, and

smoothens the skin because of

its anti-bacterial properties.

You also need to nourish the

skin from within. This means,

try to include vegetables and

fruits rich in Vitamin C such as

tomatoes, oranges, sweet lime,

lemon, gooseberries, apples

retire to bed. You can wash off

with warm water and then ap-ply moisturizer.

It is especially important to

take care of sensitive parts such

as the lips, the ngers and toes

during winters. A soothing lip

balm or Vaseline will take care

of your lips. Ensure that you

keep your lips greased if you

live in a windy and cool climate.For those with extremely sen-

sitive ngers, it helps to keep

your palms in a bowl of warm

baby oil or a cold cream. Mas

sage for sometime, which willnot only keep your warm, but

will also improve blood circula-

tion. For your feet, you can do a

similar routine. Keep them im-

mersed in warm water in which

you have added a few drops of

glycerin or baby oil. Remove

them pat them dry and apply

moisturizing lotion or nourish-

ing oil and massage them. Youcan adopt these as bed-time

routines.


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