Face pack for tanning

Face pack for tanning

• Mix multani mitti, honey, lemon drops, curd.
• Make a paste out of it.
• Apply on the face.
• Remove after fifteen minutes and see the difference.
• Store the left out paste in air tight container in refrigerator for next use.

Mary Kom

Mary Kom

As a woman my priority remains the same as many married women of my country, that once kids are born a woman is all busy with the daily chores...caring for kids ,cooking food, feeding kids, helping in homework, making them sleep, telling stories and so on.

But, look at Mary Kom. She has brought in a drastic change in the mindsets of many married women. Slowly and steadily the change will permeate in the mind of women.

Mary Kom is such a strong lady with twins, and still she has made Indian fraternity proud by winning a medal in Olympics. The feeling that if Mary Kom can do, we too can, has rekindled in minds and overnight she has become idol of not one but many. She demonstrates a deep commitment towards her goal, apart from all house hold responsibilities. We appreciate and nurture the role she plays. She has excelled in a sports which is considered the primary domain of the males. She has been a World champion winning 5 times, and she got the opportunity to represent India in Olympics as this game got introduced to this world sporting meet.

We should hail this iron lady and take inspiration from her that even after marriage and parenthood she attained recognition and brought India laurels. We bow to you Mary Kom!

Supermarkets versus kiraana shops

Supermarkets versus kiraana shops

Business houses have taken our the supermarkets route to sell consumer goods and groceries taking on the small kiraana shops head-on. We have supermarkets selling everything – grocery items, vegetables/fruits, consumer electronics, clothes, etc. This trend has come from more developed countries where retail is big business and only supermarkets now exist with kiraana shops/ neighborhood shops vanishing completely. The discounts that the supermarkets offer cannot be given by the small shop owner as the supermarkets get special discounted rates from the product manufacturers and also have the advantage of larger scale. The can sell at lower rate and lower margin still earning profits.

For buying groceries the young Indians now go to a Reliance Mart, Spencers, More, Vishal Mart, Heritage fresh, Easy day etc. These stores come out with weekly offers giving discounts on many items and spend quite a bit on marketing as well. Consumers also find it more convenient as they step into a store, take a cart, checkout items from many manufactures and compare price, quality and other factors making a choice as per their requirements. There are big superstores like Hypercity, Reliance Megamart, More superstore, etc. In such stores even auto accessories, furniture etc are also available.

Kiraana shops are meant to work on a large scale. One has to wait till the shopkeeper or his assistance is catering to the other customer who has come before you, taking the list of items from them and adding the prices on a sheet of paper or a calculator. If the number of people who come to shop are large the wait time increases. Another inconvenient thing is that the customer does not get to choose and many a times kiraana shopkeeper is the one giving item from a particular manufacturer if that is only item available.

The era of supermarkets has arrived bringing in many benefits – convenient, choice amongst manufactures, price comparison, discounts, offers. One more benefit could be if you want you can walk for many hours in a superstore giving you good exercise help you shedding some weight.

Fundamental rights – Education

Fundamental rights – Education

As citizens of India, we are honored to have 7 fundamental rights. Right to education is one fundamental right that says that everyone in India should have right to education without any bias, prejudice or malaise. Education / literacy is the need of the hour. It is said that a thief can steal your ornaments, money, mobile, electronics, currency but he cannot steal the education. Education is your real ornament.

Educated citizens lead to prosperity and development of the country and eradicates poverty and manual labor. If the woman of the house is educated, she knows the importance of education and would like her kids as well to have good education. This leads to educated society which is away from poverty.

Right to education should be for everyone irrespective of caste, creed, religion and sex. Government of India has introduced many schemes via which the families of lower income group can get their kids educated with financial help available from the government or funded by the schools. Many primary government schools have been opened which provide free education and meal to the kids.

Let's take an example on how education changed society – when British came to India very less number of people were educated in the global sense and literacy level was low. British wanted local people to fill some positions which they could not fill by bringing more Britishers from England. They opened educational institutes which gave global standard education and helped some of our folks to learn what was happening in the world. Made some of our leaders to know about the global trends, labor struggles, Marxism and American freedom struggle. It gave them the strong belief to make India free and have independence. The language English has also helped Indian's in the current decade to be the Outsourcing hub for jobs coming from US, UK and other developed countries. Education can transform a nation and we should strive to get more and more people educated.

Grass is always greener on the other side

Grass is always greener on the other side

When we are kids, we yearn to grow up and be adults. We think that we will grow and our parents won't say us anything – complete your homework, brush your teeth before going to bed, work hard, get good marks, don't waste time. Parents fix time table for everything – time for breakfast, time for nap, time for lunch, time to play, time for doing homework, sleep and so on. Kids would think that once they grew older, they will control over their own lives and no one will dictate things to them. Teachers telling in the class to complete the assignments, keep quiet during lectures, concentrate on the studies and not to waste time in playing or other activities.

When we grow and achieve adulthood, other responsibilities drop on our shoulders – worrying about career. Of job security, running our household, paying EMIs, monthly bills, increasing living costs, keeping the kids disciplined and imposing the rules we abhorred ourselves. As parents we say – don't watch TV, complete your homework, don't fight with siblings, don't waste time, brush your teeth, and so on. The cycle goes on.

As parents we are worrying about our kids and also working to keep our household running. We yearn for the carefree years of our childhood when we didn't worry about earning any money or take care of someone else. So true is the saying “Grass is always greener on the other side”.