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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

― William Arthur Ward

Men at work

Yesterday we had heavy rainfall. As the raindrops brought down the temperature to a pleasing cool throughout the city, many places had power cuts because of trees and poles falling and such other mishaps and my neighborhood was no exception to it. But as we woke up to a beautiful morning with cloudy sky and cool breeze, it didn't matter much if the power was gone - At least for me.
But electricity is a necessity in modern life and no one is an exception to it. Soon the men from electricity department where all around in the vicinity and were fixing up stuffs. As I opened the window facing the road i caught a glimpse of this guy fixing a damaged electricity pole. The guy was obviously fearless and doing his job with competence and confidence, I have no doubt about that, but a closer look at him made me wonder about his safety. Was he bothered or does anybody bother??

Bitter Gourd - Not that Bitter

Bitter gourd is rich in various vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. 

It is believed that bitter melon's health benefits are due to its active ingredients - momordicins, cucurbitacin B, and glycosides (such as momordin, charantin, charantosides, goyaglycosides, momordicosides).

If children are introduced to the taste of bitter gourd from a young age, they get used to the taste gradually and get accustomed to food preparations using bitter gourd. 

NUTRITIONAL VALUES OF BITTER GOURD:

100 grams of bitter gourd comprises of the following nutrients: 

 Calcium - 19 mg
 Copper - 0.034 mg
 Dietary Fiber - 3 g 
 Dietary Folate Equivalents - 72 mcg
 Folate - 72 mcg
 Food Folate - 5.6 mcg 
 Iron - 0.43 mg
 Magnesium - 17 mg
 Manganese - 0.089 mg
 Pantothenic Acid - 0.212 mcg
 Phosphorus - 31 mg
 Potassium - 296 mg
 Protein - 1 g
 Selenium - 0.2 mcg
 Sodium - 5 mg
 Total Carbohydrates - 4 g
 Zinc - 0.8 mg
 Vitamin A – 471 IU
 Vitamin C – 84 mg
 Total Fat - 0g
 Saturated Fat - 0g
 Cholesterol - 0 mg
 Folic Acid - 0 mcg 
 Sugars - 0 g 

Puri sabji and jalebi

Got up today morning and felt like going for something more oily - cholesterol and trans-fat rich fried stuff . It is one of those days when the motivation to keep yourself on a  healthy diet ultimately gives way to the pleasures of tongue. Finally I made up my mind and went down to the shop and helped myself with a hearty serving of deep fried puris with sabji (read alu) and finished by satisfying my sweet tooth with jalebis....