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....

Radha krishna

Lubitz was diagnosed with“severe depressive episode”

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz 'hid illness from employers' http://gu.com/p/473vd

The German newspaper Bild said that the Lufthansa flight school in Phoenix, Arizona had designated Lubitz at the time as “not suitable for flying”.

The newspaper said he spent a year-and-a-half receiving psychiatric treatment. Several times he was forced to repeat his flying classes because of depression, before he successfully finished his training. In 2009 he was diagnosed with a “severe depressive episode”, Bild reported.

He was given “special regular medical examination” by a doctor as well as the coding “SIC”. This coding also appeared on his pilot’s licence.

Lao Tzu

The mark of maturity

The next chapter

Budget 2015: What goes up, what down

Service/commodities whose prices will rise:

1) Home

2) Eating out

3) Cold Drinks

4) Mineral water

5) Internet services

6) Cable/DTH services

7) Laptop

8) Cigarette

9) Tobacco products

10) Mobile phone

11) Education

12) Commercial vehicles

13) Movies

14) Courier services

15) Healthcare services

16) Laundry services

17) Beauty parlour

18) Air travel

19) ​Imported hazel nuts

20) ​Precious stones

21) ​Branded apparels

22) ​Gym services

Service/commodities whose prices will fall:

1) Leather goods

2) Footwear

Service/commodities whose price will remain unchanged:

1) Cars

2) Two wheelers

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/budget-2015/union-budget-2015/Cheaper-vs-Dearer/articleshow/46405269.cms?

Friendship