a story lurks in every corner...
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....
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.
Budget 2015: What goes up, what down
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
1) Leather goods
2) Footwear
1) Cars
2) Two wheelers


