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A day in the life of the Mahatma                                                                                                                                                                      Gandhiji always got up at 3.30 A.M.   After his ablutions, he held prayers from all communities in his room where he expected all inmates of the ashram to assemble and participate. Similarly, before going to bed at 9 P.M., he always prayed.  So he described prayer as “The key of the morning and bolt of the evening”. Immediately after his prayers he would ha...

Crack an egg on my behalf for him If you think this article is anything to do with non vegetarian stuff, rest assured you are wrong. I am a vegetarian hailing from an Iyer family and tried to be a Vegan for a couple of years and then gave up to be a vegetarian, yet again.  Much as I would have wished to return to being a Vegan for a life time.  Of course, of late, it is a different matter altogether that an Iyer or an Iyengar does not carry the same  respect, that he / she once commanded ,  considering that  there are black sheep who  spoil the credibility/scenario of the pristine glory of the sect by their bad eating habits and drinks. And that’s a shame. When I go for my constitutional each morning I return with a bag of vegetables from the market.  Usually the vegetable shop is crowded with people in the mornings every day, not because others go for their constitutional and return like me, but because it is a morning market and the vege...

Switch to Eco-friendly Menstrual products. Blessings come in many ways .This is one beyond a shadow of doubt. Bless that lovely soul who invented sanitary pads made of BANABA FIBRE. Best for Women and Environment Women of olden days used their own handmade sanitary pads made of a thick wad of cotton cloth which was embedded inside a sterile one by way of a  tacking stitch externally by hand on all sides , which were disposable after a couple of usages, but in my opinion, was a clumsy affair and an arduous task. They didn’t have shops that sold sanitary pads then. Those were primitive days.   Throughout India, since time immemorial the most common method of waste disposal for sanitary napkins has been incineration. This causes the release of harmful dioxins and methane gas which contribute to environmental damage and unfit, poor living conditions. Eventually when we inhale these gases we are putting our health to greater risk.   Time subsequently gave ...

Your innings on earth: 120 glorious years with ease!  This is relatively very simple to follow. First of all, determine what Nakshatra you come under. I have listed out all the nakshatras below for your ready reference. Then arrive at what Raasi you belong to as per your birth chart.   Nakshatra is different from Raasi for those of you who are not familiar with Astrology.  Raasi is the house or planetary position when you are born, while Nakshatra is the ruling star of the day on which you are born. There are a total of 27 Stars (also known as  Nakshatras) and each of us would fall under one particular star, depending on which star ruled on the day  we were born. Incidentally I may mention that the English version of signs as Aries, Saggitarius, Libra, Leo, etc.,  are not the same as this 12 Rasis as a Saggitarian may have birthday  appearing in December but could fall under a Rasi of Thula and not Meena  as given in serial order ...