Friday 30 June 2017

5 Smart Kitchen Appliances: From Wifi Enabled Oven to Coffee Maker and More


The clickety-clack of life plunge people into a state where you become complete ignorant about a healthy diet. You always end up ordering oily junk food because by the end of the day you are too tired to cook.
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5 Smart Kitchen Appliances: From Wifi Enabled Oven to Coffee Maker and More

Tirunelveli Halwa: Tamil Nadu's Legendary Red Wheat Halwa You Need to Try


Most of my childhood Diwali memories usually revolve around food. Back then most Diwali sweets were home-made. I remember my mother also making sweets that were specifically for 'distribution' only. Sweets that were equally tasty yet not labour intensive that would be shared with the neighbours.
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Tirunelveli Halwa: Tamil Nadu's Legendary Red Wheat Halwa You Need to Try

Beware! Long-Term Breastfeeding May Lead to Cavities in Children


Breastfeeding is an important and necessary phase for the growth and development of the child. Mother's milk is said to have miraculous properties. But like they say too much of anything is not good for health, long-term breastfeeding too comes with consequence.
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Beware! Long-Term Breastfeeding May Lead to Cavities in Children

6 Highway Dhabas Near Delhi That You Must Stop By!


Travelling is always fun and so is the food while moving along the road. It is amazing to see the changing demography, weather, people and cuisines on the way, so much so that you feel like capturing every moment as it is.
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6 Highway Dhabas Near Delhi That You Must Stop By!

What's Your Child's IQ? Higher the Score, Longer May Be Their Life


IQ or Intelligent Quotient is a test of series which usually determines what's an individual's thinking capacity, or how smart he or she is. In standard IQ tests, the system of scoring is such that the raw median score is defined as 100. Most people score between IQ 75 to IQ 125.
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What's Your Child's IQ? Higher the Score, Longer May Be Their Life

Help! My Teen Daughter Won’t Talk to Me About Her Period

We recently received a great question from a parent. Her question is so relatable, that we wanted to share it here! It’s something every parent has felt in one way or another. Here was her message to us: Hello! So glad I found your website. I have two daughters. My first daughter entered puberty, and [...]
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Experts Identified Brain Chemical That Affects Learning Ability


While cognitive decline is a process tied to age-related degeneration, there are ways and means to slow the process or delay it. According to a study published in the journal Science, a certain chemical messenger in the brain may influence the learning ability in adults.
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Experts Identified Brain Chemical That Affects Learning Ability

Hawker Food, the Oldest Food Trend That’s Hard to Get Over


There's a different kind of joy in relishing food from a hawker stall. It's hearty and wholesome, with no space for frills but only good flavours.
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Hawker Food, the Oldest Food Trend That’s Hard to Get Over

Everything You Need to Know About Cake Frosting


Come any occasion, be it birthdays, anniversaries or weddings, cakes are our go-to desserts to signify a sweet beginning. We all have a sweet corner for cakes and you would agree we love gorging on to these creamy and frosty delights.
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10 Best Quirky Yet Interestingly Themed Restaurants in Mumbai


How often do you feel like escaping to a new world; a world where you can sit and relax or maybe just gorge on to some exquisite food away from the hustle and bustle of
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10 Best Quirky Yet Interestingly Themed Restaurants in Mumbai

8 Innovative Samosa Fillings to Make Snack Time a Lip-Smacking Affair


A traditionalsamosa is perhaps the most popular Indian appetiser or street food. Talking about samosas, the first thing that we visualise is fried, golden pyramids stuffed with spicy potatoes and green peas along with peanuts and raisins put in for good measure.
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Gastropubs and the Rise of Casual Dining in India: History and its Trend


India's experimental artistry can be witnessed yet again, in the form of a fusion of fine dining with the casual aura of a pub or an innovative encapsulation that has become a favourite among its diners.
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Gastropubs and the Rise of Casual Dining in India: History and its Trend

Cooking Up Masoor Dal: From Masoor Musallam to Sabut Masoor Khichdi


"Can you tell me the origin of, Yeh mooh aur masoor ki dal?" pings my friend Gautam Babbar from Vienna, one fine evening. It's a muhavra that has been bothering him for a while. Now, it's bothering me as well. Hence, this piece.
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Cooking Up Masoor Dal: From Masoor Musallam to Sabut Masoor Khichdi

Thursday 29 June 2017

French Toast, Move Over: Try This Desi Kulcha Omelette


Omelette, the staple breakfast dish cooked flat, stuffed or folded, is everyone’s favourite.
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French Toast, Move Over: Try This Desi Kulcha Omelette

Higher Childhood IQ Linked to Longer Life: Top 5 Foods to Boost Brain Power


While a range of lifestyle factors have been linked to triggering ailments like cancer, diabetes, hypertension among others, experts have now established an unusual link between IQ level and a range of diseases.
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Higher Childhood IQ Linked to Longer Life: Top 5 Foods to Boost Brain Power

Should You Avoid Dairy Products If You Have a Cold or a Bad Throat?


You nose feels stuffy, your eyes are watery and you probably have to deal with a throbbing head. A flu attack is definitely one of the most uncomfortable situations you can be in.
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Should You Avoid Dairy Products If You Have a Cold or a Bad Throat?

Pregnancy and Preeclamsia: Cut Down on Salt to Manage the Condition Better


Preeclamsia is a condition wherein a pregnant woman experiences elevated blood pressure late in her pregnancy - usually after 20 weeks or so. Although the condition is known to have no definite cause, experts link it with poor nutrition, high body fat or inadequate blood supply to the uterus.
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Pregnancy and Preeclamsia: Cut Down on Salt to Manage the Condition Better

How to Make the Perfect Fruit Chaat: A Guide to Get it Right!


You would agree, we all love the vibrant colours of fruits mixed in a bowl bringing in a trove of health benefits, along with a dash of chaat masala and lemon to give it the final lip-smacking finish.
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How to Make the Perfect Fruit Chaat: A Guide to Get it Right!

7 Interesting Cafes in Satya Niketan You Must Try


Ask a South Campus student what Satya Niketan means to him or her, and you would have them at loss of words. Satya Niketan or 'Satya' as it is fondly reffered to as by the youth, is the epitome of a true student's hub.
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7 Interesting Cafes in Satya Niketan You Must Try

Chocolate Ball Fire, the Dangerously Addictive Dessert You Need to Try


You know what’s topping the dessert game these days? It’s undoubtedly the chocolate ball. Why, one may ask. It’s not the ordinary chocolate ball that’s been an all-time favorite since childhood.
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Chocolate Ball Fire, the Dangerously Addictive Dessert You Need to Try

Love Beer? Experts Have Created A Type That Can Boost Immunity


Beer lovers, time to rejoice! Experts at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a probiotic sour beer can also boost immunity. The beer is believed to be created with a probiotic strain of Lactobacillus paracasei L26.
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Love Beer? Experts Have Created A Type That Can Boost Immunity

7 Genius Tricks to Prevent Salt From Clumping and Becoming Damp


Salt is one of the most essential ingredients in your kitchen, but it can be a mystery. A little too much of it or a little too less can totally alter the taste of your dish.
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7 Genius Tricks to Prevent Salt From Clumping and Becoming Damp

Wednesday 28 June 2017

Velu Military Hotel: Feast on Chettinad Food at This Iconic Chennai Eatery


If there’s one thing that irks true-blue Nattukottai Chettiars it’s how their cuisine has been misrepresented in restaurants across Chennai and Bengaluru.
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Velu Military Hotel: Feast on Chettinad Food at This Iconic Chennai Eatery

Dal Makhani History: Punjabi Recipe That Revolutionized The Face Of Black Lentils Forever


The non-vegetarians across the country can't thank the inventor of the Butter Chicken enough, for bestowing upon mankind the ever-so creamy and sumptuous delight. The vegetarians on the other hand, echo similar sentiments about Dal Makkhani.
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Dal Makhani History: Punjabi Recipe That Revolutionized The Face Of Black Lentils Forever

Love Avocados? Too Much Can Be Bad for Your Health


If you happen to be one of those who love cooking with creamy, nutty-flavoured avocados, it is about time you read this.
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Love Avocados? Too Much Can Be Bad for Your Health

How to Make Pure Coconut Oil at Home Free of Preservatives and Chemicals


Supermarkets are flooded with innumerable varieties and types of cooking oils, yet to find one that is pure and unadulterated seems to be quite a challenging task.
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How to Make Pure Coconut Oil at Home Free of Preservatives and Chemicals

For the Love of Mangoes: Head to International Mango Festival This July


Love mangoes? We bet you would not want to miss out on the brilliance of the king of fruits this season. Our refrigerators are all stacked with different varieties of mangoes and recipes are all sorted to experiment with this delightful fruit.
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For the Love of Mangoes: Head to International Mango Festival This July

How to Make Mutton Soft and Tender: 4 Ingenious Ways to Cook Flavoursome Mutton


Someone has rightly quoted, cooking is an art; an art that needs just the correct techniques to get the taste right. A technique can completely make or break a dish. One of the biggest examples of going wrong is while cooking mutton.
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How to Make Mutton Soft and Tender: 4 Ingenious Ways to Cook Flavoursome Mutton

Boondi: The Crunchy Besan Drop Sized Balls That Are Perfect For Both Sweet and Savoury Delicacies


Come Tuesday and our hearts can't stop craving for the sweet boondis and boondi ke laddo, especially the ones given as part of temple offerings.
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Boondi: The Crunchy Besan Drop Sized Balls That Are Perfect For Both Sweet and Savoury Delicacies

Chana Dal, Keema, Curry Leaf Among Indian Words to Enter The Oxford English Dictionary: Twitter Is More Than Happy


The ninth edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary has over 900 news words and includes close to 240 words from Indian English.
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Chana Dal, Keema, Curry Leaf Among Indian Words to Enter The Oxford English Dictionary: Twitter Is More Than Happy

10 Best Chana Dal Recipes


While we were busy gorging on to our favourite dal-chawal at home, chana dal has entered amongst the many new entries into the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and we couldn't be more excited.
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10 Best Chana Dal Recipes

Top 6 Places To Eat in Majnu Ka Tila, Delhi's Little Tibet


Majnu ka Tila (popularly known as MKT), is also called Delhi’s ‘Little Tibet’.
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Top 6 Places To Eat in Majnu Ka Tila, Delhi's Little Tibet

Tuesday 27 June 2017

Is it Safe to Eat Prawns During the Monsoon Season?


Are rain coats and umbrellas the only armor against the lashing rains? Who can resist a plate of golden fried prawns, when the weather Gods are being kind and the earthly smell of the monsoon rains lifts the mood? The consis
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A Lavish 7-Course Dinner at a Haveli in Old Delhi Built 200 Years Ago


The century-old havelis built during the Mughal period define the Walled city. These historical treasures open a window to our glorious past.
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A Lavish 7-Course Dinner at a Haveli in Old Delhi Built 200 Years Ago

Transwoman Running for Office in Hillary Clinton’s Hometown


It wasn’t my idea. And when three Democratic Party leaders from my town first asked me to run, my reaction was simple: “By the time you get to the transgender woman in town and ask her, what? Did everyone else turn you down?” When they stopped laughing, they assured me that wasn’t it.
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Transwoman Running for Office in Hillary Clinton’s Hometown

10 Things We Wish Guys Knew

To the guys in my life: I think you should know … Times have seriously changed. While women have made great strides toward equal rights, there are still a few things that are still misunderstood about women. In keeping with our theme of the month, it’s time to set the record straight for gals of [...]
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Have You Been Eating These 7 Foods? They Can Cause Constipation


Constipation is an uncomfortable situation that puts your gut in trouble. Being constipated simply means that your bowel movements are tough or irregular as they happen less often than normal.
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Have You Been Eating These 7 Foods? They Can Cause Constipation

Childhood Asthma May Up Risk Of Heart Failure: Try Simple Ingredients to Get Speedy Relief


Asthma is one of the major respiratory ailments in the world with close to 300 million people suffering from it globally. 10% of Indian population suffers from it with more and more children falling prey to the ailment.
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Childhood Asthma May Up Risk Of Heart Failure: Try Simple Ingredients to Get Speedy Relief

14 Indian Pancakes (Desi Pancakes) We Are Sure You Would Love to Devour


Talk about pancakes, all you can think of those crepes loaded with rich, creamy sauces and syrups. Pancakes are thin, flat, round bread-like delights especially eaten during breakfast or evening as tea time snacks.
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14 Indian Pancakes (Desi Pancakes) We Are Sure You Would Love to Devour

Why Do Doughnuts Have a Hole at the Centre?


They are soft, spongy, and they mostly come with their characteristic hole at the centre. All of us at some point in time must have wondered about the hole in the doughnut.
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Why Do Doughnuts Have a Hole at the Centre?

This Cafe in Shahpur Jat Lets You Share Food with Strangers


The concept of coexistence is being promoted in an innovative way in Delhi's first community cafΓ© in Shahpur Jat. This new concept allows solo travellers to dine in with strangers if they wish to and split the bill, making it a fun way to connect with locals.
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This Cafe in Shahpur Jat Lets You Share Food with Strangers

7 Effective Workouts to Burn Calories


An hour of workout is important daily to be fit and healthy in our busy routine.
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7 Effective Workouts to Burn Calories

6 Unexpected Extra Virgin Olive Oil Benefits for Weight Loss, Healthy Heart & More


There's a lot of confusion around the best cooking oils that you should use for your health. The supermarket shelves are stuffed with a huge variety of different kind of oils and within those too there different types.
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6 Unexpected Extra Virgin Olive Oil Benefits for Weight Loss, Healthy Heart & More

Gur Ka Sharbat (Jaggery Juice): A Perfect Summer Drink And Thirst Quencher


Jaggery has always been touted as one of the best substitutes for refined sugar, containing innumerable health benefits.
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Gur Ka Sharbat (Jaggery Juice): A Perfect Summer Drink And Thirst Quencher

Monday 26 June 2017

Women Are More Prone to Osteoarthritis Than Men: Study


Osteoarthritis is a condition wherein the cartilage - that provides padding to the joints - begins to wear off. While ageing is one of the primary reasons for the condition, some other perpetrators would include past injury and even obesity.
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Women Are More Prone to Osteoarthritis Than Men: Study

How to Make Your Fruit Salad Deliciously Healthy in Your Diet


It's that time of the year when sunburns, dehydration, loss of appetite, mood swings and so on become a constant feature. Yes, we are talking about the severe summer months especially in the capital region. People often dread the approaching of summer.
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How to Make Your Fruit Salad Deliciously Healthy in Your Diet

Tackle Air Pollution And Strengthen Respiratory System With These Foods


Air pollution is one of the biggest threats to human health, triggering numerous ailments including breathing disorders. It causes the respiratory system to weaken and fall prey to allergies and ailments like asthma.
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Tackle Air Pollution And Strengthen Respiratory System With These Foods

Excessive Alcohol Consumption May Make You Age Fast, Say Experts


Experts from the Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine have found a link between heavy drinking and ageing. It was found that patients who consumed excessive alcohol in their adult life showed reduction in the length of their Telomeres - a marker of ageing.
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Excessive Alcohol Consumption May Make You Age Fast, Say Experts

Experts Link Prolonged Sitting With Risk of Premature Death


Sedentary lifestyle is one of the biggest perpetrators of lifestyle ailments in today's world. With more and more hours spent glued to our workstations, most of us are leading an alarmingly inactive life. The ill effects of prolonged sitting have long been highlighted by experts from all over.
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Experts Link Prolonged Sitting With Risk of Premature Death

Khamiri Roti: Everything you Need to Know About Mughal's Favourite Bread!


In the midst of choosing between white and brown breads, somewhere we have lost out on traditional rotis, which were a staple diet of families in every Muslim neighbourhood of Old Delhi. One of them is Khamiri Roti, which is believed to have been a popular staple in the Mughal Age.
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Khamiri Roti: Everything you Need to Know About Mughal's Favourite Bread!

Australia v West Indies: Women's Cricket World Cup – live!


Geoff will be here soon.
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Australia v West Indies: Women's Cricket World Cup – live!

Workplace Stress May Make You Eat Unhealthy, Proper Sleep Can Help Undo the Damage


Undeniably, stress and junk food consumption have long been linked. Experts believe that stress can alter body's response and processes in a way that makes us take dietary decisions accordingly.
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Workplace Stress May Make You Eat Unhealthy, Proper Sleep Can Help Undo the Damage

School Smocks Reek of Scarlet Letters for Female Tunisian Teens


(WOMENSENEWS)–As part of her back-to-school shopping, Sarah Chaouachi, 16, bought a collection of knee-length dresses that were modest and a fashionable alternative to the smock all girls must wear at her public school in Bougarnine, a suburb in the south of Tunis.
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School Smocks Reek of Scarlet Letters for Female Tunisian Teens

Qureshi Kabab Corner: The Legendary Kebab Stall at Jama Masjid for Meat Lovers


Smouldering red charcoal, succulent grilled kebabs and the whole locus filled with the enticing aroma of exotic spices is enough to enthral and stop every passer-by at this immensely popular kebab corner in Old Delhi, named, Abdul Ghani Qureshi Kebab Corner.
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Qureshi Kabab Corner: The Legendary Kebab Stall at Jama Masjid for Meat Lovers

Sunday 25 June 2017

Happy Birthday Arjun Kapoor: Know Mubarakan's Star Arjun Kapoor's Incredible Weight Loss Journey


Happy Birthday Arjun Kapoor! The Mubarakan star is celebrating his birthday today and his fellow co-stars are pouring in good wishes across social media. With a smashing debut in Ishaqzade, Arjun’s rustic charm made him a household name.
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Happy Birthday Arjun Kapoor: Know Mubarakan's Star Arjun Kapoor's Incredible Weight Loss Journey

Menstruation matters…period


I remember when I first got my period. It was during the school holidays and I was staying in my parents’ old beach house. I was almost 15 and what you might call a “late bloomer”.
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Menstruation matters…period

How to 'spring clean' your life and improve your frame of mind


It’s no coincidence that writers from Shakespeare to Larkin have been inspired by the arrival of spring to create some of their finest work. Spring represents a time of renewal, a time of fresh possibility.
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On Equal Pay Day, Let's Remember That The Gender Wage Gap Is Still An Issue



Equal Pay Day is a reminder that American women are paid just 79.6 percent of what their male counterparts make, according to 2015 Census Bureau data. That gap can result in hundreds of thousands of dollars lost over a 40-year career.
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Friday 23 June 2017

Menstruation in india


Menstruation is probably one of the least talked about and ill-understood biological concepts. Despite being a natural physiological function of the female human body, similar to urination or defecation, the menstruation discourse is often shrouded by reticence.
This is because a complicated network of taboos and customs surround it. In India, it is not uncommon to find mothers who find it extremely delicate to broach the subject of puberty and menstruation. Adding to the already existing woes, women in rural India have to battle far more serious concerns such as the absence of toilets and limited options. Women usually go out in the open and have to hold until its dark. This places a huge strain on both their physical as well mental well-being.

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