Recipes for Desserts

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preg during 30-35 days???

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Hello Ladies..!

I am married for 4.5 yrs now with 2.5 yrs kid. Ours was love marriage and we both loved each other a lot. Before marriage we dated for 2 yrs and then married. All was going well and good enough ..DH dont have habit of using much FB or any other social sites..just go through it once in a while..even i update ours and his pictures in his fb page.. he doesnt even do that. He has many friends - girls & boys but friendly with both.. never looks at any girl in a wrong way..but sometimes if a very beautiful girl comes across he may take a look but thats ok he is also a human.

(this is just to inform you about my dh character)

Now here is my Story...

2.5 yrs back when i was pregnant..I had some complications in my pregnancy and we could be intimate from my 2nd month as doctor instructed not to..even my hubby was very caring and restricted those things. But as days past and i was in my 4th month of pregnancy i started noticing that he is staying long time on pc..when i checked history next day..he was downloading porn n watching, when i questioned him he says he was feeling so he did n will not repeat...yet it was repeated many times, and i tried to ignore it understanding his frustration on this matter. Actually i was also feeling lonely and frustrated due to this, even i wanted to be intimate but as doctor advice couldn't.

After my 7 months i went India to my parents for delivery..at that my dont know what happened to me and i was loosing my mental balance and always used to think i want to snoop my DH or just for fun. May be because of hormonal changes happening in my body.

I planned and created new fb profile with another name..with beautiful profile pic or some young lady..send friendship req. to my dh - i just wanted to see how he will be chatting with this lady.

He came online for chat and we started chatting(fake profile & DH)

I said that i am born n brought up in California ..now in India as my parents shifted n all ..faking

DH also wrote some stuff about himself..but for my shock all fake ..

he said he is from good rich family.. actually he is middle class. He said he is married (because his fb profile..stated that) but didnt say he is going to be a father.

When i asked about his wife..DH started telling she is very lazy and full time praying and all, not giving him attention, his was arrange marriage through his mom and he was not happy with his marriage, all wrong things about me..

Later after few days.. he said i am coming india.. (actually he was planning to come for my delivery).. we could meet up in goa for short vacation and have lots of fun.. (this was real shocking for me)

Then he started talking about sex with her ..as in what position she likes etc.

(At that moment i couldnt handle my self).

I called him right moment and busted at him and said all that the lady was none other than me..He was shocked and upset and started apologizing and crying ..

His excuses...

1. I thought it was my some male friend pranking with me so i said all this..

2. I was not serious just joking ..do u think i will meet her for real...

3. She was a unknown person for me so chatted all this without thinking

4. last but not least..of course..he says he knew that it was me..and was checking how i will react.

I didn't talk to him for days ..my mom knew about it too..hence as advised by my mom and continuous apologizes from my dh i forgive him..

But after this incident i am not able to trust him at all. I always think about it check his fb and whats app...He went to some foreign countries with his college friends for vacation..even those times sitting at home i used to think is he sleeping with other women or one night stand as in those countries it is available easily..

But one thing.. he is very caring and loving..after that not cought or found any girls chatting with him or any such issues. But, Pleas help me how can i trust him again. all these things keep on going in my mind. I think may be he is hiding many things from me ..he is good looking and still young..I go mad sometimes..Please help

Need Advices...On snooping my hubby 2 years 3 yrs back..

stoon

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Want to know wholesale dealers information

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Hello People, I am new to IL and just recently moved to Peoria, IL. Would love to interact with our ppl from Peoria, IL TIA Vijaya

Anyone from Peoria, IL

stoon

Hello everyone

I am new to this forum and also to the business world.

Firstly something about myself currently I am doing masters in Business Administration and before I complete my studies, I want to start fashion jewellery business (i.e., rings, earrings, necklaces etc) in India.

So that by the time I am a post graduate I have a stand in my Business .

As of now I have decided it to make it online and once it starts working and I start getting positive response I'd like to make it big.

But before that I need sources so I would want to know that do any of you guys know where can I get wholesale jewellery in India or anywhere else from where I can order.

And also how do I sell it on jabong, myntra, flipkart, amazon, snapdeal etc websites.

I seriously need guidance in this guys. Please help me out as I have no clue as to what would be my first step towards this.

Thanks

Ambar

Fashion Jewellery Busines... HELP!!

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Cotton Saress

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Hi ILS, I am a first time mom - 7 weeks pregnant.Right now all I have is Nausea, Fatigue, Nausea and more Nausea.. Due date is Mid June 2015. Anyone else in the same time period? Let us share our experience.. Rgds, DS

June 2015 Mommies! Please Join

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Dear Friends,

My Angel is turning 1 March 2015, I was finally approved for one month vacation In Feb-March time frame hence we are flying down to India for her first Birthday with Family.

With Just 3 months at hand I am super scared about how the preparations are going to go as we are away from Home

I need your valuable inputs on the following:

- Any venue ideas for Hyderabad , good ambiance, food reasonably priced, guest list will be around 150-200 and our budget is 1,50,000

- Event Planner for Hyderabad references ? How much do they charge for the event ?

I look forward for your responses.

Thanks,

Mariegold

1st Birthday celebration Venue and Event planner ideas for Hyderabad please!!!!

stoon

Hi - whats the best time to pray to Navagrahas, especially for Sani (Ellu Vilaku). Is it during the day time or late evenings after 7:00 PM?

I remember reading in one of the book we have to pray to Sani only during day time, but since childhood I've seen people light Ellu vilaku in the evenings only. am confused which is the right time. JFYI - my elarai Sani period is running now and Ahtama Sani for my daughter, Arthashtama Sani for my husband and I go through various issues everyday and by the grace of God am managing so far but at times am giving up and tend to loose my faith.

am worried if I'm doing something wrong in my prayers or something is missing, Your suggestions will help me gain back.

Thanks in advance

Praying to Navagraha - Morning or evening

stoon

Hello All,

Me and my husband are relocating to St.Petersburg in Mid November and we are looking for apartments (1 bedroom) on rent in area that is populated with Indians and is either near to carillon parkway or beach or Both . we are not very familiar with this city so your suggestion would be really appreciated.

Thanks

Moving to St.Petersburg (florida), Pls suggest best neighborhood for Indians to live

stoon

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Hi, This is my first try on making earrings and hand ring. I used only nose plier tool and Is there any tool for pressing the connectors(Jump rings). .Attachment 214017 (http://ift.tt/1wNmmDP) Attachment 214018...

My first try quilling earrings

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Hi cute walkers,

We am here with our thread.... As usual 100 miles per month.

you can do whatever you want, walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, total body workout, yoga, elliptical, any kind of sports, anything . But the only thing is you have to squeeze yourself to burn calories...

Join with us and appreciate , support, motivate, guide others...

Happy walking....

All our walkers we don't want to give up right... so here we go.... keep walking and keep updating...

Can we just make a little change of checking weight... every two weeks or how ever you guys want so we know our hard work is getting us some good results.....its all your choices... please pass your suggestions too..

NOV 2014 100 miles challenge...

stoon

Hi All,

I am new to IL forum and have been going through all the posts & forums related to TTC

I am so happy to see responses related to this and each one trying to help others, motivating & supporting and provide related info- it could be related to medicines or may be some mantras/poojas etc.....

I also have a query to be asked and i hope i get some postive response hopefully.......

I have been TTC for the last 3-4 years and there is no success

Just going through internet and could see there is a mention that some herbs can improve the quality of egg and can help to conceive naturally

Some of the herbs i have heard are like - Licorice, Maca powder, Royal Jelly, Chasteberry , etc ...and many other herbs and they also help to balance hormonal changes

Could anyone help me where in Bangalore we can get these Herbs- if not in Bangalore is there any website(like most trusted) where i can order these Herbs online?

I am opening this forum with the hope that i get some good postive response.....

Any Herbs to improve quality of eggs??? Please help

stoon

Hi,

My hubby having nasal block and breathing problem in the past 8 months.. Then ENT suggested a nasal spray but no use... Then did CT scan... Diagnosed nasal deviation and polyp...Then Dr suggested Endoscopy Surgery... Its only permanent Solution..

Any one did surgery?? Is it occur again or not??

What about siddha or Ayurvedic medicine for this??

Am waiting for your reply...

Sinus-Surgery -Urgently need ypur help

stoon

Hello All,

I am new to this group.I am looking forward to sell my artworks.I am mainly into paperart forms (paper quilling paintings,punch craft) ,mixed media artworks & oil & acrylic paintings.I am trying to start my own venture.Need advice & help on this.If anyone is intrested in buying or can give me some tips ,please let me know about the same.To have a look on my catalogue ,you can visit my FB page crafts & more. Looking forward for ur valuable suggestions.

Regards

Need Help to start my art venture

stoon

Hello All,

I am new to this group.I am looking forward to sell my artworks.I am mainly into paperart forms (paper quilling paintings,punch craft) ,mixed media artworks & oil & acrylic paintings.I am trying to start my own venture.Need advice & help on this.If anyone is intrested in buying or can give me some tips ,please let me know about the same.To have a look on my catalogue ,you can visit my FB page crafts & more. Looking forward for ur valuable suggestions.

Regards

Need Advice to start my art venture

stoon

Hi All

I would be travelling to New Jersey soon.

I would like to know the best place to take a house on rent. I would be travelling with my family which includes my hubby and 2 kids(4 and 1 yrs old).

My work location would be Penn Plaza, Newark but I prefer too stay at a location where Indians(mostly keralites) are present. Also wanted to know about the schooling or day care facilities available there.

Thanks in advance.

Sumy

Need information on Best place to stay in NJ

stoon

Hi Ladies,

How can we forget our childhood golden song which even now takes us to tose wonderful days.. the song is nothing but our "mile sur mera tumara".. how can this be forgotten when talking ab TV shows.. how many of you remember superhit mukabula, sriman srimathi :) wow superhit mukabula was the first song coutdown I have seen.. those were great days..

Please start things which we have seen during our initial days.. feeling nostalgic

Favourite shows watched during our childhood days

stoon

Eureka! At last I was able to find a topic to scribble after a long time.

You all might get confused

seeing the topic as this single term can be associated with many topics.

He …He…he!

Though I can’t boast that I was a very bright student in spite of getting a silver medal for English literature in my school days "Explain with reference to context" was my favorite part of my English literature test. I do hope even now this still exists in the curriculum of English literature test.

Alas! Now I have completely at a loss in this favorite subject in my life. I can’t remember this who said this to me and when and in which context.

Every night I do have dreams but could not remember when I wake up, but it doesn’t matter as it involves none other than me.

As I am in contact with all my relatives they do convey matters concerning all of us and they expect me to convey this to other close relatives. But most of the times I forget something or other which might be juicy to the concerned person.

My hubby and I have skirmishes due to this. Whenever we receive a call after picking up the phone he would hand it over to me. After the call was over he would ask me what we spoke.

Last night our son called and as usual he handed over the phone to me. After the call was over he asked me what he spoke. I told him whatever I could remember and then he said I heard you telling about green card holder facing trouble and what was that. I have completely forgotten and I told him I couldn’t remember. After thinking it over for a long time I remembered it. One of our relatives was looking for a match for his daughter who is a doctor and she got an alliance and the boy is in Canada. He is a green card holder and so they wanted to know from my son whether there will be any problem for him to take his spouse there after marriage. When he told me about this I told him that my doctor niece had faced this problem when she got an alliance as the boy was US green card holder.

Like this on many occasions I will forget to tell him all that was told and when I spoke to some other person after some time I will suddenly blurt out more information and he would get annoyed and say that I didn't tell him that particular matter. If I tell him that I will keep the speaker on so that he also will be able to hear, he will say it won’t look nice and the speech won’t be clear.

I don’t know when I am going to get into trouble due to this ERC problem.

Erc

stoon

I hesitate a lot to go to such events and in fact, there is a long stretch of years where I did not attend even one of those, for the reason that I was not in a mindset and felt [foolishly] that it would affect the event in one way or another. Thinking of ourselves as important, comes naturally, I feel. And when it gets busted and the time we realize how small, we really are, its hard to accept. We reel, feel like fallen from a cliff. And once we cross the self pity barrier, we get a stability that stays with us for long.

I went to that event and was first overwhelmed by the building itself. Having vast halls with clear purpose, it was a statement by itself. As I entered, I was greeted and was confused for a moment whether to look at those pretty faces or just take the chandan and kumkum and move on. As usual, I ended up doing both and feeling miserable as I heard a giggle. The hall was crowded. Somehow I have a liking to be the lone person in an auditorium or a hall, either before the event or, after all had left. Though I am not afraid of crowds, I just felt more comfortable without, you see? But then this was a new place and there was nobody even remotely familiar except my friend. I dragged myself and found an empty chair in the last row. As I was about to just take that place, three or four little children ran around it and me and I almost lost balance. But I felt so happy, as their faces were and in spite of all the din, I could hear them clear. Next I saw those women who were so happy and it reflected well in their faces. In fact, they looked far brighter than their bright and grand costumes, ornaments and mehandis. I realized that the women and kids are the ones who really get fully involved and live in that moment, in such functions. As I sat down, I heard one saying something about someone else to the other and thought that it was then complete, as they laughed heartily.

The mrithangam and the nagaswaram were having an effect and I felt that my mind was just carried to that. I don't know the raga or even the song, but it was good to hear that. And as usual, my mind played that game of, 'knowing' what is to come in the next moment. I enjoyed it and turned to give an appreciative glance to them, as they were a bit far, at the other end. Then that old man stood in the stage. There was this hush and an expecting silence filled the hall. He stood up and I wondered how his legs could support him. He was fat and looked like a pumpkin Halloween costume, but only difference is that there is no costume. He must have been very old, but his voice was clear and loud, as he announced that the event was about to happen and requested us [it didn't sound like one, but seemed to be an order] not to rush to the stage after the event was just completed. I again had a confusing moment next, when I was offered flowers. "How much to take?", a question came and many answers came too, making me to be undecided. Finally, I picked up two or three, and all this happened within two seconds. But what happened next was something that I even did not anticipate.

Knowing fully well that the moment would happen, I stood up and tried seeing them on stage, and saw only the backs of the photo and video persons. I saw the TV screens on both sides and was relieved a bit then, yet when that happened, all my thoughts vanished for a moment and an eerie silence rang aloud inside. It felt like I was switched off yet, too alert then to pick up anything. A prayer came from within and I was astonished even to see that. When that moment passed, I realized that it had filled my eyes too. I blinked and wiped my face, then went ahead to wish him, after several minutes.

"Happy married life! ", I wished and left.

p.s. As I came out, I saw one of the photographer dismantling the zoom and wiping it much relieved, while sweat poured from his forehead. Somehow I felt similar.

Peaked!

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Wedding silks in chennai

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laddu gopal

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Firstly, sorry for being so irregular here, I was into by 6th attempt. Which failed :(

The doc actually made two back to back pick ups. (so logically speaking I have already undergone 7 attempts).

A set of embies still freezed, so obviously will be going for another ET whenever the doc says. Dont know whether I should still have hopes or not.

Should we attempt more or give up or give it a try with donor sperm/eggs now? We have already spent lots of money behind these treatments.

Another failed attempt

stoon

Hi Girls...

I hv been married for almost 7 years and hv 1.5 years old lil boy... I am really in shock and upset today.. we live in foreign country, both professionaly qualified.. my hubby lost his job yesterday.. he was working with very big international company (this employer since almost 3.5 years). His performance was ok but this year they want to lay off people due to project closure etc so they gave him below averag ranking and laid off suddenly on grounbd of restructuring... I know this is not very big problem but this is also not first time happening with him... he is been laid off few times previously.. He appears to be intelligent (definately not below average at least) and he has professional qualification (no one gets it just like that) but for some or the other reason he always faces problems at workplace (never get supportive bosses) we ask our jyotishi and he said it is because his rahudasha that will last for almost another 11 years he is facing these problems as rahu is contradicting the sthan opf performance appraisal.. ... He is good human being (we had issues intially as ours was arranged marriage but got sorted eventually.. had gone through some tough times but its all ok now)... but this uncertainity re his job is always comes hounting us... I am also working and money is not issue so far... I want an advice as to -

how should i behave in such situation ? should i support hubby or not ?

I wa quite upset yesterday and had little fight with him.. he was already disppointed.. he is looking for another job but i m afraid he will loose new job again...The environment in house is becoming so negative... I dont know how to deal with this... we are trying to go to other country wheer we are better suit (work culture wise etc) but no success to hubby's effeorts... The problem is that he tries and gets good jobs but unable to retain it for long time (some or other problem happens and he loosses the job) he never stops trying though and tries his best at workplace... Do you think he is a looser or has any flaws ? Please guide me as to how to handle this situation please i m very very upset..Not sure when and how our life will get better and only if it will........

Problem with hubby's carrier.. advise needed please

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Hello Ladies

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Friends - do any of you have experience in growing plants ( Herb/vegetables/flowers) in the Arizona weather (ground/potted)?

I have a good healthy aloe in a pot for the last 8-10 months and gained some interest in growing Kariveppilai, Pudina, tomatoes/other veggies.

If you have experience and ideas, please pour your suggestions to me.

Plants that can be grown in Arizona

stoon

She is somebody who can even annoy a saint!

her talks will be like inserting a needle into a banana so smooth yet will prick.

her eyebrows will be constantly raised in sarcasm and she will also be contradictory in everything she says.she does not criticize one directly but the subtle jabs...

few examples..

1) you look quite good though not as pretty as the tv or movie ladies.was that extra line necessary?

2) I was upset when my relative spoke something Ill of my education.i felt hurt and shared it with mil.she said" do not care.she is just annoying you coz she is more educated,more talented ,prettier and more hardworking." I did not feel good?

3) my mom used to be very fair when she was young . I generally told mil that.she was like " your mom is less color.we should always say the truth as it triumps!

4) I want to pursue some certification.she was like" see..you cannot do it.we should know ourselves.your co sister worked very hard and she got her degree.you are having kids now.you surely cannot do it"

5) everytime I cook something nice,she says" oh!your co sister cooks this so well.she is so passionate in cooking" if my face fell, she says " you should not feel jealous.i only complimented second dil but did not insult you.understand"

6) whatever I do she is like " you seem like a jack of all trades but..." And stops.

7) she always says" many people keep home so untidy .so cheap.hey..forgot to tell you.can you vacuum my room?"

Gosh!how do you deal with her?i completely stopped talking with her still it is not the right way..wat to do?

Dealing with a passive aggressive MIL?

stoon

Hi everyone! I am here to get some information regarding cpa certification. I am a computer science engineer with 5 years of IT experience in India. Then I moved to US on H4 and its been 5 years since. I am now planning to do some course/certification so that I can try for a job. My husband is suggesting me to do CPA. Anyone who has knowledge/experience about CPA/accounting field, can you please clarify

1. If I am eligible to take CPA.

2. Is it wise to get into accounting from IT ?

3. For a starter with computer science background, What is the prospect of getting a job if I complete CPA, taking into account I am in my 30s ?

If you know of anyone who changed career from IT to accounting and doing well in their career, please share. That will be very much helpful and motivating. TIA.

Career change from IT to Accounting

stoon

Hello ladies

I have question for all ladies who are trying to loose/maintain weight with diet and exercise. I minimize eating carbs (rice, potato, fried food) and started eating lot of salads lately. I am not starving just eating right like salad, yogurt, fruits, veggies etc. I feel mood changes or cravings because of this change. Does anyone else feel that way? How to overcome it?

Does diet changes mood?

stoon

After seeing all these threads on IL/DH problems here, I thought of writing this article.

First of all, I would like to say, no offense to any of the nice, loving, decent ILs.

I am sure there are many of you out there.

I write this piece with the sole intention of giving struggling girls (like me - who enter marriage, expecting a rosy life), and those of us yet to tie the knot, a fair picture of married life. I hope to make a small contribution in making women like me learn not to take ourselves, and our problems too seriously.

Apologies if I offend any women who are going through far greater issues than me in their marriage. No intention to trivialize your issues.

Apologies if I offend any MILs reading this. No intention to vilify you.

Just hope to show you how our whole world changes after marriage.

Of course, married life is great. No doubts.

But no use having any false expectations.

This piece is written to be taken in a light spirit (the first half).

If you do not understand me, please ignore me.

No further dilly-dallying. I will come straight to the point.

We girls grow up reading such fairytale romances like Cinderella.

We go through life searching for our Prince Charming.

Our endless search yields result at last.

We find our own Prince Charming.

The whole world seems so much more beautiful.

Then we get married, expecting our own happily ever after.

Only to be jolted back to reality!!!

We find ourselves not the delicate, little princess that we imagined living in huge castle, with every imaginable luxury, with servants to attend to every whim and fancy.

No.

Instead, the poor princess finds herself face to face with a fire-breathing dragon (enter MIL).

Where is Prince Charming? Why has he forsaken me in my hour of need?

She wonders.

She calls out to him.

But he is nowhere to be found.

Prince Charming suddenly seems not so charming.

The poor princess is trapped, with no fairy god mother to come to her rescue.

What does the princess do in this situation?

Simple. She must confront the dragon herself.

How? First, she has to stop being afraid of it.

On a more serious note, most of us DILs, who face issues with ILs, have a problem defining boundaries.

We are too scared of them. Why?

We continue to have issues with our MILs, because we are too scared to confront them.

Of course, I do not believe that all MILs are fire-breathing dragons.

They are peolpe like us too. Just that we, the scared DILs, see them that way.

Why do I make them dragons in this story?

Because I want girls to realize how unreasonable their fear of ILs is.

Not because I derive fun from making ILs seem ridiculous. I would never do that.

I am against disrespecting ILs in any way.

I respect my ILs even after some issues we have had in the past.

Only that I refuse to be intimidated into submission now.

We are too scared of saying no.

We mull too much on consequences of saying no, even to the most unreasonable of their demands.

The effect, they continue taking us for granted, thinking we are okay with every thing they suggest.

Even when we are inwardly simmering with discontent.

Then, after a long time of being taken for granted, when a DIL protests, of course the ILs don't understand her.

She was okay with every thing all this time, suddenly, she talks back.

Of course they find it rude, when they are being used to treated with the utmost deference and obedience.

Even the smallest, most reasonable refusal can seem to be impudence.

Ladies, it is all upto us to control our own lives.

No reason to be scared of our ILs/DH or any one else.

I feel this one thing lies at the heart of many of our marital problems - fear of ILs.

What will they think? What will they say? How will they feel?

How about each one of us?

What do we think? What do we say? How do we feel?

We women should always, always respect our ILs.

Treat them the same way that we want DH to treat our darling parents.

But not to the extent that we have no freedom, and are continually full of resentment towards them.

PIL - DIL relationship is too important to be given up on, and forms the foundation of a happy marriage.

Pardon me, if I sound too preachy.

These are my thoughts, and any one is free to disagree with me.

I believe each one of us women is a princess, and can continue being one, even after marriage.

Cinderella retold by a married princess

stoon

Hi all,

My daughter(2 1/2+) acted different today at her school. Every day she just runs to her teacher to hug her and looks happy. But today she was hesitant. She was crying and then I simply dropped her and went out and peeped in from glass window for few mins.

She was standing in a corner. I obeserverd the teacher did not show any interest to come and hug her..ask her to start work. Nothing.

I waited for 5 mins. She was standing in a corner just like that. I felt bad.

What do u think is there any neglect from teacher?

Please let me know your view.

..

Sweety

Is this a neglect

stoon

I admire Modi, he has made us proud. I saw him on TV when he addressed the NRI’s at Maddison Gardens, all learned people, and all were cheering him. I felt very proud. Paid villagers cheer speeches, but when these learned people and businessmen cheered, I understood, they are not stupid.

And Modi made good on one promise, promising Aemricans visa on arrival, and to Indians too, and I hear that it has already started, just that it is a nightmare for the customs authorities, for they fear another David Headly may come in.

But I am not a fanatic. I don’t adore anyone, though I admire many. Modi I admire but don’t adore. God I adore , but I don’t idolize. Gurus I stay away, I have seen people sway to their gurus, if he says it is night, they all agree, I don’t, I will look at the sky and think for myself.

So now coming to Modi, and what I feel are the gimmicks. Some are election gimmicks, that he said , but which I don’t think are practical and possible.let me state a few.

Sardar patel statue – The contract for the statue has been given to Larson and Tubro, for some 3000 crores. First he said, the iron will be donated by the public, now all that is forgotton and now government money is being spent on something useless, a statue we can illafford.

Swiss Black Money – Advani said that 5 years back, but did nothing. Modi said we will bring back black money, but where is it ? All the money from Swiss Banks disappeared after 9/11, when America put pressure on Swiss banks to declare the names of account holders. America said there is terrorist money, Swiss said it is business money, meaning black money. But Swiss warned all account holders to take out their money, before Amerca lays it hands on them or freezes the accounts. I have the newspaper clippings of 2002 ,

And all that money came back to india when we opened the Mauritius route, and loads of money came from there. In 2003 the sensex was 3000, real estate at rock bottom, and all this money chased was both these things, so sensex is now 27000 and real estate upto 10 times and above.

So the coffers are all empty in Swiss, all the money is already in stocks and real estate, a lot of it is benami, but what is anyone doing about it.

Bringing back Dawood – What did BJP did about this when it was last in power? Nothing, and all they can do is go crying to USA. We need a big brother to bring a bully to justice, we cant do it ourself eh ! And many politicians don’t want him to come back, for it is feared, that he knows the Swiss account numbers of many of the politicians of all political parties, so this is all a hogwash.

Cleaning Ganga - Ho Ho Ho – Do u know, what causes the Ganga to be dirty ? Half burnt bodies burnt at the ghats and then thrown in Ganga for fishes to eat, for poor don’t have enough wood to burn, and very poor tie a stone to a body and drop it in the middle of Ganga. And people bath and wash clothes in Ganga. That is besides the industrial affluents. Try telling people to stop buring the dead, to stop bathing in Ganga, and tell the industries , all yr vote bank dries up, people and industries are up in arms. Anoth gimmick , Ganga will remain dirty as ever, try spending 70.000 crores or 10 times that, nothing will happen.

Toilet for each house – Does not modi know, that some people can only **** in the open, they love it, like I love the fresh air when I walk, they love the fresh air that touches their backside.Have cameras in the fields and fine those that **** there, and see the uproar, even if u give them free toilets. Another gimmick that will not work.

Clean India – What does one do when u want to pee in the centre of town ? of course , see the wall, and wet it, simple fopr a man at least. Otherwise have toilets all over towns, and have people to keep it clean, then talk of clean Bharat. Ban Pan eating, so people don’t spit the bettleroot, or that red liquid. See what happens, people will be up in arms. Another gimmick.

Overall Modi is the best prime minister we have had, and hemakes us all proud. But he too I am afraid falls in the gimmick category to win votes.He is good with words, better than the rest, he can woo the villagers and the educated, that sets him apart from others.

So I see the above as gimmicks, which he should avoid, for the opposition is waiting to attack him, why give them chance , when there are so many other things he can do to make life better and easier for us.

What say friends.i would appreciate yr views even if they differ form mine. All are welcome , my friends .

KAMAL MAHTANI

Now Parents are confused about future of their kids....

Whether to send Kids to sell Tea & become like Modi...

Or

Send them to IIT & become like Kejriwal...

Or

Go Abroad & do nothing to become like Rahul Gandhi..

!!! Hard Decision !!!😛

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I had been living abroad with my DH and a daughter who was just 1 and 1/2 year old baby. By dh hates his Co sis, they always keep fighting for all issues. My dh feels all the problems at home is due to her. They have a son who's poonal function was organised back in chennai. My MIL is in full support to my co sis. Co sis has a bro who were also living abroad. So she organised the function dates according to their suitable dates. But way back since my FIL was not alive, my co-sis and BIL had actually organised my seemandham etc..

Now the invitation for poonal came to us and my Dh told them since the dates dont suit, I cannot attend. But he sent me to attend the function but said he will try to come on the day of the function. So I went with my little daughter a couple of days before the function.

Just night before function my DH called and told them he cannot come. Now all fumes on her face she showed it on me. She said in front of every1 (my MIL & BIL) all present. She says who asked you to come, literally saying get lost.

Was that right from her side to show her anger? what do you think of her behaviour?

Was this rude by my in-laws

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stoon

Hi Priya,

For gluten free, you need to completely avoid wheat and wheat products like suji,maida, barley and oats.

Instead you can use jowar and jowar ravva.

jowar flour, Bajra flour, ragi flour, quinoa are gluten free.

with jowar and bajra you can make rotis similar to wheat roti.

with ragi flour also you can make rotis.

quinoa can be used as a substitute for rice, you can make pulao with it. or you can eat with curry. (please search in google, as there are quite few recipes)

As above all are whole grains, they have less carbs and more protein than rice.

If you use brown rice instead of white rice, you can get less carbs and more nutrition for rice also.

Indian food recipes with less carb and gluten free

stoon

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hi friends,

can u please post the method of making a perfect green tea?

i usually make hot water n pour it into a tumbler n put 2 pinches of green tea leaves and close it n let it done for 15 min . but i need to taste it hot. any methods....

thanks in advance

a perfect green tea

stoon

Are you one of those who think that their peers age a lot faster than them? Then you belong to the majority of world’s population. It is the effect of a hedonistic attitude that nestles deep inside every one of us. Even the spiritually inclined people nurse a hedonistic approach to life. They do not admit it openly because they think that it is immoral to be pleasure seekers. Ethical hedonism as propounded by Aristippus of Cyrene is in simplified terms a concept that states that all people have the right to do everything in their power to achieve the greatest possible pleasure to them on condition that their actions do not infringe on the similar rights of others. It is the subconscious orientation to pleasure that gets reflected in a man’s desire to fight aging. The most predominant manifestation of this orientation is his belief that he looks much younger than his peers! We cheer up instantly when someone remarks that we hardly look our age! We spend a fortune on materials that promise to keep us young, fair and lovely!

A couple of weeks back, I received a Forward in my mail which I want to share with you. It goes like this:

My name is Meena. I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his BDS degree on the wall, which bore his full name.

Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name who had been in my high school class some 30-odd years ago.

Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then?

Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate.

After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended St Mary's high school.

"Yes. yes, I did.' he gleamed with pride.

"When did you graduate?" I asked.

He answered, "In 1984. Why do you ask?"

"You were in my class!!!!", I told him in an excited voice.

He looked at me closely.

Then, that ugly, old, bald, wrinkle-faced, decrepit, nincompoop, asked,

"What did you teach and what class"?

This is what I was telling you about in the beginning. The secret desire of every human being to look his youthful best is nothing new. This phenomenon extends from our mythological tales to the love triangles of modern youth. The story of Yayathi’s swapping the wrinkles of his old age with the well chiseled youthful features of his son Puru is known to everyone. Even the god men of today lay as much emphasis on their spiritual repertoire as on putting up fancy appearances to attract people. They don crazy head gears and apparels to add substance to what little substance they may really have!

The most indisputable fact is the time we spend in front of a mirror. I once chanced upon an article that reeled out a lot of unusual statistics. The one that stunned me most was the mention of an average human being spending 7 years of his life in front of a mirror! It only goes to show that all of us without exception love what we see of ourselves in the mirror irrespective of which stage of our life we are in. When I stand in front of a mirror, I cannot help wondering how is that I look exactly the same as I did twenty years back. I keep wondering this way until some cousin of mine tells me that I look exactly the same as my grandpa did on his 80^th birthday! He further goes on to enquire if I have stopped all physical activity to look so old adding ‘Look at me, I am 70 but no one will say that I am a day older than 50!’ And he is the one that we all call as the Pithamaha of the family!

The other day I was reading Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray for the umpteenth time. No other novel fascinates me as much as this masterpiece of Oscar Wilde. Dorian Gray is so obsessed with the hedonistic way of life that he wants to retain his beauty and youthful look for ever. He goes to the extent of pledging his soul in order that an oil portrait of his bears all the effect of his aging so that he can remain young and beautiful for eternity. The picture gets more and more hideous with every act of vice and debauchery of Dorian Gray! I have no intention to discuss the full story here but only a thought that occurs to me.

If we have a mirror that shows our true picture mauled by all our sins and wrongdoing, will it not serve us as a medium to monitor the quality of life from time to time with possibilities of corrective action so that our image is not too much at variance with what we are? We have gadgets to monitor all our health parameters. It is time that we have a gadget like a mirror that shows how good or bad the moral content of our life has been. It will be good to see a true image of ourselves in such a mirror rather than a stranger who even we cannot recognize!

Stranger in the Mirror!

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Yes. . .I too liked it a lot. . .

Really Boys should be bought up with a mind set to respect and love Girls...and for sure not to hit him.

I have seen worst cases of guys in good position like managers in IT hitting their wife's. I used to wonder, what does his mom taught him and what does his education taught him. . .????!!!!????!???!?!?

And if the guys are not respecting the girl. . .the girl should be taught to handle that situation also. Girls should be taught to at least block them if not hit them back.

Boys should be taught first:- Watch this amazing video

stoon

Though Me and my MIL is not like usual saas-bahu, we are no less to that too.. This guy prak is pakka mamma boy.

The things he told during our love period, which I also liked its high time irritating now..

If I cook some thing for him when he visit me, he says "my mom also does the same"

If I do a simple pooja after my bath and chant some, he says "my mom is same ditto"

If I care him when he take his puff of sigaar, again "you are like my mom"

If I take a transformation of Neelambari and Swarna akka to some one.. again... "Wow, You are brave like my mom"

All these what he told during our love period, which was enjoyable to me turned all irritating one now a days... You all know love is Blind.. You we all should know..

Love is not only blind, It is deaf, nump, dump, brainless and stupid tooo... But you can add sweet, lovely word in front of all I have listed... coz I am happy to be brainless stupid when I love this Rockstar Prak... Did I tell you, New name I am calling Prak is "The RockStar"

OK...

When I a question "whose cooking do you like?? Its mine?? or your moms??"

This dumboo turned wiser now, gives answer "its my mom in non veg, and its you in veg"..

(I am a pure vegetarian and Prak is pure Non vegetarian- He don't allow me to cook non veg though i wish to as I am veg, he cooks by himself non veg and veg for me on sundays)

Now i went one step ahead, and started to ask the same question in front of my MIL... This wise dumbo said the same dialogue..

I do want to add some spice and want him to be in locked situation.

I changed the question "who is important to you?? Your MOM?? Or ME???"

He blinked at first, and saw my face... He smiled and he looked down..

He told " IT'S YOU"

I wiggled my brows towards my MIL... As my MIL is kadavul Pathi Mirugam Pathi version (half angel and Half devil) Understood the stupid possessive extra large loving child inside me and smiled... Should I tell sarcastic smile..

hey.. hey... Excuse me.. why this mom and son is looking at each other and smiling at me..

Who won now??? Me or the my MIL..

Or this stupid, dumboo, My darling prak..

Oh No... Why do i love this idiot this much

Who's the winner????

stoon

hi friends,

i'm a mother of 2. Kids age are 3 and 9 months. Now a days, i lost interest in any of interests in sexual life and due to that i have a fight every night with my hubby, and in turn he and me turn more violent.. and now he is living away from me.
What would be the suggestions

thanks

issue

stoon

hi IL's,

i need a translator to translate a tamil astrology book to english. it has about 230 pages. i will guide the person and needs to be completed in 10 days. interested ppl kindly private msg me with ur price quote for the work.

requirements:

expert level in tamil language

person holding bank account within india

pls msg only if you have time to do this task and don't waste time with spamming!

cheers

nirmal

translation work from tamil to english

stoon

Hi all

We have many threads and posts but i wanted to open this thread specially for a month challenge so we can focus and aim for beautified new slim body

Workout :

1. 8 sets of surya namaskar

2. 20 mins of your choice (running,jumping,skipping,boxing,walking or just arguing with someone yes you are losing energy hehehe)

Diet :

1. Only one cheat snacks or bite of junk food per week but rule is if you had more than one cheat snacks a week then you need to vaccum your house twice .

2. No fruits after 4PM

3. Three hours before your bed time no food or drinks (only green tea is allowed)

4. Atleast one green tea is a must

5. A salad a day

6. A fruit a day

7. morning breakfast must have protein serve (soy,chicken,egg,fish,milk,yoghurt ) as part of the breakfast.

Rule :

1. Be regular in list all you put into your mouth

2. Write down the workout list (except women s period time ) but you can walk casually no harm in it

3. Weekly update .

Your current weight :

Your wish weight at end of this fantastic journey:

The challenge starts from1st Nov ... (if you have any parties or get to gather eat sensibly )

Welcome everyone to join this challenge

November 4 weeks challenge

stoon

Hi friends

My sister will be moving to Houston, Texas end of November and is new to US. Her husband is going to work for JPMC, fannin street, Houston - 77002. Can anyone suggest some good apts with Indian community near the work location. Please native ladies pls help!!!

Moving to Houston,Texas!!Please Help

stoon

In today's world many women excel in their career equally like a man and additionally take care of the family as well( kind of over loaded) but still we don't have the place we deserve.

What it takes to make our gender empowered in the society we live.

Could education make it happen?

No, many of us are better educated than old times still we lack something.

Would financial freedom make it happen ?

No, many of us are earning as equally as our better half still we lack something.

It's an age old blind belief that

" man is the bread winner and women is taking care of the children and house".

I am not sure in which era this belief started having its place in the society.

If we read about ancient scripts or stories or even period movies there was always a good place for women in the society apart from their family/ kitchen.

Even this is depicted through spiritual scriptures, we have arthanatheswar has equal halves of both genders.

Like gods are portrayed for some roles godess' are equally portrayed for specific roles.

So it's wise to conclude that somewhere in the history of invasions women were subjected to or confined to family and pleasure which is truly in contrast with our history and it's deep rooted now.

If it's not the education, financial independence then what it takes to bring gender equality in our society??

How do we enlighten people to treat women equally and who should do that ?

Correct me if I am wrong in my thoughts, looking for a possible discussion to understand different perspectives.

How do we make our gender empowered in our society?

stoon

Hi ladies, I was just curious which brands you use for your dishwasher detergent?

Right now, I'm using Waitrose optimum performance dishwasher tablets (from hypercity) but they're a bit expensive (600 rupees for a box of 30).

Am contemplating whether I should buy Finish (at 300 rupees for a 1 kg of powder) or if I should try Fortune tablets (440 rupees for 30 tablets). Does anyone have any experience with any of these brands and their effectiveness on indian cooking?

Also, what do you guys use for rinse aid and salt?

Looking forward to hearing from you guys, Cheers!

Dishwasher Detergent

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Dear Dimple,

The turmeric that we Indians consume in our food should be enough for for internal and external cleansing.

If you want further benefits of this, you can apply it as a face mask.

Please do not consume spoons of turmeric in milk, remember turmeric also aids blood clotting and too much of it can cause adverse effects on your health due to this property.

beauty benefits of drinking turmeric?

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Safe wash - liquid detergent

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Saturn Transit 2014 Homam

Saturn Transit 2014 Homam is implied towards solution for alleviating the malefic impacts of Shani (Saturn) Planet. Perform saturn Transit 2014 homam - fire custom to overcome sick impacts of shani, or sade sathi. It is remedy homam for sade sathi, homam or fire custom to beat the malefic impacts of shani.

To Participate Saturn Transit Homam With vedicfolks please visit the following link

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Hey friends,

Can we please write here interesting places if Riyadh to hangout with families.

Recently, i have been to Al Daraiyyah-Riyadh one of the historical place: 24.755562, and the longitude is 46.589584. Ad Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ad Diriyah is a neighboring town of the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. Ad Diriyah, also known as simply Diriyah, is a historic town located to the northeast of the capital. There are quite a good number of attractions in the town, including Saad bin Saud Palace, Salwa Palace, a few historic mosques and parks.

Thanks :)

Riyadh Locations for Hanging Out

stoon

Despite all health issues, all of us are back in the US on Sunday and was very happy to see my son and grandson happily welcoming us back home. Every time, I fly long hours, overwhelming thought would take control of myself embarrassing me most of the time being so non-responsive to the air-hostesses and fellow travelers. It could be someone I knew or something I contemplated about without any success in the past. This time is no exception and the long direct flight from New Delhi to Newark Liberty International was 14 and half hours and I don’t normally spend most of the time sleeping nor watching TV programs. This time it was about someone who remains with me forever no matter how much ever I try to shrug her off to have some personal time to myself.

Between the two of us we have a love/hate relationship. Sometimes, I feel like sobbing aloud keeping my head on her lap seeking help from her to make me alright while other times, I really want to stay as far away from her as possible to experience the worldly pleasure without any inhibitions and being controlled by her. She is very rigid, capable of taking me away in a flash from all my happiness and a person of uncertainties. There is not a time in the day that I am not afraid of her whether I am sick coughing and lying in bed unable to get a good night sleep or when I am blasting off with my friends enjoying Monday night football game along with a tailgate event. Answering her is always difficult no matter what situation we face as she gives no time to think nor our explanations makes any differences to her.

Every one of us are blessed with her and some of us are very keen to understand every minute details of her spending the entire life preparing themselves for her while others just ignore her altogether thinking that let her be the nuisance she is whenever she decides to be one. She is an inevitable companion with only her knowing everything about me and me having no understanding of her.

I have attended several events in the past where many of my revered earlier generation, my generation and even next generation friends and relatives and even kids who were born recently succumbed to her with no clue as to how to handle her with courage. In situations like that I only have words of high appreciation for the character of those who succumbed to her and I walk away knowing not even an iota more about her.

There are several books that provide guidance as to how to handle her. Many learned individuals share their rich knowledge about how to handle her but obviously none of those advices appears to have any effect in me learning anything more. Many times, I stupidly think that I can gain all knowledge in the world that would help me conquer her eventually but gaining knowledge to that extent is easier said than done.

The only option available appears to be to live in the present moment and enjoy the nature around me that are specifically wired to the best of my interest, enjoy the presence of people around me who have come into existence for the same reason why I came into existence, enjoy watching the Sun rise and set with a purpose, enjoy watching my thoughts come and go and hold on to some of them that appears to have some strong connections to my purpose, enjoy practicing contentment by holding everything I possess in trust as though I am unattached to anything and anyone, enjoy putting a ceiling on my desires and eliminate them one at a time and enjoy learning to consider my experiences with equanimity whether they are good or bad with similar mindset.

Let me reconcile to the fact that she is going to stay with me throughout my life no matter what and her uncertain nature is not going to change forever. I may not have the generosity to welcome her uncertainty at an inappropriate time but I can attempt to learn more about her without that effort affecting my day to day life. I can reconcile to the fact that she is with me for a reason to give me a fresh start at some point of time. I don’t care whether her presence is a beginning or an end of life but I can learn to thrive on her uncertainty by doing as much as possible today.

Adi Sankara declared, “If I have knowledge with me, I have no fear to embrace death”. If I am truly a divine being, I have that knowledge and my challenge is how to access, assimilate, understand and experience it to achieve immortality.

Companion

stoon

Hi IL's,

I got a new idea from google search engine that, we can keep rings attached to the hanger. To get dupattas in one place so that, we will never move around for a dupatta....

See how I organised and kept my dupattas in one place. Space saver and easy to locate too..

Organised Dupattas

stoon

Hi Ladies,

My mom and I are very typical, atleast i guess, when it comes to our relationship with each other. We fight a lot but love each other to death. There are things that i want her to stop doing and certain things that i want her to start doing atleast at her age of 64. Not that i have her experience running a family, taking care of IL or having a profession but i just feel that things have changed and it wouldn't hurt to take a chill pill.

But the problem is the way we have our conversation. It never ends in a pleasant note. She never gets my point. She still things i am young and do not have the experience and therefore doesnt know anything. For instance, we were talking about my cousin, who was married young when fresh out of college and never been away from mom her entire life. I said to my mom, "how innocent and very naive is my cousin. She doesn't have the same experience that the other cousin or I have, we were away from home studying, working and gone for travels". My mom immediately goes, "what kind of experience do you have? You don't have much of it either". I explained, "Atleast I have been out of home working and travelled, married in a far away land, working and going to school and running a family without much of help from either side of the family". She just brushed it off.

So, ladies, what goes between your mom and you? How does she drives you crazy and how do you deal with her?

Things which your Mom drives you crazy

stoon

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Alia Bhatt - The real Bhatt's blood

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OMG! Someone is wrong on the internet!

We have all seen the memes and we've smiled

But what is it that makes the blood rush to type away, when we see someone wrong on the internet? :)

In the real world, we usually take a chill pill (relatively speaking) and would not spend hours "trying to reason and bring change" in strangers, - but we'd love to type away when we feel someone has a diametrically opposite opinion on the internet, especially on Relationships forum :)

PS:

Posting in Relationships - since its most common here.

OMG! someone is wrong!

stoon

Importance of Shasti

Shashti is a day of importance to Sri Murugan. It usually falls a few days after Amavasai of the month. Sashti or sixth day of the full moon and the sixth day of the new moon are favorite days for Lord Muruga. Devotees undertake fasting and prayers on the occurrence of this day every month for a period usually a year or three years. The occurrence of Shashti during the Malayalam month of Thulam (October-November) is considered of great importance and celebrated as Skanda Shashti. Devotees organise Bhajan and Kirtan programs on a grand scale. Several devotees of Muruga observe partial or full fast on each Sashti day and throughout the Skanda Sashti period.

Skanda-Shashti

Skanda Shashti festival celebrates the appearance of Lord Murugan in this temporal world. It is the day on which Lord Subramanya defeated the demon Taraka. Murugan, representing the good, fights Tarakasuran, a demon who represents evil or the dark forces. It is interesting to note that this festival comes immediately after Navarathiri and Deepavali. Its symbolism is very similar to that of Deepavali and Navarathiri- Victory of good over evil. Narakasuran represents the dark forces and Lord Krishna represents the good. Similarly, Shakthi, the goddess representing the good, destroys the evil and dark forces represented by Mahishasuran after the nine night festival, Navarathiri.

Another feature found in the Skandapuranam (the story of Lord Muruga), is that its similarity in some aspects to Ramayana. Like Sri Rama, Murugan also goes to war with Veerabadran and as in Ramayana, Murugan sends off the defenseless Tarakasuran to return the following day fully decked with weapons to fight him. Devotees fast for this period and meditate on the glory of Lord Murugan. Married couples who do not have any children offer their special prayers to seek Murugan's blessings for a child.

It is a period when Lord Murugan's devotees recite the hymns Skanda Shasti Kavacham- the protective Armour of Lord Murugan. Skanda Shasti Kavacham is a short composition of powerful hymns containing special mantras. Through these matters, the composer, a sage cum poet Thevarayar, seeks Murugan's blessings to protect him against all evil forces such as the devils, goblins and protection of his body against all sickness.

Though he had composed six such kavachams or Armour of hymns in honour of each of the six celebrated abodes of Murugan, the one composed at Thiruchendur is most popular and is recited by devotees. This is because, Thevarayar, who was despondent with his severe ulcer pain was cured at this abode of Murugan.

The day after Soorasamharam is known as Subramanya Shashti which is also known as Kukke Subramanya Sashti and falls during lunar month Margashirsha.

The following are some general rules to observe during these six days:

Non-vegetarian food is completely avoided during the period.

Avoiding garlic and onions. (Please refer to the article on “Garlic and onion”). For those, especially those who are new to vratas, and who are not vegetarians may not strictly observe this rule. Still and all, the food that they offer the Lord as prashad should not contain these two vegetable. (Again, refer to the article on them.)

Recite Skanda Shasti Kavasam in the morning and evening.

Go to Lord Murugan’s temple or any temple where He is. (If this too is not possible, visit any temple, leastways).

A single meal a day. (For those who cannot observe this—refers to “people who are new to this vrata”—may eat their usual meals; but only vegetarian or water/fruit meal.

Medical Benefits

Besides its spiritual benefits, Shasti vratam has various medical benefits too. It cleanses the body of all impurities, and cures the body of a lot of dangerous diseases.

Other Miscellaneous Information about the Vratam

When “Panchami Tithi” ends or “Shashti Tithi” starts between sunrise and sunset then both Panchami and Sashti are conjugated and this day is chosen for Skanda Sashti Vratam. This rule has been mentioned in Dharmasindhu and Nirnayasindhu. Many Murugan temples in Tamil Nadu, including famous Sri Subrahmanya Swami Devasthanam in Tiruchendur, follow the same rule and Soorasamharam day is observed one day before Sashti Tithi if on previous day Sashti Tithi is combined with Panchami Tithi.

Temples Dedicated to Lord Murugan

Following six abodes, which are known as Arupadaiveedu, are the most important shrines for Murugan devotees in Tamilnadu, India.

Palani Murugan Temple (100 km south east of Coimbatore)

Swamimalai Murugan Temple (Near Kumbakonam)

Thiruthani Murugan Temple (84 km from Chennai)

Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple (10 km north of Madurai)

Sri Subrahmanya Swami Devasthanam, Tiruchendur (40 km south of Thoothukudi)

Thirupparamkunram Murugan Temple (10 km south of Madurai)

Marudamalai Murugan Temple (a suburb of Coimbatore) is another important shrine.

Kukke Subramanya Temple, near Mangalore, Karnataka, India is also very famous shrine dedicated to Lord Murugan

End Note

It must be noted that ‘Vrat’ or ‘Vratam’ in Sanskrit means ‘vow.’ Vratam should not be misunderstood as mere fasting. By observing a Vratam a person is trying to purify his mind through meditation, worship and by sticking to some ‘vow’ that he/she has taken. Now, this vow can include fasting, not telling lies, not getting anger etc. A vratam should be seen as a deliberate attempt on your part to bring back discipline into your life.

Fasting is not just abstaining from food but it also an attempt to instill positive thoughts. Many people use fasting as a means to fight against anger, lust, impatience and other negative tendencies. All Vratas associated with Hindu religion is an attempt to realize the Brahman.

Fasting should be voluntary and it should not be done unwillingly. If you are taking medicines, do not observe intense fasting and stick to the routine suggested by your doctor.

Let Lord Kanda bestow his blessings on all his Devotees..

Surrender, surrender and surrender to the Shanmuga.

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More Quilled Earrings

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Check the room in which you first experience the symptoms. Is it your living room or bedroom? There is something in that room which is irritating your eyes. Most likely it is dust or dust mites from some really old item. If so get rid of it. Check the curtains etc. If it is in the bedroom, get a new pillow, pillow cover. Change the sheets regularly. When the itching starts, wet a tissue or napkin with cold water, close your eyes and wipe the closed eye portion well. rinse napkin and reuse for the other eye. The pollen or dust clings to your eye lashes, and enters your eye everytime you rub them. So if feel itchy, wash eyes or splash with water. When you wipe, dont rub, use sweeping movement. Also your nose area. Spray water in the room it may be too dry and dusty and irritating your skin. Use a humidifier at night or wet a sari or towel and hang it in the room for moisture.

Severe Eye Itching..

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Not sure if there is any thread on this.

I wanted to start this thread to share kitchen appliance which we feel is very helpful, good and save time. Being a full time working mom , it is really difficult for me to prepare something is kitchen and finally we started having junk or frozen food. However we didn't like taste. I started finding something which help me and trust me even I wasted lot of money as well after buying couple of gadgets which I never used.

So let me start with my kitchen -

1. Vidalia Chopper from bath and Beyond - I had already baught another chopper from which was totally waste of money and still lying on my kicthen, so I was reluctant initially and took 3 month to decide. Finally my DH baught it (without telling me) and I am love with this. I cut most of the vegetable with this including garlic. Baught for my family in India ( total 6)

2. Pinapple cutter - Since we love Pinapple but was avoiding buying this because of effort on peeling Pinapple. This help me a lot..and now Pinapple is part of my fruit basket.

3. Garlic Peeler - We use garlic alot ..so one of the other gadget which I want to gift to my family (Bhabhi's and SIL) whene I'll go to India.

4. Corn Peeler - I love boiled corn and can mix in any curry.

Share your kitchen appliance

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preschool

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If I am not mistaken, OCI is preferable to PIO. There was talk to merge it, not sure if it has been.

But, visa is much faster. OCI application has to travel to India and it might take 2-3 months. Visa takes 2 weeks. I would take the VISA and come back and get the OCI.

india visa vs pio card..

stoon

Here is a picture of his age sign. We have it in his room now and it looks so nice with his first birthday poster.

Goody bags (contd): I'd most stuff related to the theme. I am also a big fan of chalkboards so that made it way in the goody bags too. instead of buying chalkboards, I bought board books and painted with chalk board paint, decorated with chalk designs and here is the result (I also hand made the elastic band to hold chalk). We added extra chalks, touchable bubbles, a train and playdoh for the little ones (under 5). For older ones, we had a train Lego set, a little train toy and S'mores kits.

My little boy still talks about his train party. It was a fun evening and 2 hours was enough time for everyone to mingle, have dinner and fun.

Apologies for multi-part post. hope you enjoy and get some ideas!

Second birthday- Train theme

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Second birthday- train themed- part 2

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Yes!!!! Faith can move mountains if you let it! My parents were told they couldn't conceive for the second time...my dad's sperm count was extremely low and the doctors said that there is NO way, no treatment for him. They kept praying and hoping for a miracle. Exactly 2 months later, they conceived...just like that, no meds no intervention. So yes, if you keep your faith, miracles DO happen. Just don't expect it to happen when you want it to happen...it will happen in its own time! Hang in there dear! Hugs!!

In your dreams whatever they be, dream a little dream of me...

Can faith move mountains??

stoon

So my first marriage anniversary is coming soon.Me and my Dh are discussing what we could do to make it memorable.We were talking about small one day trip or romantic diner at good restaurant.

I want to go out alone with husband.please tell me how do I convince him to not to take them all with us on this special day without looking like evil dil?

Handle it carefully. Once it becomes a sticky issue, you might have your husband out on that just-you-both celebration, but he won't be in a happy mood.

Do not "convince." Just say it casually that you'd like it to be the two of you only. It is in how you say it and the words you use. Instead of saying "why should they come", "I don't want anyone else to come", keep it positive. Say, "I would like it to be the two of us." Use some feminine wiles if needed.

The trick is to talk about what you want - just the two of you in the trip or dinner. Don't talk about the other part - no one else being there. Let that be a conclusion he himself makes.

How do i tell my husband to change his first marriage anniversary plan?

stoon

Hi IL Sisters,

I am new to this forum and posting this thread to get your suggestions.

I am 28 years old, mine is an arranged marriage. Have got 1 son of 1.3 years old. I was working (due to compulsion of my Husbby and MILs). Due to physical harassment from my husband I departed from him and staying with my parents since 5 months. My MILs seperated my son before 6 months as I was working. After legally moving (to get my son back), I am rejoining with my husband and son again in another few days.

But still I feel a sort of fear inside me to move with my husband as he still seems to be emotionally unbalanced. His behaviuor is oscillative though I try to move softly because, at times he speaks caring and romantic (I dont know whether he is acting and playing safe), but at times he abuses me emotionally then apologize and compels me to talk with him again. I cannot withstand and convince myself as soon as he expects.

He is financially not planning well, depending on his parents to support his loans and blankly believes what his manipulative parents says about me. Presently I am communicating with him through SMS only.

I am rejoining with him for the sake of my son and cant be romantic again. How to boldly face my abusive husband. Though my parents advice me a lot to be courageous and take my rights, I don't have a grip on myself. Awaiting for my IL sisters' advice...

Rejoining my abusive husband again, how to face him boldy?

stoon

Hi ILs,

Can you suggest me some healthy snacks which I can prepare and give to my husband to take to office . His office is quite far from home and he eats all fried food at office for evening snacks, I tried giving him fruits but those come back as it. Can you please suggest something healthy and tasty which I can give him , also if I can make it a day before it would be great , since I am also working.

Healthy snacks for work place

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