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Tea Trivia - Green vs Black Tea #SuperBloggerChallenge

Growing up in an Indian household even a decade ago, it was highly unlikely that you would have been served a hot cup of green tea in the morning or in the afternoon after returning home from work. Somewhere down the line, the centuries old practice of a hot milk-infused black tea being served has slowly started to give way to the more healthier green teas that you see today in so many varieties and flavours. The younger generation swears by it and the benefit it offers.

And yet, not many real...

Beyond the Myths: Life After Leprosy #LeprosyFreeMinds

In the 1959 Hollywood epic Ben Hur, the final act found the titular character seeking out his family and breaking down after realizing that his mother and sister had been banished away from society and isolated after contracting leprosy. It is a heart-breaking moment that accurately depicts the mindset towards the dreaded disease over 2000 years ago.

The problem is, even today, that mindset has not changed even though we have achieved so much in our fight against leprosy.



With close to 200,000...

The 11 year old who risked his life to save a drowning man twice his size #watwb

There were at least nine men at the indoor pool of the apartment complex in suburban St Paul, Minnesota as the 34 year old man sunk eight feet down to the bottom, unable to swim.
Unfortunately, none of them knew how to swim and the one man, Raghu Nandikotkur, who jumped in with a floating tube was not able to grab the drowning man.

That was when his son, Advaik Nandikotkur, urged by his mother, jumped in. All of 11 years and 36 kilos, the fifth grader swam down to the bottom, grabbed the man (w...

10 Precautions to Take to Avoid Getting Robbed by the Domestic Help

So we got robbed recently. I guess 'recently' is the wrong word since we were being robbed at home for over 6 months without realizing it.

To put it in a nutshell, we lost a lot. Like 'millions' lot.

I could sit and whine about the pathetic state of the world, the country et al but I figured I would be doing us all a favour with a little less whining and a lot more introspection.


So here are my 10 precautions to take to avoid getting robbed by the domestic help... from a family who was robbed by...

75 Options for an Indian Keto Diet

No extra masala trivia in this post.
Just a list of great dishes, divided by categories, for those looking for options for an Indian keto diet.




Soups  and Salads (7) Chicken Manchow Soup


Cream of Spinach soup with stir fried mushrooms / broccoliCream of mushroomChicken manchow soupGreen saladTomato salad (with cheese?)Roasted nuts with almonds, pistachios, sunflower and pumpkin seedsChicken salad

Paneer (4)
Paneer Masala


Palak PaneerPaneer TikkaShahi PaneerPaneer Masala

Vegetarian  (17) Caul...

10 Signs You are a Victim of Gaslighting

For a method that has existed for decades, people tend to be surprisingly ignorant about gaslighting. And that is sad because gaslighting is something that can affect your mental stability, both in a relationship and also for prolonged periods after you escape.


WHAT IS GASLIGHTING?

In simple terms, gaslighting is me breaking you down and making you question your basic reality.

In her book Gaslighting: Recognize Manipulative and Emotionally Abusive People--and Break Free, Dr Stephanie Sarkis talk...

The 18 year old who Drove 720 kms to Deliver a Pizza for a Special Cause #WATWB

Tragedy struck the Morgan family when husband Rich was diagnosed with an incurable cancer with very few days left to live.



As wife Julie and Rich reminisced about their younger days, they fondly remembered a pizza shop, Steve's Pizza in Battle Creek, Michigan where they used to have dinner over 25 years ago when they lived there. The couple were in fact planning to visit Steve's pizza again after all these years when they were hit with the diagnosis of cancer.


“We were young and money was tight...

COLS - How Indian Anaesthesiologists are Educating Citizens to 'Restart a Heart'

For decades, doctors across the world have been creating and regularly updating step-by-step algorithms on how to save a life of someone who has collapsed. This matters because providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the early stages of a cardiac arrest can actually save the life of a person who has no apparent heartbeat.

We doctors study these guidelines diligently and become certified providers of Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) by passing exams.

But...

Public Awareness: What is Labour Analgesia All About?

Pain during labour is one of the most intense human pains on the pain scale.Offering safe and timely pain relief to a woman during the process of delivery should be a standard policy across all nations.Pain relief is beneficial to the fetus within the womb as well. Increased pain to the mother releases 'catecholamines' that can result in decreased blood flow and thus lesser oxygen to the fetus.The first recorded 'labour analgesia' happened way back in 1847.Multiple options, from hypnosis and...

Misconceptions About Spinal Anaesthesia

Spinal anaesthesia is one of the most popular forms of anaesthesia used for various surgical procedures. However, not unlike general anaesthesia, there are plenty of wrong notions and misconceptions about this form of anaesthesia. With the aim of helping you understand better about this, here are some misconceptions (and the reality) about Spinal Anaesthesia.

Myth 1 - Spinal Anaesthesia results in life-long backache.
Believe me. Nobody is taking your fear as a joke. Extensive studies involving...