a marvelous sunset
"I want to watch the sunset I want to see it in your eyes I want to feel it in your body An erotic passion in disguise." This is a beautiful anonymous poem on sunset. I think sunset are always poetic. A mood of sunset can create a poem even from a man with least poetic taste. Last year I just happened to have two accidental snaps of a beautiful sunset. These photos were taken with my mobile phone camera. But when these photos were uploaded to my PC, I was excited of its beauty. Believe me; these photos were taken ...
Chocolates…. chocolates….
It's commonly said that children like chocolates but i think most of the adults too like chocolates and if given a permit for "unlimited consumption, without obesity and other health risk", many would consume lots and lots of chocolate daily. In a recent study it was found that 99% of all women love chocolate and that they may actually prefer chocolate more to than to sex. Well, in fact it is not just the women who love it but almost everybody would love it too. It always feels so nice to have it melted in your mouth, delivering its wonderful ...
Beautiful Birds from Kerala
It was my wife who made me the habit of watching and reading more on the birds found in Kerala. Actually I was least interested in these types of birds and didn't even know the local names of these birds. My wife has helped me a lot to prepare this post . So let me dedicate this post to my loving wife. To make the post more precise I've filtered the number of birds to the minimum. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary in Kerala is one of the world famous birds habitats. It is located in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, occupying an area ...
‘Amelia’ directed by Mira Nair
[caption id="attachment_1093" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="Mira Nair"][/caption] Amelia is an upcoming 2009 biographical film by Mira Nair based on the life of Amelia Earhart. Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Amelia Earhart was born in july 24, 1897 and disappeared in July 2, 1937 over the ...
Eat in Colour.
Colour is the key to food nutrition. The natural pigments that make fruits and vegetables so colorful can also help protect your body from common diseases and illnesses as you age. Here’s just a sampling of the health benefits of eating colorful fruits and vegetables. When you add deep reds or bright pinks to your daily diet, you are also adding a powerful antioxidant is found in tomatoes, red and pink grapefruit, watermelon, papaya and guava. The red in tomatoes helps reduce the risk of heart disease, prostate cancer, and other types of cancers. Bright yellows have many of the same perks ...
A cup of Green Tea
Green tea is a wonderful beverage with potential health benefits. Green tea is a type of tea made solely with the leaves and leaf buds, which has undergone minimal Oxidation during processing. Green tea leaves steamed and dried without fermenting. Green tea leaves are picked and then immediately fired, a tea processing term which means the leaves are either steamed or heated. The tea leaves are then dried and prepared for either sale or further processing. High quality green tea is pale yellowish-green in color and has a delicate taste. Green tea has been used as a medicine in China for ...
Yoga for weight loss
-YOGASANAM- I know some people struggling hard due to over body weight. They put themselves into agony by making severe fasting and vigorous exercises. But all these works without a proper guidance or a systematic approach do any good I think. So if you are looking for a new and effective way of losing weight or tired of sweating for hours on a treadmill without seeing any appreciable results, believe me , there is a way to lose weight in a healthy manner….. YOGA. I hope some of you may be very familiar with Yoga. Anyway I shall give a very ...
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