First kiss of love – unforgettable moment of life
Life and hope and hope your first kiss lovers of the world back on every beloved want to register an unforgettable moment. But, how will kiss, do not dare to take this opportunity yet, fear … kiss love match
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‘She’ and ‘he’ pahilyada ekamenkanna ‘kiss’ does not have to fly their confusion is natural. Suddenly the ‘it’ is a very serious and her eyes and a twin. Send kiss her eye proposal. Too ‘smart’. He warned her eyes and know they are engrossed in the longest kiss. However, it is possible that an experienced couple. If extreme turbulence flies first. Their thoughts are huge fear … ‘Some will not?’ A frequently asked question is her first kiss often becomes a major obstacle. So pahilyada your partner ‘which’ is really challenging.
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Film lovers who kiss couple sitting with visual exhortation see the film, but it actually sakarayala kacaratata. The first kiss is the foundation of love. He gets the strength to love. The first is that both cumbanaca pranayadhunda. Some yugalana lovers making your life an unforgettable first kiss tips
When should chumban
After the visit to the lovers kiss yugalaci time to take real reciprocal communication. ‘Goodbye,’ said the first beloved or hope ‘which’ an opportunity not equal to the other.
Sign eyes Understand
Does not begin to kiss never preyasikaduna, but “they” do not forget to sign kiss her beloved eyes. The baby’s eyes should be known in time signs hidden beloved. If you just stick to baby sit, squeezing your hands frequently or is expected to be the longest kiss her if you play with your hair, know this.
How should be the first kiss?
Since the first kiss is important to gently kiss memorable moment of your life. So your love is not dvigunita. The body should play in the first kiss. Because it can not be denied the chance to go the wrong message to your partner. In addition to his eyes closed, you kiss your partner while taking care not to touch the lingual take too, is the message.
First kiss lingering asave
First kiss should be the longest, and should not have already set kuthalica limit. When your lips will touch your baby’s delicate Lip, alongside his lips to separate after a few moments. You must be the spouse and the end coordinate.
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Each person is a unique kind of style to kiss. The ‘Style’ beloved, if that man will be utilized at the first kiss more rometika. Why waste time and under will not kissed first. Then come! Begin the first offer of kisses …..
जगाच्या पाठीवर असलेल्या प्रत्येक प्रियकराला आपल्या प्रेयसीचा व प्रेयसीला आपल्या प्रियकराचे पहिले चुंबन घेऊन आयुष्यातील अविस्मरणीय क्षण नोंदविण्याची इच्छा असते. परंतु, चुंबन कसे घेणार, या भीतीपोटी संधी येऊनही प्रेमीयुगल चुंबन घेण्याचे धाडस करत नाहीत…
‘ती’ व ‘तो’ पहिल्यादा एकमेंकांना ‘चुंबन’ करत असतील त्यांच्यात गोंधळ उडणे स्वाभाविक आहे. बोलताना अचानक ‘तो’ अतिशय गंभीर होऊन जातो आणि तिच्याकडे एक सारखा बघतो. तिला डोळ्यानी चुंबनाचा प्रस्ताव पाठवतो. तीही ‘स्मार्ट’. तो डोळ्यांचा इशारा तिला समजते आणि ते दोघे प्रदीर्घ चुंबनात तल्लीन होतात. परंतु, हे अनुभवी जोडप्याला शक्य आहे. पहिल्यांदा तर कमालीचा गोंधळ उडतो. त्यांच्या मनात प्रचंड भिती असते… ‘काही होणार नाही ना?’ हा तिचा वारंवार विचारला जाणारा प्रश्न बहुतेक वेळा पहिल्या चुंबनाला प्रमुख अडसर बनतो. त्यामुळे पहिल्यादा आपल्या जोडीदाराला ‘किस’ करणे खरंच आव्हानात्मक आहे.
सोबत बसून चित्रपट पाहणारे प्रेमी युगल चित्रपटातील चुंबनाचे दृश्य आवर्जुन पाहतात, मात्र ते प्रत्यक्षात साकारायला कचरतात. पहिले चुंबन प्रेमाचा आधार असतो. त्याने प्रेमाला बळ मिळते. दोघांना प्रणयधुंद करणारे पहिले चुंबनच असते. पहिले चुंबन आपल्या आयुष्यातील अविस्मरणीय बनवण्यासाठी प्रेमी युगलाना काही टिप्स-
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केव्हा घ्यावे चुंबन-
प्रेमी युगलाची भेट संपल्यानंतर ते परस्परांचा निरोप घेतात ही चुंबन घेण्याची खरी वेळ असते. ‘गुडबाय’ म्हणत प्रियकराला किंवा प्रेयसीला पहिला ‘किस’ करण्याची सुवर्णसंधी दुसरी असूच शकत नाही.
डोळ्यांचे संकेत ओळखा-
चुंबन घेण्याची सुरवात प्रेयसीकडून कधीच होत नाही, मात्र ‘ती’ तिच्या प्रियकराला डोळ्यांनी चुंबनाचा संकेत द्यायला विसरत नाही. त्यामुळे प्रेयसीच्या डोळ्यांतील छुपे संकेत प्रियकराने वेळीच ओळखले पाहिजेत. प्रेयसी तुम्हाला अगदी चिकटून बसत असेल, वारंवार तुमचा हात दाबत असेल किंवा तुमच्या केसाशी खेळत असेल तर तिला तुमच्याकडून प्रदीर्घ चुंबनाची अपेक्षा आहे, हे ओळखा.
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पहिले चुंबन कसे असावे-
पहिले चुंबन आपल्या आयुष्यातील अविस्मरणीय क्षण करायचा असल्याने चुंबनात हळूवारपणा महत्त्वाचा आहे. त्यामुळे तुमचे प्रेम द्विगुणीत होत असते. पहिल्या चुंबनात शरीराशी खेळता कामा नये. कारण त्यातून तुमच्या जोडीदाराला चुकीचा संदेश जाण्याची शक्यता नाकारता येत नाही. त्या व्यतिरिक्त बंद डोळे, जिभेचा स्पर्श न करता चुंबन घेत असताना तुम्ही तुमच्या जोडीदाराची खूप काळजी घेतात, हा संदेश जातो.
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पहिले चुंबन प्रदीर्घ असावे-
पहिले चुंबन प्रदीर्घ असावे, त्याच्यासाठी आधीच कुठलीच मर्यादा आखून ठेवायला नको. जेव्हा तुमचे ओठ तुमच्या प्रेयसीच्या नाजूक ओठांचा स्पर्श करतील, त्याच्या काही क्षणानंतर हळूच ओठ वेगळे करावे. जोडीदार व तुमच्यात शेवटपर्यंत समन्वय असला पाहिजे.
प्रत्येक व्यक्तीकडे चुंबन घेण्याचे एक विशिष्ट प्रकारची स्टाइल असते. ही ‘स्टाइल’ प्रियकराने वेळीच उपयोगात आणली तर पहिले चुंबन अधिक रोमॅटिक होईल. मग पहिले चुंबन घेतले नसेल तर वेळ कशाला वाया घालवता. चला तर मग ! लागा तयारीला पहिल्या चुंबनाच्या…..
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SBI कडून दर महिन्याला 15 ते 20 हजार रुपये कमवण्याची संधी
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स्टेट बँक ऑफ इंडिया यावर्षी 8 हजार एटीएम सुरु करमार आहे. तुम्ही तुमच्या रिकाम्या जागेत एटीएम बसवून दर महिन्याला 15 ते 20 हजार रुपये भाडे घेऊ शकता.
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देशातील सर्वात मोठी बँक म्हणून ओळख असणाऱ्या एसबीआयने घोषणा केली आहे की, यावर्षी 8 हजार नवे एटीएम देशभरात सुरु करणार आहेत. स्टेट बंक ऑफ इंडियाचे व्यवस्थापकीय संचालक बी. श्रीराम यांच्या माहितीनुसार, 4 हजार असेही एटीएम मशिन्स लावले जाणार आहेत ज्यामधून पैसे काढण्यासोबत डिपॉझिट करण्याची सुविधाही असणार आहे.
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स्टेट बँकेच्या एटीएमच्या माध्यमातून कमवण्यासाठी तुम्ही प्रत्यक्ष स्टेट बँकेकडे अर्ज करु शकता. तुम्ही तुमच्या जवळच्या स्टेट बँकेच्या शाखेत जाऊन एटीएमच्या लोकेशनबाबत माहिती करुन घ्या आणि तुमच्या जागेबाबत बँकेला सांगा. त्यानंतर तुम्ही बँकेकडे एटीएम सुरु करण्यासंदर्भात अर्ज करु शकता.[ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″]
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आयएसआयएस या दहशतवादी संघटनेतील अतिरेकी भारतीय स्त्री आणि पुरुषांचा सेक्स गुलाम म्हणून वापर करतात, असा धक्कादायक खुलासा आरीब मजीद या तरुणाने केला आहे.
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शिवाय आयएसआयएस भारतीयांशी वाईट वर्तणूक करतात. महिलांचा अनादर करतात. त्यांचं वर्तन हे इस्लामविरोधी आहे. हे दहशतवाद्यांचं कृत्य अमानवीय असल्याचं समोर आल्यानंतर मी तिथून पळालो, असं आरीबने सांगितलं.
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मूळ कल्याणचा असणारा आरीब माजीदवर आयएसआयएस या दहशतवादी संघटनेत प्रशिक्षण घेतल्याचा आरोप आहे. मात्र, काही दिवसांपूर्वी तो भारतात परतला आणि त्यानंतर एनआयएने त्याला ताब्यात घेतलं.
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बुधवारी आरीबविरोधात 8 हजार पानांचं आरोपपत्र दाखल करण्यात आलं. आरीब मजीदबरोबर फहाद शेख, आमीन तांडेल आणि सहीम तन्की या तीन सहकाऱ्यांवरही दहशतवादी कारवायांच्या प्रशिक्षणासाठी गेल्याचा आरोप एनआयएने केला आहे. [ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″]
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अगं बाई अरेच्चा !!! या सिनेमाने मराठी सिनेमात एक नवा ट्रेण्ड आणला… नव्या पिढीचा असा नव्या चैतन्याचा सिनेमा… अर्थात काही जणांनी मेल गिब्सनच्या व्हॉट वुमन वॉण्टवरून प्रेरित असल्याचे दाखलेही दिले, पण त्यापेक्षा मराठी सिनेमामधली मरगळ झटकणारा सिनेमा म्हणून त्याचं महत्त्व वेगळं होतं. त्यामुळे मधल्या काळात केदार शिंदेने केलेले सिनेमे अन् आता आलेला केदार शिंदेचा अगं बाई अरेच्चा 2 म्हटल्यावर आपल्या अपेक्षा निश्चित वाढल्या असणार… अन् त्यासाठी केदार शिंदेच जबाबदार आहे. कारण त्याच्या नाटकं अन् मालिकांमुळे त्याच्या सिनेमांकडे बघण्याचा दृष्टिकोन वेगळा असतो. पण आता तर चक्क गोष्ट ही दिलीप प्रभावळकर अन् त्याची आहे… त्यामुळे निदान वेगळं काहीतरी बघायला मिळेल अशी आशा होती.
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दिलीप प्रभावळकरांची जेथे जातो तेथे नावाची एक नाटिका… रेशीमगाठी या मालिकेमधल्या चक्क एपिसोडवर बेतलेला असा हा सिनेमा. श्रीयुत गंगाधर टिपरेच्यावेळेस जी भट्टी जमली होती, प्रभावळकरांची अन् केदार शिंदेची ती केमिस्ट्री आपल्याला या सिनेमात दिसत नाही. अनुदिनी या सदराचं रूपांतर या मालिकेत झालं होतं, पण आता पाहताना आपल्याला त्यामध्ये ती गंमत येत नाही का, या प्रश्नाचं उत्तरं शोधताना आपल्याला जाणवतं की, या सगळ्या गोष्टींमध्ये असलेलं लिखाण भोवतालच्या गोष्टींमध्ये तशा अर्थाने लॉजिकच्या पातळ्यांवर वेगळं वाटत नाही अन् त्यामुळे या सगळ्या गोष्टीकडून असलेल्या अपेक्षा तशा अर्थाने फळताना दिसत नाहीत.
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अशा तिच्या सुरस अन् चमत्कारिक आयुष्यावर पुस्तक लिहिण्यासाठी विक्म देसाई म्हणजे धर्मेन्द्र गोहिल आयुष्यात येतो. शुभाची गोष्ट ऐकता ऐकता याची लव्हस्टोरी सुरू होते. तेवढ्यावर हे काही थांबत नाही. शुभाला ही विक्रम एव्हाना आवडू लागलेला असतो. मात्र अगोदरच्या अनुभवांमुळे ती काहीशी घाबरलेली असते कारण आपल्या स्पर्शाने विक्रमच्या जिवाचं काही बरंवाईट व्हायला नको. पण यावर विक्रम एकत्रितपणे आयुष्य जगण्यासाठी अशा प्रकारचा रामबाण उपाय काढतो की, त्याने शुभाच्या आयुष्याला एक नवी दिशाच मिळते. या सा-या गोष्टीला ट्विस्ट अँड टर्न्स आहेत. त्यामुळे अगं बाई अन् अरेच्चा… असं म्हणावे असे क्षण त्यामध्ये सामावलेले आहेत.[ad name=”HTML-3″]
हा सिनेमा फार गांभीर्याने न घेतलेला बरा.. कारण फँटसी या पातळीवरचा आहे. दिलीप प्रभावळकरांच्या पूर्वार्धामध्ये असलेली एक दिशा आहे कारण त्या नाटुकली मध्ये वा मालिकेच्या भागात ते पाहायला मिळालं होतं, त्यामधलं पात्र एस्टॅब्लिश्ड होण्यात तो जाणारा वेळ अन् घटनांचा क्रम या सा-याला एकप्रकारची गती आहे. त्यासोबत त्या गोष्टीला असणारा एक आकृतीबंध हा आपल्याला दिसतो. त्या सगळ्या गोष्टींना उत्तरार्धात वेगळी कलाटणी मिळायला हवी होती, पण सारा खेळ हा अपेक्षेनुसार होतो.. लव्हस्टोरी ही प्रेडिक्टेबल असते, पण विनोदी सिनेमा अन् तोही फँटसी वर आधारित असणारा असेल तर … अर्थात तो तार्किक कसोट्यांची परिमाणं… शुद्ध मराठीत पॅरामीटर्सची मोजपट्टी लावून ते मोजणं योग्य नाही. पण त्या सगळ्या गोष्टीला असणारी गंमत आहे… मजा आहे… धमाल आहे… मस्ती आहे… त्या सगळ्याने आणखी उंची गाठायला हवी होती, असं मनापासून वाटतं. प्रभावळकरांनी पाया रचला होता.. केदारने कळस चढवण्याची गरज होती. ते मात्र होताना अभावाने दिसतं. पहिल्या सिनेमात… अगं बाई अरेच्चामध्ये लिखाणावर केदारने मेहनत घेतली होती. त्या सगळ्या प्रकारचा भाग हा पटकथेत दिसत नाही. कारण गोष्ट सांगण्याच्या फॉरमॅटचा वेगळ्या प्रकारे विचार झाला असता तर तो आणखी प्रभावी ठरला असता, असं वाटत राहतं. पूर्वार्ध अन् उत्तरार्ध हा सांधलेला वाटत नाही कारण लिखाणाच्या स्टाइल वेगवेगळ्या आहेत हे प्रकर्षाने जाणवतं… अन् घटना अन् त्यांचे पडसाद… त्यामुळे बिटवीन द लाइन्समधला खेळ काहीसा मीसिंग फॅक्टरमध्ये जातो.
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कारण एकदा तो फॉरमॅट ठरल्यावर त्या गोष्टींच्या मग झेरॉक्स… आवर्तनं होत राहतात… त्यामध्ये त्या सगळ्या गोष्टीचा गोडवा कुठेतरी गुल होतो. केदार शिंदेची ही फ्रेंचायझी असल्यामुळे कदाचित अपेक्षा जास्त असतील, अगोदरच्या अगं बाईपेक्षा हा सरस असेल का, या प्रश्नाला दुर्दैवाने निराशाजनक उत्तर मनात येतं. संजय नार्वेकर, अजय मंगेश कुळकर्णी, अतुल गुरू ठाकूर, राहुल जाधव, राजेश राव हे सगळे फॅक्टर मीसिंग वाटतात. यावेळी केदारने त्या सगळ्या गोष्टींना नव्याने घेताना त्या सगळ्या गोष्टी त्या ताकदीच्या होणं गरजेचं होतं, असं राहून राहून वाटतं.
पण या सिनेमात गंमत आहे. तुम्ही मजा म्हणून बघायला जाल तर ती असेल फक्त पहिल्या सिनेमासोबत पडताळून पाहण्याची अक्यूट घाई करू नका.. हा सिनेमा डोकं बाजूला ठेवून बघण्याजोगा आहे. त्या सिनेमाचा एक वेगळा अंदाज आहे. त्यामुळे या सिनेमामधल्या गोष्टी या कल्पना अन् त्या विश्वात रमणा-यांसाठी आहेत, याचं भान बाळगणा-यांसाठी आहेत. अर्थात फॅण्टसी म्हणून पूर्वार्ध गंमतीशीर आहे. त्यामध्ये घडणारे किस्से, आत्महत्या प्रयत्न पण हसवून जातात. अगदी स्कूटर बंद झाल्यावरची फाइट… कॉमिक वाटते. किडे पकडण्याचा प्रसंग… मजा आहे… पण त्या मजेचा आलेख उंचावणं गरजेचं होतं.
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यामध्ये सोनाली कुलकर्णी हे त्यामधलं शक्तीस्थान आहे. पण त्या सगळ्या गोष्टींमध्ये तिने साकारलेली शुभा ही जमेची बाजू आहे. तिने एकटीच्या खांद्यावर हा सिनेमा पेलून नेलेला आहे. तिचं व्यक्त होणं हे काहीसं लाऊड आहे. तिच्या डबिंगमध्ये त्या गोष्टी जरा जास्तच जाणवतात. तिचे भरत जाधवसोबतचे सिक्वेन्सेस अन् प्रसाद ओकसोबतचे सिक्वेन्सेस धमाल आहेत. साखरपुड्याच्या मांडवात घ़डणारा प्रकार गंमतीशीर आहे अन् त्यानंतर आत्महत्येचा सिक्वेन्स… या सगळ्या रिकाम्या जागा भरा सारख्या येतात… त्यामुळे अधिक गंमत आली असती जर संहितेवर अधिक काम झालं असतं तर असं राहून राहून वाटतं… सोनालीचा अवखळ अल्लडपणा धमाल रंग भरतो. किसमिसे म्हणून आपल्यासमोर येणारा प्रसाद ओक चांगलाच लक्षात राहतो.. त्याची स्टाइल त्याचा अटिट्यूड अन् तरीही एकप्रकारची खंत चेह-यावर असणारा असा वेगळा प्रसाद आपल्याला इथे भेटतो. त्याने केलेले अँक्शन सीक्वेन्सही चांगलेच लक्षात राहतात. भरत जाधव हा दुसरा कलंदर आपल्याला इथे जाणवतो. त्याच्या चेह-यवरचा भोळसटपणा… अन् त्याची देहबोली त्या सगळ्या गोष्टींमध्ये त्याने साकारलेला मुलगा… त्याचं किड्यांवरचं विलक्षण प्रेम या सगळ्यांमधला भरत… त्याचं स्कूटर चालवणं… त्या सगळ्यात त्याला भावलेली शुभा यामध्ये त्य़ाचं व्यक्त होणं… लाजबाब… मजा आणलीय. यासोबत माधव देवचके अन सुरभी हांडे हे विशेष लक्षात राहतात… धर्मेन्द्र गोहिल हा खरं तर गुजराथी रंगभूमीवरचा कलावंत पण त्याची मेहनत… त्याचं व्यक्त होणं… या सगळ्या गोष्टी जमेच्या आहेत.
उत्तरार्धात गर्भार असण्याचा सिक्वेन्स काहीसा उथळ वाटला कारण जिथे स्पर्श होत नाही, अन् आई बाबांनी त्यांची चर्चा ऐकलीय अन् त्या सगळ्या गोष्टी त्यांना माहित आहेत. तरीही त्या सगळ्या गोष्टींचा सिक्वेन्स घडतो का… कशासाठी हा अट्टहास … विनोदासाठी विनोद का असा प्रश्न मात्र पडतो.
सुरेश देशमानेंचा कॅमेरा प्रभावीपणे बोलला आहे… लव्हस्टोरीमधला उबदारपणा अन् विनोदीपटाचा पोत त्यांनी पकडला आहे इतकंच काय तर महेश कुडाळकरच्या कलादिग्दर्शनातही ते वेगळेपण जाणवतं… अन् त्या सगळ्या गोष्टींना दिलेला स्पेशल टच जाणवतो. निशाद या संगीतकाराच्या धून आपल्या ओठी रेंगाळतात… सिग्नेचर ट्यूनमध्ये गंमत आहे…
अगं बाई अरेच्चा 2 हा पहिल्या सिनेमा इतका धमाल नसला तरी त्याचं वेगळेपण आहे. अर्थात डोकं बाजूला ठेवून अन् फॅण्टसी वर्ल्ड तुम्हाला भावत असेल तर हा सिनेमा तुमच्यासाठी ऑप्शन असू शकेल.
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This cycle pedals on ‘solar power’
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There might be no respite from the scorching heat, but two students from the city have found a way to make the most of the Sun’s power. The budding engineers have designed a cycle that uses a solar panel to power it and runs for more than 5 km at a speed of 30 kmph. Dishant Patel and Rajan Mishra, both 21, are students of Nararayan Shastri Institute of Technology, Jetalpur (NSIT).[ad name=”HTML-1″]
In the fourth semester of their bachelor of engineering course, the students took up the project of coming up with a travel option that caused minimum pollution and consumed less energy. As the boys were demonstrating their project, at least 50 people came to them asking them about the making of the project and the cost they have bear for it. It took them a year to finish the bike which runs on solar panel. So why make a solar bicycle? Dishant told Mirror, “The reason we chose a bicycle was simple. There are so many vehicles in the market, but all of them are costly. We wanted a transportation mode that is affordable for everyone. We made a few corrections to the basic model like changing the rear wheel and adding an accelerator mode to it.”[ad name=”HTML-1”]
The boys exchanged the rear wheel for the one from a Yo-bike. “There is a disc brake like the one used in fourwheelers. Also, the accelerator gets its power from the battery attached to the bike which is powered with solar energy. There is a meter attached to the bike which indicates the level of power in the battery. It runs at a speed of 30 kmph, which is good for a city,” said Rajan. The duo was impressed and influenced by the Solar Impulse which had come to the city in March. “We were so happy to see a project involving solar energy harvesting is so successful. It encouraged us and boosted our morale. We became more confident of our success,” said Dishant. The bicycle also has the option of running on electricity. It can also be used as a normal bicycle, using the pedal to move around.[ad name=”HTML-1″][ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″]
Hair: A mirror to your health
Having bad hair days often? Here is when you should be worried.
With winter creeping in, our hair is often the first thing to suffer the effects of the cold weather. But if your concerns are more severe than a bit of extra frizz, it could mean something more sinister. Here are a list of symptoms that will manifest on your locks if you suffer from a condition that warrants a visit to the doc.[ad name=”HTML-1″]
Dry brittle hair
Regular use of hair straighteners and curling irons will naturally affect the quality of your mane.But very often what robs your hair of lustre and shine and results in excessive hairfall is actually dehydration. Hair experts recommend downing an additional two litres of water in a day and avoid alcohol, sugar and caffeine. If this doesn’t repair the condition, and hair continues to remain extremely brittle, it could also be a sign of a thyroid problem. A GP or a trichologist would be in a position to recommend tests to verify this. A mild imbalance can be corrected by lifestyle and diet changes and by avoiding stress and eating healthy.[ad name=”HTML-1″]
Hair care: Take a daily supplement rich in vitamin D, minerals, Omega 3 and copper.
Dandruff scaly scalp
Almost every second person suffers from dandruff and pays little note of what could be causing it.While mild dandruff may not be of concern, severe and repeated dandruff could hint at a weak immune system. One should get enough rest and avoid tension and check if it reduces the occurrence. Other conditions such as seborrhoeic dermatitis, psoriasis and eczema can also cause the problem but these will affect other parts of the body too.[ad name=”HTML-1″]
Hair care: Wash your hair with a medicated dandruff shampoo that contains salicylic acid.
Hair thinning
Statistics say that 30 percent of women suffer from hair thinning post-menopause. This is said to be a result of hormonal imbalances which can also result in hair loss. The good new that for 50 percent of women suffering from this condition, this can be corrected through hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Only catch is that hair lost during menopause may not grow back for women for whom HRT was ineffective. The only permanent treatment, in which case, would be hair transplant.[ad name=”HTML-3″]
Hair care: If you notice hair thinning along with menopausal symptoms, visit a GP and discuss options of HRT.
Premature greying
Greying in your 20s can be embarrassing and is mostly genetic. But stress (which uses up the vitamin B), nutritional and hormonal factors can also influence hair colour. In a few cases certain, diabetes and thyroid problems can also cause premature greying. If early greying is accompanied by excessive thirst and extreme fatigue, visit a GP.[ad name=”HTML-3″]
Hair care: Take vitamin B supplements for stress. Avoid smoking or alcohol.
Short layers on top
If you’ve noticed that the length of your hair is shorter on top because of break age, it’s likely that your diet lacks protein. This could also render your locks less resistant to heat and chemicals. Sugary foods can affect absorption of proteins and must be avoided.
Hair care: Include a palm-sized portion of proteins to your diet.
Bald spots
Sometimes the way you wear your hair could be reason for your receding hairline. Tying your hair up in a high ponytail by pulling the hair back too tightly could permanently damage the follicles.
Hair care: Try to spot the signs early and stop whatever was causing it.
Receding hairline
While one associates receding hairline with ageing, chances are, they’re usually triggered by lack of diet nutrients. Crash diets and PCOS can also cause this condition among women.Women who could be suffering from PCOS will also display other signs like facial hair and hair on arms, chest and buttocks.
Hair care: If you have PCOS, accompanied by symptoms like irregular period and weight gain, consult a GP and a dietician to acquire a more balanced diet.[ad name=”HTML-3″]
An Austrian Wedding – 1983
My friend in Newcastle, Lesley Papworth, was about to leave on a long holiday in Austria. Lesley’s sister Linda, a prima ballerina in a ballet company of Graz, who is married to an Austrian, was celebrating her 50th birthday. As Lesley was packing to leave, she described a wedding she had attended in Austria during an visit in 1983, when Linda’s sister-in-law Lisa Lotta, a student, married a policeman, Gerhard. As we looked through the scores of photographs taken at the time, Lesley described the entire ceremony. It was a story so enchanting that I have to share it.
Apart from the feasting and merry-making that accompany such events everywhere, to an outsider what seemed to mark weddings in Austria’s beautiful countryside was the number of hurdles that everyone seemed bent on setting up to prevent the poor bride and groom from getting together, much to everybody’s huge enjoyment. Lisa and Gerhard registered their marriage at the town hall two days before the church ceremony. On wedding day, the celebrations started at 11 am at the bride’s village. Tables were laid and piled with a variety of food, breads, pastries, wine and beer by ladies dressed in traditional Austrian attire. The feasting had hardly begun than it was time for the bride to leave for the groom’s village. But that was not easy. Boys of the village blocked her door and would let her pass only if the bridegroom paid them adequately. This done, the cars had to proceed according to a traditional protocol, with Lisa in the first car and Gerhard in the last. The distance to his village was not much, but the drive took about an hour as boys in each village along the way would allow her to pass only after the groom got down from his car, walked to the head of the procession and bribed the happy harassers. [ad name=”HTML-1″]
At Gerhard’s village, the place of action was the village square. There was his house on one side, the church on the other side and a guest house where a feast was laid on a third side. A band struck up as soon as the marriage procession arrived and the entire village, which had gathered, most dressed in traditional costumes, fell upon the food and drink. Outside the groom’s house, the procession reformed itself. The women behind Lisa, led by the bridesmaids and escorted by her grandmother, walked to the church amidst great bustle. The men, walking in twos in a separate procession, led Gerhard. The centuries-old Catholic church had huge oak doors and moss growing around the flagstones on the floor. Everyone first went around the altar after which the men and women sat separately. The ceremony over, the health and happiness of the couple was toasted with wine, while outside, crackers were set off all over the place, some bursting right under the skirts of elderly women, sending them scurrying. Then followed a group photograph in the middle of the village square. [ad name=”HTML-1″]
Next on the programme was the great marriage feast. But of course, there were problems. Friends of the groom, dressed as Mexicans, blocked the way, setting up card tables and playing card games. None could pass unless palms were greased. Much bargaining and haggling followed and the matter was settled only after the families of the couple paid up. But it was all worth it. The feast that followed was both gorgeous and unending. Apart from a whole lot of homemade goodies and plenty of exotic wines and ales, there were specially designed cakes. A full course meal kept arriving every hour, with different types of meats, salads and vegetables. Meanwhile, the dancing went into full swing, with swirling waltzes and polkas. [ad name=”HTML-1″]
One would think that after all this, the poor couple could get together at last. No way. The bride has to be kidnapped first. But she cannot be snatched so long as she has her posy of flowers with her. So the flowers have to be stolen – and thrown out of a window as a signal to the kidnappers outside that she can be taken. The ritual was accomplished and even as the feasting was going on, Lisa was seized and taken to concealment in a neighbouring village. Hapless Gerhard and the best man left to look for her in the villages around and finally having located her, could get her released only after paying the ransom – meeting all the eating and drinking bills of the kidnappers. The return of the couple to their village around midnight was marked by intensified wining and dining. [ad name=”HTML-3″]
More dancing ensued, through all of which Lisa had to dance with everyone present, but not with the groom. Another meal followed and around three in the morning, the bride was brought to the middle of the hall and seated on a chair flanked by her mother and grandmother. Her bridal headdress and posy of flowers (quite tattered by this time) were taken away and she had a scarf put around her head and a wooden spoon in her hand. She was thus formally declared a housewife and for the first time allowed to dance with Gerhard, the pair at last being recognised as husband and wife. The guests started to leave slowly. The couple had to stay till the last of them left, which was at 7 am, and then they were free to go on their honeymoon.[ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″]
The Lady and the Robber
My mother’s maternal grandfather Prasad Ram Zutshi, a Kashmiri Pandit, was born in 1860, soon after the Sepoy Mutiny. He was in the service of the Maharaja of Kashmir as the Kotwal (Chief of Police) of Srinagar. Rich and famous, he lived in a big luxurious house in the posh Zui Lanker locality. This was a lush green island, near the suburb of Rainawari, surrounded by a beautiful stream, which ran into the Dal Lake. The residence was actually a cluster of houses. There were separate houses for men and women and another for receiving guests and others for holding meetings and conducting functions. Each was connected to the others by exquisitely carved footbridges and one could move through the complex without coming out of the cluster and without being seen. [ad name=”HTML-1″]
Each building had a basement. One had a large kitchen used during functions and marriages, where vessels for those occasions were also stored. Another housed cattle and horses and a third was for storing grains, drying vegetables for the winter and working on grinding stones or spinning wheels. The ceilings in the houses were painted and inlaid with coloured glass. There were pictures of amorous couples painted on the walls of the bedrooms, under which Rubaiyats of Omar Khayyam were calligraphed. Each bedroom had several carved balconies with wooden jalis (grills), each of a different design.[ad name=”HTML-1″]
My mother remembers her visits to the big house, reaching there in a horse-driven carriage through the narrow road connecting the island to Rainawari. Once there, she used to wander from room to room, never tiring of making new discoveries. The Kotwal was a terror to thieves and robbers, many of whom had became his sworn enemies. One of them was a famous dacoit named Layukh (the able one), whom he kept always on the run. [ad name=”HTML-1″]
A huge and burly man, the Kotwal ate and drank a lot and died young, leaving his wife Ranim (Rani) a rich widow. With all her daughters married and her only son and the rest of her cousins and many loyal servants dying in the great plague; she eventually lived alone in the huge house. Layukh started terrorizing her after the death of her husband. and other male members. He wanted revenge and her gold. But Ranim was also smart. She kept her gold and jewellery in a sack tied to her waist under her firan (long woolen kaftan) and kept vigil at nights. Layukh often passed her bedroom window and shouted, ” Ranim, are you awake” and she would reply, “Yes, I am mourning your death”. They had this love-hate relationship for years.[ad name=”HTML-3″]
Once when he broke into her house, she jumped out of her window on to the back of her horse and escaped into the night, gold and all. Another time, when she was not at home, Layukh and his gang broke in, but found nothing of value. They were so frustrated that, to spite her, they defiled her kitchen by defecating there, sure that it would greatly upset the Brahmin lady. Of course, she had to perform purificatory rituals and replaster the kitchen with fresh cow dung. Ranim was a legend. The dacoit could never outwit her. She was brave, bold and brazen and too independent for her times. Thankfully, her spirit has survived in all the women in our family.[ad name=”HTML-3″]
Layukh came to a bad end. Chased by the police, he jumped from the Kathi Darwaja (the big gate of the Hari Parvat Fort). He had often done it, but this time, he lost his balance. Instead of landing on his feet, he fell on his stomach and died on the spot. Ranim missed him and the sense of adventure he lent her life. But she slept peacefully the rest of her nights. Ranim had four daughters and one son. One of the girls was my grandmother Devaki, later known as Tara, born in 1900, the eldest and the most beautiful of the sisters. When she was five, she was married to eight-year-old Tara Chand Tiku. In those days, child marriages were the order of the day. At times matches were made even before the children were born. This was because of the inordinate importance attached to getting daughters married off.
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Kashmir 1865 -1946: Radha and her Son
My mother’s paternal grandmother was called Radha. Born in 1865, she was married at the age of six. Child marriage was widely practised and young widows were common. Unfortunately, that was Radha’s fate also. By twenty, she was a widow. Society did not look kindly upon widows and they hardly had any rights on joint family property. Most of them lived in poverty and hardship. Widow remarriage was unheard of. The custom of ‘sati’ was rare, but existed in Kashmir and there were some instances of women burning themselves on their husbands’ funeral pyres. My mother witnessed one when she was about ten.
She remembers that there was great excitement. The woman was from an important local family and everybody thought she was some kind of goddess. The funeral procession took a long and circuitous route so that more people could see it. Everybody along the route came out much before time. Finally the procession came, the woman leading it. She was freshly bathed and dressed in white. Her hair was uncovered. She wore a huge vermilion mark on her forehead and in the parting of her hair. Her face glowed as she walked, with pride, head held high. In her hand, she carried a big burning oil lamp. As she passed, men and women threw flowers on her. Some started wailing and crying, some shouted ‘Sati Mata ki Jai’ (‘Glory to Mother Sati). My mother and I also threw lotus flowers. Strangely, this occurred many years after the custom was banned by the British at the instance of the social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Rai.[ad name=”HTML-1″]
Tradition and custom allowed a widow to adopt a child. Radha had a daughter and she expressed a desire to adopt a son. Hindus believe that unless a son performs the funeral rituals of a parent, the parent’s soul will remain eternally in hell. A son would also support her in the old age. A cousin offered her his son in adoption. The child later became my grandfather Tara Chand Tiku. His mother had great plans for him. She wanted to give him an English education and see him as a government official. She put him in a mission school across the river and then sent him to Sri Pratap Singh College for his graduation. Life was a struggle for Radha. She had not received any share of her husband’s property. She had no income and only had the house her parents left her. Hers was a respectable upper caste Brahmin family, whose women stayed at home. If they came out, they were veiled and carried in palanquins. The question of her going out and earning a living was out of question. [ad name=”HTML-1″]
Secretly, with the help of some Muslim neighbours, she started spinning Pashmina wool in the basement of her house. Her neighbour would bring her the expensive raw material, take the spun yarn to the merchant and give her the money. Thus she lived independently and managed to educate her son. I have seen her spinning wheels in the basement when I wandered into it during a summer visit to Kashmir. My grandfather was in the first batch of boys who sat for the Bachelors Degree examination in Srinagar at Sri Pratap Singh College. The University of Lahore conducted the exam. The same year, he sat for the Forest Range Officer’s examination. [ad name=”HTML-1″]
Part of the exam was to run from First Bridge (Ameera Kadal) to the top of Shankaracharya Hill. I am told en route, grandfather lost the sole of one of his canvas shoes. He kept running thinking of his mother and came first. His selection as a range officer was an hour of great triumph for the single, money-less woman. He later rose to become Conservator of Forests and made his mother proud. Mother and son were greatly attached to each other. Both died one after the other in 1946. [ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″]
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My Grandparents’ Marriage
My grandfather Tarachand Tikoo married my grandmother Tara in 1900, with pomp and ritual lasting over a month. Relatives, close and distant, came to stay in the house two months in advance. The women got busy cleaning enormous quantities of grain, pounding paddy and grinding chillies and other condiments with grinding stones and hand pounders. A month before the function, the house was ritualistically cleaned, a ‘yagna’ (homam) was performed and the whole house was replastered with fresh clay and cow dung. After this ‘Livun’, the family could start visiting people to invite them for the wedding. The whole exercise was actually a series of feasts. The first visit was to the maternal grandparents, parents and the uncles; as the paternal side was supposed to be conducting the function. Everywhere they went, they were served a big feast and came back loaded with gifts and money (Dhapan Bhat).[ad name=”HTML-1″]
Next was the ‘Krur Kharu’, 15 days before the marriage, a function to avert the evil eye and welcome the gods and the benign forces of nature to reside in the house. To the ritualistic singing of ‘Hainjee’ by older women, the younger ones decorated the main doorway of the house and painted auspicious signs and motifs, flowers, leaves, the sun, moon and the sacred Sanskrit letter Om on the outer walls and tied auspicious leaves to the gate. Big ‘rangolis’ were drawn outside the main gate and in the compound. A kind of ‘khichdi’ of rice and walnut was cooked in huge pots and distributed to relatives and the entire neighbourhood. This was a signal that the public festivities had begun and everyone should take part. Every night, a ‘ladies sangeet’ was held after dinner from eight till midnight. Men were barred, but anyway they managed to peep through the grills.
Women acted in a very free and liberated manner. They dressed like men, made fun of their male relatives and sang satirical songs. There also sang love songs and Bhajans. For them, it was like a catharsis in the otherwise restrictive society. On two nights, professional singers were invited. Tea and snacks were served continuously to the audience by the daughters-in-laws, who went around with large samovars. Thenceforth, Tara could not leave the house. She had to be protected from the evil eye and from any chance mishap. Ritual anointing of her body (ubatana) daily with sandalwood paste, saffron, turmeric, milk, fragrant oils started. Special attention was paid to the feet. A bride’s feet had to be as beautiful as her face. Chaffed or cracked feet (common in Kashmir due to the cold climate) just would not do.[ad name=”HTML-1″]
Three days before the marriage was the great feast of ‘Mehndi Rat’ for all relatives, friends and neighbours. Since women did not form part of the marriage party, the ‘Mehndi Rat’ feast was very important for them. After the feast, Tara’s aunt (father’s sister) applied mehndi or henna first to her feet and then to her hands. In turn, she received gifts from the family. Then she distributed mehndi to the guests, each of whom gave her a small gift in cash. By the end, she was a rich woman. That day, the ladies sangeet lasted the whole night and was the happiest part of the marriage.[ad name=”HTML-1″]
A day before the marriage was the ‘Devgoan’ ceremony – a ritualistic bath for the bride, followed by a purifying and sanctifying ‘yagna’. It included sanctifying the jewels and vessels being given to the bride. All these articles were worshipped and the family priest invoked the gods to bless the young bride and her dowry. As is the general custom in Kashmir, the marriage (lagan) was performed in the night and in the morning the five-year-old bride was carried to the waiting palanquin by her maternal uncle to be taken to her husband’s house. She wore an Arabian style head-to-toe ‘burka’. Islamic influence could also be seen from the fact that Kashmiri Hindu upper caste women observed ‘pardah’ (the veil) and wore a ‘burka’ similar to that worn by the Muslim upper class women. The bride returned the same day and continued to stay in her parental home till she attained puberty.[ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″][ad name=”HTML-3″]