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Happy birthday, Red Dot! -- Swati Arya August 9, India’s Quit India Day, was Singapore’s National Day. An Indian woman, who has been living in the small equatorial nation, often called the Red Dot, pays tribute on the occasion. Today as I stepped out of the house and into a red sea of happy smiling faces, I could not help but reflect o...

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Steam your way into healthy food -- Khyati Rupani For many years, health experts have claimed that steaming is a far healthier option, as compared to the various conventional methods that we employ, to cook food. This debate has been raging for quite some time now. Steaming works by continuously boiling water, which gives off steam, and it is this…

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“The past makes the present”: Vashdev Khialani, President, Singapore Sindhi Association-- Siraj Syed In his centrally located office, Civil Engineer Vashdev ‘Vashi’ Khialani, an amiable Singaporean Sindhi who speaks with an accent that is called Singlish in the island-state, talked to Siraj Syed, our Consulting Editor, about his life journey, career and passions. “We were from a middle-class tradin...

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MY ELDER BROTHER (Bade Bhai Sahib) -- Munshi Premchand My Bhai Sahib was elder to me by five years, yet only three years ahead of me at school. He too had started school at the same age as I, but he did not like to be in undue haste in such an important matter as education. He wanted to lay a very solid foundation so that a magnificent structure could…

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Cold and Flu -- Khyati Rupani The common cold is a viral infection of your upper respiratory tract – your nose and throat. A common cold is usually harmless, although it may not feel that way at the time. If it’s not a runny nose, sore throat and cough, it’s the watery eyes, sneezing and congestion – or maybe all of the above. C...

Excellent tips for those starting college and others too.http://nrizone.com/Post.aspx?title=Ready%20for%20college?%20Count%20till%2010!%20-%20Sabira%20Fernandes&cid=3&pid=104

Ready for college? Count till 10! - Sabira Fernandes College is that big step into the world of independence; the beginning of the making of your career. The cloistered, sheltered world of school is done with, and many await the genesis of a new life. Most know what they want as their careers, while some get there ultimately. Starting college brings...

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Ginger, the Spice of my life, and yours! - Huda Shaikh Ginger is nothing less than a miracle herb, and is my favourite spice. It can basically spice up your cup of tea, bowl of rice, platter of salad, and much more. Want to know why? This ancient, humble spice is loaded with benefits, and has been given the status of ‘Natural chest medicine’, by Ayurved...

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The Healing Power of Compassion -- Vinita Agrawal Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi is the Co-Director Tibet Science Initiative and Co-Principal Investigator at Emory Scientists. He is also the Founder and the Director of Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc, in Atlanta, GA,U.S.A. He was in Delhi recently to give a talk on the Healing Power of Compassion. Vini...

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Monsoon Trekking in the Sahyadris: Put on your shoes--Sabira Fernandes The monsoon that hits the western coast of India from June to September is a time when the earth speaks a beautiful, verdant language. The rains bring a renewed life the population, after the hot, at times sizzling hot, summer spell. Lethargy becomes a thing of the past and every sentient being is u...

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Downpour and petrichor: Singing in the rain - Sabira Fernandes ‘Petrichor’ is the name given to the fragrance of the first rains as it hits the parched earth after a long spell of a hot summer (derived from Greek petra, meaning stone, and ichor, meaning the blood that flows in the veins of Greek gods; certainly not derived from Indian languages, wherein it woul...