on a way to a clear healthy skin

We all want glowing, blemish free radiant skin that is smooth and healthy. Due to the fast paced lifestyle that we live we end up using products that have harmful chemicals. As a result these products cause more harm than good. The best solution is to use natural products that have no side effects. Ayurveda comes to our aid in this regard. Talking of skin care the first ingredient that comes to mind is Turmeric or 'Curcuma longa ' .It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial herb that is perinatal and so available throughout the year. The best part is that is easily available throughout the year. It is the most trustworthy herb when it comes to matters of skin care. If you ask me then I would only be too glad to hand out the time tested wisdom of skin care passed on to me by my mother who in fact got it from her mother. To this day she vouches by the almost magical properties of turmeric or haldi. It is such a time tested method that mothers would advice there daughters to have milk with haldi and kesar for a good glowing skin. Even expectant mothers are advised to drink this drink so that their off springs are gora-chitta (read fair and good looking)

Turmeric also finds its place in almost all the home made cosmetics so apply after mixing with water,milk or add flour to make a batna or a natural hair remover for the face and a sure shot method to make the face look beautiful in a short duration of 30 minutes to 1 hour

For pimples there are many simple tips that is of adding cinnamon powder into honey and mix it into a paste. It is advised not to add water to this paste. Then apply this mix on to each pimple and leave it over night. Next morning wash face with slightly warm water . This treatment is to be repeated every day.

Use a clean cotton swab to apply a few drops of lemon juice extracted from freshly cut lemon on to the pimples.Do this at night before going to sleep and only next day wash the face clean with water.

Applying the pulp and juice of a freshly cut tomato onto the pimples and leave it to dry . This is best done at night. Next morning wash the face clean with water . This treatment is to be done once a week.

Mixing a pinch of turmeric powder and coconut oil makes it into a paste and than applying it on to the pimples directly and leaving them overnight helps one get rid of the pimples.

Talking of remedies or skin care tips there are so many that revolve around turmeric and instead of tweaking and adding various ingredients I would suggest the "VICCO Turmeric Cream". This is a cream with foam base. It is an Ayurvedic formulation and does not have dangerous chemicals to harm the skin. It is a complete face care regime that is  prepares and protects the skin against oilyness, blackheads and pimples.It is easy to apply due to the fact that it is a foam based cream. Presence of turmeric gives it the power of warding off any bacteria and microbes that may be present on the skin. It can also be use to treat minor cuts and wounds, infection,allergies  and rashes.

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Why My Airtel App gets my vote

I am a Airtel user who is a working professional. besides managing my home and office I have a touring job. This makes me chase deadlines and I am  always on the look out for bill payment dates. As I use both prepaid and Post paid services of Airtel I am constantly looking for the best offers and deals. However this takes up precious time. Luckily for me and all those Airtel subscribers who want a good deal from their service provider and also those who want to stretch their money to the fullest come the app from Airtel that offers a reward for doing a recharge. Yes there is no Typo. You read it right. Every time you do a recharge you get a surprise gift. The reward is called a Airtel Surprise and come to us thanks to the My Airtel App.  

The best part is that the reward is usually in the form of a coupon that the user can make use of at their convenience. Coupons can be from a range of coupons from common day to day use and popular brands that everyone uses . The coupons cover a wide representation of categories from wellness, shopping, food, beverages entertainment etc . So a recharge can earn you a pleasant surprise reward from brands like amazon.in, flipkart.com, Myntra.com, VLCC, PVR cinemas, Café Coffee Day, Archies etc. This concept of Airtel Surprises consists of a extensive range of rewards that leaves its subscribers and users pleasantly surprised.

Another aspect that makes this App fit into my lifestyle so well is that I can customize it and create shortcuts and add them to a Tab called “I Want To” this way all the tasks that I want to do frequently such as a recharge , Bill Payments, View Balance and Data consumption information can be easily viewed by me. In all there are a number of category shortcuts that I can add under “I want  to ”  section. This includes

Bill payments

Recharge

Buy packs

Record a program

Order games

View balance

Data consumed

Check recharge history

This basically is convenient way of customizing my app for doing and making available only those features that I need and use. This customizable feature earns it some brownie points from me.

The Next big hurdle while using an app is how to make payments from within an app. For me security of my financial information like credit card number etc is an area of major concern. On this account this app scores full marks as this app makes paying bills of both Postpaid connections,fixed lines and DTH connection both easy and very secure because of two very important factors. Firstly it has PCIDSS certification that is the industry standard propriety standard solution being employed by Credit card handling agencies. This makes my credit card transactions very secure. Secondly it lets me save my credit card information so that I do not have to enter it again and again. This feature sppeds up my transactions. Overall this app makes life easy and saves a lot of time .

http://www.airtel.in/myairtel.

Kapil da jawab nahin and his EkNayiLeague

Kapil Dev is coming with his new #EkNayiLeague and just what is it? My prediction is that it is a game shop with Kapil Dev as the host.In the quest to delve to find the answer to this question I look around and I see ads about Kapil Dev and his #EkNayiLeague are all over television channels. Go to the internet and watch any video and pops up an ad about Kapil Dev's #EkNayiLeague. The moment I log into twitter I see a flood of tweets inquiring, and asking questions about #EkNayiLeague. Looking deeper I find that these videos are teasers and emphasize the importance of playing with heart will lead to losing. This statemet emphasizes two important things one there is some kind of game play is involved and secondly there is some sort of skill that makes use of mental skills and emphasis is laid on not playing this league with ones heart.Kapil dev is a legend who played exemplary cricket and made India proud when he led the Indian team to the 1983 world cup victory. Whatever Kapil Dev does people end up saying Kapil da jawab nahin just as used to be said in the famous shaving cream ad that Kapil Dev used to be featured in in his hay days. There are a lot of signs that indicate that this is going to be a game show that too celebrity based. As he says in one of the video promos or teasers that stars do not retire. He emphasizes the importance of women in the field of sports and the way they have brought India a lot of Laural's at the international and highest level of sports. This indicates to me that women sports person would find a place in the new league. When Kapil Dev talks about how Yuvraj Singh has made a comeback after recovering from cancer shows that sports persons who have made a comeback and excelled and other people who have excelled after overcoming injury and illness would also find themselves being a part of this #EkNayiLeague. Cricket and bollywood go hand in hand so I feel that #EkNayiLeague is bound to have a fair representation from bollywood . However there would be no place for just good looking people or people that play with their heart. Kapil Dev ji gives importance to the fact that if you play this league with your heart then you are going to lose. In one of the clips he addresses comedy show host Kapil Sharma who brings us his laugh riot comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil. I feel that it is not a mere coincidence that he picked up a TV star with a very high TRP ratings . TV personalities would find a place in the new league but with the caveat that if they play with their heart they would lose. So the new show is about to unveil and the mystery would unfold when Kapil Dev reveals the details on his twitter account @therealkapildev till then your guess is as good as mine.

http://www.eknayileague.com/.

Everyday celebrations walk through my front door

We all seek happiness and festivals are a great way to feel and celebrate happiness. However there is an important person in my life who has a very different take on the theory of celebration .This person is my seven month old baby who eagerly waits for me at my home when I am away and the moment I enter the house she comes up to me and starts to get in a playful mood. She would move back and forth between my legs. Lick my hands yes that’s her way of showing her love for me. Then she would sit in my lap and mew and purr the entire day and wags its tail. After all she is my seven month old kitten who was born in my house and made my garage its home. As it grew it would keep purring and making all kinds of noises when her mother would be away. I later discovered that this was her way of attracting my attention and continued to do so till I would go and gently scratch its head. Slowly she started spending lesser time in the garage and more in my home. I had thought of it as a nuisance initially as she was one of the four siblings born in my unused garage. I found that all the four kittens had a different nature. Till now I had no knowledge about bringing up a pet nor did I have any intention of raising one. I had thought that when it would be old enough I would give it up for adoption that is if it did not go away on its own. However this kitten and its siblings were born with a very different plan. They had a plan to first get into my house and then into my life.
As one day I discovered that when I walked out of my main door to pick up the newspaper they entered my home through the main door. They sat near the main sofa and kept looking at me so lovingly that I did not have the heart to drive them away. Now it became a daily ritual for them to walk through the main door whenever I opened it in the morning. They would make such innocent faces and greet me in their cat language that I felt so good just looking at them and later they would walk out after I gave them their daily dose of milk and some bread. This ritual continued for a couple of months and then three of the kittens started exploring the neighboring households for food. They would still come in the morning perhaps to just wish me. This used to make my day special. As they grew they moved out and were seen in the neighborhood looking for a prey. However one of them decided to make my house its home. I feel that its not me who is raising her instead it’s the other way round. Every day this little kitten playfully displays its newly acquired skills. Despite having a busy schedule of running after the birds, the mice and anything that moves it makes it a point to spend time with me every time I am at home. I do not know how it detects and finds out about my arrival. Even at odd hours I find it standing outside the door and hearing its meow I open the door. With it enters joy, happiness and celebration every day in my home and my life
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ASUS ZenFone 2 A wonderful smartphone to redefine the smartphone experience

I have been a Smart Phone user for quite many years yet my search for a smart phone that would be truly smart and transform my smart phone experience continued till I discovered the features of the new ASUS ZenFone2 It is truly a wonderful smart phone that redefines what all smartphones should be like.

1 The first thing that catches the eye is the smooth brushed-metal finish. What is so distinct about the phone that makes it stand out and different from other brands is the signature concentric-circle detailing of the ASUS Zen phones.  The body contours flow so smoothly and tapers along the length till it is no more then 3.9 mm at the edge. It looks like a beautifully sculpted piece that is so wonderful to behold.

The beauty is not just to be appreciated by the eyes but is also functional. For instance the camera button position is such that it can be easily reached by the index finger. Even the volumes buttons are easy to operate. This effective amalgamation of beauty and functionality make me call this phone as a beauty with a purpose.

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Search for its technical specifications one finds that it holds beneath its bonnet a quad core Atom process Z3580 .It is a 64 bit processor and I find the processor can be a

Atom™ Quad Core Z3580 (2.3GHz), PowerVR G6430, with OpenGL 3.0 support or an

Intel® Atom™ Quad Core Z3560 (1.8GHz), PowerVR G6430, with OpenGL 3.0 support

To make this processor functional comes 2GB/4GB LPDDR3 RAM. These features makes it a powerful smartphone that can be used for playing games or watching movies apart from regular uses such that smartphone users put their phones too like using apps or surfing the net

3) SNAP VIEW is a very important feature that helps you keep your personal and work profiles separate. The ASUS ZenFone 2 also supports Touch Gestures that helps launch the apps  with a sweep.

4) A very enticing feature is the 13 MP Pixel Master camera and the  f/2.0 aperture . This camera offers a zero shutter lag and that is not all. It uses a new low light technology that uses pixel merging technology to capture and bring out very bright pictures even in night time pictures and those taken in low light. Pictures without flash are up to 400 % more bright. IF you still need to use a flash then it has a Real Tone flash. The function of this True tone flash is that it is able to illuminate the subject being photographed in such a way  that the pictures have a  warm skin tones and accurate colors in all the snaps being taken.

5) Since I love taking photographs specially during travel I find that once the battery drains it takes quite some time to charge. In this ASUS ZenFone 2 a Boost Master is incorporated that helps the battery charge very fast . One can expect the battery to recharge up to 60 % in about 39 minutes.Even during the normal functioning of the phone the battery lasts longer and does not require frequent recharges.

I must confess that the ASUS ZenFone 2 with the Android 5.0 (Lollipop) OS is the smart phone of choice that promises to redefine the smart phone experience for its user. 

http://www.asus.com/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/.

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Working for my dil ki deal

I was very excited when I completed my 12th.I was buzzing with excitement. I was going to start a new phase of my life. Soon I joined a college of my choice where I made new friends. We had a good time together. We went to do shopping and also went together to watch the movies especially all the new releases. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves eating burgers and popcorn. I thoroughly enjoyed my new found freedom. Many of my friends came from different cities to study. I belonged to a well off family, while my friends who came from not so good financial backgrounds struggled with everyday expenses. There was a gap of 3 months breaks after our first year of studies. I was busy planning my vacation to Dubai and Europe. I discussed my plans with my friends and when I asked them for their plans they told me that they will search for jobs so that they can become independent and take of their expenses like food and fees etc. Their plan of doing a job changed my vacation plans. I decided to skip going on my vacation and try for a job. It was not a necessity but I wanted to be a part of the plans made by my friends. Moreover it was very exciting. I told my parents about the change in my plan. They told me that I was a big boy now and I had the right to make plans. They ensured me that there is no pressure on me of any kind and I should take up a job only if I really desired. From the next day I started searching for a summer job. It was my first step towards an independent life. I selected my clothes carefully as I wanted to give myself a more serious and professional look. I enjoyed the whole process. After having applied at various places I got a job of my liking. It was a big MNC and they hired a bunch of boys for a new promotion. I learned a lot. I became more responsible. I got my first hand experience in public handling. My family also noticed the changes in me. I had become more responsible and mature in handling situations. I still remember when I got my first salary and I earned Rs 2500.It was my first earning and saving. I was on cloud 9.I gave a very serious thought of what to do with it. I imagined each and everything from buying my favorite shirt to splurging on my taste buds. Then I decided to throw a party for my friends and relatives. Everyone was very happy and brought me many gifts of clothes, perfumes, shoes, gadgets and wow it was a treat. I got much more than I could have bought for myself from my savings. Some of the gifts are still with me reminding me of my first salary. My parents were very proud of me. They hugged me and appreciated my decision. It was a new beginning for me.

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My loving bond for my dil ki deal

We were a family of four. My father, my mother and my grand mother and of course me, all lived together in our ancestral home. We had a great time together. All our relatives lived close by so it was always a big get together on festivals and special occasions like birthdays, engagements and marriages. We were leading a very contented and blissful life. Then all of a sudden my father was transferred to a bigger city. He was very reluctant to do so as my grandmother did not want to move from her home.As my father had been given a promotion along with this transfer my grandmother asked him to go and join the office in the city he had been transferred to. She was of the view that such promotions were hard to get so he must avail of this offer. On her insistence my father went and joined office in a completely new place. He insisted that his mother, my grandmother should also move with us. But she refused to come with us to the big city. She loved her small place and she knew everyone there. With a heavy heart we shifted without her. But we never left any opportunity of visiting her. She came to our new house sometimes but she never liked her stay because of the fast pace of the city. She never felt at home but for us she sacrificed her comfort. I loved my grandmother a lot. We had a special bonding between us. She was my guide, teacher and my best friend. We had a great age gap but we were inseparable. We lived in different cities but our hearts were always together. After passing out from school I did a summer job with the idea of going on a vacation. I worked hard day and night. I took two part time jobs to add to my funds. Soon I had collected enough to suffice for a holiday to a hill resort. To my greatest happiness on this route was my grand mom’s house. I was greatly excited at the prospect of going on my vacation and also funding my first independent journey. I planned my vacation in such a manner that I made a stopover at my grand mom’s place and she lovingly welcomed me. We talked for hours. We laughed and then my dearest grandmother cooked for me my favorite dishes. I loved the dishes she had made. She loved me and she enthusiastically prepared an elaborate menu for me. In those days her city was facing an acute gas cylinder shortage. Undeterred she used a traditional stove using wood and coal. This produced a lot of smoke. The fact that she was asthmatic made the situation even more difficult for her. I went out and returned back with an electric stove bought from my savings. Seeing her tears of joy was more precious than any vacation to a hill station could provide. I decided to spend my time with her. Her love and care are still embedded in my heart and are the most valuable part of my memories of the time I had spent with my grand mother. This was made possible because I had decided to travel without putting any burden on my parents by using my savings. Since then I have made savings a habit because you never know when it may help someone.

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