Carrot goodness

Carrots are good. Munch on them raw or cook them in milk, they are a rich source of nutrients and low in calories too.Carrots have been used as a remedy for tuberculosis, bronchitis, pneumonia, water retention, arthritis, gout and gastrointestinal complaints like colic and ulcers. They have also been found to be useful in preventing macular degeneration (retinal disease leading to loss of vision), atherocsclerosis (hardening of arteries) and cardio-vascular disease. They are high in soluble fibre and that makes them useful in cholesterol reduction.
Of late, several people have raised doubts about eating carrots while on a weight loss programme. The fears are unwarranted. The ability of the vegetable to raise blood sugar levels (glycemic index) is high (92) but it is low in calories and high on nutrition. Traditional wisdom considers carrots as a restorative and healing vegetable. First mentioned in the writings of Greeks 2,500 years ago, they were used by Hippocrates in his remedies.
The best nutritional benefit of carrots is the beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A) they contain. Beta-carotene is a plant form of vitamin A and a powerful antioxidant. The body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A that is needed for healthy vision as well as maintenance of mucous membranes. It has anti–carcinogenic properties and has been found to prevent numerous chronic diseases. It also helps to slow ageing and improve longevity. One of the ways in which beta-carotene may help is protect against damage caused by free radicals. Low levels of beta-carotene in the blood have been linked with poor vision, night blindness, infection and increased risk of certain cancers, particularly cancer of the lung.
In addition, carrots also contain useful amounts of vitamin B3, C and E. When eaten raw, they also provide potassium, calcium, iron and zinc but these are partly destroyed on cooking. The red variety contains 10-15 times more carotene than the yellow-orange variety. Eating 50 gm of carrots can help meet the daily requirement of beta-carotene. Those who eat large amounts of carrots may develop carotenemia, a yellowish tinge on palms and skin. This can be differentiated from jaundice as the whites of the eyes are not yellow.
Unlike most other vegetables, carrots are more nutritious when eaten cooked than raw. Because raw carrots have tough cellular walls, the body is able to convert less than 25 per cent of their beta-carotene into vitamin A. Cooking, however, breaks down the cell membranes. Some fat in the meal is needed to absorb beta-carotene optimally as it is a fat-soluble vitamin. Pureed carrots are good for babies with diarrhoea. Carrots, however, have been known to contain toxic chemicals and tests found unacceptably high levels of organo-phosphrous pesticides in some. Peeling carrots and slicing off their tops removes virtually all of these residues. It is best to choose organically grown ones. The valuable nutrients lie either in or just beneath the skin. So if the carrots are young, simply scrub them.

MANGO ::: VITAMIN A, C & D

MANGO (Aam)

Botanically it is known as Mangifera indica. It is a member of the cashew family (Anacardiacea), one of the most important and widely cultivated fruits of the tropical world. The tree is evergreen, often reaching 50 to 60 ft in height and attaining great age. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 12 inches long; the flowers small, pinkish and fragrant, are borne in large terminal panicles.

The fruit varies greatly in size and character;" the smallest mangoes are no larger than plums, while others may weigh 4 to 5 pds. Its form is oval, round, heart shaped, kidney shaped or long and slender. Some varieties are beautifully coloured with shades of red and yellow, while others are dull green. The single large seed is flattened, the flesh that surrounds it is yellow to orange in colour, juicy, sweet and of delicious spicy flavour. Mangoes are a rich source of vitamins A, C and D.

The unripe fruit is acidic, astringent and antiscorbutic; the ripe fruit is antiscorbutic, diuretic, luxative, invigorating, fattening, and astringent. Sun dried slices of the unripe fruit is very useful in scurvy. The fried skin of the unripe fruit is given with sugar in menorrhagia. The fruit juice increases sexual vigour and sexual strength. It cures impotency. The ripe fruit is often used as a sexual tonic.
Benefit and uses of Mango.
Mangoes are full packed with vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants and contain like all fruits very few proteins, fats and calories. They are perfect to replenish salts, vitamins and energy after physical exercise.
It is a mineral packed chemical free food that has amazing benefits for our health.
The mango-milk cure is an ideal treatment for loss of weight.
Mangoes are thought to help stop bleeding, to strengthen the heart, and to benefit the brain.
Taking Mango regularly makes the complexion fair and the skin soft and shining.
Feeding the powder of dried kernel of Mango seeds with fresh water cures the habit of eating soil in kinds.
Dietary fiber has a protective effect against degenerative diseases, especially with regards to the heart; may help prevent certain types of cancer, as well as lowering blood cholesterol levels.

Mastering the art of doing nothing....

There is nothing as damning to a new manager's career as seeming to appear unoccupied and under-utilised. No matter if you've been working two weekends in a row. But the moment your boss sees you sitting around looking lost on a Tuesday morning you can bid that bonus farewell.Let’s focus on: `How to look busy without actually having to do anything more arduous than stapling or clearing spam'.Now most young managers who read this are looking to succeed in their careers, but without actually doing anything too tasking. But this is tougher than it looks. It requires planning, dedication and commitment. (This may seem ironic at first. But overall you need much, much less planning, dedication and commitment to look busy as against actually doing things at work).First, the clever new manager needs to make sure he is in the right environment. This means being surrounded by a lot of printouts, books, files and papers. Other young managers are also good props. Don't sit alone at a clean desk. This conveys that you are a loner and that you have too much free time to clean your desk. (Some of you might say that a clean desk reflects an efficient and orderly employee. These are the exact types that make bosses feel jittery and either get transferred to the Andamans in months or are asked to handle things like SAP implementation, quality improvement, Six Sigma or Kaizen for the rest of their lives.)Those guys down in `taxation and legal' read books with several thousands of pages of small print text and also produce massive mounds of printouts that normally take months to prepare, weeks to check and four minutes for the Board to ignore. Hardly anyone ever goes to meet them and they relish the occasional fresh human interaction. Ten minutes with them, and you will be walking back with a huge stack of documents that will quickly cover your tables, your cubicle walls and fill your laptop bag. Make sure you leave lots of tables full of numbers on your table top at all times. That just screams `future CFO'!Now that the environment is ready, make sure you get a few phone calls every few hours. For this you will need to visit any shopping mall or popular weekend hangout and apply for several credit cards, loyalty programmes, loans and other services. Make sure you always give your office number to them. This way you will get a steady stream of phone calls for years. When the boss buzzes you can say, with some pride, that you are on the phone and will be there in ten minutes. Busy bee!Great so far. Now you need to make sure that your boss is aware of how busy you are. For this you can use several tools. The first is the `packed to the gills' calendar. Here you print out a copy of your monthly calendar and paste it prominently next to your seat. Ensure you have marked out things to do against every day on the sheet including the occasional Sunday. Every time your boss asks you for a piece of work, scrutinise the calendar and think deeply. You can mark appointments as follows: (real meanings in parenthesis)Renewed energy strategy (Change gas cylinder at home)Disaster management review meeting (Take wife out for dinner to make up for forgetting anniversary)Critical input consumption estimation (Buy groceries)Diversification roadmap scoping (Check out new secretary on fourth floor)Another method to seem busy is to periodically run around the office holding a piece of paper in your hand muttering to yourself: "This is crazy man. One man can't do this. What the hell... " Do this just before and after lunch for maximum effect. What the heck... do it during lunch too. A more cheeky way of doing this is to directly involve your boss in the deception. One ingenuous way is like this: First get a couple of days of leave sanctioned. Then, two days before you need to go on leave go back to your boss and cancel it.
Tell him the work demanded it:
Boss: "So you are coming to work tomorrow and the day after?"
Manager: "Yup. The replacement kidney can wait."
Boss: "Wow... "
So there. Those are the basics. You need to look, sound and talk busy. All very simple isn't it? Keep going at it and pretty soon you will have mastered the art of looking the part, but actually playing minesweeper all day.

Mumbai among world's top 10 financial flow hubs

•Driven by high trading volumes for equities and a good presence of global banking and financial services firms, Mumbai has grabbed a place in the world's top ten financial flow hubs list, beating Hong Kong and Beijing.
•Mumbai has been ranked tenth among the world's biggest centres of commerce in terms of the financial flow volumes
•China got represented by three cities in the top-50 list, with Hong Kong grabbing the fifth position, Shanghai at 32nd and Beijing at 46th position. However, Mumbai was the only Indian city on the list.
•Mumbai, however, did not figure in the individual top-ten list on the five metrics other than financial flow.
•Earlier last year, a committee was set up to draw an outline to turn Mumbai into a global finance centre. The committee submitted its report in April this year and suggested fixing a 2007-2020 timeframe for the city's evolution from India's financial hub to an International Financial Centre.

Do u find delhi or mumbai better ???

1. Hi ,Love "MUMBAI"Its not the cities that make or break someone.. Its the Peopleand i feel Mumbai has some very good peoples you must have heard about "SPIRIT OF MUMBAI" 100's of timehave you heard abt "SPIRIT of Delhi"Think abt it......

2. I have stayed in both the cities, ofcourse spent a lot of time in Mumbai than in Delhi. I have a definite bias towards MUMBAI.Mumbai has a definite energy which propels you forward. People are friendly and helpful even when they are very busy. Mumbai offers you opportunities like there is no tommorrow. Mumbai is a financial hub of India. Mumbai has several tourist spots nearby where you can enjoy and de-stress yourself. You get to interact with different people all the time. Hope these many reasons are enough at this time.

3. Without doubt mumbai..its way better than delhi coz its safer n the delhi heat is scorching. delhi is also more crowded but atlast u know a person staying in delhi for a long time say its his birthplace than obviously he'll prefer delhi n its the same 4 a person staying in mumbai!!

4. Mumbai is the city of dreams !!! So, my ans is the same and to support this there r many reasons...I had been working at Delhi for last three years and relocated to Mumbai now. Analysing the crime bargraph in relation to specially with women at Delhi is more...opportunities for a general livelyhood here in Mumbai is much better than Delhi.....

5. Plus points of Bombay:It is the financial capital of the region (SAARC nations). It has a humid climate good for health of a certain kind of people. It has one of the best bus transport systems in the world. It has the lowest crime rate in its category of cities. Bombay Police keeps Bombay safe even at night. Regular local trains up to 1am in the night from 4 am in the morning. Population is around the 1.5 times that of Delhi. Highest tax paying population in India. Has a beach culture and a fishing community. Has no water shortage. Has the highest phone density in Asia. Largest doctor population. Largest employee population. Highest real estate value.

6. Mumbai, it's got ocean's on both side.
Now let us c how Delhi compares Delhi is the capital of India but is that actually a plus point…Each n every person in Delhi seems to be in the names dropping race thanks to this. It does not have a wonderful climate both summers and winters are extreme and the pollution is higher than Bombay due to the fact that Delhi does not have any Sea around to suck up the pollution. It’s transport system is not so good Delhi is not a safe city for women. No comments about the Police in DelhiAbout local trains, Delhi even after the metro is not exactly in the same league. Do people pay taxes in Delhi? Well yes but the income vs expense balance has been disproportionate since independence. No beaches. Delhi has a drinking water problem.

I Guess Mumbai wins over Delhi.............

You can’t beat Mumbai for professionalism !

Uday Mishra, a management graduate in marketing, who is currently working with a financial consultancy firm, puts it, “Nearly 60 per cent of business school graduates are looking at the growth opportunities a city provides, while 40 per cent today are looking at the lifestyle angle. Even young people realise that while a city like Mumbai would always rank first where business opportunity is concerned, it may not provide the quality of life you hankerafter. Besides, there is a certain indifference prevalent here, that comes as a culture shock to someone who has lived elsewhere; like I am originally from Jamshedpur, which has a very relaxed, club culture. But let me say that you can’t beat Mumbai for professionalism!"

" Comments Kirti John, who took an MBA degree from NMIMS, Mumbai, and is currently, manager-ICICI Bank, “Two years into the job, and you are taking stock of the situation. While management graduates are often paid higher salaries in Mumbai, the flip side is that the cost of living is much higher here, as compared to smaller towns like Jamshedpur. But what I like best about Mumbai is that the emphasis is not on who you are, but on what you are doing. And you are treated as an individual performer, there is no gender bias. When it comes to safety, Mumbai tops the list without question. "

'Mumbai's safe. In Delhi, no one's spared'

It’s a big bad world out there, mothers universally have told their daughters. For mothers in India, the big bad world is definitely in DELHI. In a recent forum hosted by timesofindia.com, netizens have unanimously agreed on one thing: DELHI is the most unsafe city for women in the country. Road rage, aggressive and intimidating behaviour, men eyeing lasciviously at bus stops and public places, women being chased in cabs while returning home, assault and rape – the list is endless. For most of India, Delhi has become a living nightmare, thanks to its soaring crime rate and its ‘unfriendly’ attitude towards women. A city which shows no respect for its womenfolk, most feel that it is the end of innocence. According to responses received online, Mumbai wins the laurel of being the ‘most safe city for women’ in India, hands down. For the commercial and entertainment capital of the country, resilience and respect for women go hand in hand. No wonder, Mumbai local trains boast of women passengers travelling all by themselves at 2:30 A.M. Don’t even think of trying that in Delhi. Seej proudly states that “having lived in most northern & southern cities, Mumbai is the safest city for women in India”.

New Generation Indian Daughter-in-Law....

New Generation Indian Daughter-in-Law....

It is a myth that when a son gets married and a new daughter-in-law arrives in the family, everything changes. Some daughters-in-law are well trained and well mannered....They don't come to change the family, they are here to.....(READ ON !).....................

The new wife (progressive Indian woman of today), was being welcomed at the husband's home in a traditional manner. As expected she gave a speech; "My dear family,I thank you for welcoming me in my new home and family, firstly, my being here does not mean that I would want to change your way of life, your routine. "No, I will never do that, never in a million years."

"What do you mean my child?" asked the father-in-law.

"What I mean dad is (looking at her in-laws);

Those who used to wash the dishes must carry on washing them. Those who used to do the laundry must carry on doing it. Those who cooked should not stop at my account, AND Those who used to clean should continue cleaning !!!

"And what are you here for?" enquired the mother-in-law.

"AS FOR ME, I'M HERE JUST TO ENTERTAIN YOUR SON !!!!!!!!!!!!!