Facewash

Now a days ,I hardly buy or use soaps.I am not having any skin problems or allergy to soaps .Very soon ,I may develop some.This is because,I end us using facewash to cleanse myself ! I am not super rich  ! In fact ,I am trying to economise !

My terrible teen of a daughter, has been buying face washes left ,right & centre.She elects facecleansers & then discards them, one by one.How can I, just throw them away ? I decided, that I must use them.Since there are so many,I felt, that the best way to utilise them was to use them as body wash .

I use them completely.After  the squeezing actions stop working,I roll over a rod on the facewash tube to extract what little is left.Then ,I painstakingly fill the facewash tubes  and or containers with water & shake them vigorously.And keep them for a day or two.Then ,I pour the watery contents & use them to wash myself

                                             Picture is for representative purpose only.

When the prices of the face cleansers ( across all brands ) are extracting all my money,I must go all the way to utilise all the washes till the last drop ! And ,yet,I feel, my methods are still wanting in this regard.

I  am cross with them who asked my daughter to do something about her pimples.On second thoughts,I must bill them, for all this  brain wash. All these face washes have been brought by her to deal with pimples & acne.My advice, that pimples will go away after some time cuts no ice with her.

One of the face cleansers which is one of the most expensive ones was found to be allergic for use.I use it now ,only for hand wash ! After all this never ending exercise ,I am sure ,I will be left faceless. I may be even wiped out ,  as I am using  them to clean up my body as well !

I must admit, that all these face wash ,cleanser,scrub,pack are just misnomers for brain wash !

This is the sixth post for the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2014

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Sfurti Sinha

Afshan Shaik

Elections

The nation is in the grip of Election fever ! And it is summer as well ! So temperatures are soaring ! The manifesto of AAP promises to lower  the age of poll candidates  to 21 years .I am in favour of lowering it further, to teen age .This is the sure shot way of channelising the hyperactive energy of teenagers &  their raging hormones ! Moreover ,teenagers  will fare better than our netas !

In the midst of all this ,my teenager announced,"Daddy,I am standing for elections ." Daddy ( aghast that AAP has come to power ...still they should have waited till my daughter's board exams were over before reducing the age ),"How can you ? " Teenager ," Group captain elections at school. " Daddy," You have to give board exams.Please give attention to that ." "Bye,Daddy ".Call disconnected.My teen does that.She is informing us....not seeking permission.Moreover ,my hubby never understood that his daughter has leadership potential.She dreams of being the Group Captain. Board exams and all be damned !

Next day,my daughter arrived home, with  a flushed face.I thought maybe it was the heat.Yes,I was right ,it was the heat, of school elections."Mama ,I was not selected.Last year,they never allowed girls of 9th std to stand for elections as even Vice Captains .This year ,they said ,only boys can stand for elections to Group Captains.It is so unfair.You know,the guy who won, was not even standing & then our Sir ( read Kingmaker ) told him & he stood up & won !  " .A pause & she continued ",.Atleast ,I stood for elections.Two of my classmates ,both girls, were not even allowed to stand.Only one of my girl classmate is group  vice captain now.All other vice & group captains are boys ".

At last she  nailed it ", ",I tell you ,our school elections are as unfair as the national elections.Mama,I am writing to the Princy ( read Principal ) that all this is unfair." I butted in ," Just one person writing is hardly going to make any difference ." My leader of a teenager," Mama,I will write it & it will be signed by all of us (read girls ) ." I know ,my kid is preparing for larger roles ...she is getting lessons in fairness,gender equality,etal !

This is the fifth post in the A to Z Blogging Challenge,2014.

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Suzy Que

Prudhvi Latha

Dreams.

We all dream of better future,contentment, happiness,peace,success & so on ! Many are chastised for daydreaming !

Why do we dream ? There are no definitive answers as yet.Many scientists ,philosophers & even religions have debated the purpose of dreams & answers are still being sought.

We often dream during sleep ...during the Rapid Eye Movement Stage ( REM ) of sleep.We tend to forget many of the dreams .We do recall some of them.All can dream,even if their sight is wanting .Also,in case of those who are visually impaired,dreams are a reality.Dreams will be vivid or hazy.This is so, even if ,carrots are skipped or a  part of meals !

Many important discoveries were discovered in dreams.The most significant example of this is Kekule dreamt about the tetravalent nature of carbon.Paul McCartney has admitted that he dreamt about the tune of the famous Beatles song "Yesterday " before it became a reality ! President Abraham Lincoln dreamt about his assasination.Even our own mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan had dreams that led to deep insights ,theories & discoveries in Mathematics which continue to have world wide acceptance !

Hence,dreaming is essential ! As Kekule said "Let us learn to dream."

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Dagny Sol

Sundari Venkatraman

Carrots

I find carrots to be too good as they can be added to so many dishes.The best thing is they can be grated & mixed into so many things !

Carrots are an excellent source of Vitamin A.This vitamin A is good for eyesight.Including carrots in meals is a sure shot way to stay away from glasses which may, later in some extreme cases lead to blindness.Carrots have lots of fibre & hence help in weight loss.

There are a variety  of dishes in which a carrots are the main ingredient.I myself have made a carrot cake,carrot salad & carrot koshimbir,I add carrots grated and or chopped to upma,savoury vermicelli,dosa idli & paniyaram batters to make  them more healthy & colorful.Even cutlets & bread snacks  can be made fibrous with addition of carrots.

I even came across a carrot tomato rasam recipe.And I did give it a try & I was amazed by the taste! I puree carrots,onions & tomatoes & make a gravy for chhole & rajma.This ensures, that my kid eats some carrots ! Can anyone think of pulaos & biryanis without  carrots ? Same with avial  & pav bhaji.And winters are incomplete without garma garam  gajar ka halwa ! In South India ,finely chopped carrots with salt  cooked with fresh dessicated coconut & a vagar of mustard,urad dal,red chillies,green chillies,kadipatta,hladi ,hing  makes for a delicious carrot thoran!There is even a carrot kheer recipe ! Carrots blend easily with beetroot,beans,capsicum,cabbage,cauliflower,etc ! Moreover whenever a dish is made with more than one vegetable ,it gets more tasty be it a beetroot carrot cake,cabbage-carrot thoran,avial ,etc.

                                     Carrot tomato rasam with tur dal.

Carrots have a sweet taste.Hence,I find them very useful in case a dish has turned out too  spicy.Addition of  grated  carrots in such a dish & cooking it for a few minutes can reduce the spice content.

Some years back ,I read in the press, that one man had been eating so many carrots that he looked very carrot like ,in colour....like an orange.I would love to imbibe that colour as it can be easily mistaken for a peachy complexion, all over ! For that, I just have to eat more carrots ! This means, that I have to follow the  carrot & carrot ( not stick) policy  !

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Corrine Rodrigues

Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekar