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Ingredients:

• 10 – Pavs (small squares of bread shaped like buns)
• 1 – large potato, boiled and mashed slightly
• 2 cups of mixed boiled vegetables
• 1 – large onion, chopped
• 1 to 1/2 cups – of chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup of tomato puree
• 1 cup of sliced capsicum
• 1 tsp – fennel seeds
• 1 tsp – cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp – turmeric powder
• Chilli powder as required
• 2 to 3 – green chillies, chopped finely
• 2 to 3 – cloves garlic
• 2 inch – grated ginger ( or you can use one tsp of ginger garlic paste)
• 2 tbsp – pav bhaji masala
• 1 tsp – black salt (optional)
• Some butter to cook
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat about 3-4 tbsp of butter, add onions and saut them till soft.
2. Add capsicum to the above mixture and saut for another min.
3. Add ginger and garlic along with chilies. Saut for another 2 mins.
4. Add the tomatoes to it and mix well, till it becomes soft.
5. Add the puree along with the spices (including black salt if using) and mix well for another 5-10min till the raw smell of the puree goes away.
6. Season with salt.
7. Add the boiled vegetables along with the potatoes and mix well.
8. If the gravy is thick means add little water to it.
9. Let it come to boil and then reduce and let it warm in simmer.
10. Meanwhile heat a non-stick pan and grease it with butter.
11. Take a bun/Pav, slice it in half and cook with butter until it becomes lightly brown on both the sides.
12. Serve hot with the bhaji(gravy) we prepared.
13. Garnish with Coriander leaves and lemon slices.

Yummmmmmyyyyyy Pav bhaji is readddddyyyyyyyyyyyyy to serve.

Its very clear that the most important woman in a girl’s life is her mom. Ya today is my mom’s birthday, very sweet and a lovable mom.Myself and my brother are blessed to have such a mom. Thanks for everything mom!!!!!

Happy birthday to you mom!!!!!!!!!!

Love you ever !!!!!!!

The name Diwali is itself a contraction of the word “Deepavali which means row of lamps. Deepavali is the most important festival of the year and is celebrated with families performing traditional activities together in their homes.

Deepavali is a very exciting and colorful holiday in which homes will be cleaned to welcome the New Year and windows are opened so that it is believed that the Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, can enter. It is a belief that she cannot enter a house which is not lit up, so every household burns special Diwali clay lamps to light the way for the goddess, which is why the holiday is also known as the Festival of Lights.

Deepavali is the very favorite festival among kids. During Diwali celebrants wear new clothes, shares sweets and snacks with their family members and friends. Bursting crackers is the very favorite and lovable part for kids during this festival. Fireworks and firecrackers are set off to evil spirits, so it is a noisy holiday too!

Some Indian business communities begin the financial year on the first day of Diwali, hoping for prosperity the following year. The festival of Diwali is never complete without exchange of gifts. People present diwali gifts to all near and dear ones.

In Bengal the festival is dedicated to the worship of Mother Kali, the dark goddess of strength. Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed God, the symbol of auspiciousness and wisdom, is also worshiped in most Hindu homes on this day.

May this Diwali brings you all joy, health and wealth and also this festival brighten up you and your near and dear ones lives. May the Diwali light show us the way and lead us together on the path of peace harmony.

�WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, FANTABULOUS DIWALI 2010.

Health and Fitness has now become one of the major issues today. Earlier humans used to hunt for their living, due to which their body had to undergo a lot of physical exercise.

This made their life active and alert but now, life has become more simple and easy. Everything we need is just a phone call away.

This easy life has restricted us to do such physical exercise which is required to keep the body fit and healthy. We get instant, spicy and variety of food which lacks in nutrition. Nutrients are necessary for the proper functioning of mental, physical, metabolic, chemical and hormonal activities.

Research says the very main reason for obesity is that over eating and loss-of-control eating; eating in the absence of hunger; motivation to eat. Obesity is defined as a condition of being significantly overweight.

If you are wondering where to start when it comes to your own list of diet or lifestyle challenges to tackle, the only statement you should remember is ”I should eat less to be healthy”.

Eating less doesn’t mean that you should not take your regular diet, it just mean that you should avoid taking junk foods, calorie rich foods like soda, juice and also instead of taking high quantity of food you can take less amount of rice with high quantity of fruits and veggies which acts as a rich form of boosters and as you know it’s very good for health and also protects you from overweight.

Disadvantages of becoming Overweight Being overweight will add to your woes of being flat-footed. It is therefore advisable to lose weight to avoid pressurizing the lower limbs.

• Fat people are unable to walk properly and they have leg pains and backaches frequently.
• Many cardiovascular diseases, asthma, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, diabetes, Osteoarthritis, lack of sleeping, Gallstones, Physical Discomfort.
• The fat layer in the body acts as an insulating layer and causes irritability in hot weather.
• There are chances of getting cancer during obesity.

Exercise and Fitness

Simple fitness exercises can help to have a active and also a healthy life. Stretching exercises can help in many ways in mainting a fitter body. While trying exercises choose the right fitness trainer. Health and Fitness can make many differences in life. Healthy living is all that everyone needs and to achieve that we have to follow certain exercises, foods and the main most thing is maintenance of food log.

By maintaining a food log we will be able to know what we are eating, how can we reduce our body fat, how can we be healthier and the list goes on. The main most Quotes you should note is that in morning time you should eat like a king and in night time you should eat like a beggar. It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

Navratri is mainly a hindu festival which takes place usually in the beginning of October. The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit. Navratri is also known as Durga Puja. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti devi will be worshipped.

The Navaratri festival or Nine Nights festival becomes ten days festival with the addition of the last day, Vijayadashami.

It is exciting to note that the household who organizes the golu arrangement and prayers try to maintain their regional ethnicity. Golu tradition is followed primarily in Tamil Nadu in India. While the grown-ups enjoy recollecting their memories of Golu in Tamil Nadu, youth have a chance to take part and learn about Navarathri . This is my mam�s house golu, looks nice na!!!

The total nine nights is splitted into three days for durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi.

First three days

Durga meaning Power, the goddess is separated as a spiritual force, matha durga is also known as Kali, as she destroys all the sin we do. I personally suggest you join with your parents in worshipping “Ma Durga” at least during this Navaratri time. She will give auspiciousness, prosperity, knowledge, and other potent powers for you to cross every hurdle of life.

Second three days

Lakshmi is portrayed as a beautiful woman of golden complexion, with four hands, sitting or standing on a full-bloomed lotus and holding a lotus bud, which stands for beauty, purity and fertility. Her four hands represents the four ends of human life:

• dharma, the right things we do
• kama – desires
• artha – the wealth
• moksha – the liberation from the cycle of birth and death

. The Mother is believed to secure her devotees from all kinds of misery and money-related sorrows. She is treated as a giver of spiritual wealth.

Final three days

The final set of three days is spent in worshipping the goddess of knowledge, Saraswati. Her four hands represents the four aspects of human personality in learning; mind, intelligence, alertness and ego.

Eighth day is traditionally Durgashtami which is celebrated in Bengal.

Saraswati puja will be performed on the 9th day in some parts of South India. Ayudha Puja is conducted in many parts of South India on the Mahanavami (Ninth) day. Weapons, agricultural implements, all kinds of tools, equipments, machinery and automobiles are decorated and worshipped on this day along with the worship of Goddess.

The 10th day is celebrated as ‘Vijaya Dashami’. Many Schools in south India used to start teaching Kindergarten children from that day onwards. Schools that are closed for Navarathri will be re-opened on this day.

In North India, as the ending ceremony of Ramlila which is conducted during Dussehra, the dummy figuring of Ravana, Kumbhakarna, and Meghanada are burnt to celebrate the victory of good (Rama) over evil forces on the ‘Vijaya Dashami’ day.

Let us pray well, everyone in this world worships power, Durga, because there is no one who does not love and long for power in some form or the other.

We hope that this year Navaratri will gives all of us good knowledge, will power and good wealth.

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event which will be held once in four years and features competitions involving thousands of privileged athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

The 2010 Commonwealth Games is the 19th Commonwealth Games and the ninth to be held under this name. The Games are being held in Delhi – India, as we all know Delhi is one of the lovable and beautiful places because of the lotus temple, Taj mahal, India gate, amazing forests and so on.

CWG is scheduled from October 3rd to 14th October 2010. The opening ceremony of CWG took place on 3rd of October 2010 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event. This marks the first time the Commonwealth Games have been held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia .

The preparations for the Common Wealth Games (CWG) games received criticism in news media due to issues like heavy rains, floods, infrastructural compromise, broken or missing installations in the athletes’ village, preparation delays etc… These issues grew into a big fire which leads to the withdrawal of prominent athletes and adduction of widespread corruption. The only thing is that no nations withdrew and the games started on time. A widely-praised opening ceremony helped improve the name of the games.��

CWG-lightCeremony

India received appreciations from many countries who were criticizing India for the CWG issues. These grand appreciations had given India a good foundation for Olympics bid in future. Few days after the start of the game, focus has been automatically turned over to the sports side.

Common-wealth-Marathon

India begins day 7 in CWG with its 20^th gold. As of now Australia is there in the leading position with 48 gold in their hand, , England is there in the second place with 20 gold, we are in the third place with the same 20 gold which is being followed by Canada. We Indians are now mainly depending on our shooters once again, who provided 50 per cent of their gold medals in the first four days, to help India stay ahead of England and Canada.

Go India Go.

Today morning when i just came by the side of the theatre, i happened to see Rajnikanth sir’s poster was bathed in over hundred litres of milk and also thousands of people have been roaming around the cinema hall to catch the first day, first show of Endhiran. While talking about Rajni sir we are just forgetting about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Though Aishwarya Rai Bachchan looks stunning and acts most convincingly, Endhiran is full and full a Rajnikant show from starting to end.

As till i heard the film’s story revolves around a scientist’s struggle to control his own creation of an android robot whose processor was raised to such a higher standard, in order to give it the ability to grasp and generate human emotions, from further sociological mishaps. After setting its eyes on a pretty woman, the robot develops love for her, who also happens to be the love interest of the scientist, which creates a conflict between the two. The film got released today i.e on(01-10-2010) worldwide along with its dubbed versions. The film is named as Robot in Hindi and Robo in Telugu. True to Rajini style, the climax of the film is being the mother of all climaxes.

Hmmm to tell about the make of the film we all know that Enthiran is a science fiction film co-written and directed by Mr.Shankar. The film features Sir Rajinikanth in dual roles, one as a science professor and another role as a superintelligent android robot.

Aishwarya Rai and Danny Denzongpa play other lead roles whereas Santhanam, Karunas, Kalabhavan Mani, Devadarshini, and Cochin Haneefa plays supporting roles. After nearly a decade of hard work, the film was shot completed in two years since 2008. This big budget film is produced by Mr.Kalanidhi Maran, a business legend. This film is known to be the most expensive film in Asia till now. This film also haves the credit of grtting the largest worldwide opening for an Indian film, during its release. Music was composed by A. R. Rahman, the Oscard award winner and R. Rathnavelu handled Cinematography.

The film shooting began on February 15 2008 in Chennai. The first schedule of the film commenced on September 2008 at Peru, where a song sequence casting Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai was shot under the choreography of Raju Sundaram at the Machu Picchu, the song is Kilimanjaro song and it’s a very famous number.

Other scenes for the song were finished off in the United States and Brazil. The shooting for the second schedule continued in the Indian state of Goa, where the initial portions were filmed for ten days. The third schedule for the film shot in Himachal Pradesh for a song, which then followed the scenes being in and around Chennai.

During the final day of filming on 7 July 2010, the entire cast and crew members, including Mr.Kalanidhi Maran, Hansraj Saxena, took part in a celebration party which recalls and show respect for the the completion of the two-year filming process.

Fans like us have taken a day off from work to make sure to see this first show. I am a huge Rajnikanth sir’s fan. I wanted to book my tickets in advance but couldn’t. All the tickets were sold out. Anyway am not ready to leave this am just running out to try the availability of tickets at least for next week.

You hear these words quite often in Kerala. Guruvayoorappan has a distinct place in every heart and every household. Guruvayoorappan Lord Krishna is THE GOD of God’s own country!

Guruvayur is most famous for its temple, which is many centuries old and one of the most important in Kerala. According to belief, the temple is the creation of guru, the preceptor of the goods, and vayu, the god of winds. The eastern nada is the main entrance to the shrine.The temple’s deity is Lord Guruvayurappan in the form of Balagopalan (Krishna in the form of a child). While non-Hindus are not permitted to enter the temple, Lord Guruvayurappan has strong believers from many religions. In Kerala, This is probably the only site for several weddings and ‘Annaprasanam’, the first feeding ceremony of child.

Guruvayur temple is famous for two renowned classical literary works: Narayaneeyam by Melpathoor ��Narayana Bhattathiri and Jnanappana by Poonthanam. The temple also holds the annual festival (ulsavam) in the Malayalam month of Kumbham (February-March) during which it hosts classical arts like Kathakali, Koodiyattam, Panchavadyam, Thayambaka and Panchari Melam. The place has given birth to many noted ethnic instruments like chenda, maddalam, timila, ilathalam and idakka.

At the time of Tippu sulthan’s invasion the holy idol of Sri Guruvayoorappan shifted to Ambalappuzha temple and then shifted to Mavelikkara sri Krishnaswamy Temple.

Guruvayur Devaswom managing committee of the famous Sri Krishna Temple in Guruvayur has now changed the dress code and now women are allowed to wear churidars and pyjamas to enter the temple. Men wearing pants (trousers) and shirts are still not allowed.

Before the decision came into existence, only women wearing sari or Kerala’s traditional mundu and veshti were allowed inside the temple. The change in the outdated custom is a great relief to thousands of female devotees from India as well as from abroad. The similar outdated custom still prevails in the Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple in Trivandrum, Kerala. If you are visiting Guruvayoor Temple the visit is not complete without visiting the nearby Shivan Temple at Mammiyoor, every devotee who goes to Guruvayoor is supposed to go to Mammiyoor also, as the ritual goes. If you have a day extra you can also visit Trichur to see Lord Vadakkunnathan.

Thulabharam is an important ritual at the Sri Krishna Temple in Guruvayur, Kerala. In the ritual, the devotee sits on the one side of a weighing balance. The other side of the weighing balance is filled with materials which he/she wishes to offer. The devotee offers materials of his/her weight or more, offering one’s weight of such materials as coconut, coconut water, butter, sugar, fruits, copper, silver, gold or any other material is a popular vow taken by devotees.

The Devaswom will supply most of the materials. There is no advance booking. But for the materials like flowers etc. which may not be immediately available, Devaswom should be informed at least a day in advance or the devotees can bring it. The weighing facilities are available on both sides of the entrance inside the Eastern Gopuram. The expenses involved can be remitted after the offering. For non-Hindus, the thulabharam facility is available near the Kalyana mandapam.

While listing about the features, specialities of guruvayoor I should tell you about Guruvayur Kesavan , one of the leading elephant names associated with the temple is that of Guruvayur Kesavan which was a legendary elephant. Am dam sure that no one can forget its existence. It has found a place for it in the temple’s folklore.

The temple is a major venue for Hindu marriages in Kerala. A record number of marriages take place each day at the temple sometimes crossing 100 in a single day. Devotees of Lord Guruvayurappan think it is highly auspicious to start married life in front of the lord.

To enter the four walls of the temple, we need to obey rules and regulations set by certain individuals with covert intentions. But sadly these people never realize that the four walls cannot confine Lord Krishna. He is everywhere and he smiles and plays with all the people. Next time while waiting in the queue to enter into the Guruvayur Temple, just look around you will find Lord Krishna playing all around the temple, not only in the temple his presence his filled everywhere.

Kaakanae Krishna!!!!

Onam is the most favorite festival for me from my childhood, not only for me but also for most of the keralites. Diwali is called the festival of lights likewise we can tell Onam as the festival of flowers, festival of feast, festival of games and it goes on.

Usually Onam is celebrated in the beginning of the month of Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar (Kollavarsham). Onam lasts for ten days and is linked to many elements of Kerala’s culture and tradition.

This year my Onam celebration was in Kerala, god’s own place. The first day of Onam celebration is Atham. This is the day which makes all of us to believe that King Mahabali has started his preparations to come from heaven to Kerala. This year I also went to Thrikkakara temple which is considered as the home of our king Mahabali. This temple marks the start of festivities every year on atham.

The second day of Onam is Chithira, which makes us to get lean, means that much of cleaning work will be there in this day and then comes my lovable day Vishakam,fourth day of Onam which indicates the start of many Onam related competitions like� Pookalam competitions .

Anizham is the fifth day of Onam which indicates the start of VallamKali. Vallamkali will be very delicious to watch. I can also say that Vallamkali is one of the main attractions of onam. Karuvatta, Payippad, Aranmula and Kottayam are the places where Vallamkali is very famous. The boats will be designed like a snake, which is called Chundans.

The sixth day of Onam is Thriketa- from this day most of the schools and even offices will also start issuing holidays. To my pleasant surprise this year all my relatives came and we all joined together to put the Pookalam. The pookalam designs will be very large by this time, at least 5 to 6 new flowers types will be added to the original designs and in our pookalam we added many flowers this year which grew in our garden at that time.

Moolam, the seventh day of Onam, from today we started to prepare smaller versions of OnaSadhya, means the number of items prepared will be less when compared to the items prepared on Thiruonam. I then went with my relatives to watch Pulikkali and Kaikotti Kali which was conducted nearby.

Pooradam- Eighth day, I just took the Mahabali and Vamana statues from the pooja room and my niece washed the statues and at last we placed that statues on the middle of the pookalam, smeared with rice-flour batter.

Uthradom � Ninth day, the day which I was eagerly waiting is yet to come. We used to call this day as Onam eve, in this day we went to purchase fresh vegetables and fruits along with other provisions for Thiruonam. This purchase is celebrated in the name of Uthradapachal.

Thiruonam- The tenth day of Onam Celebrations. The final day of Onam that culminates the 10 days of Onam Carnival. The day is known as Thiru-Onam. It was the day Mahabali was suppressed to underworld by Vamana.

Hence Kaikottikkali will be played in his thought, as a remembrance. I too joined in the Kaikottikkali this year. We started our play by singing a song

Maveli Nadu Vaneedum Kalam Manusharellarum onnu pole”

Like this many songs we sung. Next comes the Onasadhya the grand feast which will be prepared in our houses for all main functions. Onasadhya is prepared on the last day of Onam, called Thiruonam. People of Kerala wish to depict that they are happy and prosperous to their dear King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam. Onasadya is served in Banana leafs. There is a way of placing the leaf and an order of serving the dishes. If so we serve the food in a wrong order means getting scolding from the people there around is for sure.

Injipuli, Injithair, Naranga achcharu, Papadam, Banana Chips ,Chakaravattu upery, Sarkarapuratty, Paruppu Curry, Varuthu aracha Sambar, Avial, Kalan, Olan, Thoran, Vellarikya Pachhady, Erissery, Pulisery, Kootucurry, ,Manga Curry, Payasam, Prathaman are the items we made for this year Onam. Rice is the main course. With rice, various kinds of dishes are served. Fruits are also served, mainly plantain. Like this my Onam festival got over this year.

Eagerly waiting for next year’s Onam.

birds flying

Hi Friends,

I hope you will see this birds flying animation. I did this by using Flash software. just view it and give your comments.

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. Have a fun and great day.