Music- An Expression

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Music has always remained an important aspect of my life. It is like a friend to whom I can turn to at any point. Music has been like a therapy for me. Music appeals to me without language and it does not matter much to me if I am able to understand the lyrics of any song or not. I am a blogger and know what is the importance of words but when it comes to music I don’t really need words. I am not at all comparing two arts of music and writing with each other. If it wouldn’t have appreciated writing I guess I wouldn’t have been writing this post about it.

When I was a kid I did not watch music shows. I did not had any kind of inclination towards music. My sister and I would fight over it. She would want to watch music channels and I wouldn’t conform to that idea. I would switch off the TV and run away to avoid getting caught and beaten up. Slowly I started liking it and felt increasing affection for it. I started enjoying it and really liked listening to music.

With the developed affinity I wanted to explore about this awesome art and started listening to various styles of music. I switched back and forth from classical to rock to pop to R&B and various others. I liked most of them. They were all appealing in a different way and really refreshing. I don’t have much knowledge about music but I can without any doubt say that music is an expression.

I cannot say that you would love any kind of music all the time. It does depend on situation and the whole setting. If you are in a discotheque and hear Gazals playing, will that be the right kind of music for the setting. Music should also match with the setting and situation.

Music is an expression because it express various emotions. Like how peppy songs are right for the disco atmosphere in the same way devotional or delightful songs are light atmospheres. When the music conforms to your mood that is when it start to work as a therapy. Music suiting your mood would not interfere into your actions and thought and it would align itself with your situation. With the right kind of music you can think straight.

We see individuals listening to sad songs after break ups and the reason for it is the sad music conforms to the situation of the listener. Music becomes part of their situation and starts to work like a therapy for them. Music becomes a friend and brings them out of their gloomy situations. Music has so many dimensions and the more you explore the more you understand about it the more you will fall in love with it.

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How To Turn Good Mornings In To Gold Mornings

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I am a night owl who loves early mornings. When you wake up and listen to the world singing to you and slowly coming to life, you feel refreshed. Feeling refreshed is what makes a morning good for me. But for my idea of gold morning is slightly different from my idea of good morning. You can say it is a good morning with few add-ons.

A morning where I feel more than just refreshed, a morning where I can feel alive, a morning where you feel the sun rising within you, for me that is what makes a morning not just good but gold. My idea of that perfect gold morning would be having a sound sleep at night where I would go to the bed without worries and tensions of life. A sleep that would be as calm as the sea after a storm, so when I wake up the next morning I can welcome the sun and feel its warmth reaching my heart through the sun rays falling on my face.

On that perfect morning I would walk out of my house with my partner and my dog and feel the soothe wind blowing across my face. Listening to the birds chirp and see the birds getting out of their nests to fly in the open sky, with a hope. Waking up to a morning where I could hear the bells of the temple at a distance and prayer of mosques.

Talking to my partner about life and the serenity of the morning and looking at our dog enjoy himself in the park.  Happiness and feeling of being carefree on my four legged friend’s face as he rolls on the grass that is still wet from the dew and enjoy himself, that sight would elate me and make my morning a gold morning.

Coming home from that walk and brushing my teeth with amazing Colgate 360 charcoal toothbrush and Colgate active salt toothpaste. It gives me feeling of being fresh and makes my teeth free from any stuff that was leftover in my teeth from last night. It not just cleans my teeth but also cleans my tongue, cheeks and gums. It is one of the reasons why I would call my morning not just gold morning but #Colgate360GoldMornings. After brushing my teeth I would use Colgate plax as mouthwash.

After brushing my teeth with Colgate 360 charcoal toothbrush, I enjoy my cup of masala tea and light breakfast with my partner and having conversation with her. This is how I would love to enjoy myself and my morning and make it a gold morning. 

Music- Keep It Original

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Music is one of those things which I guess everyone appreciates in some form or the other. What is that about music, which makes it one of the most appreciated things? The answer lies in the simplicity and complexity at the same time. There are various songs that would just seem so simple and their tune flows like a water but the hours that have been invested and the intricate stitching of notes to create that gem is something that is clandestine most of the times.

It is said that music has no language and is independent of borders. It is right because music like any art form is created to appeal to individuals all round the globe. It is not really something that is been created to cater a specific audience. Although people have different choice when it comes to music they like but no one can deny the fact that a lot of effort and thought goes behind that process of creation.

Still I would agree to the fact that pure music is something that is not witnessed quite often and whatever we listen to is a commercialized aspect of it. Blaming those artists for creating music that satiates few specific ears isn’t something I support because it is absolutely normal to supply the music that people demand and make bucks out of it. We need to have respect to all the artists irrespective of whether we like them or not. There is one artist who needs to be reprimanded for his music and that artist is the one who steals music and call it inspiration. Those individuals are nothing but thieves, who make living out of the creativity of others. Being a blogger I know how bad plagiarism is. There are many individuals who just blindly copy the creative capital of someone and post it as their own.

Music being a universal language needs to be kept free from such individuals who do not have a creative nerve. The hard work that goes into creating something can never be compensated by someone who is just blindly copying the ideas.

Music is an awesome way of relaxation. People have accepted that music has such a deep impact on them that their mood depends on the song they listen too. I second their statement that music can change your mood. When I feel restless I just plug in my earphone in mobile and just blast my ears with heavy metal and it helps. I can actually feel better after listening to those songs. In the same way soulful instrumental gives you an insight of yourself. I find it really inspiring to listen to soulful music because it helps me introspect.

I feel that music being such a therapy and so pure and universal, it should be copied or should fall victim of plagiarism. Creativity is for everyone but not for stealing. 

This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.

Be Peppy Be Happy

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Do you have any friend who is a pure bundle of energy? I guess everyone have such kind of friends. They are those individuals who resonate energy. They make even the most trivial of the things interesting with their sheer enthusiasm and energy. It is fun to be with these individuals. I can recall that most of the amazing and interesting memories that I had during my college life was because of those peppy beings. It feels as if they are made of a different material all together. They would bring light to the gloomiest of the settings.

I had one friend who was power house of energy. It is not just about the physical aspect of energy. The way he spoke about the most trivial of the things and making it sound most interesting thing in the world was his quality. You could see individuals opening up to him in no time.

Peppy is more of choice. You can be that peppy being who brings energy to the dull setting and light up the whole place. It is often seen that people who were once enthusiastic and full of energy turning into something they are not.

In recent times a movie was released where the protagonist had these weird side, which he never revealed to anyone. He hid it deep beneath the fake character that he played in his life. He was not acting the way he was but he was acting the way people around him wanted to. It is quite a common phenomenon that we stop ourselves from doing things our own way because of others. Sometimes we care too often about others, about society that we stop caring about ourselves. As that movie suggested, we just become a machine assigned to do a task, without logic, without creativity.

There was a time in childhood, when people used to come up to you and ask what you wanted to be, to which few used to answer doctor, engineer, IAS but very few said dancer, actor, singer, musician. When we used to answer that question, did we really answered it because we wanted to be doctors and engineers or we were just reiterating the things that people around us wanted to say.

Many of the individuals grow up to be nothing but a machine which is performing tasks assigned to it. We miss on the opportunity of being peppy and happy. Sometimes you got to unwind yourself and indulge into activities that you love and fell peppy and happy about it.

Peppy is not something that is reserved for a certain age group but it is an emotion, a feeling you can enjoy at any time of your life. Be peppy and spread the energy.

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Custard- My Perfect Dessert

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Food is one of those things that keeps me driving. Right now I am working in IT Company in Pune, far away from my home and I miss the delicacies that used to satiate my taste buds when I used to be home. As I never did much of cooking, I missed the dishes that my mom used to cook for me. One such dish that I used to miss a lot was fruit custard. Last time when I was home my mom made that for me. I helped her while she was cooking and she taught me how I can prepare it. When I came back to Pune, I tried to recreate the dish that mom made for me. I recreated the dish and instead of sugar I used Sugarfree Natura for that.

The recipe for my favorite dish goes like that.

Ingredients:

1 Liter Milk

5-6 Table spoon custard powder

3-4 Cardamom

9-10 pills for SugarFree Natura or as per your taste

You can add fruits as per your taste, I added Pomegranate, banana, apple and strawberries

You can also add dry fruits if you want to like cashew, pistachio, almond etcetera

Method:

Take a pan and pour milk in it

Bring the milk to boil

While milk is getting heated up, take custard powder in a pot and add some milk, stir it well so as not to form lumps

Now put the mixture obtained in above step in boiling milk and stir it well, so the mixture gets properly mixed in the boiling milk

Now let the mixture boil for 10 minutes and then add sugar free pellets in it

Stir well to mix the pellets and boil the mixture for another 15 minutes

Turn off your gas and let the custard cool at room temperature

After that keep it into the refrigerator to chill

Serving:

Mix cardamom and dry fruits into the custard

Cut fruits in small pieces

Keep fruits in bowl and add custard

You can also add dry fruits and fruits for garnishing

Viola mouthwatering custard is ready to satiate your taste buds.

My Sweet Custard

I made fruit custard for me and my friends and they really liked it. Seems like I have grown a little as a cook now. I know there are many for whom cooking to close to next nightmare but such an easy recipe is something you can try. I have now made it a couple of times and it has become my specialty. There are few more dishes that I can serve with these fine dessert but recipe to those some other day. Just try out this simple recipe and enjoy the sweet taste of fruit custard. Going to surprise my mom with my fruit custard now.

Just Dimple No Pimple

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Pimple is one of the most annoying things, which appears out of the blue and stays on your face for a long time. I have even witnessed people who suffer from the pimple related issues throughout the year and are fed up of it. A clean face means a healthy body and that is why a face free from pimple would always be preferred.

I have seen people facing trouble because of the pimply face. There are people who did not have pleasant experience during the job interviews and even with the opposite gender. It is easy to say that looks do not matter much and yes we all agree to the fact. But our brain is hard wired to accept something or someone that looks good and deem it as healthy.

I remember one of my friends had trouble with her pimples. She was fed up with the constant remarks made about her pimply face. People used to make statements like what is the similarity between her face and Indian road, both are rough. Some remarks were too mean and nasty. She liked one of our classmates in college. When she mustered enough courage to share her thoughts and feelings with him the reply she got totally stunned her. The guy got agitated and said how she could even think that he would date a pimply girl like her. He also said that how she could even think of him becoming her boy friend. He insulted her and even made fun of her.

We tried to console her and asked the guy to apologize. The guy realized his mistake and immediately apologized to her. He even accepted mistake in front of everyone and tried to console her. But my friend was hurt. Soon the college ended and she was in touch with no one.

I met her in the local market. I was awed by her appearance. Her pimples were gone and her face was radiant. She looked really pretty and there were just dimples on her face no pimples. I questioned her about the general stuff and what she was doing. She shared all that has happened with her in the past few months. She got a job and currently dating a guy who loves her. I asked her about the secret behind the radiant skin and she said that is because of new cream that she has started using.

She was using Garnier pure active Neem face wash. The goodness of the Neem has surely had great effect on her skin. The result of the face wash was quite evident. It even helped her with the oily skin. Even I used the product for to treat my oily skin and it did wonders for me too.

For anyone needing a good face wash Garnier pure active Neem face wash is the one. 

Healthy Kid Means Happy Home

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My sister’s kid is a pocket size powerhouse. He always indulges into some kind of mischievous and fun activities which leaves the whole house smiling. His energy gets reciprocated in the whole house. With his activity the whole family comes alive and everyone starts feeling a lot more energetic. His innocent questions are bound to make you smile. He has this habit of exaggerating already known facts, like he would make stories about dinosaurs breaking his toys and wrestling with them.

Kids are really the true energy of a house. With their constant active presence in the house, they create a positive atmosphere. When these little angels fall sick that is when it creates an unhealthy environment in the house. When you see your little angel wrapped up in a quilt and coughing with 100 degrees fever then there is no other thing more despairing than that. A healthy kid always lifts up the spirit of the house and brings smiles to everyone’s face.

A healthy home is one where kids are healthy because they create a healthy environment. They fill our homes with fun and happiness. Homes where kids fall ill more often have unhealthier environment than the homes where kids are healthier.

To keep our kids healthy and fit, we have to make them follow good habits. One of such habits is eating Dabur Chyawanprash daily. It improves the immunity of the body and makes individual fall less ill. If kids start consuming a spoon full of Chyawanprash daily then it would improve the immune system of the kid and would help him grow and also fight various ailments. If Chyawanprash is consumed from an early age then it can have great effect on individual’s health throughout the life.

I recall the time when my nephew fell ill and the whole house was worried. We used to give him Chyawanprash for the immunity, which helped him come out of the sickness and fill the whole house again with the energy that he had. He had this habit of having one spoon full of Chyawanprash each morning and would then execute all the mischievous activities that he had planned the day before.

It is one those habits that I also follow and it has really helped me build by immune system. Still today I start my day with two spoons of chyawanprash and every member of family follows the same routine. This particular habit has helped our family stay healthy. All the kids in our house have a spoon of chyawanprash and have developed higher immunity. This higher immunity creates happiness and a healthy house.

Chyawanprash is the right mixture of all the herbs and is formula that is sure to increase your child’s and your immunity. 

Relieve stress with these easy ways

Life nowadays is super hectic and super stressful. The world is more competitive than it ever was and in such condition it gets real difficult to keep ourselves stress free. Because of the constant pressure to perform well and excel in the field many of us get stressed and if you are also one of those then there are few tips that can help you reduce stress.

Listen to music

Many might argue to this point but music does help to reduce stress. You can listen to favorite songs and before you know you are humming to the tune and instead of getting stressed you start to enjoy the moment.

Indulge in hobby

It is one of those things that you love doing and doing what you love can surely eliminate stress. Few strums on your guitar or few brush strokes on the canvas or writing a small prose or poem can be of great help. It will take the stress of your life. It will give you a whole new energy and before you know your stress would be gone.

Yoga

If you have proper space then you can do a full yoga and eliminate all those negative vibes around you and feel the peaceful vibrations touching your soul. There are also few simple yoga tips that you can use even in your office, deep breathing is one of them. These simple yoga tips can surely be of great help.

Take a good sleep

Individuals who sleep well are less stressed as compared to the individuals who take less sleep. Take proper sleep and instead of breaking your sleep and taking naps, just take good sound sleep. It will give you a new energy and you will feel fresh for the whole day.

Have a good laugh

Laughing off your stress can be of great help. Any funny or humorous content can make your stress disappear in a moment. That humorous content can be anything from a humorous column to funny memes or few funny videos.

Stress can only affect as long as you let it affect you. I hope these stress relieving keys can be helpful for you to lead a happy and stress free life.

Discover the signs of breast cancer

Breast cancer cases are increasing day by day and for every woman it’s a threating sign. With growing number of cases no women can feel assure that she will remain immune from breast cancer. In breast cancer patient’s cell multiplies uncontrollably and they create tumor. Generally, the tumor occurs in the milk tube (ductal carcinoma) or in the lobular carcinoma. Luckily, the medical field heals this disease if it is detected in early stages.  But how to detect it in an early stage is the question remains. Here are some signs and symptoms of breast cancer –

·       It changes the shape and size of the breast. You will feel changes in your breast structure.

·       Your skin and nipple will receive a change like dimpled, inflamed.

·       Main symptom of breast cancer is blood discharge through the breasts. It may be with one breast or with both

·       Lump formation in the armpit or in the breast is also a sign of breast cancer.

·       Changing the temperature of the breast and if you are feeling warmness in breasts with reddish texture, then it’s a sign of breast cancer.

·       Nipples become sensitive and it feels like burning all the time.

If you are experiencing this aforesaid points that means you are having breast cancer.  To a certain extent it is a curable disease and if you are noticing symptoms it’s the time to consult with gynecologist.  

Easy ways to get rid of smoking

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Smoking is one of the serious problems which starts with the fun and slowly becomes habit. Many people start smoking just for enjoyment and then get addicted to it. Though the packet of cigarette also claims that it is injurious to health many people loves to smoke. There is a point come in the life of every smoker when they wants to give up this habit but fails. As many of us don’t know the easy and effective techniques to quit smoking we keep this habit going. If you are looking to quit smoking here are few ways which will help you in doing it –

·       Staying your friend’s place where and avoid going out will help you to quit smoking.

·       Keeping water bottle with you and drink it when you feel like smoking also helps you in getting rid of smoking.

·       Neuro linguistic programming is also effective in getting rid of cigarette. NLP is basically a set of audio which will awake your inner unconscious brain and will help you.

·       Controlling your desire to smoke you can get stop smoking.

·       Saying your wish of getting rid of smoking in front of mirror will help you in keeping your wish in mind.

·       Acupuncture is considered to be the best ways to quit smoking. It helps many persons to quit smoking.

These are some easy ways by which you can help yourself to quit the habit of smoking. So apply this and get smoke free life.

Five signs to look for to know your kid is depressed

Depression is a common in today’s world. With growing tensions and up gradations depression is also increasing. You will easily hear and see the cases of depression in your area. Nowadays cases of depressions with teens is increasing and if your kid is also in teen age then you must check the following points to make sure that kid is in depression or not.

·       Is your kid prefers to stay in the room. If so then he is allowing depressions.

·       Is he is acting cautiously if he is on a public place. If so then he is lacking his confidence.  

·       Is he prefers not to speak to new person. By avoiding the new persons he is restricting his thinking and it will cause depression.

·       Is he never prefers to talk to his friends while at home.  This action of his suggests that he is not having a friend and he is in pressure.

·       Is he pay on interest in school activities. This action shows his depression clearly.

·       Is his grades are falling and he is not cautious about it. It is because your kid is cautious about himself not of his grades and it’s a clear sign of depression.

These are few points which will help you in observing your kid. If you are too noticing the points in your kid, it’s the time to motivate and help him to recover from the depression. 

Hives- Cause and Cure

One of the most common diseases of today’s time is Hives. It is a skin infection which creates red itchy patches on your skin. We all love our skin and hence we cannot red and pinkish patches on our body. Hives is 100 percent curable disease and in most of the cases it is cured, so if you are noticing hives please consultant an expert to provide you hive treatment. Before, we come to know about the treatments of hives let’s first look at the causes of hives –

Causes of Hives –  

·       Medication is the key reason of the Hives. As our body is allergic to some drugs our allergy reflects on our skin. In many cases Hives occurs because of the use of allergic medicines.

·       By eating allergic food is also a major reason of hives. Hives is triggered when you eat allergic food.

·       Dust and pollution is also becomes handy and it can cause hives

·       Pet and animal furs are also responsible for hives

·       Bugs and some insects also caused hives

·       Stress can also cause hives. It is proved by the studies that hives is generated from anxiety and stress.

Prevention-

In order to prevent hives we strongly recommend you to consult to a dermatologist as he will help you in curing from this disease. We already mentioned that hives is curable disease and taking the consultation of the doctor will help you in preventing hives. So, take the consultation of the doctor and cure your hive.