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GANGTOK, WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2015
A vast variety of pickles to
tickle your senses
Hyderabad :
While Hyderabad
is more famous
for its biryani,
haleem and other
lip-smacking
dishes, one can't
ignore its 'achar'
or pickles.
Achar, along with
'papad', adds that extra
taste to the typical
Hyderabadi
spread.
Families prefer the spicy
achar in different varieties, especially when
they go for simple meals,
comprising plain rice or
'khichdi' and dal.
Achar with 'papad' or
'murkul' or 'dahi ki mirchi'
satiate
the
appetite.
Available in different
tastes and in different varieties, pickles are all-time
favourites and a must for a
majority of families, especially for lunch.
From Mir Alam Mandi
and Chowk near the historic
Charminar
to
Nampally, one finds many
shops selling achar and
other items. While pickles
made in the unique
Hyderabadi style are
available at these shops,
there are also many outlets
in the twin cities of
Hyderabad
and
Secunderabad
selling
achar with a distinct
Andhra taste. Some
traders have also joined
the bandwagon by supplying home-made pickles to
'kirana' shops.
While mango pickle
made of raw mangoes and
'tarkari ka achar' or vegetable pickle are the
fastest moving item off
the shelves, some old
Hyderabadi shops are
famous for 'gosht ka achar'
or pickle made of mutton.
One also finds 'leemo'
(lemon) ka achar, 'imli
(tamarind) ka achar',
'tamatey (tomato) ka
achar', 'aamla (gooseberry) ka achar' or 'gongura
(edible leaf) ka achar'.
Deccan Achar, a leading
store in Nampally, sells 30
varieties of pickles and is
quite popular with the
people.
"We don't compromise
on quality. We use only
quality ingredients," Sadiq
Bin Mehfooz of Deccan
Achar told IANS.
A third-generation businessman, Sadiq said their
varieties of achar include
'chicken achar', 'green
chilli achar' and 'red chilli
achar'.
People coming to
Hyderabad from other
states and even abroad
make it a point to buy
achar in the city.
"Our achar also goes to
the Middle East and other
countries," said Sadiq.
The NRIs visiting their
relatives here buy the
famous achar while
returning.
Traders say that many
families also send achar
through friends to their
near and dear ones working in the Gulf.
Most of the families in
Meditation helps improve
sleep quality, lifestyle
New York :
Regular
meditation may
improve sleep
quality and also
prevent insomnia
among the older
people, finds new
research.
Mindfulness meditation
practices - in which people
learn to pay better attention
to what they are feeling
physically and mentally
from moment to moment - resulted in improved
sleep quality for older
adults with moderate sleep
disturbance in a clinical
trial.
"According to our findings, mindfulness meditation appears to have a role
in addressing the prevalent
burden of sleep problems
among older adults," said
David
Black
from
University of Southern
California, Los Angeles.
Moderate sleep disturbances in older adults are
associated with higher levels of fatigue, disturbed
mood such as depressive
symptoms and a reduced
quality of life.
The researchers conducted the small clinical trial in
Los Angeles in 2012 and
their analysis included 49
individuals (average age
66).
The trial included 24
individuals who took part
in a standardised mindful
awareness
practices
(MAPs) intervention and
25 individuals who participated in a sleep hygiene
education (SHE) interven-
tion.
Participants in the MAPs
group showed improvement compared to those in
the SHE group.
The MAPs group also
showed improvement as
compared to the SHE
group on secondary measures of symptoms of
insomnia,
depression,
fatigue interference and its
severity.
The article was published online by JAMA
Internal Medicine. (IANS)
Money problems tied to
eating disorders in women
the past used to make the
pickles at home. They
used to buy 'kairi' (raw
mango) in huge quantities,
cut them into small pieces
and store the pickle they
made for months. With
changing times, people
started depending on
shops to buy them.
"We don't get time to
make pickles at home and
the process is also timeconsuming and tedious,"
Sajida Khatoon, a housewife, told IANS.
This led to many shops
mushrooming in different
parts of the city. The achar
made with more spices
and with a Hyderabadi
recipe remained everybody's favourite.
While achar is sold
throughout the year, the
sales pick up during summer, the mango season.
After mango pickle,
lemon and vegetable pickles are in great demand.
People also prefer them
for their longer shelf-life.
Some shops are also
famous for mutton and
chicken pickles. For
many, especially students
and bachelors, these pickles replace curries and
save the time they spend
on cooking. (IANS)
Grow old with one
partner for super sex life
New York : Couples who stay together
forever have sex more frequently than
those who choose to remarry, a
fascinating study shows.
It also revealed that while sexual activity diminishes over time,
a slight rebound occurs for those whose marriages endure longer
than 50 years. "Growing old as a couple, with the experience and
knowledge that come with that, may play a part," said Samuel
Stroope, assistant professor of sociology at Louisiana State
University. You are able to learn about your partner and build on
that over time. You may have a higher level of trust when you feel
that your spouse is not going to go anywhere.
"The expectation that the relationship will continue may give
you more reason to invest in the relationship - including in sexual aspects of the relationship," he noted.
To reach this conclusion, researchers analysed the relationship
between marital characteristics and sexual outcomes among
1,656 married adults aged 57 to 85.
They noted that people who survive until their 50th year of
marriage - among whom the slight rebound occurred - are relatively few in number. The study provided "intriguing results".
While sex becomes less of a novelty over time and frequency
tends to diminish, "it may be that the permanency of the relationship contributes to sexual relations picking up a bit at the
end", Stroope explained. As to why "remarrieds" have less frequent sex than those in first marriages, "it may be that those who
have been married in the past may not have as strong of a sense
of permanence or lasting investment", the authors said.
"We know a great deal about sexual behaviour at younger
stages of the life course. This study adds to a small but growing
body of research on the sexual behaviour of older adults," added
Michael McFarland, assistant professor of sociology and public
health at Florida State University.
As people age, they tend to be more even-keeled, which may
help cut down on marital conflict and facilitate regular sexual
activity into advanced age, the study concluded. The paper was
published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. (IANS)
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KATHMANDU, Feb. 17, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Sadhus pose for photos near Pashupatinath
temple on the eve of Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 16, 2015.
Hundreds of Sadhus from across Nepal and neighbouring country India started to
arrive at the temple for the event. Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every
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London : Experiencing
financial difficulties at university may increase the
risk of developing an eating disorder among female
students, a research has
found.
Conversely, the study
also found that having
extreme attitudes to food
and eating, such as feeling
guilty after eating predicted short-term financial difficulties for female students, suggesting the possibility of a 'vicious cycle'
occurring.
"There may be a vicious
cycle' for these students,
where negative attitudes
towards eating increase the
risk of financial difficulties
in the short term, and those
difficulties further exacerbate negative eating attitudes in the longer term,"
said lead author of the
study Thomas Richardson
from
University
of
Southampton.
"It may be that those at a
higher risk of having an
eating disorder feel like
they have no control over
events in their life, such as
their financial situation,
and they may then restrict
their eating as a way of
exercising control in other
areas of their life,"
Richardson said.
The researchers also
looked at the relationship
between socioeconomic
status and eating attitudes.
They found a greater persistence of potentially
problematic eating attitudes in women from less
affluent families.
Over 400 undergraduate
students, from universities
across Britain, completed
surveys assessing family
affluence, recent financial
difficulties (for example
being unable to afford
heating or having to borrow money) and attitudes
towards food and eating
using the Eating Attitudes
Test (EAT).
The EAT asks for
responses to statements
such as 'I feel extremely
guilty after eating', 'I am
preoccupied with a desire
to be thinner', or 'I have the
impulse to vomit after
meals'. The results indicated a relationship between
financial situation and eating disorders in women,
but not in men.
The study was published
online in The International
Journal
of
Eating
Disorders. (IANS)
Sussanne Khan to lend
creativity to foreign company
New Delhi : Decor expert
Sussanne Khan has been
appointed the creative director of London-based residential and hotel design company YOO.
YOO, founded by international property entrepreneur
John Hitchcox and Philippe
Starck in 1999, and Sussanne
will partner in a vision to create sustained value through
exceptional design, launching with a project in India in
quarter four of this year.
"Together (with the YOO
design family), I hope to
offer new dimensions in creativity to the global market,"
Sussanne said.
“New India is a rich mother lode of style, structure and
material and the world is
now ready to explore these
intricately. Design to me is a
feeling and an emotion and
when all such energies align,
we will, hopefully, reach
heights of intensity and balance,” she added.
Sussanne is an interior
designing skills, tastemaker
and style influencer, with
over 15 years of experience
working on international
design projects.
Apart from putting her creative side to many high-profile international projects creating home, restaurant,
office, retail, spa and outdoor
spaces, she also launched a
two-storey store in Mumbai - The Charcoal Project,
stocking diverse collections
by global and Indian designers, as well as furniture
designed by Sussanne herself. Hitchcox is also excited
about the association. “We’re
delighted to welcome
Sussanne Khan to the YOO
family in a collaboration that
represents an exciting evolution for the brand. This partnership creates a unique
opportunity to promote the
very apex of contemporary
Indian design across the
world through one of its foremost figures,” said the cofounder. (IANS)
Couples as happy as they
appear on Facebook
New York : Whether you
"like" it or not, couples who
flaunt how happy they are
with their partners through
selfies, pictures, or text messages on Facebook are actually more satisfied with their
partners than those who do
not, says a study.
"Posting about one's relationship on Facebook may be
positively related to the quality of the relationship
because it symbolises making a public commitment to
the relationship," said lead
author Mai-Ly Steers from
University of Houston.
"In making a public commitment to the relationship,
an individual is highlighting
to themselves and to others
that the relationship is an
integral part of his or her
self," she added.
The study examined the
social media habits of 188
students in relationship.
Those students who were
regularly sharing couple's
selfies and checking in at
dates were happiest in their
current relationship, the findings showed. "Our findings
suggest that those high in
relationship authenticity may
be more intrinsically motivated to express themselves
as part of a couple on
Facebook, which in turn may
affect their global relationship functioning," the
researchers said.
Recent literature has also
provided evidence that online
behaviours may be a manifestation of off-line cognitions; furthermore online
self-presentations may shape
off-line outcomes, they said.
The study appeared online
in the journal Psychology of
Popular Media Culture.
(IANS)