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Sitting too much at work? It's slowly killing you

There's a devil in your office and it isn't in the nasty vending machine chatter, that project deadline or gruesome work meetings ahead of you. Instead, it's lurking in your chair. That's right! Sitting has been termed as the number one lifestyle disease in 2015, and this year, too. Not only has it been shown to take years of our lives, but also hurt the body in more ways than one. So, if you're a chair-potato, sit up and take heed...

WATCH OUT! SITTING IS JUST LIKE SMOKING

Face it. We park ourselves on the chair way too much. After those meetings, pending tasks and eating at lunch, we then get home and commence another round of sitting, either at the dining table or in front of the TV. Research has pointed out how sitting is 'the new smoking'. Thus if you find yourself hunched over that presentation for hours, it's going to cost you. Such inactivity raises obesity risk, causes muscle stiffness, bone deterioration, heart disease, vein-thrombosis and more. And since anyone can fit into the category everyone is at risk.

HOW IT CAUSES HARM

Makes you overweight: Those who grapple with sedentary jobs are weightier than those who do not, say studies. Sitting also accumulates the storage of fat.

Increases heart attack risk: Studies have sounded the alarm over how those who spend the major part of the day glued to the chair are at 54 per cent greater risk of getting a heart attack.
Causes diabetes: Excessive sitting can also spike glucose levels and is a potential trigger for diabetes.
Deteriorates spine: One of the worst effects of over sitting is its impact on the back. It can create acute back pain and lead to bad spine health, owing to muscle tightness from sitting in one position.
Muscle degeneration and spondylitis: Feel that acute neck and shoulder pain after a long workday at the desk? You might be to prone developing ankylosing spondylitis, which is a type of arthritis that affects the spine. It can cause chronic inflammation, soreness and stiffness. It also causes poor posture.
Affects mental health: Those who sit for long are also cut off emotionally from others. Inactivity reduces motivation levels and can leave you feeling dull and listless.

EXERCISE CAN SAVE YOU
Cutting back on the time you spend sitting may not be easy due to work responsibilities, but there are ways to work around it...

• Go ahead, do some desk-ercise: Take a break at least twice a day and do stretching exercises. Extend your arms outwards and bend sideways. Hold and release. You can also do shoulder shrugs and rolls as well as lunges by the desk. You can also have an office group spin sessions for half an hour in the day where people can do an endurance workout together.
• Take a lunch hour stroll: Simply get out of the chair and get moving. Take a walk around the block during lunch time or if you are heading downstairs, climb up or down using the stairs. This is said to make a difference in glucose levels, lipids and body mass index.
• Try a walking meeting: Pack a pair of slip-ons to the office, for the new fad is to do a walking meeting. Several companies, even in Mumbai, are resorting to taking the daily meeting out on the terrace on in a park. Not only does this burn calories, but the exercise builds adrenaline and circulation and adds to the bonhomie. We like!
• Sit-stand offices: Several companies in the West have adapted a sit-stand workstation, where employees are encouraged to stand more than sit. Being on the feet this way is said to prevent clots and joint aches that are known to occur during sedentary periods. This transition from completely sitting is also said to eliminate musculoskeletal pain.

Popular in places like the Silicon Valley, stand-up desks or treadmill desks are now catching on. A gadget where you have a desk that is tweaked to accommodate a treadmill, this allows the user to walk while doing tasks. The desk is said to boost productivity, allow you to focus, leaving you feeling invigorated.

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1. Salmon, Sardines, tuna, trout, and mackerel – poached, smoked, baked, or rolled up in sushi, one of BC’s favourites!
2. Olive oil – there’s a lot of confusion about which fats are good and which ones are bad, but all of the experts agree that olive oil every day is actually good for you. Just make sure it isn’t fried!
3. Spinach – spinach is a great leaf because it can go in almost everything. Have it fresh as a side salad, or wilt it into any cooked dishes like stir fries or pasta.
4. Nuts – as long as you’re eating the raw form (ie not salted or with added oils in nut butter [check the label carefully]), nuts are a great snack, in moderation.
5. Dark chocolate – yes, that’s right, you can have chocolate! Just check the label, aiming for at least 75% cocoa.
6. citrus fruits 
7. soya products, like tofu, soya milk, 

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stretches you must do every morning

Now finally, you have a legit reason to stay in bed a tad bit longer. And no, you won't be branded lazy for it! Experts say that stretching your body gently post waking up, helps deal with the sluggish early-morning feeling, and also give relief to your aching and tight muscles. Do the following stretching exercises, before you kick-start your day.

Side stretch
Sit in Padmasan or with your legs crossed in the lotus position. As you stretch out your hands in front of you, slowly link and interlace fingers. Your palm should be facing outwards. Stretch your arms out as far and then slowly extend your arms up above your head. Keep your fingers interlaced all the time as you stretch. Then, slowly (from your waist) bend towards your right as far as you can, come back straight up and then bend towards your left.                                 This stretches your upper body, shoulders, arms and obliques

Spine twist
Lie down on your back. Now, raise your leg and bring one knee towards your stomach and hold it with your opposite hand. Next, gently twist your spine as you pull your knee towards the floor across your body. You don't need to touch the floor with your knee. The key is to keep both your shoulders on the floor as you stretch and twist your spine. Once back to the starting position, you can do the opposite side.  

This stretches your spine, back and glutes

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Hip lift
Sit with your legs crossed and place both hands behind you with palms flat on the floor and fingers pointing outwards. Shift your weight to your hands as you slowly let your head fall back. Apply pressure on your palms as you lift off your body and butt off the floor, and you slowly bring your chest and hips towards the ceiling. Pause for a few seconds, go back to the starting position and repeat.
This stretches your hips, abs and chest

Long Stretch
Stand straight and inhale as you reach your arms high up over your head. Stretch your arms up as you gradually stand on your toes. Feel your entire body stretching. Exhale and return to the standing position. Now slowly bend forward and touch your toes. Feel every bone in your spine bend one after the other slowly. Avoid bending your knees. You can feel your entire torso stretch, beginning from your neck, to upper back, middle back, lower back, hamstrings, feet, shoulders and hands.
This stretches your entire body, neck, back and torso

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DIY remedies for a cold

With the weather in the city being unpredictable of late, most people tend to catch a case of the sniffles. After all, who likes working with a blocked (or runny) nose, a sore throat, or even a mild temperature? If you are tired of popping a pill three times a day, or simply do not have the time to visit the doctor, here are some grandma-certified home remedies, which will help you have a speedy recovery.

Honey and ginger juice
Honey is known to soothe the throat, and ginger is known to have antibiotic properties. Grind up some ginger and mix it with an equal amount of honey, and consume it as is. If you find that the taste is not to your liking, you could mix it with half a glass of warm milk, too. It instantly clears up the nasal passage and soothes a dry throat.

Turmeric
Turmeric can be used in multiple ways. If you have whole turmeric bulbs, burn one end of the bulb, and inhale the smoke for instant relief. Alternatively, you could boil turmeric powder with milk and drink the mixture. There is nothing the good old manjapaal cannot fix, is there?

know your pasta!

With Italian food fast becoming popular across the globe after Chinese food, pasta, which is synonymous with this cuisine, has also become a mealtime favourite in Indian homes. There are over 500 types of pasta available that can be served in different sauces to make up myriad dishes. So if you're bored of penne or spaghetti and are looking for some variety in your pasta, here are some that you can find on your supermarket shelves.

Conchiglie
This kind of pasta is popularly known as seashell- or shell-shaped pasta.

Maccheroni
It is most popularly known as elbow or macaroni and is available in the form of narrow tubes. They are well suited to soups and salads.

Farfalle
This is similar to spaghetti, in the sense that it is a noodle kind of pasta, but much thicker and with a hollow centre.

Fusilli
This is long, thick, corkscrew-shaped pasta or, ideally speaking, spiral pasta that is normally used in casseroles and salads.

Cavatappi
It is a short S-shaped pasta tube that looks like a small corkscrew. Its slender, spiral shape makes it suitable for serving with sauces, salads and casseroles.

Farfalle
Commonly known as bow-tie pasta, it is derived from the Italian word 'farafalla', which means 'butterfly'. This can be used in casseroles and meat sauce pastas.

Rigatoni
Rigatoni is a form of long, hollow tube-shaped pasta of varying lengths and diameters. It is larger than penne and sometimes slightly curved, but not as curved as elbow macaroni.

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dietician advice for todays human

Rujuta Diwekar is highest paid dietician in India. She is the one who took care of junior Ambani to lose 108 kgs. Please read her advice to diabetics . . .

  1. Eat LOCAL fruits. Like Banana, Grapes, Chikoo, Mangoes. All fruits have FRUCTOSE so it doesn't matter that you are eating a mango over an Apple. A Mango comes from Konkan and Apple from Kashmir. So Mango is more local to you.

Eat all the above fruits in DIABETES as the FRUCTOSE will eventually manage your SUGAR

  2. Choose Seed oils than Veggie oils. Like choose ground nut, mustard, coconut & til. Don't choose chakachak packing oils, like olive,  rice bran etc
Go for kachchi ghani oils than refined oils

  3. Rujuta spends max time in her talks talking about GHEE and its benefits.
Eat GHEE daily. How much GHEE we should eat depends on food. Few foods need more GHEE then eat more and vice versa. Eat ample GHEE. It REDUCES cholesterol.

  4. Include COCONUT. Either scraped coconut over food like poha, khandvi or chutney with idli and dosa
Coconut has ZERO CHOLESTEROL and it makes your WAIST SLIM

  5. Don't eat oats, cereals for breakfast. They are packaged food and we don't need them.  Also they are tasteless and boring and our day shouldn't start with boring stuff.
Breakfast should be poha, upma, idli, dosa, paratha

  6. Farhaan Akhtar's New ad of biscuits - fibre in every bite... Even ghar ka kachara has fibre, likewise oats have fibre. Don't chose them for fibre. Instead of oats, eat poha, upma, idli, dosa

  7. No JUICES till you have teeth in your mouth to chew veggies and fruits

  8. SUGARCANE is the real DETOX . Drink the juice fresh or eat the SUGARCANE

  9. For pcos, thyroid - do strength training and weight training and avoid all packaged food

10. RICE - eat regular WHITE RICE. NO NEED of Brown rice. Brown rice needs 5-6 whistles to cook and when it tires your pressure cooker, then why do you want to tire your tummy.

A white rice is hand pounded simple rice

Rice is not high is GI INDEX.  Rice has mediun GI index and by eating it with daal / dahi / kadhi we bring its GI index further down
If we take ghee over this daal chawal then the GI INDEX is brought further down.
B.
Rice has some rich minerals and you can eat it even three times a day

11. How much should we eat - eat more if you are more hungry, let your stomach be your guide and vice versa

12. We can eat rice and chapati together or only rice if you wish. It depends on your hunger. Eat RICE in ALL THREE MEALS without any fear.

13. Food shouldn't make you scared like eating rice and ghee. Food should make you FEEL GOOD 

14. NEVER look at CALORIES. Look at NUTRIENTS

15. No bread, biscuits, cakes, pizza, pasta

16. Ask yourself is this the food my Nani & Dadi ate?  If yes then eat without fear.

17. Eat as per your season. Eat pakoda, fafda, jalebi in monsoon. Your hunger is as per season. Few seasons we need fried food so eat them.

18. When not to have chai - tea - don't drink tea as the first thing in morning or when you are hungry. Rest you can have it 2-3 times a day and with sugar

19. NO GREEN tea please. No green, yellow, purple, blue tea.

20. Eat ALL of your TRADITIONAL foods.

21. Strictly NO to packaged foods / drinks.

22. Exercise / Walk more to digest & stay healthy.

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Retirement Planning … A case study ✍ elderly couple

Sender of this message, returning from Goa, happened to share their bench seat with an elderly couple who had just crossed seventy.
Husband has retired from senior level position in Central Government.
The  wife has retired as steno typist from one of the respected names in private sector after forty years long service.
While sharing general topics, inadverdently touched on favourite topic of retirement planning.

Here are some of the gems that picked up from uncle:

1) Do not dream on behalf of your children. They have their own dreams and aspirations. Parents job is only to fund education.

2) The generation to generation view of life changes drastically. Learn to take it cool.

3) Do not over invest in real estate. The children are too busy to maintain property which is outside their place of work. This couple in their seventies visits Goa every month to maintain their second home.

4) Land purchased by the couple has been encroached with only a third portion of it in their possession. Children do not have inclination to fight it out in court.
Children are highly educated and well placed in life. With their spouses also working, no one is interested in assets owned by parents.

5) Cash invested in some form which gives regular interest or is easily encashable is most important than anything else.
The uncle gets monthly pension of Rs. 35000 and yet even one monthly pension is delayed, they get jitters.

6) Major investments of family are in real estate and Gold. Both they are not able to sell.

7) Mediclaim was ignored when the health was perfect. Now both partners had to undergo  sugeries where a total of Rs. 8 Lacs has gone from savings.

His parting message
👉 My son, Cash is very important. Invest in asset which gives you regular income and easy liquidity. Also take very good care of your health. Good health plus Good Cash is Happy Retirement.
Lots of learning from this lovely co

Night sleep இரவினில் ஆட்டம் பகலினில் தூக்கம்!

கடைசியாக இரவு 9 மணிக்குள் படுத்துத் தூங்கியது எப்போது என உங்களுக்கு நினைவிருக்கிறதா? கடந்த 20 ஆண்டுகளில் நாம் தூங்கச்செல்லும் நேரத்தின் சராசரி அளவு தள்ளிப்போய்க்கொண்டே இருப்பதைக் கவனித் திருக்கிறீர்களா?

8 மணிக்குள் இரவு உணவு முடித்து, 8:30-க்கு வெளிச்சம் அணைத்து, பேசிக்கொண்டே படுக்கையில் விழுந்தால் 9 மணிக்குள் உறங்கிப்போவோம். அது ஒரு காலம். 9 மணித் தூக்கம் 10 மணியாகி, நள்ளிரவாகி, இப்போது அதிகாலை வரை வந்துவிட்டது. அதிகாலை 3 மணி, 4 மணி வரைகூட விழித்திருக்கிறார்கள். இரவு வேலையின் காரணமாக கண் விழிப்பது, என்றோ ஒருநாள் தூக்கம் வராமல் இப்படி ஆவது... என்பது எல்லாம் தனி. எந்த உடனடி காரணமும் இல்லாமல் தொடர்ந்து இரவுகளில் கண் விழிப்போர் பெருகிக்கொண்டிருக்கின்றனர். இதன் விளைவுதான், இந்த 20 ஆண்டுகளில் புதிது புதிதாகப் பெருகிப் பெருக்கெடுக்கும் நோய்கள். இரவுத் தூக்கம் தள்ளிப்போவதற்கும், நோய்களின் வருகைக்கும் நேரடித் தொடர்பு உண்டு. தவறான வாழ்வியல்முறைகளால் ஏற்படும் உடல் பருமன், சர்க்கரை நோய், புற்றுநோய், இதயநோய் போன்றவற்றால் பாதிக்கப்படுபவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை வேகமாக அதிகரித்துவருகிறது.

நம் இரவுத் தூக்கம் எதனால் தள்ளிப்போகிறது...நமக்கு ஏன் தூக்கம் வருவதில்லை? இதற்கு `நமது உடல் பிரச்னைகள், மனக் கவலைகள்தான் காரணம்' என நினைக்கிறோம். இது முழு உண்மை அல்ல.

உண்மையில் நாம் உறக்கத்தைத் தள்ளிப்போடும் ஒவ்வொரு நிமிடத்திலும், பல நிறுவனங்கள் பல கோடிகளுக்கு வருமானம் பார்க்க ஆரம்பித்து விட்டன. இரவுச் சந்தையில்தான் இப்போது நினைத்துப்பார்க்க முடியாத அளவுக்கு `கோடி'கள் புரள்கின்றன. இரவுச் சந்தை என்பது, முழுக்க முழுக்க டிஜிட்டல் சந்தை. டிஜிட்டல் பொருட்களை நாம் சரியாக அணுகத் தெரியாமல் தடுமாறுவதையே வியாபாரம் ஆக்கிவருகிறார்கள்.

அதிகரித்துவரும் `காஸ்ட் ஆஃப் லிவிங்' மற்றும் குடும்பக் கடமைகளைச் சமாளிக்க, தனக்குப் பிடிக்காத வேலைகளையும் செய்தாக வேண்டும். அதுவும் தொழிலாளர் சட்டத்தை மதித்து 8 மணி நேர வேலை எல்லாம் கிடையாது. குறைந்தது 10 மணி நேரம் உழைக்க வேண்டும். அதில் டார்கெட்டை எட்டிப்பிடிக்க வேண்டும். மனஉளைச்சல் தரும் இந்த வேலையைச் செய்து விட்டு, வெளியே வந்தால் கடும் போக்குவரத்து நெரிசலில் சிக்க வேண்டும். சோர்வுடன் வீட்டுக்கு வந்து விழுந்ததுமே டி.வி-யை ஆன் செய்து விடுகிறார்கள். அந்த மாய உலகத்தில் விரியும் வண்ண வண்ணக் காட்சிகளில் மனம் மயங்குகின்றனர்.

இளம்வயதினர் மட்டுமின்றி, பலரும் ஸ்மார்ட்போனில் ஃபேஸ்புக், வாட்ஸ்அப் என மூழ்க ஆரம்பித்துவிடுகிறார்கள். சமூக வலை தளங்கள் எனும் உலகத்துக்குச் சென்றுவிட்டால் அங்கு அதற்கான வேடம் தரித்து பலர் பிஸியாகிவிடுகிறார்கள். முன்னர் எல்லாம் இரவு உணவு முடித்ததும் திண்ணையில் ஓரிரு மணி நேரம் நண்பர்களோடு உட்கார்ந்து பேசிவிட்டே உறங்கச் செல்வார்கள். வீட்டுத் திண்ணை வாட்ஸ்அப் ஆனது. வாட்ஸ்அப் உரையாடலில் நேரம் போவதே தெரிவதில்லை.

சொந்த வீட்டில் இருப்பவர்களுடன்கூட, வீட்டில் இருந்துகொண்டே சமூக வலைதளங் களின் வழியே தொடர்புகொள்பவர்களும் இருக்கிறார்கள். தினமும் நள்ளிரவைத் தாண்டிய சாட்டிங்குக்குப் பிறகு `குட்மார்னிங்' சொல்லி விட்டுத்தான் படுக்கைக்குச் செல்கிறார்கள்.

இரவு உறங்கிக்கொண்டிருக்கும்போது திடீரென எழுந்து, `ஃபேஸ்புக்கில் போட்ட போட்டோவுக்கு எத்தனை லைக்ஸ், வாட்ஸ்அப்பில் மெசேஜ் வந்திருக்கிறதா?' என அடிக்கடி செக் செய்து கொண்டே இருப்பதை கம்பல்சிவ் பிஹேவியர் எனச் சொல்லும் ஒருவகையான மன நலப் பிரச்னை என்றும், கண்டிஷனல் இன்சோம்னியா எனும் தூக்கமின்மை நோய் என்றும் மருத்துவர்கள் சொல்கிறார்கள்.

பலர் தினமும் காலையில் விழித்து எழுந்ததும் செய்யும் முதல் வேலை என்ன? தலையணை அருகே இருக்கும் மொபைலை எடுத்து இன்டர்நெட்டை ஆன் செய்து, வாட்ஸ்அப்பில் ஏதேனும் மெசேஜ் வந்திருக்கிறதா எனப் பார்ப்பதுதான். நாம் எவ்வளவு தூரம் சமூக வலைதளங்களுக்கு அடிமையாகிவருகிறோம் என்பதை உடனடியாக உணரவேண்டிய தருணம் இது.

இரவுத் தூக்கம் தடைபடுவதால் ஏற்படும் பிரச்னைகள்:

நமது உடலுக்குள் மனசுழற்சிக் கடிகாரம் இருக்கிறது. பொதுவாக சூரிய உதயத்தின்போது எழுந்து உற்சாகமாக வேலைசெய்வதும், சூரியன் மறைந்த பின்னர் இரவு உணவை முடித்துவிட்டு உறங்கச் செல்வதும்தான் இயற்கையோடு இயைந்த வாழ்வு. ஏன் நாம் சூரிய வெளிச்சத்தில் மட்டும் இயங்க வேண்டும் என்பதற்கு அறிவியல் விளக்கமும் உண்டு.

சூரியன் மறைந்த பிறகு, இருட்டு நேரத்தில்தான் மெலட்டோனின் முதலான பல ஹார்மோன்கள் நமது உடலில் சீராகச் சுரக்கும். நாம் இரவு நேரத்தில் உடலுக்கு ஓய்வு தந்து உறங்கும் போதுதான் மெட்டபாலிசம் எனும் வளர்சிதை மாற்றம் உடலில் சீராக நடக்கும். நமது உடல் வளர்ச்சிக்குத் தேவையான குரோத் ஹார்மோன், பெண்கள் மற்றும் ஆண்களுக்கான ஈஸ்ட்ரோஜன், டெஸ்டோஸ்டீரான் போன்ற பிரத்யேக செக்ஸ் ஹார் மோன்கள் சமச்சீராகச் சுரக்கும்.

முறையற்ற இரவுத் தூக்கத்தால் ஹார்மோன்கள் சீராக உற்பத்திசெய்யப் படாமல் பல நோய்கள் வருவதற்கான வாய்ப்புகள் உண்டு. கடந்த சில வருடங்களாக குழந்தைப் பேறின்மை பிரச்னை இளம் தம்பதிகளிடம் அதிகரித்துவருகிறது. பெண்களுக்கு ஏற்படும் ஒழுங்கற்ற மாதவிடாய் சுழற்சி, ஆண்களுக்கு விந்தணுக்களின் வீரியம் குறைவு ஆகியவற்றுக்கு, முறையற்ற இரவுத் தூக்கமே முக்கியக் காரணம்.

ஒழுங்கற்ற தூக்கத்தால் பயம், பதற்றம், சோர்வு ஆகியவை வருகின்றன. மனநலன் சார்ந்த பல பிரச்னைகள் வருவதற்கும் இதுதான் காரணம். இரவு நெடுநேரம் கழித்து உறங்குவதாலும், போதுமான நேரம் தூங்காததாலும், ஆழ்நிலை தூக்கம் அடையாமல் மேம்போக்காகத் தூங்கு வதாலும் மெள்ள மெள்ள உடற்பருமன், சர்க்கரை நோய், குறிப்பாக ரத்த அழுத்தம், ஸ்ட்ரோக் ஆகியவை வருவதற்கான வாய்ப்புகள் இருக்கின்றன.

எல்லோராலும் இயல்பாக உடனடியாகத் தூங்கிவிட முடிவதில்லை. ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் தூக்கம் தடைபடுவதற்கு வெவ்வேறு காரணிகள் இருக்கின்றன. பொதுவாக, தூக்கத்தைப் பாதிக்கும் காரணி வெளிச்சம்தான். இருள்தான் மனிதர்களுக்குத் தூக்கத்தைத் தூண்டும். அதனால்தான் வெளிச்சத்தை அணைத்துவிட்டுத் தூங்குகிறோம். சமீப ஆண்டுகளாக இரவிலும் வெளிச்சம் கண்களைப் பறிக்கிறது. வீதிகளில் மட்டும் அல்ல, வீட்டுக்குள்ளும் இரவு வெளிச்சம் அளவுக்கு அதிகமாக அதிகரித்துவிட்டது. ஒரு காலத்தில் மின்சார விளக்கு மட்டும்தான் நமக்கு இரவு வெளிச்சம். பிறகு டி.வி வந்தது, கம்ப்யூட்டர், செல்போன், லேப்டாப், டேப்லெட் எல்லாம் வந்துவிட்டன. அனைத்தும் அதிஉயர் வெளிச்சத்தை உமிழ்கின்றன. இதனால் நமது தூக்கம் தள்ளிப்போகிறது.

மொபைல் வெளிச்சம் தூக்கத்துக்குக் கடும் எதிரி. பலர் அறை விளக்குகளை அணைத்துவிட்டு மொபைலில் நோண்ட ஆரம்பித்துவிடுகிறார்கள். கண்களுக்கு அருகில் வைத்து மொபைலைப் பயன்படுத்தும் போது, அந்த வெளிச்சம் நமது கண்களையும் மூளையையும் பாதிக்கும்; தூக்கத்தைத் தாமதப்படுத்தும். ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் வேலை நேரம் என்பது வித்தியாசப்படும். வேலைக்கு ஏற்ப தங்களது வாழ்வியல்முறையை ஆரோக்கியமான வகையில் மாற்றிக்கொண்டால் பிரச்னை வராது.

பொதுவாக இரவு 9 முதல் 11 மணிக்குள் உறங்குவதும். காலை ஐந்து முதல் ஏழு மணிக்குள் எழுவதும்தான் சிறந்தது. அதிகத் தூக்கம் எப்படி ஆபத்தோ, அதுபோல குறைந்த தூக்கமும் ஆபத்தானது. இரவு தாமதமாக உறங்கினாலும் காலையில் அலாரம் வைத்து சீக்கிரமாக எழுந்துவிடுவது தவறு. அனைவருக்கும் ஆறு மணி முதல் எட்டு மணி நேரத் தூக்கம் அவசியம்.

நாம் அவசியம் நன்றாகத் தூங்கியே ஆக வேண்டும் என்ற நிலைமைக்கு வந்துவிட்டோம். நேர மேலாண்மையைச் சரியாகக் கையாளத் தெரியாதவர்கள் தடுமாறுகிறார்கள். நண்பர்களுக்கு, மொபைலுக்கு, டி.வி-க்கு என நேரம் ஒதுக்குவதில் தவறு இல்லை. உங்கள் உடலுக்கும் கொஞ்சம் நேரம் ஒதுக்குங்கள்.

ஒன்பது நவக்கிரகஆலயங்களையும் ஒரே நாளில் தரிசனம் செய்ய காலநேரஅட்டவணையுடன் வழிதடங்கள் !!!

ஒன்பது நவ கிரகங்கள் ஆலயங்கள் அனைத்தும் கும்பகோணம் மயிலாடுதுறை காரைக்கால் பகுதியை  சுற்றி அமைந்திருக்கின்றன. கீழ்கண்ட கால அட்டவணை படி உரிய வழி தடங்களில்  பயணம் செய்து ஒன்பது நவக்கிரக ஆலயங்களையும் ஒரே நாளில்  தரிசனம் செய்து அருள் பெற வேண்டுகிறோம்.

1, திங்களூர் (சந்திரன்):
தரிசனம் நேரம் :1மணி நேரம்
காலை 6மணி

ஒன்பது  நவகிரக ஆலயங்களில் முதலில் ஆரம்பிக்கும்
வேண்டியது திங்களூர்தான். நீங்கள் பேருந்தில் செல்ல விரும்பினால் கும்பகோணம் பேருந்து நிலையத்திலிருந்து  பாபநாசம், ஐயம்பேட்டை வழியாக 33 கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் உள்ள திங்களூரை சுமார் 1 மணி நேர நேரத்தில் அடைந்து விட முடியும். இதற்கு சரியாக காலை 5.00 மணிக்கெல்லாம் கும்பகோணத்திலிருந்து நீங்கள் கிளம்ப வேண்டும். பின்னர் திங்களூர் கைலாசநாதர் கோயிலில் சுவாமி தரிசனத்தை ஒரு மணி நேரத்திற்குள் முடித்துக்கொண்டு 7 மணிக்கு ஆலங்குடி  கிளம்பலாம்.

2, ஆலங்குடி (குரு) :
தரிசனம் நேரம்:1மணி நேரம்
காலை 7.30மணி

ஆலங்குடியை 30 நிமிடத்தில் அடைந்து விடலாம். பின்னர் ஸ்ரீ ஆபத்சகாயேஸ்வரர் கோயிலில் ஒரு மணி நேரத்திற்குள்  சுவாமி தரிசனத்தை முடித்துக்கொண்டு  8.30 மணியளவில் கும்பகோணம் வழியாக திருநாகேஸ்வரம் கிளம்பலாம்

காலை 8.30 மணிக்குள்  இருந்து 9.00 மணிக்குள் காலை உணவை முடித்து கொள்ளலாம்

3, திருநாகேஸ்வரம் (ராகு) :
தரிசனம் நேரம்:1மணி நேரம்
காலை 9.30

கும்பகோணத்திற்கு வெகு அருகிலேயே 6 கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் திருநாகேஸ்வரம் அமைந்திருப்பதால் 10 அல்லது 15 நிமிடங்களில், 10.00 மணியளவில் திருநாகேஸ்வரம் ராகு கோயிலை அடைந்து விட முடியும். நாகநாதசுவாமி  பெரிய கோயில் என்பதால் தரிசனம் செய்து முடிக்க  ஒரு மணி நேரம் ஆகும். பின்னர்  கும்பகோணம் வழியாக செல்ல 21 கி.மீ தொலைவில் உள்ள சூரியனார் ஆலயம் செல்ல 10.30க்கு  புறப்பட்டு 30 நிமிடத்தில் சென்று விடலாம்.

4, சூரியனார் கோவில் (சூரியன்) :
தரிசனம் நேரம்:1மணி நேரம்
மதியம் 11.00மணி

நீங்கள்  11.00 மணிக்கெல்லாம் சூரியனார் கோவிலை அடைந்து விடலாம். சூரியனார் கோவிலில் உள்ள சிவசூரியநாராயண கோவில் மற்ற நவகிரக கோயில்களை போல் அல்லாமல் சூரியனை முதன்மையாக கொண்டு நவக்கிரகங்களுக்கென தனித்து அமைந்த கோயில் எ‌ன்ற சிறப்பை பெற்றுள்ளது. இங்கு சூரிய பகவானை தரிசித்து முடித்தவுடன் 12.00 மணிக்கெல்லாம் கஞ்சனூர் கிளம்ப வேண்டும்.

5, கஞ்சனூர் (சுக்கிரன்) :
தரிசனம் நேரம்:1மணி நேரம்
மதியம் 12.15

சூரியனார் கோவிலிலிருந்து கஞ்சனூர் 5 கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவிலேயே அமைந்திருப்பதால்  மூலமாக 15 நிமிடங்களில் கஞ்சனூரை அடைந்து விடலாம். எனவே  12.15மணிக்கே உங்களால் அக்னீஸ்வரர் ஸ்வாமி கோவிலுக்கு சென்று விட முடியும். அதோடு 1.15 மணியளவில் கோயில் நடை சாத்தப்பட்டுவிடும் என்பதால் ஒரு மணி நேரத்திற்குள்ளாக சுவாமி தரிசனத்தை முடித்துக்கொள்ளவேண்டும்.

6, வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயில் (செவ்வாய்) :
தரிசனம் நேரம் :1மணி நேரம்
மாலை 4மணி

நவகிரக கோயில்கள் அனைத்திலுமே 1.15 மணிக்கு நடை சாத்தப்பட்டால் பின்பு 4 மணிக்கே கோயில் கதவுகள் திறக்கப்படும். எனவே 1.30 மணிக்கு கஞ்சனூரிலிருந்து மயிலாடுதுறை  20 கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவிலுள்ள மயிலாடுதுறையை 2.மணிக்கெல்லாம் அடைந்து விடலாம்.  மயிலாடுதுறையிலேயே மதிய உணவை முடித்துக்கொண்டு ஆற அமர 3.00 மணியளவில் கிளம்பினால் கூட 15 கிலோமீட்டர் தூரமுள்ள வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயிலை 3.30 மணிக்கெல்லாம் அடைந்து விட முடியும். பின்னர் கோயில் நடை திறந்து பின்பு சுவாமி தரிசனத்தை முடித்துக்கொண்டு 5.00மணிக்கு வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயிலிலிருந்து கிளம்பினால் சரியாக இருக்கும்.

7, திருவெண்காடு (புதன்) :
தரிசனம் நேரம்:45 நிமிடம் நேரம்
மாலை 5.15மணி

வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயிலிலிருந்து 5.00 மணிக்கு கிளம்பினால் 16 கிலோமீட்டரில் அமைந்துள்ள திருவெண்காடு ஸ்தலத்தை 5.15மணிக்கு அடைந்துவிட முடியும். பின்னர் ஸ்வேதாரண்யேஸ்வரர் கோயிலில் வீற்றிருக்கும் புதன் பகவானையும், சிவபெருமானையும் 45 நிமிஷம்  மணிநேரத்திற்குள் தரிசித்துவிட்டு 6.00மணிக்கு கிளம்ப வேண்டும்.

8, கீழ்பெரும்பள்ளம் (கேது) :
தரிசனம் நேரம்:45 நிமிடம் நேரம்
மாலை 6.15மணி

திருவெண்காட்டிலிருந்து 8 கிலோமீட்டர் தூரத்தில் அமையப்பெற்றுள்ள கேது பகவானின் கீழ்பெரும்பள்ளம் ஸ்தலத்தை 15 நிமிடங்களில் 6.15 அடைந்து விடலாம்.  ஜாதகத்தில் தவறான இடத்தில் கேது இருப்பதால் தோஷம் அடைந்த மக்கள், அதற்கு பரிகாரம் செய்ய இந்த கோயிலுக்கு வருகிறார்கள்.45 நிமிஷம் நேரத்திற்குள் தரிசனம் செய்து விட்டு 7.00மணிக்கு திருநள்ளாறு புறப்படலாம்

9, திருநள்ளாறு (சனி) :
தரிசனம் நேரம்:1மணி நேரம்
இரவு 8.00மணி
நவகிரக ஸ்தலங்களின் சுற்றுலாவில் நீங்கள் இறுதியாக செல்லவிருக்கும் இடம் சனி பகவான் வீற்றிருக்கும் திருநள்ளாறு ஸ்தலம். கீழ்பெரும்பள்ளத்திலிருந்து சரியாக 7.00, மணிக்கு புறப்பட்டால் 40 கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் உள்ள திருநள்ளாறு ஸ்தலத்தை திருக்கடையூர், காரைக்கால் வழியாக ஒரு மணி நேரத்திற்குள் வேகம்மாக சென்றால்  8.00மணிக்கெல்லாம் அடைந்து விட முடியும். அதன் பின்னர் ஸ்ரீ தர்பாரன்யேசுவரர் திருக்கோவிலில் சனி பகவானையும், சிவபெருமானையும் ஒரு மணிநேரம்  தரிசிக்கலாம்.

9.30மணிக்கு திருநள்ளாறு ஆலயத்தோடு ஒன்பது நவக்கிரகங்களையும் தரிசனம் செய்த மிகப்பெரிய மனநிறைவோடு பூர்வஜென்ம பாக்கியமாக இறைவனின் அருள் பெற்று புறப்படலாம்

அனைத்து பெண்களும் எங்களுக்கு மகாராணிகள் தான்

ஒரு ஆங்கிலேயரும், ஒரு இந்தியரும் உரையாடி கொள்கிறார்கள்..!!
இந்தியரைப் பார்த்து ஆங்கிலேயர் கேட்கிறார்...
ஆங்கிலேயர் : உங்கள் நாட்டில் உள்ள பெண்கள் ஏன் ஆண்களிடம் கை குலுக்க மறுக்கிறார்கள், கை குலுக்குவது அப்படியொன்றும் தவறு இல்லையே...
இந்தியர் : உங்கள் நாட்டு மகாராணியிடம் உங்கள் நாட்டை சேர்ந்த பாமர மக்கள் கை குலுக்க முடியுமா..?
ஆங்கிலேயர் : அது முடியாதே...
இந்தியர் : ஏன் முடியாது..?
ஆங்கிலேயர் : அவர்கள் எங்கள் நாட்டு ராணி ஆயிற்றே...
இந்தியர் : உங்கள் நாட்டை பொறுத்தவரை ராஜாவின் மனைவி மட்டும் தான் ராணி, ஆனால் எங்கள் நாட்டை பொறுத்தவரை அனைத்து பெண்களும் எங்களுக்கு மகாராணிகள் தான்.
இந்த பதிலை கேட்டவுடன்... ஆங்கிலேயர் வாயடைத்துப் போனார்..
ஆங்கிலேயரிடம் உரையாடிய இந்தியர் வேறு யாருமல்ல..
"சுவாமி விவேகானந்தர்"

What is MARKETING ?

This is how a Professor explained Marketing Concepts to a class
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1. You see a Gorgeous Girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!"-
That's Direct Marketing.
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2. You are at a party with a bunch of friends and see a Gorgeous Girl.
One of your friends goes upto her and pointing at you says: "He's very rich. Marry him!"-
That's Advertising.
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3. You are at a party and see a Gorgeous Girl. She walks up to you and says: "You are very rich! Can I marry you?"-
That's Brand Recognition.
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4. You see a Gorgeous Girl at a party. You go upto her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!"
She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.-
That's Customer Feedback.
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5. You see a Gorgeous Girl at a party. You go upto her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!"
And she introduces you to her husband.-
That's Demand and Supply Gap. 
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6. You see a Gorgeous Girl at a party. You go upto her and before you say: "I m rich, Marry me!",
your wife arrives.-
That's Restriction for Entering New Markets.
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Hope Concepts are clear..
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மாரடைப்பா?மிளகாய்பொடி பயன்படுத்துங்க!!.......

மாரடைப்புக்கு ஒரு மருந்து!..
60 செகண்டுகளில் ஹார்ட் அட்டாக் ஏற்பட்டவர்களை காப்பாற்றும் வீட்டு மருந்து
இயற்கை மருத்துவர் ஜான் கிறிஸ்டோபரின் 35 வருடங்கள் மருத்துவ சேவையில், ஹார்ட் அட்டாக் ஏற்பட்டு பாதிக்கபட்டவர்கள் இந்த எளிய மருத்துவத்தால் ஒரு நபர் கூட இறந்ததில்லை என்று சொல்கிறார். ஆனால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவரின் மூச்சு நின்றுவிடாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும். இவருடைய மிளகாய் பொடி தேநீர் 60 செகண்டுகளில் பழைய நிலைக்கு திரும்ப கொண்டு வந்து, சில நிமிடங்களில் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்கள் நடமாட தொடங்கிவிடுவார்கள் என்கிறார். அதனால் வீட்டில் மிளகாய் பொடி தயாராக வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும் என்று பரிந்துரைக்கிறார்.
எவ்வாறு செய்வது:
ஒரு டீஸ்பூன் மிளகாய்பொடியை மிதமான சுடு தண்ணீரில் நன்றாக கலக்கி குடிக்க வைக்க வேண்டும்.
பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர் நினைவுடன் இருந்தால் சிறிதளவு பொடியை விரல்களில் எடுத்து நாக்கின் அடியில் வைக்க வேண்டும்.
இது ஒரு முதலுதவி மருந்து போன்றது.
மருத்துவமனைக்கு உடனடியாக கொண்டு செல்ல வேண்டும். மருத்துவமனைக்கு செல்லும் வழியில் இறந்துவிடாமல் உதவும். இவ்வாறு செய்வதால் அவர்களை காப்பாற்றுவது உறுதி என்கிறார்.
எவ்வாறு வேலை செய்கிறது:
காரமான மிளகாய் பொடியில் 90,000 கார யூனிட் (H.U. heat unit) இருப்பதாகவும், இதுவே ஹாரட் அட்டாக் ஏற்பட்டவரை திரும்பவும பழை நிலைக்கு கொண்டு வருவதாக கூறுகிறார்.
-நன்றி. pls consult your Doctor for safe. Received as whatsapp forwared msg

Dengue and chikengunia

⁠⁠⁠⁠In a important seminar in New Delhi a renowned  doctor stressed upon the fact that how much ignorant the common public is about the topic and how the doctors, at large, are making money out of the ignorance and fear in minds of the patients and their attendants.

    He stressed that nowadays Dengue and chikengunia are the two types of viral fever, commonly prevalent and hospitals are running out of beds in Delhi NCR and other areas.  He educated that the Virus hide between the cells and are not present in the blood stream and so they cannot be destroyed through medicines because the medicine work through blood only.  Our body, which is a super computer, has its own mechanism to fight the virus.  It raises its temperature beyond normal level to fight the bacteria/ virus.  This causes us discomfort and dis-ease and we go to doctor for treatment.  The doctor gives us medicine for fever and as the temperature comes down, the mechanism of the body is hampered and the virus is escaped and it remains inside the body and attacks again after some time.

Whenever there is any viral or bacterial attack body raises  its temperature, throws out body waste in the form of loose motion, vomiting, cold and cough etc. and by taking medicine to control these conditions we simply harm our body.

    Then question arises what to do in this situation.  Dr Choudhury told that we have to monitor the body temperature and as it goes beyond 102.2 degree, we have to administer cold compress on head and calf muscles till the temperature comes down.  Cold compress means, take four small towels and dip them into ice cold water, squeeze it and place it on head and one each on calf muscles after ecery 2-3 minutes, till the time the temperature comes to normal.
 No medicine is to be taken in such scenario.  He has formulated a three day diet chart for the patient, to follow and by doing this  the patient will surely be cured.  The diet plan is as under :-

Day-1.- divide your weight by 10 and that much number glasses of  Mosumbi juice  and equal quantity of Coconut water to be taken throughout the whole day.  If the patient is 60 kg of weight then he must take 06 glasses of both the juices and no solid food.

 Day-2. divide your weight by 20 and that much glasses of mosumbi juice and equal quantity of coconut water and weight X 5 grams of tomato + cucumber.

Day-3. divide your Weight by 30 and that much glasses of mosumbi juice and equal quantity of coconut water and weight X 5 grams of tomato + cucumber in lunch and normal home cooked food for dinner.

By taking these steps we can successfully cure any kind of viral/ bacterial fever in three days, without causing any harm to the body and without interrupting the body mechanism. 
We need not panic during fever, cough/ cold/ vomiting/ loose motions but we must monitor the temperature and manage it as discussed above and supply sufficient fluids as discussed above. When we go to doctor/hospital they prescribe unnecessary test/ diagnostics to make money out of our fear and ignorance. The need of the hour is to educate ourselves and others also.  Rest the body will do at its own.

Phone number of Doctor Biswaroop Roy Chodhury is 9312286540.
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Incredible Facts About India Which You Never Knew Before

1. Tirupati Balaji Temple Has More Visitors Than Vatican City and Mecca consolidated...

2. Kumbh Mela Gathering Can Be Seen From Space...

3. India Has More Mosques Than Any Other Country (~300,000 mosques)...

4. First Ever University In The World Was In India... Takshila (at Gandhar) 700BC

5. 70% Of All The World’s Spices Is Exported From India...

6. Indian Railways Employs More Than 1.3 Million People. That’s More Than The Population Of Many Nations...

7. India Has The Largest English Speaking Population In The World...

8. ISRO Used Bullock Carts To Move Satellites Back In Days...

9. India Discovered traces of Water On The Moon...

10. In 2004, 200 Women Killed A Rapist On The Court Floor (Akku Yadav)...

11. Oscar Winning Hollywood Actor Ben Kingsley Is  Indian Descent. Birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji...

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15. Magnetic Hill...
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Breakfast like a king

Did you know Buffett has ice cream for breakfast? Take tips from some of the world's most famous personalities on how to enjoy the most important meal of the day
Breakfast is imperative for maintaining energy levels throughout the day. While you may be munching on multi-grain bread at 7 am, ever wondered what the morning meal of successful people is like?
Here i s a li st of t he diet routines of the rich and famous.
1 Microsoft Founder Bill Gates starts his day with pancakes, eggs and bacon.
Health benefit: Two of the three are a healthy choice. While he may not get major nut r it ion f r om t he pa nc a kes, eggs, on t he ot her ha nd, a re a good source of protein and vitamin D. Bacon is not only rich in protein, but also lowers blood pressure and sugar levels.
2 Actor Amitabh Bachchan is known for his healthy and disciplined life. His mornings start with two glasses of hot water and 15ml aloe vera juice. For breakfast, he prefers a bowl of muesli with skimmed milk. On some days, he eats two idlis and a small bowl of sambhar.
Health benefit:The betasito st erol i n a lo e ver a juice helps lower cholesterol and cleanses blood o f i m p u r i t i e s . Wa r m w at e r i n t h e m o r n i n g i nc r e a s e s met ab ol i sm .
Idli sambhar is rich in carbohydrates, fibre and protein.
3 Twitter cofounder Jack D or s ey e at s t wo hard boiled eggs with soy sauce. He wakes up daily at 5:30am and goes for a jog.
Health benefit: Soy sauce and eggs are rich in vitamins A and C and miner als such as potassi um, iron, zinc, and calcium.
4 Virgin Airlines found4 er Richard Branson's breakfast is simple and fibrous. An ideal breakfast for Branson is fruit salad and muesli.
Health benef it: Muesli contains less sugar and calories compared to other cereals. It is high in fibre and whole grains, which regulate the digestive system.
5 President Barack Obama's first meal contains four to six eggs, potatoes and wheat toast, and occasionally fruit, bacon and oatmeal.
H e a l t h b e n e f i t : Whi le eggs are a healthy source of protein and vitamin D, potatoes promote brain function and also contain vitamin B6 and folic acid, which generate neurotransmitters like serotonin and melatonin. They are easy to digest and are rich in bloodlowering compounds called kukoamines.
6 A merican busi ness magnate Warren Buffett starts his day with a bowl of ice-cream.
Healthy benef it:Not only does it make him feel young, if paired with fruit or made with low-fat yogurt, it will be low on fat, sugar and calories.
7 Actor Hrithik Roshan follows a strict diet. His breakfast consists of egg whites and a slice of multigrain bread.
H e a l t h b e n e f it : Mu ltigrain bread contains fibre, vitamins and minerals, particularly manganese and selenium and is comparatively low on calories.Egg whites contain only 17 calories and no saturated fat or cholesterol. COURSTEY Sep 11 2016 : The Times of India Breakfast like a king

Five second 'food on floor rule' really safe?

IANS | Sep 11, 2016, 04.30 PM IST

The widely accepted notion says its is all right to scoop up food and eat it within a "safe" five-second window..

Food, once dropped on the floor, is not safe to eat, however quickly you pick it up, warns a new study that debunks the widely accepted notion that it is all right to scoop up food and eat it within a "safe" five-second window.

Moisture, type of surface and contact-time all contribute to cross-contamination. In some instances, the transfer begins in less than one second, the study said.

"The popular notion of the 'five-second rule' is that food dropped on the floor, but picked up quickly, is safe to eat because bacteria need time to transfer," said Donald Schaffner, Professor at the Rutgers University at New Jersey, in the US.

"We decided to look into this because the practice is so widespread. The topic might appear 'light' but we wanted our results backed by solid science," Schaffner noted.

The researchers tested four surfaces -- stainless steel, ceramic tile, wood and carpet -- and four different foods -- watermelon, bread, bread and butter, and gummy candy.

They also looked at four different contact times -- less than one second, five, 30 and 300 seconds.

They used two media -- tryptic soy broth or peptone buffer -- to grow Enterobacter aerogenes, a nonpathogenic "cousin" of Salmonella naturally occurring in the human digestive system.

Top 20 stocks that performed consistently in the past 20 years; retirement bets?

Aug 16, 2016, 12.30 PM IST

NEW DELHI: Convincing Indian investors to invest in the stock market might be an easy task, but it is quite tough when it comes to advising them to do retirement planning, which according to most experts is an alarming sign.

A survey conducted by global investment bank firm HSBC showed 47 per cent of working people in India have not started saving for their future or have stopped or faced difficulties while saving.

Retirement planning is a complex process. Ideally, retirement planning should consist of a mix of different assets classes and instruments such as equities, MFs, debt plans, as well as monthly income schemes, NPS etc.

According to a report by Centrum Wealth, 20 stocks which have performed consistently from the year 1996 include Infosys, Aurobindo Pharma, ZEE Entertainment, Cipla, HDFC Bank, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Hero MotoCorp, Rolta India, Pfizer, RIL, Tata Elxi and Gujarat Gas, among others.

Top performers of 1996-2001 in the S&P BSE500 index were no longer the top performers in the subsequent five years. "In general, all the stocks gave consistent returns in the subsequent periods as well," Kunj Bansal, CIO & ED, Centrum Wealth Management, said in a report.

"It is always said that equity is a long-term asset and gives better returns over long term. If one looks at the indices, this is true and equity does emerge as an asset class that has outperformed all other asset classes over a longer period, in terms of percentage return," he said.

How much equity will not be too much?

Retirement planning involves a period spanning 20-25 years and taking a call on stock might be a complicated task, experts said. However, there are various measures or filters which investors can deploy to handpick stocks or sectors which can withstand the test of time.

"Percentage allocation depends on risk and age profiles of investors. Ideally, retirement planning should begin as soon as an individual reaches 30 years," Dharmesh Kant, HEAD- Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, told ETMarkets.com.

"Assuming the person is in the age bracket of 30 to 35 years, around 70 per cent of savings should ideally be invested in equities, 20 per cent should be invested in fixed deposits and 10 per cent in various insurance products, which can include medical insurance as well," he said.

To pick stocks for a retirement portfolio, investors should first analyse the business. Does it have the potential to survive the next 20-25 years? In other words, is the business moat likely to be challenged by any disruptive breakthrough?

"Disruption can be in the form enabling the business further. For example; food, garments, housing, automobile, pharmaceuticals are businesses that will stay for the foreseeable future," said Kant.

Another important thing to analyse is the inflation factor. Since it is difficult to form a definite view on the nominal inflation, it is better to delink your portfolio as much as possible from the inflationary pressures, suggest experts.

"Purely from a portfolio construction perspective, there are a few ground rules. Considering the global interest rate environment, it is good to lock in your money in long-term instruments that offer a reasonably good interest rate," Pankaj Sharma, Head of Equities, Equirus Securities, told ETMarkets.com.

"The other rule is diversification. It is the key but use fixed return instruments a little more as you need regular income, and do not forget to hedge your portfolio with non-financial assets like precious metals and real estate," he said.

There is no golden rule for selecting stocks as it depends on many factors, including how much initial corpus you are starting with.

"We would look at, long term potential and the history of the stock, dividend yield, management quality among other parameters," said Sharma. Based on the above parameters, he recommends Britannia, GAIL, Coal India, Sun Pharma and Torrent Pharma.

Sectors which look attractive for next 20 years:

Dharmesh Kant, Head of Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, recommend five sectors that investors can consider for retirement planning:

Banking & finance: Finance is the backbone of any economy and has been there since the inception of civilization. For any economic activity institution like banks and NBFCs will be needed for project funding, or meeting the working capital requirement.

Automobiles: Transportation is an integral part of any economy. Companies which keep pace with technological breakthrough and advancement for better transportation products offer merit in selection.

Pharmaceuticals: Medicines are required at every stage of human life. Right from the time a child is conceived till the time last breath is inhaled. It can be for curing a disease or just for maintaining a healthy life style.

Companies with proven track records and focus on new product development through intensive research merits selection for long term investing.

Consumption: This area is vast. It can be biscuits, confectionery, soaps, electrical and electronic equipment like television, air conditioners, refrigerators, fans, bulbs etc., garments, home furnishing among others.

Management's vision and company's adaptability to timely come out with new products as per changing consumer preferences are key criteria for selection in the portfolio.

Materials: For any construction be it roads, ports, airports, shopping complexes, dwelling units, commercial complexes, hospitals, schools, civic amenities etc., construction material is required like steel, cement, copper. Investors can look at companies with sustainable business model which merit selection in the long term portfolio.

Yoga expert A.G. Mohan and his family will be feted at the European convention opening on August 21. Geetha Venkataramanan has the details.

The link between mind and body is stressed several times during the conversation with A.G. Mohan, yoga expert, direct disciple of centenarian T. Krishnamacharya. Mohan’s reverence for his guru reveals itself as he quotes the master and recalls anecdotes. Naturally, for Mohan spent nearly two decades with the scholar, a period that shaped this engineer’s personality and life.

“Yes, the day I listened to his lecture way back in 1971 became the turning point. I resigned my position as an engineer and went to him, not to learn yoga but to seek his guidance for my spiritual pursuit,” says Mohan. But he went on to learn the science of yoga, Ayurveda and Vedanta. In 1976, Venkata Desikachar and Mohan founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, where along with wife Indra, he taught for two decades.

“Krishnamacharya is the father of modern yoga, who followed the principles of Pathanjali,” says Mohan, who has preserved the scholar’s Vedic chanting at the age of 96. “Look at that intonation... what clarity in the enunciation!” he marvels. I was fortunate to sit at his feet and drink from the fount of his knowledge,” reminisces Mohan.

Yoga has never been more popular than now, it seems. Mohan agrees. It is promoted as panacea for all ills, taught and learnt everywhere. “Why, internet dishes out asanas and there are so many styles,” laughs Mohan and continues on a serious note. “The awareness is good, from the health point of view. But well-trained teachers are important and the bottom-line is individual requirement.”

Mohan is quick to point out that yoga should not be confused with Enlightenment. In other words, not all yoga practitioners are enlightened souls. “Although it is closely allied to the spiritual path, yogam does not lead to enlightenment,” he clarifies.

“Just as yoga is not mere asanas,” chimes in wife Indra. Also a student of Krishnamacharya and one of the few to have received a post-graduate diploma in the subject from him, she has been a pillar of support in Mohan’s extraordinary journey spanning nearly five decades. She specialises in the practice of yoga for women. “Each body is different, more so in the case of women. There can never be a template within which the moves can be confined. Practice of unsuitable asanas can lead to problems, even interfere with the menstrual cycle,” she cautions.

The why and the who are at the base of yoga teaching, says Mohan. “What kind of a person is the learner and why does he want to learn. The lessons depend on the answers to these simple questions,” he expands. Yoga may be learnt for three purposes - for fitness, as therapy and spiritual, all of which he will explore at the congress.

Yoga is not all about fantastic postures and slim physique.

What then is yoga?

Mohan and Indra stress on Breath. “Relaxed breathing is key to sound mind and healthy body. Long exhalations are vital for a calm mind. But these are stress-filled times. You feel the heart racing, leaving you short of breath, the base for all maladies,” they explain.

The Krishnamacharya school lays stress on breathing and mind control. Slowly postures are introduced. “Group learning is fine, may be to children. It is individual teaching with the focus on the requirement and capacity that will deliver results,” says Indra. Patience and dedication on the part of the teacher and the learner are important.

“Mental problem is going to be the biggest challenge of the years to come,” says A.G. Mohan, quoting a renowned psychologist. “Did you hear of so many cases of depressions, say ten years ago? Young adults seek counselling and psychiatric help to tackle depression. Regular practice of yoga that pivots on mind-body alignment will address this issue,” he asserts.

Mohan and Indra have engaged with yoga, teaching one of the treasures of this country to learners across the globe, conducting workshops and retreats. Their son Ganesh and daughter Nitya have inherited their parents’ passion.

Yoga figures in the treatment regimen of Ganesh, a medical practitioner, also an expert in Ayurveda. Nitya, a trained musician teaches yoga.

The quiet contribution of this family has not gone unnoticed. The European Union Yoga Convention that opens on Sunday in Zinal, Switzerland, is honouring the quartet by inviting them over as Guests of Honour.

Berlin and Munich are two of the places on the itinerary of the couple, on their way to Zinal. Globetrotters indeed, an irony considering their low key life in Chennai, where their spacious and well-lit house in Palavakkam exudes Spartan simplicity. Imagine a home without television!

“We decided to stay away from the bustle 20 years ago and considered TV an unnecessary distraction. And we have managed very well,” says Mohan cheerfully and Indra nods her endorsement.

A spiritual seeker

Having started as an anchor in Doordarshan, Kanu Priya has explored acting, script writing filmmaking and theatre presentation. After her widely viewed daily television show “Awakening with Brahma Kumaris” which has had a deep impact on the viewers, she is now coming up with “Karmbhoomi”, a show which focusses on young leadership. In an interaction Kanu Priya talks about her new show, what made her choose anchoring and her spiritual quest.

Tell us about your new TV show “Karmbhoomi”.

“Karmbhoomi” is a youth oriented innovative and socially responsible concept with a vision for 2020. Basically it is to create leaders, who can inspire the youth to follow a path of self-improvement and decision making by the year 2020. The series has six main protagonists who believe in changing the world. Each of them will deal different issues like feminism, body image issues, creating awareness regarding mental health among youngsters, tackling the various problems of old-age, creating recycled products, adverse effects of societal pressure and creating awareness for environmental issues. We will be going to every university, every college with our Karmbhoomi leaders. It is all about how, what and why. What we are going to do is create leaders so that they can inspire others.

What is the message in this show for the youth?

I am not giving them any message. I am telling them to come and join and make them aware that they are good and powerful. They have it in them to bring about change so should not shy away from it.

Tell us about your journey as an anchor and how it has changed over time. Also, why did you move to Aastha TV?

I was very good in talking (laughs), so I became an anchor. I always enjoyed getting information and was able to connect it together and pass on to people. I never wanted to be an anchor; it just happened and even as an anchor I was involved in so many others things. In the early 90s, anchoring was more formal and now it is more informal, because that is the trend. It is just a conversational flow of thoughts.

Aastha was my spiritual journey and it happened at a time when I was going through a major shift in my life. I am very thankful to Aastha Channel for those seven-eight years which was my spiritual break.

You have hosted several spiritual programmes. What made you incline towards them?

Spiritual shows were my education break and they just happened and I enjoyed it because it was giving so much value to y life. I am not just sticking to awakening as I am doing everything which pleases me. I have thoroughly enjoyed my shows on tantra, numerology and astrology as well.

Will you describe yourself as a spiritual seeker?

Kanu priya inspiring youth

As I told you, it just happened. I was always inquisitive about life, that is why I was good anchor but when spirituality happened I started asking questions about life and that's why I became a seeker. It gave me answer to things which I never knew.

Mutual fund managers with the Midas touch

Aug 29, 2016, 08.13 AM IST

MUMBAI: They dug deep for unpolished gems, pored over reams of annual reports, scrutinised financial statements in detail and retained their calm when things were going haywire. This is why some fund managers have been able to churn out extraordinary returns for investors.

DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund's Vinit Sambre bags the top honour in this year's ET WealthMorningstar ranking of best fund managers. Sambre, who manages the DSP BlackRock Micro Cap Fund and the DSP BlackRock Small and Midcap Fund, has generated annualised returns of 25.51% for investors for the past five years.

At second place is Jinesh Gopani of Axis Mutual Fund, who manages the Axis Long Term Equity Fund and the Axis Focused 25 Fund and generated 19.59% returns. R Janakiraman of Franklin Templeton stands third with 20.2% annualised returns in the past five years.
The ET Wealth-Morningstar ranking is based on weighted average five-year performance of open-ended diversified equity schemes. We included only those equity schemes with an AUM of at least Rs 100 crore. Also, only fund managers who handled a combined AUM of at least Rs 500 crore across all qualifying funds and had a continuous five-year fund management experience were included in the study . Readers should note that the ranking is not based on the returns alone. The aggregate returns were adjusted for risk to evaluate how much risk was taken by the managers to generate the returns.

What's the secret behind the phenomenal returns generated by these financial wizards? Sambre says they stuck to the basics while selecting companies. "We picked stocks where the focus was on corporate governance, management's passion towards their business, companies' competitive advantage and strong financial attributes," he says.

Gopani says a disciplined approach and sticking to quality have worked for him. "It is best to invest in companies where the management is capable of navigating the good and bad phase of the business," he says.

These star managers have interesting nuggets of advice for investors. "Do not invest in low-growth stocks purely because of valuation," says Neelesh Surana of Mirae Asset, who is ranked sixth in the list. Another key advice to investors comes from Chirag Setalvad of HDFC Mutual Fund, who was ranked number one in 2015. "Invest in quality businesses. When there's a structural problem with a business, it's better to exit fast," he says.

All 10 fund managers agree that investors in equity funds should take a long-term view to get the best results. S Krishnakumar of Sundaram Mutual Fund, who is at the ninth place, says investors should "select asset classes and allocation and then stick to them for life."

Promoters hike stake in own firms as confidence grows

Aug 29, 2016, 08.43 AM IST

Promoters of about one-fifth of the BSE 500 stocks have raised stake in their companies either through open market or warrants or open offers, in some cases, over the past two years, indicating confi dent about the prospects of their companies.

Data compiled by ET shows, two-thirds, or about 76 of the 102, companies in which promoters increased their stake, have outperformed the Sensex. Companies like Indo Count, Caplin Point Lab, Trident have seen share prices increase multi-fold; while shares of Kansai Nerolac, JK Tyre, Ramkrishna Forgings and Strides Shasun, among others, have doubled.

The Sensex has gained about 5% in the last two years. As promoters have all the information about the company, increasing stake signals better times ahead for the business, say analysts. However, it should not be the only reason for buying a stock, they warn.

A spiritual night safari at Varanasi

Varanasi can be a great spiritual experience if you can shut your eyes to the garbage heaps and the human chaos!

We went around waking the Gods that night.  It sounds irreverent, but in actual fact was possibly the most religious thing I’ve ever done. Spiritual I may be, though not religious in a ritualistic sense.

But this time was different. This was Varanasi. And when in Varanasi, you do what Varanasi does. And if you wish to do it with dignity, you beat the crowds and do it earlier. So, we decided to visit the Gods before dawn.

Varanasi is a city that doesn’t sleep, and the reason is diametrically opposite to that which keeps other sleepless cities up. No bars, drunken men or temptresses here; this city is kept up by religious fervor and its Benarasi sari industry. At 2 am all we saw on the roads were cows, cops and men ferrying around white bundles containing exquisitely woven saris.

Barricades and a posse of cops revealed that we had arrived at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. Enter and you see a forlorn Nandi facing the mosque at the entrance. This, we are told, is proof that the Vishwanath Temple once stood where the mosque built by Aurangzeb stands today, because Nandi always faces Lord Shiva.

In the sanctum sanctorum we saw an amazing sight. Uniformed cops stepped in and out of the room and participated in rituals along with the priests as the holiest of holy Shiva linga was washed, showered and dressed with much fanfare. The cops not only helped pass along the holy water and other stuff needed for the puja, but also beat drums, blew conches and distributed prasad. And yes, in between all this they also attempted to manage the overenthusiastic crowds that reached despite the early hour!

When Shiva prayers reached a crescendo, a priest started shaking his head vigorously in frenzy, sending his long curls dancing. The cops joined in with a lusty “Har har Mahadev” and shook their heads too till it seemed they would drop off their torsos. Mesmerised by the cops’ religious zeal and jostled by people who all wanted to touch, smell or bow to anything that emerged from the sanctum sanctorum, we managed our moments of private conversation with Shiva and emerged feeling virtuous.

Next we headed to Sankat Mochan Temple to awaken Lord Hanuman, who was still asleep when we reached, possibly stirring at the sound of the loud kirtan at His doorstep. Everyone crowded around at 4.30, but Hanuman’s first sighting of the morning had to be Lord Ram and Sita, whose images were placed in a straight line from His. So, a human corridor was created and curtains both sides were opened simultaneously.

Next on the list was Assi Ghat, famous as a tourist attraction for its aarti, sunrise, culture and rich tradition. Three hundred people visit every hour and Tulsidas is said to have breathed his last here. The Ganges has swollen to almost danger mark this monsoon and the famed Benares steps that lead down to the river have disappeared. As a result the renowned aarti here has been limited to a very small temple and with sunrise obstructed by clouds, this wasn’t much of an experience. The diyas and rose petals we sent floating down the Ganges uplifted us somewhat.

Now it was time for fragrant tea in earthen kullars and some mouthwatering hot kachoris with sabzi.

Shockingly in a city that prides itself on being the holiest of the seven sacred cities, the heaps of garbage are unbelievable. Everywhere you look are heaps of trash that cows feed on. Swachh Bharat indeed!

The best Varanasi experience by far was the evening Ganga Aarti at the Dashahwamedha Ghat, the most spectacular of the ghats associated with legends around Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva. The beautifully synchronized aarti here is a choreographed performance that is our spiritual version of Broadway.

If you can close your eyes to the garbage and don’t mind the unbelievable crowds, Varanasi can be a spiritual experience like no other. But, imagine if the government was actually to clean up the place and organize the chaos? Varanasi would be Heaven then! Would love to go back that day!