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Food Adulteration - Can India follow China’s example?

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Y’day newspapers in Mumbai reported Mewad ice cream sold in Mumbai was infected with E C oli bacteria. I remember seeing Mewad ice cream mobile trolleys on Dalal Street. This news also brought memories of New Delhi summer. Yellow coloured mobile cold-water fountains would sell chilled water to parched throats of Delhites . I looked at them more out of pity after seeing those brown stained glasses being washed in water-filled bucket hanging below the trolley. When I saw the news of Delhi police discovering the nexus of the staff of mortuary of AIIMS and these vendors diverting the supply ice slabs meant to store dead bodies, I squirmed in disbelief. I doubt if I would ever drink that water even though the nexus may well have broken. These two incidents came to my fore when I read that China court gave death sentences to three men and sentenced the former board chairperson of big dairy firm to life in prison for adulteration of baby milk with melamine that killed six infants and

Holidy Inn Malacca @ second time - not so happy.

How quickly any business establishment falls in the eyes of a customer ? Very often a repeat use of the services is suffice to do that. This happend with us at Holiday Inn Malacca. Our first stay at this hotel was almost 10 months ago. The service was top class, people were cheerful and friendly. The hotel appeared like a new bride with enthusiastic staff overeager to extend hospitality. Hotel offered complimentary massage and freebie for club members. Second visit was last week . The difference was noticeable. Smile disappeared, staff must be lacking in strength as phone kept ringing without prompt answer. Complimentary drinking water bottle was never replenished until asked. Request for Ice bucket was responded by “on charge". No freebie, no massage. For a double room - additional tiny soap and duplicate card key was given only after a request. During first visit, we had decided not to stay anywhere other than Holiday Inn. Second visit would make us realize that we must try oth

Akshta from year end to new year month

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Tilgul Ghya God God Bola

I always wondered why ' Makar Sankrati ' always celebrated on January 14 th when all other Hindu festivals keep changing their dates every year ? I got the answer from vedanta mission website. It says that the traditional Indian Calendar is basically based on lunar positions, but sankranti is a solar event, so while dates of all festivals keep changing, the English calendar date of Makar Sankranti is always same, 14 th January. Makar means Capricorn and Sankranti is transition. There is a sankranti every month when the sun passes from one sign of the zodiac to the next. There are twelve signs of the zodiac, and thus there are twelve sankranti's as well. Each of these sankranti's has its own relative importance but two of these are more important - the Mesh (Aries) Sankranti and the most important, the Makar (Capricorn) Sankranti . Transition of the Sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn, during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere is known as M

Music of Slumdog Millionaire

It has punch and flair of ' Rang de Basanti'. Here is another music site dedicated to A R Rahman ( Rahmanism) that free download. Enjoy as much as I am doing whole of today !!!