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Whats up Gems!

June 29th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in General

If the sapphires and opals have made you go wow; if you saw a cat and thought it had rubies instead of eyes; if you are the kind to see a sparkle and go ‘diamonds’ and if your life seems incomplete without the opals and amethysts, gemology is what you should be doing as a profession! Gemology is the study gems- a field that requires both a great keen eye and deft handling if the miniature-to-large gemstones. A Gemologist also needs to possess a flair in finding out the original piece and separate it from the fakes. This profession requires a perfect vision, patience to put up with slow work and a stimulating enthusiasm for gems. Of course, ample lighting and a peaceful atmosphere are prerequisites for a gemologists’ office.

Like a Gypsy

June 27th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Life

Bright costumes, flair with the beads and jewels, a whacky idea of fashion and a nomadic lifestyle- does it sound like a bohemian lifestyle? Not quite! We are talking about gypsies! This wandering tribe basically is involved with magic, performing arts, and bead and fashion accessories, and makes a living out of t. They carry themselves and their style with conviction and flaunt them with panache. The stuff they make not only looks great, but is generally easy on the purse too. The gypsies are feared in someplace because of their restless spirit and their connection with the occult, but generally they are an interesting creative lot.

Restaurant reviews-How to?

June 25th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in General

A good restaurant review must start with the name that the hotel holds in the market. It should continue with its historic progress and follow up with the details about that particular restaurant. Starting with the façade, reception, one goes on to describe the interiors, ambience and service. The variety in the menu is described and the quality of food is then illustrated. The promptness of delivery, the quality-quantity-price comparison is given next. Finally, the verdict about the entire experience in eating at the restaurant is provided.

Cruel practice - SATI!

June 21st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in General

In old times, in India, it was believed that the meaning of a woman’s life ceases with the death of her husband. Although, many sections of Indian society still comtinue to wipe out colour completely from her life by breaking her bangles, wiping off her bindi and making her adorn white robes; in the past, she was forced to jump into the burning funeral pyre of her husband and sacrifice her life. This practice, known as the Sati, was cruelly practiced for many years. Women whose husbands died in war, willingly jumped into the pyre out of fear of the enemy molesting them! Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian socialist, did great help to the women of the country in protesting for reforms and abolishing this evil practice.

Story Telling

June 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Life

Your average kid grows up on tales. From bugging grandma and grandpa for a nice tale or two as kids, pestering moms and dads to telling a bed-time fable and then seeking out novels and books for telling out their yarns- our lives have always revolved around these stories. Storytelling is an art in itself. Holding the listeners’ attention and also giving them wings to actually fly into the story is really a great skill. Storytelling for kids is a more difficult task as their attention span is short and they require more actions, drama and props to hold them still. Storytelling for adults needs authenticity, an interesting weave of good content and rendition.

Color of the world

June 15th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in General

One of the most loved colours of the world is blue. And definitely one of the most present colour in the world, too, what with the oceans and the skies painting themselves in this cool colour! Blue, be it of the seas and skies, or the aquamarine one; blue of the eyes and the peackocks too- happens to be one colour that has a great soothing effect on the eye, like green. Blue tees and clothes, rooms painted in blue- they all have a relaxing and rejuvenating feel to them. The blue light is therefore used as a cooling filter on photographs to reduce the effect of glaring light and warm colours.

Symbolism

June 10th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in General

From Salvador Dali to a traditional Indian home- symbolism is a prevalent phenomenon. Using icons and signs, albeit in an abstract way, to represent other deeper meanings and outside connotations, is what symbolism is all about. It is a practice that is as old as time- existing from the caves of Lascaux, where early man represented hunting through various animal figurines to Dadaism and Pop Art where different objects took attributes. Positioning, colour, ingrained letters, abstract forms etc are generally used to point to some other meaning. The Symbolists believed that, “art should aim to capture more absolute truths which could only be accessed by indirect methods”.

Drunken Driving

June 8th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Health

Driving is itself a very dangerous pursuit. Driving is listed as a voluntary hazard. And considering something that is already risky and adding to it the risk of drinking sounds surely suicidal. Drinking and driving just adds to the susceptibility of an individual to accidents and road rash. One terrible accident later, you may not even be there to regret! Drinks take hold of your senses and make you disoriented. Driving needs orientation, a grip on the senses and a strong control of your mind- three things that you can’t even be imagined to possess, if you are drunk! Fines, stricter rules and regulations are the only way to stop drunken drivers from killing themselves and other innocent passersby.

Science of Vaastu Saastra

June 6th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in General

Vaastu is the building science used in converting the cosmic energy to subtle energy. Vaastu has its roots in India and soon spread in popularity across the world, with people coming to India learn and implement the science from far away places. To explain to a layman, one could say that Vaastu is to India what Feng Shui is to China. Vaastu, however is the older of the two sciences. Vaastu Shaastra aims at channellising the external favourable energy into the building by designing the building in such a way that it vibrates in unison with the cosmic whole, based on the attributes of the user. Vaastu Shaastra has many of its practices proved by science and more and more people are now employing it during design phase of the building itself. Others go in for renovation.

War of the world

June 4th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in General

When the world began making arms and ammunitions, it was well on its beginning to destruction. The tank emerged in the First World War and ruined thousands. When the World War II came about, the n-bombs were developed and Hiroshima and Nagasaki lay destroyed-and continue to feel repercussions. Bio warfare and other more devious forms of arms are getting developed day-by-day. With miniature quantities of this lethal device capable of wiping out populations of entire nations, these biological weapons are a cause of concern and fear to all peace loving nations. Many anti-biowarfare treaties are emerging. In case these don’t materialize, we may well be marching ahead for a World War III.

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