I don’t think many of you take this seriously …I don’t blame you… in school we learnt that iodine deficiency is endemic (restricted to a local region) to the non coastal areas where the soil is iodine deficient…..and that people in coastal areas need not worry that much about their iodine status…. But the current [...]

Okhhhhhhhhay so it’s been a while since our last rendezvous, hasn’t it world??? What’s been up?? Not weight gain I hope..;)
Uff…Winters are here and though I’m not much of an admirer of the season’s chills…(I’d rather be charmed by all the snow flakes…warm cozy fireplaces…Blankets and bright winter woolens…on the television or in books….! Somehow…even [...]

Cadbury’s tag line “Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye” is just so apt for us Indians…. We can’t do without sweets can we…if nothing else, mishri or gud (jaggery) would do… but more often than not every Indian household, stocks some or the other sweet be it mithais, chocolates, kheer or any other sweet. No wonder the [...]

India is the land of festivals…. we’ve been learning this since 2nd grade…and aptly so!Each festival has its own charm, rituals and significance… eg: Deepavali or Diwali, the festival of lights is celebrated to welcome victorious lord Ram, his brother Lakshman and wife Sita from their 14 year “Vanvaas” or “exile in the forest” …..after defeating [...]

How many of you know that today ie: 16th October is the World Food day?Let me tell you a little about it….. 16th October is celebrated every year as the World Food Day by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. This day was so christened by the FAO’s member countries at the [...]