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Eating Curd Rice Makes You A Happy Person, Seriously!

August 14, 2018 Loknath Dasa, Curd, Eating, Happy, Makes, person, rice, Seriously!, You

Born and brought up in North India, I didn’t have much curd rice growing up, and it was not until my early twenties, that I had curd rice for the first time in my life! Not only that, I had to travel to the other side of the world to discover this yummy food. Once I started living in USA, most of my friends were from South India and they introduced me to this wonderful dish. It was indeed love at “first taste”, and I joined the community of lakhs…

Zika virus unlikely to infect same person twice

October 16, 2016 Srijita'Same, infect, person, to, Twice, unlikely, virus, Zika

You are unlikely to get Zika fever twice as new research bolsters the belief that people infected with the virus may not be susceptible to it again. “The research shows that infection provides excellent protection against reinfection,” said one of the researchers Stephen Higgs, Director of the Biosecurity Research Institute, at Kansas State University in the US. “This means people infected during this current epidemic will likely not be susceptible again. When a large proportion of the population is protected — known as herd immunity — the risk of future…

A depressed person is ignored by all

July 14, 2016 Srijitaa, All, by, Depressed, ignored, Is, person

Generalizing such persons as “simply lazy“ and suffering from “quirky mood swings“ is … If you see a colleague suffer from low self-esteem, irritability and lack of interest in work, it’s time to reach out and prevent the person from taking any extreme step, says psychiatrists and counsellors. Generalizing such persons as “simply lazy” and suffering from “quirky mood swings” is not the way to handle the issue, as it might not be the person’s actual behaviour, but a temporary state of mind, say experts. “If a junior colleague shows…