Growing Fenugreek and getting rid of black aphids!!

Fenugreek can be grown during fall to early winter season. They grow best during october-December months. One of the problems with this could be the growth of black small creepy aphids. These insects not only arrest the healthy growth of the plant but also transmit a virus that causes leaves to yellow and stunt growth. Now there are several ways to get rid of these insects, and one effective way is to spray hose of water. This generally dislodges the insect and once they are dislodged, there is a very less likelihood that they will be back! The other way is to spray them with mild soap water. Soap water washes off Aphids waxy coating and causes it to dehydrate and die.

You may like to cook your otherwise healthy looking fenugreek leaves even though you are disgusted by the site of these nasty little bugs. Just pluck the healthy looking leaves and stems and soak them in mild dishwashing solution(2-3 drops of detergent in 4-5 cups of water) detergent for 15-20 minutes. If you soak it longer, then the leaves may retain water by osmosis. Then wash the leaves and stems for atleast 5 times, to get rid of the residual soap solution. Then you may notice all these black bugs dead sedimenting at the bottom of the container. You can now safely cook methi leaves(fenugreek leaves)

Greatest Musicians of our times

Today - 26th Dec 2010, I am sitting and idling with some old hindi songs and suddenly an awareness passed through me revealing I am one of biggest fans of Ravindra Jain's music sung by one of the greatest singers Yesudas. Both Ravindra Jain and Yesudas were very active during later part of 70s, but nevertheless the song they have created together is timeless, divine and captivating. Nothing can be comparable to their music...

One of the very interesting facts is Ravindra Jain is born blind yet; he composes, writes and directs music that no one ever can!!! Yesudas, on the other hand is a great singer and he does justice to Ravindra Jains music that anyone can. Ravindra Jain was so fascinated by Yesudas's singing that, he always wished if he could see, he would like to see Yesudas's face.

Here are some of my favorite yesudas/Hemlata songs composed by Ravindra Jain and other composers:

Meaning of name Sucheta

Sucheta Name
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: A beautiful mind

Positive:
Endowed with the wonderful characteristic of multi-talents and versatility.
Sucheta can do so many things well. The tone of the number 5 is constructive 
freedom, and in her drive to attain this freedom, Sucheta will likely be the 
master of adaptability and change. Sucheta is good at presenting ideas and knowing 
how to approach people to get what Sucheta wants. Naturally, this gives Sucheta an  edge in any sort of selling game and spells easy success when it comes to working with people in most jobs. Her popularity may lead Sucheta toward some form of  entertainment or amusement. Whatever Sucheta does, Sucheta is clever, analytical,
and a very quick thinker

Negative:
Her restless and impatient attitude may keep Sucheta from staying with any project
for too long. Sometimes Sucheta can be rather erratic and scatter herself and her  energies. Sucheta has a hard time keeping regular office hours and maintaining any sort of a routine. Sucheta tends to react strongly if Sucheta senses that her freedom of speech or action is being impaired or restricted in any way.  As clever as they are, Sucheta may have a tendency to make the same mistakes  over and over again because much of her response is glib reaction rather that  thoughtful application. Sucheta is in a continuous state of flux brought by  constantly changing interests. 



Desire Generosity - Soul Urge Number 9.
Sucheta wants to give to others, usually in a humanitarian or philanthropic manner.
Sucheta is highly motivated to give friendship, affection and love. And Sucheta is  generous in giving of her knowledge and experience. Sucheta has very sharing urges, and Sucheta is likely to have a great deal to share. Her concern for others makes  Sucheta a very sympathetic and generous person with a sensitive and compassionate nature.

Positive:
Sucheta is able to view life in very broad and intuitive terms. Sucheta often  expresses high ideals and an inspirational approach to life. If Sucheta is able to  fully realize the potential of her motivation, Sucheta will be a very self-sacrificing  person who is able to give freely without being concerned about any return or  reward.
Negative:
Sucheta may become too sensitive and tends to express emotions strongly at times. 
There can be significant conflict between higher aims and personal ambitions. Sucheta may resent the idea of giving all of the time and, in fact, if there is 
too much 9 energy in her nature Sucheta may reject the idea. Sucheta may often be  disappointed in the lack of perfection in yourself and others.

Live life abundantly

[I copied this item from the internet - Hope you guys out there enjoy reading it]
Hat tip to George Boyden
Written by Regina Brett, now 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:”
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. when in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. Its OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. Its OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ”In five years, will this matter?”
26. Always choose life.
27. Forgive everyone everything.
28. What other people think of you is none of your business.
29. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
30. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
31. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
32. Believe in miracles.
33. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
34. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
35. growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
36. Your children get only one childhood.
37. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
38. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
39. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
40. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
41. The best is yet to come.
42. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
43. Yield.
44. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

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What intellects say about hinduism

Politically incorrect!!

While bad people are political - good people are not. Men are political and women are not! While we live in the pretext that politics is "bad" and "good" people should stay away from it, but the facts are something quite different. Politics is often perceived as a dirty game, so most of the educated mass capable of thinking stay away from politics. Sounds pretty good isn't it? In a democratic setup, this is not only very harmful for the country, but also a extremely dangerous trend.

A peek at most of the stable, educated, "good" people's public profiles, you will see they are "not interested" in politics. What does it mean? They really don't care who is in power, or what policies are made or the welfare of the country in the pretext of dirty political games. In Indian context, there are 90% of the educated people stay away from such things, the remaining 10% may be voting with some responsibility. The rest of the  uneducated people vote either as a community, or to a party that once Gandhi belonged or for no reason at all. That is the state of democracy India reeling under now.
As responsible citizens, we have the responsibility to know who is ruling us, what policies they are making, the corruptions in public life etc. The apolitical people are either whiners or escapists or Hypocrites. At the drop of every hat, they would blame the government, the country, the people; not realizing that their aversion to politics is one of the important causes behind all the ills. We very often forget what Gandhi had said " Be the change you want to see in others". So, in other words, by not being a part of the politics, we choose the wrong government and hooligans rule us..
The other day I was talking with an aunty and she said, I vote for congress. Then I asked why? She said just because they have been voting for congress for the last 50 years. Now, see the logic, they have no interest to know who leads congress, what type of governess they are bringing, but just vote for it because they were always voting for congress!
I want every person to be political to the extent that they know who is ruling their country, whether it is good  or bad for the country. Who is making decisions to buy the arms/ammunition, who decides what technical institutes should be opened, who decides on the preservation of environment, who decides the overall growth of the nation. I don't want to cry foul saying that so much heat this year or global warming because of deforestation or so much power cut this year, or there is a cyclone. I don't want to complain about the road conditions, quality of education, corruption, cleanliness, non-functional government organization, bad hospital administrations so on and so forth. Because I could have brought about the changes I wanted but simply because I am apolitical or in other words peace loving, I lost the opportunity for bringing about a desirable change that I am complaining about.
How many of us believe in the system? How many of us really take the pain to go through proper channel? All of us, who complain about the system, are the first ones to break the rule. We just want to pay bribe and get our jobs done, because we think we don't have enough time to go through the queue. And yet, we are the same people complaining about the bribery! Most of us complain about the bad road conditions and dirt on the roads, yet how many of us take care not to throw our trash on the roads? After all roads are our private properties, and it is a democracy, so let me exercise it. Many of us spit on the road, throw papers and other unused items like water bottles and other unwanted stuff on the road, without a blink.
India can and has a great potential to grow and I am not loosing hope yet, and that will happen only if we bring about the changes by becoming "Politically incorrect".