Month: April 2014
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Music and Nature- the Wonderful Two
Earphones plugged into the ears. Your favorite play-list being played on the music player of your mobile phone. Walking to the college or traveling in the train, listening to music is hobby of many. Is it yours? Do you listen to music in the above manner? This post intends to take you towards something new…
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Heading towards a Greener Earth- Renewable Energy
Energy exists freely in nature. This energy may be of two kinds- One that exists infinitely (never runs out), this is called renewable energy or non-conventional energy. The other that is present in finite amounts (takes millions of years to form and the sources will run out some day), this is called non-renewable energy or…
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Health Redefined
The meaning of the term ‘health’ gets redefined according to your age and circumstances. When you were younger, health meant following the directions of your mother and drinking and eating according to her preferences, for some it must have meant listening to their father or any other guardian figure. You must have been frustrated and…
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Color Therapy
You must have heard of a little something called color therapy, well it also has a few good names and it is called chromotherapy, colorology or cromatherapy. The term itself is definitive of the process and it actually stands to signify how color affects your body and mind. I know, it sounds all beautiful on…
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Famous Alternatives to Meat
Many of the non vegetarians who cannot imagine turning themselves away from meat for too long a time sometimes do so by virtue of the dearth of options they have as an alternative to meat. There are so many ways that you can have meat that it is almost useless to look for other options…
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From fishing to overfishing
Ever since I remember, fishes have a regular and compulsory food item at my home on weekends. Of course, we eat a lot other forms of meat but fish dishes have their own value. It is probably because of their high nutritional value. I remember as a child, my mother would always tell me to…
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GENESIS AND CONCEPTS OF PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION TO PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT.
GENESIS AND CONCEPTS OF PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION TO PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT. In this article, we will discuss important concepts of the participatory management, its emergence as a new paradigm of management; its philosophy and approaches to development; participation mechanisms and impact of political system and major constraints in people’s participation. In the context of the…
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Green Nanotechnology: It’s easier than you think
“We are on unsustainable path. It is not as though nanotechnology will be an option; it is going to be essential for coming up with sustainable technologies”. Green nanotechnology refers to the optimum use of nanotechnology to enhance the environmental sustainability of processes producing disastrous health and environment effects. It also refers to the use…
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Rethink your Balanced diet!!
Traditionally what our grandparents reinforced on taking was a healthy-wealthy Balanced diet. This is what, the books, teachers and even the doctors told us. But today, in the era of modern technology and techniques, fast pace and where people are running from pole to pole in search of money, what we miss out is an…
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The Dangers of Rising Sea Levels
Global warming has really had a massive impact on our environment and ecosystem, and it is increasing day by day. The phenomenon of global warming is usually caused due to emission of green house gases in the atmosphere. Green house gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapour and the deadly chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s). The…