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[Visalakshi Ramani]

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# 5. Old is Gold!

It was the custom in many castes and communities to draw the eye brows of the girl child with an eyebrow pencil.

It was a kind of nourishment plus an acupressure treatment. In due course the eyebrow grow and become thick and bow shaped. Hereditary also plays a role but this helps where the eyebrows are not thick in the family.

Today the women want to have invisible eye brows or a single strand and end up looking like an alien!

Threading renders the bow shape into a straight line. Eye brow is supposed to be bow shaped. It can't look normal when made into a straight line.

Others have it in straight lined with raised tips rendering a perpetually angry expression to the face. The plucking, threading, waxing leaves the hair coarser and more difficult to manage.

Also they turn gray first - just like the beard of a man with black hair on the head. Actresses and T.V. personalities shave off their eye brows and stick on something looking like motionless millipedes!

Nothing artificial can ever look better than the natural one.


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[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 6. Old id Gold!

In the olden days girls and ladies used the fresh ground paste of the maruthaani leaves. It used to dye their fingers, nails and palms into a beautiful and fragrant rust color.

The color stayed on for many days and the nails retained the dye for months- until they grew out completely.

It was a healthy habit and in some inexplicable way contributed to balance their severe mood changes during their monthly cycles.

Even legs were decorated with the paste and left overnight to get the required dark tinge.

Now the chemical mehndi is used. It turns the skin black instead of red/rust colored. Fancy patterns are made and they look like dark colored tattoos.

Recent studies revealed the bad effects of the chemical maruthaani. An excerpt from Wikipedia:

Likely due to the desire for a "tattoo-black" appearance, many people have started adding the synthetic dye p-Phenylenediamine (PPD) to henna to give it a black color. PPD is extremely harmful to the skin and can cause severe allergic reactions resulting in permanent injury or death.

Mehndi is catching on due to the laziness of the people to pick the fresh leaves and grind them.

They would rather settle for a ready-made-harmful cone.!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

For the same action performed,

the reactions were so different ...

extending over the interesting navarasa.

Some showed terrible anger.

Some waged a verbal war.

Some shed pathetic tears.

Some others spate pure hatred.

Some showed inherent fear.

Some showed utter disgust.

Some rare people showed humor.

Some rarer people showed shantam.

The rarest person proved to be wondrous.

I am happy I located one today!

"With love to all and malice to none..."

so easy to say but so difficult to follow!

I feel humbled and am happy to be humbled

by the silent strength of a real good person!

 

[ozone]

"With love to all and malice to none..."

Was malice seen when there was none?
Or, was that a wonderous way of handling it when it surfaced

The Sharp Swing to the other end is welcome.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Every one SAYS the words in "..." but very few, if ever mean it.

But Bala Anna means it even though he does not say it!

I may be very old but I am not yet incorrigible!

I guess it was my

"veettile eli veliyile puli' syndrome!

I will make sure it is never repeated.

Was malice seen when there was none?

It was on my side, not his!

Or, was that a wonderous way of handling it when it surfaced.

I really don't know what to say!

The Sharp Swing to the other end is welcome.

Thank you for understanding!

 

[Raji Ram]

A point to ponder:
Just eep: and then :couch2: to have eace:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

My father was very conservative while prescribing medicines.

He believed that human body can handle most of the common

diseases by itself without medication.

My grandfather believed that Nature can take care of itself and

restore its balance - if man did not interfere with it.

I believe that everything can take care of itself, left to itself,

undisturbed unduly by man.

When something becomes excess, automatically it gets

reduced and when something which are very less they are

boosted.

Nature, the human body and everything else CAN take care of

itself, left to itself.

God KNEW what HE was doing while creating the

Universe.:hail:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

There is such a thing as a man
being too proud to fight. :hand:

Character is a by-product, it is produced
in the great manufacture of daily duty. :laser:

One cool judgment is worth :high5:
a thousand hasty councils. :grouphug:

Thomas Woodrow Wilson.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Where is EVERYONE??? :shocked:
i can neither see them
Nor hear them! :ear:

 

[nannilam_balasubramanian]

In forward areas, i.e. in the Kulu Manali side, there is a season of treking and a
number of participants take part. There at times, it is rather difficult to know at what
moment the ice melts, while it becomes less difficult to know that it has melt already.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 7. Old is Gold!

In olden days, to give a bath to small children, besan (kadalai maavu) was used both for the head and for the body.

It is smooth, soft, non aggressive, non toxic, good smelling and removes the excess oil but does not make the skin dry.

It does not hurt the eyes and is a "no tears" agent for washing the baby's soft hair.

Now-a-days shampoos are liberally used for the hair and many costly baby soaps for the body.

I do not think they do any good job greater than creating a deep dent in the poor man's purse.

I feel the difference when I wash my face with soap. It seems to be coated with a mixture of oil, dirt, soap and water.

When washed with besan, the skin becomes clean, clear and baby soft but never becomes dry or parched.

In Andhra the silk sarees are washed in a diluted solution of cooked moong daal (paasip paruppu). It removes the oil spots and patches, dirt and acts as a mild starch reviving the otherwise limp washed silk saree.

When people care so much about mere sarees, should we not pay enough care to our facial skin and complexion and more than that save money too?

 

[Raji Ram]

Where is EVERYONE??? i can neither see them Nor hear them!

May be pondering over the post # 1806! :biggrin1:

 

[ozone]

I do not think they do any good job greater than creating a deep dent in the poor man's purse.

kadala maavu + payata maavu + vaasanai manjal thool make a bigger dent in the purse nowadays.
Besides, the well advertised no tears soap are todays standards of expressions of love towards the newborn

 

[zebra16]

besan (kadalai maavu) was used and for the body.

Reminds me of a funny incident when we were at Pune Maharashtra.

My mother asked my younger brother (then aged about 7 or 8) to fetch besan.

As he was not aware of its name in marathi/hindi, he made a literal translation of kadalai mavu as kadalai = groundnut and mavu = floor and asked the shop-keeper for groundnut flour.

As the shop-keeper had not come across such a thing as groundnut flour he muttered "these Madraasis are crazy" Why do they need groundnut flour for? How the heck is dry flour of groundnuts is made? Doesnt groundnut give out oil when it is crushed? etc.

 

[Raji Ram]

Reminds me of a funny incident when we were at Pune Maharashtra........

Let me give one more such funny incident!

The sAsthirigaL gave a list of things to be brought by my uncle as 'seer' to my mother, when the arrangements were being made

for my father's 60th birthday. He read aloud:

மஞ்சள் - வீட்டிலே இருக்கு; குங்குமம் - இருக்கு; பருப்பு - இருக்கு; தேங்காய் - இருக்கு ..... Actually it was 'பருப்பு தேங்காய்'

(the special bakshaNam AKA 'kutti'!! :rofl:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

அரைத்த மாவையே எத்தனை நாள்கள் அரைப்பார்கள்???:faint:
பழைய கள்ளையே புதிய மொந்தையில் ஊற்றி
புதிது போல எத்தனை நாட்கள் ஏற்றுமதி செய்வார்கள்? :noidea:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The lines of red are the lines of blood, nobly and unselfishly shed by men who loved liberty of their fellowmen more than they loved their own lives and fortunes. :hail:

There is a price which is too great to pay for peace and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self respect. :nono:

Thomas Woodrow Wilson.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 8. Old is Gold!

In olden times, a woman's bath was not complete without the liberal application of fresh ground turmeric paste to her face. She would rub the turmeric root against any rough surface and a thick paste was obtained, with all the goodness of the all natural turmeric.

Turmeric is an essential spice used in the Indian kitchen. But it is much more than just a spice and a coloring agent. It is antiseptic, anti inflammatory, anti oxidant, anti aging agent, and a natural sunscreen.

Beauticians the world over are waking up to the amazing benefits of turmeric and it’s also being incorporated in beauty products.

What’s wonderful about turmeric is that it is easily available and we can use it in different combinations using the ingredients that are available right in our own house.

1. A regular application of turmeric mixed with lemon juice or cucumber juice prevents pigmentation of the facial skin.

2. A regular use gives a clear skin with an unmistakable glow and maintains the skin tone.

3. A paste of turmeric and sandal wood paste reduces acne's effects drastically.

4. Gram flour mixed with turmeric is the beauty regime followed by the brides of India to get rid of the spurious body and facial hair and to acquire a spotless soft skin.

5. The stretch marks affecting the pregnant women can be avoided by smearing a paste of turmeric and yogurt on the stomach for five minutes before bath. This makes the skin supple and elastic thereby reducing the stretch marks.

6. Turmeric is a good sunscreen agent and protects the skin from the harmful I R rays and U V rays.

7. Turmeric is an anti-aging agent.

The "manjal mukham" of the yesteryears, with the "manjal kunkumam" was far more attractive than the painted face of today's woman-covering and concealing many blemishes underneath it!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

I am duly :scared: by the prospects of human cloning!

I wish, hope and ray: that it should never become

a success or a reality!

With so may weirdos around us already, :flock:

do we really need more of their kind??? :nono:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

We can be whatever We want to be :dance:

if We have already become that :typing:

what We had wanted to become!

Dear Dr. Renu! Do You want to

Be a poet? :decision: Become a poet ?

 

[nannilam_balasubramanian]

He who goes down on both knees, i.e. kneel down before the God
can stand before anyone. If he or she is scared to do that, may stay away.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur

 

[கால பைரவன்]

Awaiting the methodology as promised by you!

Sorry. I had totally forgotten about this! My memory is failing me these days!

The original problem is a+b+c+d = abcd

As mentioned by others, this is an overdetermined system and has infinite number of solutions.

The number of variables make this problem a trifle hard to easily "synthesize" solutions. But luckily the original problem can be reduced to a two variable problem solving which is quite easy.

For example, suppose we wish to find solutions for x+y = xy
x+y = xy
x = xy-y
x = y(x-1)
y = x/(x-1).

Therefore, given a number x, if we synthesize y according to y = x/(x-1) [Note x cannot be equal to 1], then such numbers will satisfy the equation xy = x+y.

For example if x=2,
then y = 2/(2-1) = 2.
xy = 2*2 = 4 = x+y

Note that adding a third variable to this existing system of two variables is not any different from adding a second variable to a one variable system.

For example we already have x and y such that xy = x+y

To synthesize Z which satisfies xyz = x+y+z, we do the same operation!

z = xy/(xy-1)

If x = 2, y = 2
z = 4/(4-1) = 4/3.
xyz = 2*2*4/3 = 16/3 = x+y+z

Similarly the fourth variable will take the value w = xyz/(xyz-1)

w = 2*2*4/3/((2*2*4/3)-1) = 16/13.

Therefore, x=2, y=2, z=4/3, w=16/13 satisfies xyzw = x+y+z+w!

If x=3, then we will get y=3/2, z=9/7, w=81/67.

If x = -1, then y=1/2, z=1/3, w=1/7.

There are infinite solutions!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

WOW! Really amazing! :clap2:

I was trying to 'create' solutions but was not lucky this time

Are you a maths Professor/ Reader??? :nerd:

Can we extend the problem for more than 4 variables? :bump2:

Is there any limiting value of the number of variables

which can be thus related???


QUOTE=கால பைரவன்;125659]Sorry. I had totally forgotten about this! My memory is failing me these days!

The original problem is a+b+c+d = abcd

As mentioned by others, this is an overdetermined system and has infinite number of solutions.

The number of variables make this problem a trifle hard to easily "synthesize" solutions. But luckily the original problem can be reduced to a two variable problem solving which is quite easy.

For example, suppose we wish to find solutions for x+y = xy
x+y = xy
x = xy-y
x = y(x-1)
y = x/(x-1).

Therefore, given a number x, if we synthesize y according to y = x/(x-1) [Note x cannot be equal to 1], then such numbers will satisfy the equation xy = x+y.

For example if x=2,
then y = 2/(2-1) = 2.
xy = 2*2 = 4 = x+y

Note that adding a third variable to this existing system of two variables is not any different from adding a second variable to a one variable system.

For example we already have x and y such that xy = x+y

To synthesize Z which satisfies xyz = x+y+z, we do the same operation!

z = xy/(xy-1)

If x = 2, y = 2
z = 4/(4-1) = 4/3.
xyz = 2*2*4/3 = 16/3 = x+y+z

Similarly the fourth variable will take the value w = xyz/(xyz-1)

w = 2*2*4/3/((2*2*4/3)-1) = 16/13.

Therefore, x=2, y=2, z=4/3, w=16/13 satisfies xyzw = x+y+z+w!

If x=3, then we will get y=3/2, z=9/7, w=81/67.

If x = -1, then y=1/2, z=1/3, w=1/7.

There are infinite solutions![/QUOTE]

 

[nannilam_balasubramanian]

A unique thing between a Busy and a Lazy person is that both
will never the complete task.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Are the children supposed to be

Awesome??? :decision: Gruesome???