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Self-Sustaining Lives: The Mantras

  With increasing complexities of lives, there are several problems arising and surfacing for people from all walks of life. Problems like increased consumption of electricity leading to high amounts of bills, ill health, chemically adulterated food, poor quality of living, stressed lives and many more have been prevailing as a routine today. Lives have become unnecessarily complex and difficult and dependent upon external means of survival significantly.   Alternatively, we must try to find out the ways which can be used to make our lives self sustained and self sufficient. We must be more dependent on natural resources rather can being dependent on limited man made endowments. Also, the natural sources are more reliable and offer more sustainability. They make our lives simpler and more convenient in the long run. There are several ways of doing so that this article will be describing. Some of the major ways to be adopted for self sustaining lives may include: 1.  ...

Traveling: A Mantra to liberate mind, body and soul

THE WORLD IS A BOOK AND THOSE WHO DO NOT TRAVEL READ ONLY A PAGE.” -SAINT AUGUSTINE It is rightly believed that there is nothing better than a hobby of traveling . If taken as a passion, travelling can overpower all other ways a man chooses for recreation. It gives a kaleidoscope of experiences to those who enjoy exploration as a way of life. Travel plans can be of different sorts ranging from high end luxury stays in star rated hotels or resorts or can be as simple as staying in home stays, hostels or dorms. Whatever the plans are, traveling to unexplored, virgin and untrodden places surely offers experiences that are cherished and remembered for life. Historically also traveling has been taken as an important project by adventure seekers, voyagers and travelers. That was one significant means that led to the discovery of several main lands which are popular today as well known countries. It is a way of knowing anything and everything about a land, its people, culture, food, ...

Food and Youth

Our food makes us what we are, how we think and how we conduct ourselves amongst others. Every food habit is influenced by a set of factors prevailing in the environment of an individual. In the initial years of life, we take these basic habits from our family especially parents, out of which mothers play the most pivotal role. Later on, our own observation and personal encounters with food and influences of our social circle decide upon our food habits. There has been a sea difference between the food habits of our ancestors and today’s generation. This difference has emerged as a result of vast availability of a variety of food items which are easily available all across. The youth of today gets easily lured away by something called ‘Fast Food’ which is fast in all aspects. It is easily available, handy to eat and satisfies hunger in a short period of time. However, it brings with itself a lot of adverse effects which get hidden under the layer of the aesthetics and tastes that...