~ yana gUpta ~

Yana Gupta (born Jana Synková, on April 23, 1979 is an Indian model-actress of Czech-origin currently working in India. She was married to Indian painter Satyakam Gupta, although they formally separated on 18th May 2005. She has appeared on numerous magazine covers, including Elle, Cosmopolitan, Femina, and now on Maxim. Gupta modeled for the premier Kingfisher’s calendar and has performed dance numbers in three films including the remix of babuji zara dheere chalo.

Gupta made her big screen debut in the Bollywood movie "Dum" for the song 'Babuji' which made her famous for cameo item numbers.

Now she is planning to launch her own music album, and she will write, compose the music and sing the songs. All the songs will be in English, and she won't be accepting any other offers until she is done with this project.

~ amaZing railway rOutes ~

~beautifUl raising star ::: anUksha shettY~

Sweety Shetty, better known as Anushka Shetty, is an actress in south indian film industries. She debuted in Nagarjuna’s Super and her debut film in tamil was Rendu with R Madhavan.

Anushka did her schooling and college in Bangalore .She is a Mangloorian. After completing graduation in Computer Applications, she learned yoga. Then she became a yoga instructer. Puri Jaganath happened to see Anushka through another director and she got selected for Super . Her acting in Vikramarkudu got the appreciation of critics. She starred opposite Madhavan in Rendu.

She has a Bachelor Degree in computer applications (B.C.A)from Bangalore University.
She learned Yoga from famous Yoga Guru Bharat Thakur.
Her mother tongue is tulu.
She has two brothers Dr. Sai Ramesh, a postgraduate in Dentistry and Gunaranjan, a businessman.
She belongs to the famous family in Mangalore called the bellipady family.

~swim with stinG rays~

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The same animal that killed Steve Irwin.

It's real....I've done this....its called sting ray city near the grand cayman islands....all the sting rays gather on this sand bar there because the tourists boats hand feed them...The guides say they will not sting you unless you step on them or arn't gentle with them.

~nOkia aeOn ~

Nokia's Aeon :: Full Touch Screen....
Now it's only a concept mobile phone. Expected to hit markets in 2008.......
The device would probably have one of the longest battery lives as it would be powered by nothing less than fuel cells.
There are too many surprise features in this phone.....like it can transform itself according to your needs

~anna kUrnikOva~

"It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis." Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova is widely recognized not only for her performance on the tennis court but also for her stunning looks. Blonde-haired, 5' 8" tall Anna was listed as one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" four times, in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003. She also posed for the cover of Sports Illustrated's June 2000 edition and was featured in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition in 2004. The Sexiest Woman in the World, according to FHM Magazine (2002, American edition), Anna splashed across the screen in the 2000 film Me, Myself and Irene, starring Jim Carrey.

"I have a lot of boyfriends. I want you to write that. Every country I visit, I have a different boyfriend. And I kiss them all." says Anna Kournikova.

~niCk names Of sOme bOllywOOd stars~

Salmaan khan - Sallu, Bhai
Aishwaraya Bachchan - Gullu
Sushmita Sen - Titu
Rakesh Roshan - Guddu
Hrithik Roshan - Duggu
Bipasha Basu - Bonny
Celina Jaitley - Chinki
Mahima Chaudhary (Ritu Chaudhary) - Rits
Govinda - Chi Chi
Kareena Kapoor - Bebo
Karishma Kapoor - Lolo
Shahid Kapoor - Sasha
Aamir Khan - AK
Shahruk Khan - SRK
Malaika Arora Khan - Malla
Amrita Arora - Amu
Akshya Kumar (Rajiv Bhatia) - Akki &Raju
Ajay Devagan (Vishal Devgan) - VD
Amisha Patel - Sunshine & Angel
Suniel Shetty - Anna
Sanjay Dutts - Sanju &Baba
Amitabh Bachchan - Amit
Aftabh Shivdasani - Faffy
Priyanka Chopra - Piggy Chops

~hansika mOtwani :: tulu pOnnu ~

Yes .. thats true. the beautiful girl with cute smile is born in Mangalore and speaks tulu language. Just 2 films old girl was born in the year 1991 that makes her just 16 years old when she acted as a lead role against singer Himesh Reshmaniya's debut film Aap ki Suroor. Her Father is a businessman, Pradeep Motwani & Mother is a dermatologist, Mona Motwani who were divorced in 2004.

The actress Hansika Motwani is reading in the Podhar international school of Mumbai as a student of 9th class. She is a multilingual student. Mostly uses Hindi and Tulu for conversation. She is a talented artist who proved her talent by performing in the various ad picture and TV serial as a child artist.

~ dandrUff :: caUses and hOme remedies~

Dandruff Causes

Impairment of general health, wrong food intake, constipationThe main causes of dandruff are impairment of general health, development of a toxic condition mainly due to taking of wrong foods, constipation, and a low vitality due to infectious diseases.

Emotional tension, harsh shampoos, general exhaustionOther factors contributing to this disorder are emotional tension, harsh shampoos, exposure to cold, and general exhaustion.

Home Remedies for Dandruff:

Dandruff treatment using Fenugreek Seeds

The use of fenugreek seeds is one of the most important remedies in the treatment of dandruff. Two tablespoons of these seeds should be soaked overnight in water and ground into a fine paste in the morning. This paste should be applied all over the scalp and left for half an hour. The hair should then be washed thoroughly with soap-nut (ritha) solution or shikakai.

Dandruff treatment using Lime

The use of a teaspoon of fresh lime juice for the last rinse, while washing the hair, is another useful remedy. This not only leaves the hair glowing but also removes stickiness and prevents dandruff.

Dandruff treatment using Green Gram Powder

A valuable prescription for removal of dandruff is the use of green gram powder. The hair should be washed twice a week with two tablespoons of this powder mixed with half a cup of curd.

Dandruff treatment using Beet

Beets have been found useful in dandruff. Both tops and roots should be boiled in water and this water should be massaged into the scalp with the finger tips every night. White beet is better for this purpose.

Dandruff treatment using Snake Gourd

The juice of snake gourd has been found beneficial in the prevention and treatment of dandruff. The juice should be rubbed over the scalp for this purpose.

Dandruff treatment using Other Remedies

Dandruff can be removed by massaging the hair for half an hour with curd which has been kept in the open for three days, or with a few drops of lime juice mixed with amla juice every night, before going to bed. Another measure which helps to counteract dandruff is to dilute cider vinegar with an equal quantity of water and dab this on to the hair with cotton wool inbetween shampooing. Cider vinegar added to the final rinsing water after shampooing also helps to disperse dandruff.

Dietaries for Dandruff
All-fruit diet with three meals a day of juicy fruitsDiet plays an important role in the treatment of dandruff. To begin with, the patient should resort to an all-fruit diet for about five days and take three meals a day of juicy fruits.

Avoid citrus fruits, bananas, tinned fruitsCitrus fruits, bananas, dried, stewed, or tinned fruits should not be taken.

Well-balanced dietAfter the all-fruit diet, the patient can gradually adopt a well-balanced diet, with emphasis on raw foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Further short periods of an all-fruit diet for three days or so may be necessary at monthly intervals till the skin's condition improves.
Avoid strong tea/coffee, pickles, refined and processed foods and smokingMeats, sugar, white flour, strong tea or coffee, condiments, pickles, smoking and refined and processed foods should all be avoided.

Other Dandruff treatments
Keep hair and scalp clean to avoid accumulation of dead cellsThe foremost consideration in the treatment of this disorder is to keep the hair and scalp clean so as to minimize the accumulation of dead cells.

~hOw these sayinGs evOlved~

:: LIFE IN THE 1500'S ::

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water..

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
Hence the saying . It's raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.
That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
Hence the saying, Dirt poor.

The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway.
Hence the saying a threshhold.
(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Everyday they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.. (eeeeeks)!

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.
Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people.. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a ..dead ringer..

And that's the truth.
Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

~carmen eleCtra~

Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, television personality, dancer, singer and actress.

Tara was born in Sharonville, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, to Patricia, a vocalist, and Harry Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist; her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. She had an older sister, Debbie, who died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Tara attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati and graduated Princeton High School in Sharonville.
In 1995, Electra started appearing in various television programs. Then, in May of 1996 she was featured in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine, the first of several. This exposure led to higher profile television appearances, including Baywatch (cast member from 1997-1998) and MTV's Singled Out. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.

~jOkes time~

*Break Into the House*

A man went to the police station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
"You'll get your chance in court," said the desk sergeant.
"No, no,no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I`ve been trying to do that for years!"


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*Lost Wife*

The man approached a very beautiful woman in a large supermarket and asked,"You know, I've lost my wife here in the supermarket.
Can you talk to me for a couple of minutes?"
"Why?" she asks.
"Because every time I talk to a beautiful woman, my wife appears out of nowhere."


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*Teacher*

"If there are any idiots in the room, will they please stand up?" said the sarcastic teacher.
After a long silence, one freshman rose to his feet."Now then mister, why do you consider yourself an idiot?" enquired the teacher with a sneer.
"Well, actually I don't," said the student, "but I hate to see you standing up there all by yourself."


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*Hearing*

An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years.
He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%.
The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again."
The gentleman replied, "Oh, I havn't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!"


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*Wedding*

Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?"
"Because white is the color of happiness and today is the happiest day of her life." Her mother tried to explain, keeping it simple.
The child thought about this for a moment,then said, " So, why is the groom wearing black?"


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* Dream*

A woman awoke excitedly on Valentine's Day and announced enthusiastically to her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine's day! What do you think it means?"
With certainty in his voice, the man said, "You'll know tonight."
That evening the man came home with a small package and handed it to his wife. With anxious anticipation the woman quickly opened the package to find a book entitled - " The meaning of Dreams".

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~kerala :: gOds Own cOuntry~