A variation of Musical chairs

All the participants stand in a circle and the music plays in the background. A dupatta is knotted at one end and converted into a round loop, a hoopla can be used instead. Each participant passes the loop from his head to feet that is over his/her body and passes it on. Whoever is caught with the loop when the music stops intermittently...

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Queen of Sheba

A party game for teenagers/small children. In which the host plays the Queen of Sheba. She asks for something and the first participant to fulfill her wish correctly wins a point/prize. She keeps asking for one thing after another.Examples:1. Red rose.2. A fifty paisa coin or maybe two coins.3. 3 balloons or purple balloons.The list is endless....

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2012 - an amazing movie

This is a must watch movie. It does get melodramatic at some places, but the effects are amazing and involvement of all nationalities is ensured to make it a global hit. It is a Hollywood masala movie. It is to be watched in the theatre and not on the television or computer. One feels one has seen it all - the superhero movies and action...

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Sweep - Rules of a favourite card game

Lately I got the idea of teaching my children, some of my favourite card games. I had spent hours playing some of these games in childhood. We started with teen do paanch, rummy and then sweep. Try as hard as possible, but I could not remember the rules of the game of Sweep at all. I asked mom but still nothing came back. Sweep used to be...

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Latest Hindi Movie songs for free - musicindiaonline

I love Hindi movies, well I guess that's not a unique characteristic of mine, I'm just one of millions. Every week I like to hear the latest hindi songs, like top ten songs or top twenty or top fifty according to the time available. I like a ready-made list of songs, kind of "ready to listen". I usually listen to songs while I work on my...

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Rangoli '09

This year's rangoli at the hospital was amazing. Lot of work put in by children and staff.The origin of rangoli painting is traced to a legend recorded in the Chitralakshana, the earliest Indian treatise on painting. When the son of a King's high priest died, Brahma, Lord of the universe, asked the king to paint the likeness of the boy so...

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How important is commenting for bloggers?

How important is commenting for a blogger? Ask any blogger, amateur or professional and you'll find that its the life's blood of blogging. As important as the post are the comments. Following this thought I was surfing the net when I came across Harsh Agarwal's blog Shout me loud. It has a host of posts on "commenting on blogs."The worst...

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Party game - A simple game of luck with cards

This is a very simple game can be played in all age groups just spread out a pack of cards on the table and one by one all participants can play they just keep drawing out a card till they get an ace. The one who draws out maximum cards before drawing an ace wins. After each player the cards are shuffled and laid out aga...

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Party game - शहरों के नाम

This is a cute party game for birthday parties, ladies kitty party etc. Distribute the photostat sheets to all the participants. Use a stop watch and give one/two minutes to fill up the namesCity Names १शोलापुर२ नागपुर३ मणिपुर४ कानपूर५ जामनगर६ पानीपत७ आगरा८ वृन्दावन९ कारगिल१० हरिद्वार११...

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Wake up Sid - bollywood movie review

Ayan Mukherji's directorial debut, produced by Karan Johar. It is a story about Siddhartha Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) - Sid. This is a great movie without any melodrama. Understated acting by the whole cast which is so true to life. Konkona Sen is as usual an excellent actor. Ably supported by Anupam Kher and Supriya Pathak. The friends of Ranbir...

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Falafel with Pita bread and Hummus

Around two weeks back I had a Ladies party at home. The menu was inspired by a blog called Mirch masalaMocktails: 2 cups Cranberry nectar, 1 cup orange juice and 2 cups SpriteAppetizer: Hariyali marbles and Paneertikka stuffed bread.Main Course: Stuffed peppers, Falafel, Hummus, Pita Bread, Tabbouleh salad.Dessert: Waffles with nutella chocolate...

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My favourite recipe for homemade Waffles

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)2 eggs2 cups all-purpose flour1 3/4 cups milk1/2 cup vegetable oil1 tablespoon white sugar4 teaspoons baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon vanilla extractDIRECTIONSPreheat waffle iron. Beat eggs in largebowl with hand beater until fluffy. Beat in flour, milk, vegetable oil, sugar,baking powder, salt and vanilla,...

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How to Watch and Download HD Videos with Vuze

I want to share this video as it is a great way to download movies from the net.Video Tutorial: How to Watch and Download HD Videos with Vuze | I Love Free SoftwareShared via AddT...

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Happy Independence day

It's raining very hard today and its a relief as we were almost on the brink of drought. The coming of monsoon is a big relief from the killing heat and dust.I am attaching a video which used to be broadcast on TV some years back, which evokes nationalistic feelings in all of us.मिले सुर मेरा तुम्हारा तो सुर बने हम...

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My trip of a lifetime

Being an avid traveler married to an avid traveler makes penning (Typing actually) this article so much more difficult. I am racking my brains for the one trip which can win over others. Our trip to America in summer of 2007 would qualify for this one I think, because the excitement was palpable and the planning of the trip had been meticulous...

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Baawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna

one of my current favori...

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Lincoln's letter to his son's teacher

He will have to learn,I know, that all men are not just,all men are not true.But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero;that for every selfish Politician, there is a dedicated leader...Teach him for every enemy there is a friend,Steer him away from envy,if you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter.Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest to lick...Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books...But...

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Party Games - Counting backwards from 50

Everybody sit in a large circle. One blank sheet each is distributed to all participants and one pen is kept in the centre. The host goes from one person to another with a dice and flat suface (plate). Each participant rolls the dice fast and whoever rolls a six, runs for the pen from the centre of the table and starts writing numbers from...

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Party Games - Cards and Coins

Another interesting party game. A pack of cards are kept on the table. One participant plays at one time and is timed for one minute. A box of assorted currency coins are kept at hand. The participant draws a card and whatever the value of the card 4 coins of such denominations are kept on it, so as to match its value. e.g for the King of...

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

I know many of my readers don't know why I have kept the title of my travel blog as "Munchausen Adventures." As a child I saw a movie which stayed with me till date. It was about the adventures of a German BaronKarl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von Münchhausen (11 May 1720 – 22 February 1797) (often spelled Munchausen in English) was a...

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Party games - a variation of passing the parcel

At Pooja's party yesterday she made us play a different sort of passing the parcel. The theme of the party was flowers. We passed a pillow and when the music stopped the person with the pillow, picked a chit from a bunch, in which names of different flowers were written. then the flower's name was spelled out. The person on whom the last letter of the flower came. He/She has to sing a song which has the words फूल, कलि, or names...

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Parenting - Kids are dogs, Teens are cats

While young children are dogs ... loyal and affectionate ... teenagers are cats.It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. Itputs its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandtpainting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it.Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat.When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering whodied and...

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Vaccination against Cervical cancer - all women between 10 -45 yrs should get it.

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death in women in India. Till now we only had screening of patients with papsmear and of late HPV ( Human Papilloma Virus)infection detection, to control the disease. The presence of a vaccine would definitely lead to a greater control of the disease.The trick is to become vaccinated before exposure...

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Starting a blog on blogger

I am sure the better platform to start a blog is blogger. Go to blogger.com and sign in with your gmail account.Assuming that you have decided on a template for your blog. Which can be the one of the most difficult decisions to make. Blogger templates are 2 column ones, but as you start blogging you feel a lot of space is blank on the screen...

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Blogger vs Wordpress

The idea to start another blog came to me on 3rd March o9, on my birthday despite having a travel blog and a medical blog I still felt the need to share certain things which fell in neither categories. So I decided to start another one. I would call it a personal blog. When Shaleen saw me starting another one last night his instant reaction...

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