Practice what you preach

Practice what you preach

Worried that your children use foul language, get angry at the drop of a hat, and are disrespectful towards their elders? Your children do not pay any attention to whatever you say and misbehave even in your presence. Even scolding them hasn’t helped? Are they to be blamed or are you? Children do not lie or act instead they repeat every word as well as action as it has … [Read more...]

Unique uses of eggshells

egg-pots

Here are some unique uses of eggshells like for cleaning flasks, thermoses, for compost, to start seedlings or to make them into candles or paper weights. Are you making an omelet for breakfast? Good!!! What do you do with the shells? Throw them in the dustbin? Never toss out those egg shells. They're not garbage, but can be very useful around the house and the backyard. By crushing … [Read more...]

Do you know your Gold?

types of gold

So you think you know all about gold? Are you sure? Is the yellow gold that is lying in your safe or the ones which you are wearing the only gold available? While pure gold is yellow in color, gold can be developed into various colors. These colors are generally obtained by alloying gold with other elements in various proportions. These may or may not be used for making jewelry alone. Read … [Read more...]

Bangles

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Bangles are traditional ornaments especially worn by Indian women. They were earlier circular in shape, and, unlike bracelets, are not flexible. But nowadays one can get bangles which are square or triangular in shape. They are made of numerous precious as well as non-precious materials such as gold, silver, platinum, glass, wood, plastic, shell, metal and even lac. The designs range from simple … [Read more...]