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  Green vegetables help us by 1.   Adding calcium strengthening bone mass. 2.   Fortifying the immune system by creating armours from various diseases. 3.     Iron-rich dark green leafy vegetables increase haemoglobin thereby lowering the risk of anaemia. 4.   Eating them regularly may provide a shield against multiple cancers. 5.   They improve cardiovascular health. 6.   Vegetables may reduce the incidence of diabetes. 7.   They promote eye health by plummeting the risk of many eye-related diseases. 8.   The Vitamin K in them helps human bodies to naturally heal. 9.   They keep our skin healthy. 10.               By boosting metabolism they provide natural energy.  

  Happy Valentine’s Day Last evening I took a walk around my neighbourhood to click pictures of shops decked in the conventional Valentine’s Day colours of reds and pinks. I imagined the same merchandise in black, grey, silver, white, brown, golden, orange, yellow, blue, violet, green, etc. What would my cat Laali look like if he was blue? Or if the sky was green and the grass was pink? Changing focus, as per European folklore, birds chose February 14 to annually pair off to build a home together to raise a family. The sweetness of spring infused romance into their soft feather-protected hearts. Answer to a Child's Question Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove, The Linnet and Thrush say, "I love and I love!" In the winter they're silent -the wind is so strong; What it says, I don't know, but it sings a loud song. But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather, And singing, and loving - all co...

  “Love is like the wild rose-briar” This isn’t a post to start a discussion on the pros and cons of Valentine’s Day, I’m conscious of both sides of the coin. Nor do I want to open a conversation on whether it should be celebrated or not. You may amply discuss these topics elsewhere. I’m aware that 14 February may go beyond greetings, cards, flowers, jewellery, teddies, candies, cakes, chocolates, dancing all night in a pub, eating heart-shaped pizzas, dreamy starlit walks, candlelight dinners, romantic music, love poems, hugs, kisses, bubble baths, massages, sex of various kinds, nostalgia, renewing vows, self-care, self-love, feeling lonely whether in a relationship or single, hating the occasion etc. I have just a few questions: 1.      Would you prefer to choose a partner who makes you look good or feel good? If you could only select one of the two, what would you opt for? 2.      When you tell someone you feel romantic for, “I ...