Chiropodists and Podiatrists of UK

Britain's trade union congress have proposed a ban on the "killer heels". See here.


It got me thinking why all this ruckus. Well I realized when I tried and could stand on my toes for a mere 10 seconds. Just cant imagine how our women counterparts carry themselves 5-8 hrs a day on those stilettos.


Is it that they want to make a fashion statement or rise above oneself (philosophically haah), do they undergo this painful ritual ever day.
Or does it have more of a sexist overtone, the men of yore being responsible.

This is what wikipedia has to say.
Till then happy stiletto'ing in your "killer heels".

Roaches roaches everywhere

We are have a roach-infestation at our place.
The huge ones are few. Guess they are all hiding in there underground heaven and producing the
litter by the millions.
The tiny tots and the teenagers run around everywhere, like its there playground.

Few suggestions I received to wage a war against the roaches, I thought of sharing with you guys.


Suggestion 1:
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Mix wheat flour and boric powder and prepare a dough of it.
Boric powder to wheat flour should be in 1:4 proportion.
Make small balls of this dough and place it in different locations where
you find such small cockroaches.
The cockroaches will go away in few days. You will have to repeat it
every few months when cockroaches start appearing again.
Refer here for more info.

Suggestion 2:
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Use any of these options-
(1) Chipcon Bagho original Rs40/- for 80 grams gum/paste.
 It is basically cockroach repellent. You have to take small amounts and stick it at the corner, replace small amounts for every three months. No hassle to clean.

(2) Maxforce IC, House hold insecticide filled Injection pack, Cockroach gel Rs450/-.
 No smell, no hassle to clean, no question of spray, It looks like fevicol, Inject a small amount at the corner.

(3) Responsar(Bayers), insecticide/cockroach controller, 1 liter bottle Rs750/-.
 No smell, dilute with water and spray.

(4) Roach Ex, Rs1200/- for 1 liter.
 It smells, dilute with water and spray. Cockroach controller, normally apartments uses this item.

(5) Boric acid is the best to control pests in the rice, Mix boric acid with rice and store for months. While cleaning the rice it goes.

Where to find these?
Item (1) and (5) are distributed through medical shops.

Others are available at pesticide shops.
OR
S.V.RANGASWAMI and co,
Narasimharaja road, K.R. Market
Phone no: 222-39774.
After town hall, behind 'last but one' busstop to K.R.market.

Suggestion 3:
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Best is "Knockroach". You will get in all M.K.Ahamad Retail shop.
 It will look like a white tablets, place them in a corner wherever you find more cockroaches.

The E-Vantage

Recently, the world heralded the e-age by celebrating the 40th year of the advent of the internet.
From a modest beginning in the research labs of America, what we have now is nothing short of a Genie of the Arabian nights tales.
A vast resource of everything, an avalanche of information at your fingers tip, e-banking, e-business. It has the good, the bad and the ugly.

The ugly is what used to scare the daylight out of me. Anything involving online cash or credit transactions was a strict No No.

But recently I used a cool e-shopping portal E-grocerymart.com to buy home needs. Actually I was forced and coxed into using it as it happens to be of an acquaintance of mine.
This portal is actually good and to have my grocery needs delivered home and moreover on-time is super na.
And the best part was I paid on delivery :)

Then I scouted around to check portals offering similar services.
But many a things I found different and useful here was
- Save for later option (add on to the list as and when you remember stuff to buy).
- Selection of date and time of delivery of your convenience.
- You can even pick up your order from the store if you so wish. They claim to have your order ready by the pickup time. Need to check this though.
- For people staying abroad, can place order for your loved ones (old parents) who don't wish to be too adventurous and venture to a store.

You can check out e-grocerymart here. Presently the services are available in Bangalore and Hyderabad only.
Well guys, check it out.

Onam PoonOnam

Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala was celebrated with much aplomb throughout the world.
Me had a grandiose celebration here in the IT city of Bangalore. This was the first Onam since moving in to my new home. That added the zest to the celebration.

We made the much famed pookalam and had the grand Onam sadhya (lunch). The lunch was a vegetarian affair with about 8 different veg accompaniments (curries), sambar, rasam, and the yummy payasam.

What I like about Onam is, it is not tied to any particular religion, but rather a multi cultural, multi religious affair. Irrespective of the religious leanings, every malayalee celebrates Onam wherever S/he is. And this festival doesn’t have any political undertones too.

Heres wishing all a Happy and prosperous Onam. Lets pray we have a good harvest and offset the drought like conditions our country is facing.