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Show a little skin to allure men!

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:42:00 +0000

A research team from University of Leeds has found that woman who showed off 40% of their skin attracted twice as many as many men as those who covered up. Keeping the right balance between revealing too much and being too conservative has long been a problem for women while choosing the right clothes.

According to the study, women should not wear clothes that bare most of their clothes in a bid to draw attraction of men. Too much skin show turns men off. As men thinks that women who show too much skin might be unfaithful.

Most women who are to a certain extent popular in the study combined the 40% rule that is showing some leg, some arm but not anymore with tight clothing and provocative moves.

First flying car to be launched by 2011

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:13:27 +0000

Flying car, the world’s first road-registered, air-worthy could be on the highways and in the skies by 2011, if U.S. company Terrafugia has its way. The new vehicle is called Transition Roadable Aircraft.

The model is still going through testing and approval processes but it really does fly and drive. The concepts are folding wings that tuck in neatly beside the cockpit for road use. They are deployed and folded from the convenience of the cockpit. The plane to car transition is stated to take less than 30 seconds. There is a safety cage, crumple zone, side impact protection and can also have a full vehicle parachute but not recommended for use on the freeway.

The ultimate in modern travel, the vehicle would allow the driver and the passenger to drive to the airport, hit the runway after deploying the wings, fly to their chosen destination.

Terrafugia also note that while other personal aircrafts become grounded in bad weather, the Transition will shrug off the stormy skies and simply take to the road. Transition can also be easily stowed away in an average garage so there is no need for a hanger.

As it is a light sport aircraft, the Transition only requires a pilot license in the U.S. The flying car will be officially launched in 2011 and would cost $195,000.

“Sari is Sensual” Roberto Cavalli

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:41:11 +0000

Roberto Cavalli, the 69-years-old Italian Designer has successfully created a fashion empire and what’s really interesting is the fact that he still boasts of an exuberance that belies his age.

Talking about Indian Fashion Industry, he said, “India has a great potential, there are many Indian Designers who are doing really great internationally and this is great because it’s important to support local tradition and style”. “India is a true source of inspiration for me. In fact, I have to confess that I find the way a Sari is draped around the body extremely elegant and sensual,” he points out.

He also said that Bollywood has now become very important and is recognized not only in India, but worldwide. He know Indian actress like Deepika Padukone, Aishwarya Rai and Sonam Kapoor. And, “they are very beautiful very elegant and they love my dresses, having worn them for many red carpet functions, Aishwarya wore my creation at Cannes” he ends.

WAYS TO TREAT HANGOVER

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:26:11 +0000

The best way to avoid a heavy hangover is to make sure that you do not drink on an empty stomach. Eat well and drink at a very relaxing pace. The faster you drink, the quicker you get drunk. Having some honey helps in burning off the effects of alcohol quicker as it contains high concentration of fructose. Drinking juice will give you quick relief from a hangover as it is not only high in fructose but also contains a lot of vitamin C. Eating bananas as well as drinking plenty of water also helps.

Vincent Van Gogh’s methods

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:24:21 +0000

A latest exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum has put more than 100 personal letters in which he discusses his craft on display alongside the actual paintings. Considering the letters next to the paintings underlines Van Gogh’s professionalism, which is sometimes, overlooked amid spectacular biographical details such as his mental illness his amputation of his own left ear and his suicide at the age of 37. In the letters he writes about both the philosophy of paintings and technical details. In a letter he wrote to his brother Theo on April 9, 1885, he said “I am working on those peasants around a dish of potatoes again”, referring to one of his masterpiece “The Potato Eaters”. In the note he also wrote “I have tried to emphasize that those people, eating those potatoes in the lamp light have dug the earth with those very hands they put in the dish, and so it speaks of manual labour, and how they have honestly earned their food”. The note also contains a sketch of the painting.

Van Gogh was a social and financial failure, selling one work in his lifetime. But his letters remind us more about his methods and techniques than his madness to his styles of painting.

Exhibition opens on Friday 9^th of October 2009 and run through January 3, 2010.

Sex toys in India

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:44:46 +0000

The worst kept secret in town, the unofficial porn CD haven, Palika Bazaar is where you need to take a stroll if you want to buy a porn CD and adult toys. The range of these toys includes vibrators and strap-on dildos. The hottest selling of these toys are inflatable dolls. The brisk sale of these toys indicates that a huge market exists for them. Several countries have enacted laws to ban the use of these toys. In India, these toys are banned, which begs the question whether such a ban is justified, in a country where the biggest challenge is controlling population and propagating safe sex.

Experts such as Dr. Prakesh Kothari, professor of sexual medicine at Mumbai’s KEM Hospital, questions the ban on sex toys, calling it “pseudo-moralistic”. Despite a ban, these toys are widely available at Fort in Mumbai, and Palika Bazaar in Delhi.

SAVE SANGAI

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:56:19 +0000

Sangai, also known as Manipuri Brow-antlered Deer is found only in Manipur. It lives in the marshy wetland in Keibul Lamjao, in the southern part of Loktak Lake, which is the largest fresh water lake in Eastern India. Keibul Lamjao National Park is their last safe home in the world. The Sangai is the state animal of Manipur, and also is projected as the social and cultural identity of the State. Sangai is an endangered species. The Loktak Hydroelectric Power Project has become a threat to the Sangai habitat. A constant high water level is maintained in the lake and this has led to many changes, one of which is the rise of water level in Keibul Lamjao National Park during the rainy season. Manipur experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season. What happens during the rainy season is that the deer seeks shelter in isolated dry patches in the National Park and poachers lie in wait for such opportunity. Although banned by law, hunting of the Sangai continues. People hunt for meat. If the Sangai are not protected, they will soon be extinct. SAVE SANGAI, PROTECT SANGAI.

Homosexuality and marriage in India

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:35:27 +0000

“Marriage” the union of a man and a woman is considered as one of the most sacred acts in India. Same-sex marriage or gender neutral marriage is at the foreground of the gay rights movement overturning tradition, an effort to secure a legal basis of sexual freedom. Homosexuals were required to keep their acts hidden, protecting society. Support for same sex marriage is often based upon universal human rights issues, equality under the law, and the goal to normalize LGBT relationships. The new millennium has brought great changes even in India.

Opposition to this marriage is often based on the inclusion of same sex couples in the word “marriage”. Though other reason are direct and indirect social consequences of same sex marriages, parenting concerns, religious grounds and traditions. Social conservatives regard same sex marriage as immoral, and argue the word “marriage”. Lacks of commitment in the real sense loom over the relationship to overthrow it over any time.

From movies to daily soaps, the younger generations, though a very few, has started leading a very liberal lifestyle.

Bamboo Textile

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:21:54 +0000

Bamboo textiles are cloth, yarn and clothing made out of bamboo fibers. The bamboo species for textile production is commonly known as Moso bamboo, primarily grown in China. Bamboo is grown without pesticides or fertilizers, unlike cotton which uses 25% of the worlds’ pesticides and less than 10% of the agricultural land mass. The positive things about bamboo are that it absorbs more carbon dioxide than equivalent stands of trees. It absorbs more water than cotton. The porous nature of the fiber makes it breathable and extremely comfortable against the skin. It also keeps the wearer warm in cool weather and perfect for extra sensitive skin due to its organic and natural properties. Luxuriously soft, bamboo feels like silky cashmere. Bamboo garments are praised for design characteristics similar to lyocell, which is a biodegradable fabric made from wood pulp cellulose (which is considered eco friendly) because their formulations use are supposedly nontoxic to humans.

There are two methods by which bamboo may be processed into fiber for fabric. The first is a mechanical process, the stalks are crushed and natural enzymes break them down further, allowing fibers to be combed out. The other follows the process by which rayon is made where the fibers are broken down. Common production from plant to fabric is not as green as eco-minded people would like.

Scrutiny is gaining attention because heavy and toxic chemicals are typically utilized to process bamboo into fabrics. So don’t fall for the gold rush, the bottom line is to investigate before making a bamboo investment.