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| THE POWER OF UNDERSTANDING FEELINGS |
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| ??Oh, I am going to cry,? ?Why are you laughing so much??, ?She is hitting her sister?, and it goes on?Our children are often showing emotions, but not necessarily understanding them. They often struggle not only with understanding their own feelings, but also when they are relating to other people?s feelings. They often need to be told why they feel the way they do, and also that they have the power to make others happy or sad by what they themselves say or do.
Yes, our children do need help for identifying feelings. We need to teach them to recognize when they have a specific feeling ? happy, sad or angry. It helps to identify feelings by discussing emotions as they occur. An angry child who is told, ?I can see that you are angry. You are shouting, stamping your feet and throwing your toys,? understands to label his emotion.
We need to think about discussing the different types of words we use to describe feelings. Sometimes children feel more than sad, and they need the words tha |
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FEATURE 2 |
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| The Great Wall Marathon |
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| The six of us, Sheila, Apsara, Sandy, Gouri, Jeevan and myself were having a much needed dinner after work, in Singapore?s Clark?s Quay over one weekend and were engrossed in heated discussions about life in general. This was when the ever ebullient Sheila Kline, majestically announced, ?Ladies, we should run in the Great Wall Marathon in China?
That was the first time I had heard of this race and thought that it was too farfetched at best. Sheila, had known about it earlier and proceeded to give us a vivid description about the race which takes place once a year inside the Great Wall of China.
I scoffed at her idea replied, ?Count me out, this is way out of my comfort zone and I did not have the time or the inclination to train for any form of race, leave alone a marathon.?
Who does a marathon at our age, all in our forties, and all working mothers too involved in balancing work and family demands!
?Forget it,? we all said in unison.
But the ever optimistic and cheerful Sheila wa |
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| FEATURE 3 |
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| Mind over matter |
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| Q1. Maam, I am a student studying in the 9th standard. My problem is that I have a boyfriend and we both love each other too much. And my parents too have accepted our relationship. However his parents are totally against us. They do not believe me and dislikes our relationship. Should I go and meet them? What should I do? Please suggest. (Name withheld)
Ans- What you state is very surprising. Your parents are agreeable to your relationship with a boy at this young age when you really need to be serious about your studies. Or maybe you do not give them much choice! The way you write is almost as if both of you are settled in life and waiting to embark into married life! Therefore you need the blessings of his parents. What is the hurry? There is so much of time left for you in life to concentrate on your relationship. Concentrate on your studies and future career for now. Relationship if it has to bloom will do so later too! Think about it.
Q2. I am studying in Class VIII. I am at ho |
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COVER STORY |
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| TRACING THE ROOTS of SHAFIQUL HAQUE CHOWDHURY |
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?Men don?t cry? is a myth. It was rein forced when Dr Gaush Mohammad Chowdhury, popularly known as Dr GMS Chowdhury, former Professor of the Department of Surgery in Assam Medical College, broke down as he talked about his father, Shafiqul Haque Chowdhury. Eleven years has passed since his death but for the son, he is ever present even in his absence.
The senior Chowdhury belonged to a zamindar family in Churkhai in Sylhet district. According to Dr Chowdhury, his forefather came to Bengal with Mir Jumla, the general of Emperor Aurangzeb, to whom he was a war official. He married a local girl and settled in Sylhet. Mir Jumla bestowed a zamindari on him as reward for his brilliant work. It was Shafiqul Haque Chowdhury?s grandfather, who first came to Assam and was greatly impressed by what he saw in the region. He returned to Sylhet after buying a large plot of land in Nagaon. ?
The zamindar of Churkhai sent his eldest son, Mudarish Ali Chowdhury, who was an engineer, to Nagaon. Durin |
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| VAASTU |
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| VAASTU AND PRET DOSHAS |
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| SOME?VAASTU DEFECTS RISING OUT OF ?PRET DOSHAS?
The vaastu mandala is a grid of 81 squares. Each square is ruled by a specific deity. All these deities are not auspicious. Some of these deities are related to our forefathers and spirits or ?negative elementals?. If these negative deities are disturbed by defective vaastu, then unnatural incidents take place in the household. There are unnatural quarrels in the family, incurable diseases despite elaborate investigation and treatment, mishaps and untimely deaths too. It is important to know where these Pret or evil Devatas reside so that their wrath is not invoked. Wells, situated at southwest are called ?bhoot kuwa? or ghost wells in the north India because they tend to emit a strange kind of glow near sunset. Wells are not desirable in the southwest. Some defective plots are discussed below.
1. Yama Bithi Bhoomi:? This plot has a lower south and it is higher at north. People residing in such plots face untimely death on many?occasio |
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| SIGN LINE |
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| 'Birthday Forecast' Moon trine Sun on your solar return chart ushers in a positive developments and a good year overall. You tackle domestic and work related issues with aplomb and handle problematic issues successfully. The ability to express and co |
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| LAST PAGES |
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| What happens when you stop smoking? |
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| 1. Positive side of quitting
Here are some of the positive aspects of quitting, which range from immediate to long-term effects on the body.
* The heightened blood pressure levels will resume to the normal level in 20 minutes
* The level of carbon monoxide in the blood stream will gradually reduce to let the oxygen levels become normal, in about 8 hours
* In 2 days, all the nicotine surging through the body would have left the system, and the perception of taste and smell would have returned to normal
* In 4 days, the bronchial tubes of the body would have relaxed and your energy levels will increase
* In 2 weeks, the circulation will get better and will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks
* In 9 months, all respiratory troubles would have ceased and the lung capacity will inc |
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