Spiced Pears (MasaledarNaspati)

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes, plus chilling

Serves: 6

Each serving contains: Kcals: 200; g fat: 3; g saturated fat: 1.8

Ingredients:

l 7.5cm piece of cinnamon stick, halved (dalchinikidandi)

l 2 star anise (chakra phool)

l 4 tablespoons sugar (chini)

l 250ml low-fat fromagefrais (cream cheese)

l 2 tablespoons roohafza or 3 tablespoons rose-flavoured syrup (gulab syrup)

A few crystallized rose petals, to decorate (gulabkepankhude)

Method:

l Peel, quarter and core the pears. Put them in saucepan and add the remaining ingredients,except the fromagefrais and roohafza. Cover and simmer gently until the pears are al dente

l Use a draining spoon to transfer the pears to a dish. Strain the strup into a small saucepanand boil until it is reduced to about 3 tablespoons. Spoon it over so the pears and allow to cool,then chill for 2 hours

l Mix the fromagefrais and roohafzatogether and spoon into a small serving dish so thatdiners can help themselves

l Arrange the pears in individual serving dishes and decorate with rose petals if wished

Pineapple Raita (Anaras ka Raita)

SERVES : 4

Each serving contains

Kcals: 110

gfat: 6.5

g saturated fat: 4

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

l 225g mild low-fat plain yogurt (dahi)

l 30g desiccated coconut, ground to a fine powder in a coffee grinder (nariyal)

l ½-1 teaspoon salt (namak)

caster sugar to taste (chini swaad anusaar)

l ½ teaspoon Ground Roasted Cumin (bhuna hua jeera)

l ½ teaspoon chilli powder (mirch powder)

l 225g pineapple, fresh or canned, peeled or drained, as necessary, and cubed (chheelke kaate hue anaras)

2 teaspoons sunflower or soya oil

½ teaspoon black mustard seeds (sarson ke beej)

Method

l In a mixing bowl, beat the yogurt with a fork until smooth and stir in the coconut, salt and sugar.

l Reserve a little of the cumin and chilli powder, then add the remainder to the yogurt with the pineapple. Mix well.

l In a small saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat and add the mustard seeds. As soon as they pop, remove from the heat and pour over the raita. Mix well and serve sprinkled with the reserved cumin and chilli powder.

Strawberry Smoothie

This summer, grab a glass of cool, and nutritious smoothies. This time, we recommend you to try out strawbaerry smoothies. Why? Strawberries help in losing weight, because they have less calorie content, which means, there are 49 calories in one cup of strawberries. They are loaded with Vitamin C, 3 grams of fiber, and some calcium, magnesium, and potassium. They are also rich in phenolic antioxidants that can help:reverse inflammation; aid in weight loss and reduce the risk of chronic disease.

Strawberries help restore normal function to weight-reducing hormones.Anthocyanins actually increase the body's production of a hormone called adiponectin, which stimulates your metabolism and suppresses your appetite.Both ellagic acid and anthocyanins slow the rate of digestion of starchy foods, controlling the rise in blood sugar that follows a starchy meal. This effect is also used to control blood sugar in people with adult-onset (Type 2) diabetes.

Servings: 1

Ingredients:

l 1 c skim milk

l 1 c frozen, unsweetened strawberries

l 2 tsp cold-pressed organic flaxseed oil (MUFA)

Method:

Combine skim milk and strawberries in blender. Blend, transfer to glass, and stir in flaxseed oil.

Nutrition (per serving) 216 cal, 9 g pro, 26 g carb, 3 g fiber, 19 g sugar, 9.5 g fat, 1 g sat fat, 106 mg sodium

StoryZ Photo Motion &Cinemagraph

Storyz is a unique app to create and share photo motion art. Bring your photographs to life with user-friendly and simple tools. A Photo animation suite equally suitable for beginners as well as experts. Be a part of a leading photography community and get a chance to gain inspiration from other artists. Its compatibility varies with different devices. Here's what you can do with the app.

l Create amazing visual effects like cinemagraph, double exposed gifs or magical moving portraits.

l It can turn your photo into animated GIF and Animated Double Exposure.

l You can make an Animated Video out of a still image and get amazing animation effects.

l With Storyz, make your pictures move and come to life and make amazing digital arts!

l Using StoryZ app tools make still images into animated visuals using motion effect on pictures.

l Ripple can animate still images to create amazing animated photographs or digital arts.

l Convert a still picture to amazing video by adding direction pointers.

Overlay:

l Multiple layers of video, effects, overlays support.

l Choose your favorite overlay from a large Asset Store.

l Video Overlay Effects is designed to provide various video overlay effects for editing your favorite photos & videos.

Motion functions helps with:

l Blend still images with video to get amazing animation effects.

l You can also create your video stories blending overlay video on still image.

l You can make an Animated Video from out of a still image and merging a video.

l It can turn your photo into animated GIF and Animated Double Exposure.

l Merge still image with video overlay to create amazing cinemagraphs.

l Merge photo with overlay video, video motion to create amazing visual effects like cinemagraph, double exposed gifs or magical moving portraits.

BIGO LIVE Lite - Live Stream

BIGO LIVE Lite is the pocket-sized version of BIGO LIVE. It's smaller in size. A user could enjoy a lag-free live video streaming experience.

- Its fast download and has low storage use.

- Low storage & battery consumption: Designed for low-end mobile device users.

- Data Saving: Only necessary video streaming will be loaded and mobile data is saved.

A user can watch Free Live shows, starting from live pop music and hot dancing shows to common daily life, BIGO LIVE Lite shows you endless live videos. The user can easily filter live streams by countries. Tons of talented broadcasters from more than 100 different countries are gathered in BIGO LIVE Lite.

Apart from this a user can also do a Live PK, the most exciting live stream which is not only the live stream competition between broadcasters but also with the audiences. You can also give virtual gifts like roses, rings, super cars, etc.

It requires Android 4.4 and upper versiosn to be functional. So far, it has 100, 000 users.

Super ToDo's

Super ToDo's is a powerful app on iTunes that lets you have a fast way to organize all the lists and tasks in your daily life.It features rock-solid syncing with iCloud so that your lists are available on all of your devices: iPad,iPhone, and even Apple Watch when using cellular connectivity. This app weighs 21.3 MB, and requires iOS 11.0 or later to be functional. It is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Superheroes Street Fighting Infinity War EndGame

Superheroes Street Fighting Infinity War End Game's mission is stop evil villain from street fight and lockdown him your great powers. They want demolish everything in manchester city because they are super villains. All crime fighters are afraid from these war prisoner. Innocent people are terrify from bad boys because they flubber with hero city and then fly away.You have to handcuffs these Supervillain because you are crime fighter and born to fight. Use god gifted super power and save lives of peoples. When you will play this superhero infinity war game, you will enjoy hero adventure. These angry monsters are very cruel and comes in warrior's way. Now save us cities because you are new hope for peoples. So play role as real hero and step into circle ring.

Super soldier are in your wait in city streets. You have get hero training so save city success. You have to become super ninja and enjoy girl fight. You are warrior hero also know judo karate techniques. Become mr hero and still life for celerity. Now this battle is in your hand. Where now your romper suit and support karate girl to save superhumans in slime battle.

Become hero fighter beat all villains otherwise they will finish you. Fight like bat hero and step into future vale and complete your rescue mission. All peoples are looking for local hero because only he can save them.

It requires Andriod 4.1 and upper versions to be functional.

Voter Helpline

The app aims to provide a single point of service and information delivery to voters across the country. The app provides following facilities to Indian voters:

A. Electoral Search (#GoVerify your name in the electoral roll)

B. Submission of online forms for New Voter Registration, shifting to a different

the constituency, for Overseas Voters, Deletion or Objection in the electoral roll, correction of entries & Transposition within Assembly.

C. Register Complaints related to Electoral Services and track its disposal status

D. FAQ on Voter, Elections, EVM, & Results

E. Service & Resources for Voters & Electoral Officers

It requires Android 4.1 and upper versions to be functional.

Like a Bird on the Wire

Chhavi Bharadwaj

Chhavi Bhardwaj, an IAS officer currently posted in Jabalpur, as Collector. "Like a Bird on the Wire" is her first book. It's a fiction with a lucid narrative style that oscillates between past and present. The plot is set around the life of the IAS officers and people related to them and all of it is blended with a romantic story between NethraKaul and AvinashRathore.

The story begins with, "…It had been seven years he had last heard from her. Seven years! And though a part of him was relieved, even happy; the other part was already ruminating on the pun- the subliminal implications of that terse 'hard work paying off.' Was is relief?Nostalgia?

Anxiety?

He couldn't put a finger on that flustered him all the more..because even today, seven bloody years down, nothing, nothing could affect him the way she did."

As the story progresses, you will realize that there's actually a love triangle. The novel has an honest tone, which gives an impression that the author has literally bared her heart out. You'll find it in the author's ways of explaining and language, which has a lot of "Hinglish" and "Hindi-influenced" phrases even like "maalmaam," "Humara GL kaisa ho..," "patta," among others. To add to this, there are colloquial phrases like "Avinash-Rathore-sort-of-reply," "how-to-stop-sulking-and-start-living'," "no how-have-you-beens, etc" - making the entire story look more real. It feels as if someone's story is written with different names, and some slight changes in the backdrop. It sounds that real!

Throughout the story, Avinash is described as a sincere and clean IAS officer. There is also a glimpse of author's personality in it. For example, author loves trekking and exploring places.

Its an eight-part story. The story can lure the y-generation spirit by also talking of "Game of Thrones", "Fifty Shades of Grey," "One Direction," DeepikaPadukone's Kurta-palazzos combo, "Comedy Nights with Kapil", and so on. It also throws light on the trendsetter, OMG, a 24x7 news channel run by one the largest mass media companies in India, and the materialistic character, Amit Bhargava. For Amit, his friends were "vital inventory resources," starting from Bacardi Rum/ Smirn Off/ Johnie Walker Scotch to free-dining in seven star hotels, and paid holidays. He is a true opportunist. But what is he doing here in the story? Why was Nethra staying aloof from him despite of being engaged to him? They're engaged yet she doesn't want Amit in her life. A lot of confusing questions will sprout in your mind. To get answers to all your questions, read this sweet yet complicated novel by ChhaviBharadwaj.

Publisher: Amaryllis Available on: Amazon India & Flipkart Price: INR 319 & 320, respectively

Help Your Child Deal with Bully

Bullying a child gets the victim either aggressive and agonized or depressed and apprehensive, and in some cases both the things happen too. A few examples, a child who was excited to go to the school suddenly feels tearful to get there; or he doesn't like to play with a group and keeps avoiding them. Such instances are indicators that they are being bullied.If your little one is being bullied and you want to stop it, here's how to teach your child how to deal with a bully.

Understand the situation: Try to understand the whole situation from your child from the scratch.

Identify the bully: Being mocked or teased by older siblings or friends is also identified as bullying. At times it is harmless fun, but it becomes hurtful or unkind, it turns into bullying and fullstop needs to be applied to this

Take Immediate Action: Once You identify the bully, act immediately before things slip out of your hands. Also remember, that the longer bully over powers a victim, so get your child rid of it.

Take help: Talk to your husband or wife and discuss the same with the teachers. Help rendered can become more effective and at a larger scale as the supportive environment will become larger.

Assure your Company: Child victims always feel lonely and powerless. So, assure the child of your cooperation and support. Stay connected with them to make them understand that come what may, they have you at back.

Motivate Your Child: Whatever, your child does, encourage him or her by appreciating the effort so their moral is boosted. At the same time, teach them to stay positive and ignore the bullies.