Home Remedies from south India: Colds

 Posted on March 18, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  25 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

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The pictures used in this series are inserted from other websites. I have used them only to illustrate the ingredients used in the remedies.

burning turmeric  calcium oxide  camphor  cane  chest congestion  child birth  chilli  coconut oil  cold  cough  cow dung  dal  garlic  ginger  honey  inji  jaggery  karpooram  karpuram  lentils  malaga  melagu  milagu  nallennai  omavalli  pepper  salt water  salt water gargling  sambrani  sesame oil  sinus  sour throat  steam inhalation  sunnambu  tulasi  vaalmilagu  vellam  vibhuthi  vibhuti 

Home Remedies from flora in south India: Hair Care

 Posted on March 17, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  25 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Disclaimer:

The pictures used in this series are inserted from other websites. I have used them only to illustrate the ingredients used in the remedies.

alum  amla  castor oil  coconut oilt  cow dung  curry leaves  fenugreek  ginger  green gram  hair shaft  henna  hibiscus  home remedies  karusilankanni  karuvepellai  karuveppelai  long hair growth  manjal  marudani  medicinal plants  mehendi  nallennai  neem  nellikai  pasipayiru  ponnanganni  poo  roja mottu  rose buds  sambrani  seka podi  sembarathi  sesame oil  shikakai  sukku  thenga ennai  tulasi  turmeric  velakkennai  vendayam 

Frames of Reference

 Posted on March 13, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  569 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

A colleague of mine is taking German lessons and when the topic of poetry came up at lunch, he described Elftans, and their structure. It reminded me a little of Haiku so I said ¨Sounds like the European version of Haiku¨. [Read More]
A.R.Rahman  Bollywood  cultural  diversity  Eurocentric  films  german  Haiku  Hollywood  Jai Ho  Japanese  Kollywood  learning  movies  Mozart  Oscar  Oscars  Pentameter  play  poetic form  poetry  power  power play 

Vidai Kodu Engal Nade: Lyrics and Translation

 Posted on March 10, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  98 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This song is from Kannathil Muththam Ittal. It is a touching story about little girl who tries to find her biological mother after finding out she was adopted. [Read More]
A.R.Rahman  Amudha  country  home  ittal  kannathil  kannathil muththam ittal  leaving  Madhavan  Maniratnam  mutham  political situation  Rahman  refugees  Simran  Sri Lanka  Vairamuthu  violence 

LfE 25: Swift time

 Posted on February 26, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  413 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

21/05/2010 Hello! Looks like it really has been a month since I last wrote! And what a busy month it’s been! Various assignments, deadlines, work with project and otherwise, workshops on new software, just so much…of everything has happened! [Read More]
british  Edinburgh  genetics  germans  Isle of Skye  labmates  letters from edinburgh  malaysian  time flies  trip ahead  virology 

LfE 24: Volcano Sunset

 Posted on February 24, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

20/04/2010  Hello, As you all probably know, the Iceland Volcano continues to erupt disrupting flights all over northern Europe. My flatmate who was supposed to go to Germany for part of her PhD has been grounded here. [Read More]
Arthur's seat  Edinburgh  flight disruption  Holland  hugging the planet  Iceland Volcano  letters from edinburgh  northern europe  rolling around in the grass  sunset