Tara's Blog

Movie review : Real Women have Curves

2008-12-05T15:46:00.001-06:00

Ethnic Identity According to the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, “Culture is a full range of shared pattern of human behaviors, interactions, cognitive construct and affective understanding that is learned through the process of socialization.” Culture is set of those learned behavior patterns that shape our thought process, perception of others, and our daily

Book Review : Tuesdays with Morrie

2008-12-05T15:43:00.000-06:00

The Lessons of Life From the Death Bed Tuesdays with Morrie is a beautifully written book by Mitch Albom. On the writer’s part, this book deals with Erikson’s identity versus role confusion stage of psychosocial development. This book is a result of partly an effort to compensate for the guilt of not being able to fulfill the perceived duty or responsibility towards friends and families

Easy Dinner Menu

2008-09-29T16:25:00.003-05:00

Today, I am going to discuss with you the easy and fast way of making delicious dinner popular in the Indian subcontinent.My dinner menu includes Rice, daal (lentil soup), sabji (vegetable entry), and Acchar (freshly made pickle)RiceThere are many varieties of rice that can be made. However, I will prepare a plain rice today.Cooking time- 15 minutes.Ingredients needed-Long grain rice and water

Tara's cookbook

2008-09-29T16:06:00.004-05:00

Easy to make Delicious Corn SaladIngredients:1.) 8-10 OZ baby corn2.) 1 small tomato3.) 1 small red onion4.) 2 Green chillies5.) 1 tbsp chopped cilantro6.) 1 tsp mustard oil7.) Salt to taste8.) Chat masala one pinch if available9.) 1 tbsp lemon juice (optional)Method:Chop tomato, red onion, and green chillies to fine piecesBoil the baby corn in water for 10 minutes, remove from heat and drain

Quality Health Care

2008-07-20T15:39:00.002-05:00

Whose Responsibility Is It? We said goodbye to my mother in law last Tuesday. My mother in law, an apparently healthy fifty years old woman who took good care of herself, had regular health check-ups, and was

2008-06-26T11:26:00.002-05:00

The Mother Nature and Myself

2008-05-25T08:58:00.000-05:00

The Healing Touch of Nature People go to parks for a variety of reasons. Some people think park is a good place for running and exercises; others go there to have fun, and spend good time with family and friends. There is a beautiful park two blocks away from my house. At the center of this park,

On Motherhood

2008-05-25T08:54:00.001-05:00

The Safest Nest Looking at the picture of a female kangaroo, my three-years-old nephew asked me why the animal had two heads, one of them on her belly. When I told him that the mother was holding her baby in a safe pouch attached to her abdomen, he threw another question; why the baby had to be held by the mother. I

Teen Smoker

2008-05-25T08:50:00.000-05:00

The Teen Smoker I was walking through a street across the high school in my neighborhood. I saw a group of young boys and girls hiding on a corner, talking slang and smoking cigarettes. I paused for a moment, to see and make sure that they weren’t children. Unfortunately, all of them looked too young to have a cigarette in their hand- legally and socially.

My Museum Visit

2008-05-25T08:36:00.000-05:00

Museum Visit- An Extraordinary Experience Sometime ago, I visited The Field Museum at 1400 N Lake Shore Drive at Chicago, Illinois. The museum is huge, and a lot of artifacts are on display, therefore, it is not possible to view everything in one visit. I chose to focus on an exhibition about the Bamun tribes of Cameroon, Central Africa. There were

Stop Torture

2008-05-25T08:32:00.000-05:00

Torture Should not Be Allowed The word ‘torture’ in itself is very distressing to human beings, and no human wants to be tortured physically or mentally. However, we have occasionally seen the practice of inflicting torture to the suspects of crimes in order to obtain valuable information from them

Childhood Obesity

2008-05-25T08:24:00.002-05:00

Prevent Obesity Among School Children Obesity is a growing health problem throughout the world. It is one of the major health problems in the United States where about half of the adult population is overweight. This number will continue to grow as long as the issue of childhood obesity is not