One day Tom was moving along the road. He was returning from office. He worked in a multinational company. It was around 9 p.m. He had just completed his afternoon shift. The road was desolate. Cool breeze was blowing. Suddenly a black cat crossed him. He stopped for a while as he knew that there is misfortune if a black cat crosses you! All of a sudden he saw a scream of an old man from a house…..the man was shouting…. “HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HEL...
Peter often travels by train from Kolkata to Mumbai. He works in a private firm called Dream Merchant. He is a marketing executive. In his home, he has his wife and son. He lives at Dhakuria in Kolkata. His company sells insurance. Generally he has no problem traveling alone in a train. He usually works in Kolkata and its adjoining areas. But this is the first time he had to leave Kolkata for his work. On 31st December 2006, he boarded the train headed towards Mumbai. It was ...
Mr. Joseph works in a medical transcription company. Once this company used to give a big advertisement of half page in The Sunday Statesman. It was really a costly advertisement. It carried comments from the company employees. He saw such big advertisements when he was about to join its training. An advertisement was also given regularly at Times of India. At the time of training, the fee was Rs. 20,000. It was a 6 month training. He joined the training. The company was giving tra...
Today my brother came from London!! He lives in Jersey. His name is Subrata Banerjee. He is quite a sociable guy having an account in Yahoo 360 and Orkut. He works at a company called Infrasoft, whose branch is in Jersey. Jersey is a suburb of London. He lives with his friends. Infrasoft, his company, is based in Mumbai. He is an Oracle database administrator. He loves us a lot and so he came to India for 15 days. His father being a retired joint zonal manager of Bank of India was p...
During my higher secondary level (class XII), I studied anthropology as additional subject instead of maths. I studied science stream in Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah in West Bengal. I studied hard to get this fascinating subject as Hons so that I can pursue higher studies. I did my graduation in anthropology. It was quite fascinating to study anthropology. I studied the prehistoric man, measured the skulls in anthropometry, measured living human beings in somatoscopy. I st...
For a long time, I did not get any time to write something of my own. I went to Sundarban, a mangrove forest in West Bengal. As there was tremendous work pressure, I needed time to relax! So I opted for a short trip to Sundarban. It was 2 days and 1 night trip with the West Bengal Government Tourism. I wrote about this trip before and now I am writing about my life. For the past 3 months, I have joined a distance learning course. It is postgraduate diploma in Hospital M...
I made a two day one night trip to Sundarban. Sundarban forest is the only mangrove tiger land of India. It is situated in the extreme south of West Bengal in the vicinity of Bay of Bengal. I departed from my home in Kolkata, India on 28th October. It was a good day with clear sky. I took the metro at 7 a.m. in the morning from Belgachia and reached Central station. I walked for 10 minutes and reached West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation office. I took tea and waited till...
We all know that meditation brings peace of mind and calms us down. I regularly practice medication. I know that it has positive effect on relaxing the body and it drastically reduces stress. Our body gets relaxed in meditation when we focus the mind on a particular thought, image or repetitive action. Our mind begins to loosen up and our body becomes relaxed. We can wonder how all these happen. Actually there is a lot of chemical fusion in our brain during meditation which leads...
It has been found that children who got musical training `outside school showed brain changes and superior memory. The children who did not receive this musical training did not get this memory improvement. A study on Canadian children shows that children who learnt Suzuki had larger and faster responses to brain stimuli compared to those who did not have the lesson. This study is based on the measurements of a magnetoencephalograph, a device that monitors brain wave activity. The stud...
Misconceptions of coffee consumption are as follows: 1. Previously it was thought that coffee drinking is addictive. 2. Many people think drinking coffee a lot causes heart attack. 3. Excessive consumption leads to irregularities of heart beats. 4. Pregnant women should avoid coffee as it causes habitual miscarriage is a myth. 5. Some people believe coffee increases the risk of ovary cancer and ovary damage. The benefits of drinking coffee are as follows: Drinking coffee ...
Stuttering causes shyness in speaking. We are afraid to attend phone calls as we come face to face with the problem. In stuttering, the person repeats the same word several times. Stammering is a fault in speech and it happens suddenly when we are unconscious about our flow of words or when we speak quite fast and when we become excited. Dr. Gerald Maguire, a psychiatrist at the University of California, Irvine, wants to cure the ailment. This ailment afflicts him and a million oth...
A scientific study has shown that anger causes loss of lung power and increases ageing. It has been done in America at Harvard Medical School of Mental Health. The researchers of this institution conducted a survey of over 8 years. They took into consideration all the social and psychological aspects such as education level and smoking. They found that people who are unable to control their temper and having higher levels of anger are prone to lose their lungpower early. It causes suff...
Researchers have demonstrated that Prozac, a commonly described antidepressant, can interfere with the reproductive cycle of freshwater mussels. Fluoxetine sold, as Prozac TM, acts to increase the levels of serotonin at nerve synapses, relieving depression. But for a number of aquatic species, serotonin moderates the reproductive system. Tests found fluoxetine causes female mussel larvae to release them prematurely. The research aims to understand the impact of pharmaceuticals in waste wa...
Disruption of a family member’s treatment for mental illness and subsequent worsening of psychiatric symptoms can have harsh financial, physical and emotional consequences for families. This is the result of an international survey of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder. Preston J. Garrison, the secretary general and chief executive officer, World Federation of Mental Health states parents, siblings, spouses, and children connected ...
Researchers at John Hopkins have evidence that curbed activity from several key chemicals on the inner lining of the nose is linked to chronic sinusitis. Some chemicals fails to respond to current treatments. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, persistent inflammation of the moist tissue that lines the nose and sinus cavities results in clogged passages and recurring infections. The team of scientists found that the activity of at least 4 genes were seriously de...