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Udaipur has an urban populace of 608,426 residents. The people of Udaipur appear from various backgrounds and ethnicities. Hindus (72%) form a mass of the population, followed by Muslims (15%), Jains (10%), Sikhs (0.8%), Christians (0.63%), Buddhists (0.04%) and others. They live collectively in peace and harmony and have a very pleasant & peaceful attitude towards immigrants and tourist. They work in various industry like tourism, agriculture, retail, and mineral industries. Although western attire is gaining attention, most of the locals tend to prefer traditional dresses. Men wear ‘angarakha’ and ‘dhoti’ or ‘pyjama’ while the women wear ‘choli’ and ‘ghagra’. Hindi and Mewari are the foremost languages spoken in Udaipur. Marwari, Wagdi, Urdu, and Gujarati are some others which are in use in the city.
Udaipur has established a rich cultural heritage from the long-gone ages. The lakes, temples, huge fort and palaces boast about the rich inheritance of this city. The city has kept stability between preserving the rituals and customs of the past while keeping up with the modern advancement and changes in way of life.

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How to get Stunning Looks in Saree

saree styling

Un vestido perfecto, saree is the most elegant and the most amazing attire for a woman which gorgeously takes off her beauty to just another level.  Originated from the prakrit word “Sattika”, saree is basically the traditional outfit of an Indian woman. However, because of its glamorously subtle look it has gained a catchy repo symbolizing the Indian heritage and culture and a wardrobe desire for the ladies round the world.

saree styling

Saree, undoubtedly, is the most versatile outfit which can be beautifully draped in various ways and styles. Ranging from 5 yards to 9.5 yards length depending on the style of wearing, this dress is an outstanding creation which can be worn if not daily occasionally to add on a totally smashing effect to your personality.

Now-a-days, not only ladies but young gals too can carry the “saree look” in uniquely classy ways. By using interesting methods of mix and match, you can go for a bold cum stylo gape this season.

Try out the styles explained below and enchant yourself with a captivating experience.

  • For the ones who feel wearing saree to be a mess, they can follow different styles to bring out the best fashion for them. A very fancy tip by one of the prominent designer is to go babylicious is to replace the blouse and petticoat with a spaghetti top/tee and legging/slim-fit denim and then wear the saree over them. For this you can go for a light weight crepe or georgette fabric saree for easy roaming as well as to get a perfect look. This would definitely add a bashing look to your persona. For Diwali, embroidery or sequins on the saree border can be accounted.
  • Another designer suggests for ready-to-wear sarees which surely ease offs the problem of draping a saree. You can zip the saree up and reduce your fight with it.

A regular one can be worn like a skirt, gown, dhoti, gracian style or in any other way that makes you look sexy. Create your own trend and sizzle the floor.

Girls should not avoid wearing sarees but instead they should develop innovative techniques for carrying a saree and get over the illusion of saree as a dress for oldies.

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Be in shape is the new fashion: 7 Days Plan for FLAT Tummy

Exclusive diet plan to help you shape up this summer Udaipur

The below diet plan can help you lose all the unwanted flab. The diet involves cutting out ‘toxic’ foods that encourage the body to store fat – including alcohol, sugar and processed foods.

Diet works on the principle that your body’s natural state is lean and fit, not sluggish and fat. But processed foods and drinks and excess sugar pollute the body, causing fat to cling to the hips, thighs, bum and tummy. However, as soon as you stop doing the wrong thing, your body responds very quickly, and you’ll get lean fast. But you have to believe you can do it. It doesn’t matter how often you have failed in the past. What matters now is focusing on what you want and taking action.


 7 days for flat tummy

Food rules make these changes to your diet to lose weight and get a flat tummy fast!

  • Cut the C.R.A.P: Avoid the four main food groups that cause fat to cling to our bodies: caffeine, refined sugar, alcohol and processed foods.
  • But allow yourself a weekly cheat meal. Once a week, enjoy an indulgent meal of whatever you fancy, from creamy pasta to a slice of chocolate cake with cream. As ong as you’re eating clean, healthy food the rest of the time, an occasional high-fat treat actually speeds up your metabolism.
  • Take fish oil supplements: They burn fat and supply essential fatty acids.
  • Always have breakfast: Eat within one hour of waking up. If you don’t have time for a proper breakfast, just grab a piece of fruit and a few nuts.
  • Don’t eat after 8pm: Eating a large meal in the evening when your body is slowing down or sleeping is a bad idea for your digestion and weight.

 

7 days to flat tummy

Five food swaps for flat Abs

Bad croissants:

Full of fat, sugar and no goodness Milk Most non-organic milk is filled with hormones Standard yoghurt Most are full of sugar Margarine Full of chemicals Beer High sugar and calories.

Better wholemeal bread:

Fibre is good for digestion Organic milk It’s chemical-free Organic yoghurt It’s free from pesticides Olive oil spread Full of essential fatty acids Organic cider Less alcohol and calories.

Best spelt bread:

No tummy-bloating gluten

Organic almond milk:

Doesn’t contain lactose that can cause bloating Organic full-fat yoghurt Makes you feel full and is less sugary than low-fat options Organic butter Natural and additive free Good red wine Grape skin contains resveratrol, a great antioxidant.

Your food plan –

Stick to this eating plan for two weeks to start your weight loss. It’s best to begin on a weekend, when you have more time to get everything ready. Plus, you won’t feel so stressed or rushed, which means you’ll be less likely to succumb to a mid-afternoon chocolate bar.

Day 1 Breakfast: Ouellette made with three egg whites and filled with 75g chopped mixed peppers and a handful of spinach
Mid-morning snack: 100g chicken with ½ red pepper, sliced
Lunch: One grilled chicken breast, mixed salad leaves, red peppers, green beans and ¼ tbsp olive oil
Mid-afternoon snack: 100g turkey breast with ¼ cucumber, sliced
Dinner: 100g grilled chicken breast with steamed broccoli

Day 2 Breakfast: Baked chicken breast with a handful of stir-fried kale
Mid-morning snack: 100g turkey breast and ½ green pepper, sliced
Lunch: Baked haddock fillet with mixed green salad, with ½ tbsp olive oil
Mid-afternoon snack: 100g turkey breast with 75g steamed broccoli
Dinner: One salmon steak with chopped dill and steamed green beans

Day 3 Breakfast: 100g smoked salmon, plus spinach
Mid-morning snack: 100g chicken breast with ½ yellow pepper, sliced
Lunch: One grilled chicken breast with garden salad and ½ tbsp olive oil
Mid-afternoon snack: 100g turkey slices with ¼ avocado
Dinner: One grilled lamb steak (or two cutlets); steamed broccoli and spinach

Day 4 Breakfast: Scrambled eggs (one whole, two whites), tomatoes, green beans
Mid-morning snack: 100g turkey slices with ¼ cucumber, sliced
Lunch: Baked cod fillet with salad, tomato, spinach and ½ tbsp olive oil
Mid-afternoon snack: 100g chicken breast with ½ grilled courgette
Dinner: 100g chicken breast stir-fry made with ½ tsp oil and green veg

Day 5 Breakfast: 200g turkey breast with ¼ avocado and ¼ cucumber, sliced
Mid-morning snack: Two hard-boiled eggs with ½ red pepper, sliced
Lunch: 150g grilled prawns with a green salad and tomatoes, ½ tbsp olive oil
Mid-afternoon snack: 100g turkey breast with five almonds
Dinner: 100g chicken breast with steamed broccoli

Day 6 Breakfast: One grilled haddock fillet with roasted peppers and courgettes
Mid-morning snack: 100g chicken with one tomato, sliced
Lunch: 150g turkey with green salad, steamed broccoli and ½ tbsp olive oil
Mid-afternoon snack: 100g chicken with five pecan nuts
Dinner: 150g-200g steak served with steamed green beans and broccoli

Day 7 Breakfast: Three-egg-white omelette, grilled tomatoes and steamed spinach
Mid-morning snack: 100g turkey with five Brazil nuts
Lunch: 150g chicken breast with steamed asparagus and green salad
Mid-afternoon snack: 100g turkey with ¼ cucumber, sliced
Dinner: Grilled, skinless duck breast with steamed oriental greens or broccoli ….

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Girls!! Here come the Trend Setter Mojaris

Mojaris in Udaipur

Today’s demand and attraction for each and every girl is to look more and more gorgeous without compromising with her style statement. A big factor behind a girl’s personality is her style of fashion that she carries. It is not only restricted to western or modish clothing but is much and much beyond that. Day by day, our pretty damsels are getting much conscious about their style from dresses to accessories to even footwears and try every tit and bit to follow the latest fashion or carry one by their own.

One of the latest penchants for the young ladies is the traditionally designed foot wears called as “Mojaris or Jootis” from the vibrant culture of Rajasthan. These so called jootis are a complete example of our country’s cultural diversity, local ethos and ethnicity as a whole.

Mojaris in udaipur

You can match them up with any of your outfits whether they are denims, harems, kurtis, salwar suits, payjamas, formal trousers or even hot pants and they would definitely look cool and superb giving a sassy touch to your style!!!

Elegantly handcrafted with beads, threads, mirrors, bells or variety of other stuff, these mojaris are available in different types of colors which make them unique from all the other kinds of footwears and the biggest benefit is that they are cost efficient too. That makes it a value added product for any class of person.

Originally emerged from the royal Jodhpur city and among one of the forte of Rajasthani Handicrafts, mojari is also popular all over the country for the vegetable tanned leather which is organic in nature that is used in its manufacturing.

These ostentatiously classy mojaris can be teamed up with hot pants and short tee/spaghetti to give a hotter look to your personality but make sure they go well with either the pant or the tee/spaghetti.

Taking the local scenario, these are available in quite a good variety in various areas of Udaipur making it a perfect update for the She janta of Udaipur especially the youngsters. Areas that cover this exclusive cleat collection mainly include Hathipole, Jagdish Chowk, Mochiwada etc. and they usually lie in the range of Rs.150-500 making it a best buy deal. What else so trendy could you get in such a price??

The best thing about jooti is that not only the localites but tourists from round the world are also fancied by its awesome piece of work. Tourists invariably fall for its charm and thus it becomes a must on their shopping lists. And therefore, it holds the promise of a better life for the artisans who fashion it.

Undoubtedly, these mojaris are one of a kind and suits well with both traditional as well as western wears of females.

So, gals what’s the confusion now?? Bring yourself up with the latest fashion!!  Go today itself to your nearest mojari store, buy one or more of your taste and enjoy the look and comfort of these royally peppy shoes.

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Nehru Jacket in for Boys : Global Trends

nehru jacket in trend

If you thought Indian politicians lack that fashion style then here are some good news guys. The Nehru jacket, worn by India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, has been listed amongst the top 10 global political fashion statements of all times .

nehru jacket in trend

The closed neck, hip length coat style jacket, which was first popularized by Nehru in 1940’s and 50’s, has been an iconic fashion choice by men of all age groups in India for decades now. The Indian design fraternity is happy with the recognition.

About the Jacket

The famous Nehru jacket comes from The Northern Indian “achkan”, a closed-neck, and coat like garment usually considered a court dress for Indian nobility.

It was when the jacket was marketed to Western audiences that it took the ‘Nehru’ title, the Prime Minister having popularized its style in public appearances during his tenure, The Nehru Jacket is our answer to the tuxedo (a western jacket).

The jacket is also wowing the current crop of Bollywood stars. Actors such as Sanjay Dutt, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have been spotted donning the outfit in the recent past.

Well know fashion Designer Anita Dongre says, “Nehru jacket is a classic. It’s just not the Indian celebs who are in awe of it; the west is equally influenced by the trend.”

Fabric for the jacket:

  • Cotton linen
  • Self printed cotton
  • Raw silk
  • Velvet

Nehru jacket is a popular global trend and now very fashionable in the local market. You can get the best stitched jacket at all the well known store around the city at RS 300 and above.

It provides the easiest and the most elegant solution to formal dressing by doing away with the shirt and tie. You can wear them with denims and just a pain shirt .

While the jacket was worn in colors black and grey earlier, now, the younger generation is experimenting with it in various hues.

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Whats with the Colored Pants this season

Coloured pants

Experimentation with style has always been a keen interest among all the youngsters to look trendiest in their own ways.

No matter what our jawaan khoons want the best in their looks as well as the style. The one who is trendier stands out in the crowd and is the most noticed one too. Various outfits are being introduced every season to match up the same.

Today, bringing to you one more ishtyle, in fashion, the much in demand colored pants/jeans. These are a huge trend for springs. Whether being a common man or a superstar, from catwalks to the crosswalks, everyone’s showing themselves up with these quirky, phatak pants which are showing no sign of disappearing any time soon.

Coloured pants

A revolutionary monopoly of the so called jeans- the denim blue, washed-out stone wash, black, white and basic has gone with the entry of these dashing colored pants/jeans. The designers have been successful in spacing up a must place for these vibrantly hued pants/jeans in almost everyone’s wardrobes.

The most captivating thing about these ghabas is being a unisex outwear which increases its liquidity among both kanyas and kunwars. They can really pull up your outfit creation skills and add on to your personality.

For Girls, the jeans/pants are usually slim and brightly colored.

  • If you are not confident about your matching skills, initiate with a bright blue or dark magenta (closest to jeans colors) for easy pairing.
  • Never ever pair bright colors pants with equally bright colored top, whether being the same or completely different one, unless you want to look like you ‘ve stepped straight out from the disco dancer wala era (esp. 80’s) or clown car.
  • Try to complete the guise with earth-toned (colors of nature) accessories and shoes.

 

Guys, it’s really easy for you to pair up dresses in compare to the girls color combinations.

  • Simply, a neutral tee under a dark trouser or cotton button-down will complete your outfit.
  • Avoid matching up your shirt to your pants or the look will totally fad off.

Colored Pant

Here are some of the basic dos and don’ts for all the youths who aspire to wear these vibrant pants/jeans:

  • The best way to pair up the pants is to wear ‘em with neutral shirts/tees like black, white, grey etc.
  • Simply avoid heavily printed shirts/tee. Use accessories like a watch or a bracelet in a bright color that jell up with your outfit.
  • You can try bleached out colors too such as yellow that suits well red sneakers.
  • A big warning: Restrict yourself from pairing bold/bright color combinations of pants and tops.
  • Red and maroon can be matched up with blue or white.
  • Funky angular glares or clear frames can be accessorized too.
  • Likewise, they can be worn with boots, sneakers and even chinos.
  • Eventually, it’s all about your comfort and fitness, so it is absolutely not necessary to go for skinnies. But, be sure your pants fit well else bulging ones would be a big no.

So, all the lads and the ladies, blow off your hesitation, go for these sexy colorful pants this summer and tear the roof off before they go passé coz fashion never waits for anyone.

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‘ZARDOZI – Design Studio’ to exhibit its range of Fashion Fabrics

zardozi sarees

The ZARDOZI Design Studio is exhibiting its range of fashion fabrics at Udaipur. The three day tour of the ZARDOZI being organized as an exhibition at Hotel Darshan Palace, UIT Circle, Udaipur where it would reveal fashion and fabric for women.

The sumptuous range of fashion products that would magnetize your attention would include Exclusive Designer Saris and Lehangas. The range of Lehangas covers the fabric ranged from Pure Georgette, Pure Chiffon, Brasso and many other newly introduced ones.

Zardozi Sarees

We hope ZARDOZI will succeed in presenting and providing exclusive, opulent fashion wear with style. The style line up of ZARDOZI would rejuvenate your fashion statement and offer you a grand living soul and spirit.

You may also gift an exclusive Sari or Lehanga to your soul mate and win her heart. So, no more waiting, visit earliest to grab and choose from the variety of designs and vivid colors. The Exhibition would remain open from 11a.m. to 8p.m. on 20, 21 and 22 April at Hotel Darshan Palace. The entry has been kept free for all the visitors.

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All You need is a Handbag Girls!!

Handbag!! A piece of glamour, a blend of creativity and style and an essence of classiness makes it one of the most desirous assets of a girl to crave upon. From the name itself one can think of its materiality and utilitarian, esp. in today’s era.

Like a dog is man’s best friend, it’s a handbag that is a gal’s favorite companion. An irrefrangibly unbreakable bond exists between the two. Whether it is a party or a trip, a routine go to office or simply an outing, all she need is a “handbag”.

Keeping this trait of young women in mind, manufacturers have finally broadened their zone of availability introducing a cogently wide range of handbags of innumerable designs and colors according to the taste and mood of a person. Thus, from the evergreen shoulder strap bags and clutches to the juvenile wristlets, totes and laptop bags, you could find and select any, of your choice.

To actually know which type of bag you need for a particular occasion is the basic concern. We have brought a list of bags which would surely meet your insatiability by making you understand the difference between various bags and their purpose of need. So, go through the section below to make a final choice of yours.

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Types of Handbags:

 

Shoulder Strap Bag

The most uniquely preferred shoulder strap bags are the most comfortable among all with the ease in carrying and handling, usually with a single or double strap slinging round the shoulders. Available in varieties, they match up with both formal and casual wears.

Hand Bag

Available in amazingly exquisite designs, it is carried in a hand rather than on the shoulder. The reason of handiness makes it slightly less preferable at times; yet it very much remains in trend always. Goes best with formals, semi-formals and good for short travels too.

Satchel Bag

Another category includes the satchel bags with elongated straps (one or two). Its spacial inside makes it handy for accommodating various items in it easily! It comes in a bundle of designs -from leather to canvas and can be carried well with both casuals and formals.

Hobo Bag

Sui generis, the crescent shaped hobo bags fit near in between a shoulder strap bag and a satchel and are available in vibrant color combinations and design. Comfortable to carry and spacious in design you can pair them up with jeans/skirts, and trend yourself with its style.

Clutch

Unlike a handbag, a clutch is a hand held purse which is much better and comfortable to carry because of its size and weight. It can hold some money, cards and make up items. Not only the casual wears but it also best compliments the look of an Indian sari.

Wristlet

Technically, a clutch, wristlet goes with an extra addition of a small strap at one of its ends to put it round your hand for safe and hands free lift. Well, it also looks great with casuals and fably elegant with an Indian sari.

Tote Bag

Soft fabricated oversized bags, tote are the most suitable ones for short travel or grocery shopping with an adjustable strap. Contrary to plastic bags, totes will not only lead you to eco-friendliness but will also add to your style statement, making it a paisa vasool deal.

 handbags photographs

Laptop Bag

For working lassies, esp. a corporate one, a laptop bag is a must. Eliminating the need of another bag it adds your personal items along with the laptop, thus, reduces the burden of carrying. Quite durable and convenient in handling, it also adds to your corporate look.

Beach Bag

Being a multipurpose bag, it can be carried to a picnic, gym etc. apart from a beach. Made of cloth or jute and straw, it is also provided with a plastic sheen to protect itself from moisture. Match it up with vibrantly colorful casual dresses to get the best result.

Saddle Bag

Different in style, dames who fall for glitter and sparkle and desires for something flashy and extra, in both look and design with ample number of pockets should go for a saddle bag instead. A touch of jazziness in its design makes it a well go for casuals, formals/semi-formals.

 

Cosmetic Bag

The name says it all. A cosmetic bag is used for carrying only the cosmetic items (except say a cell phone, a comb or a mirror) without being damaged. Best for semi-formal and casual wears.


Muff Bag

Smartly innovated muff bag, is basically a winter hand bag made from wool, velvet or sometimes fur, with an opening on either side, for placing the hands inside to keep them warm. Also, the purpose of keeping valuables is solved. It can be used while travelling too.


Backpack

Suitable for teenagers to youths, it is and will be among the most popular choices of gals. With trendy designs and colors, it is definitely a must to have thing for total convenience and style.

Duffle Bag

Biggest of all, a duffle bag is a handbag generally used by females for long travelling or by sportswomen. It has a drawstring opening at the top for carrying the bag easily.

These were some of the categorical bags discussed. Bags are an important part of fashion that are basic need for each and every girl out whether for style or for convenience and their trend will never go but will grow day by day. So, go and grab your choice soon.

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Sneezing Social Liberty – Is Another Crime

Social Liberty

Today a big social cum political debate came to a halt when the Government had stamped the decision to keep the consent for maintaining sexual relationship to 18 years instead of 16. People and other social activists & groups have sighed in relief after the decision had rolled over. Government was facing strong opposition from the all the corners for relaxing the age limit to 16 years. And obviously it is contradicting where at one side we have established the age limit 18 for marriage and granting 16 as a valid age to have a physical relationship. It seemed that certain political partied were intended to promote pre marital relationship in the country. Anyway, with strong protest after promulgating the ordinance has brought positive results.

The bill has certain other clauses which are termed as offence and the culprit if found guilty could be punished. Even one hasn’t touched a girl but staring and stalking may put him under question mark. Yes, government has made certain amendments for the act of stalking and voyeurism. Certain riders have been added to prevent the misuse of the law.

This is what is happening in the country’s capital. Let us have a glance at our city too and investigate the things happening at Udaipur. We cannot disclaim that our city is neat and clean. Mischievous activities also happen in our city and at times someone from us is involved. We are not talking about the activities such as indulging in a stringent crime. At times wee wickedness proves enough to harass someone’s social and psychological life.

Have we ever been into deep and given a serious thought that what adverse effect it lefts on a girl’s social life when someone in a group, trying to prove his superiority of his bursting manhood, make nuisance or pass an irritating comment. When we roam in groups, we no more remain a complete social etiquette personality. It is not a flaw but a general human tendency to commit such small social crime inadvertently. On contrary at the other hand, the girl who has just stepped out with her colleagues or family members has nothing to do except ignoring such unsophisticated gestures one is making over her.

Such activity either not reported to parents most of the times and when reported then they are the only one to face the consequence in the shape of their cut down liberty. In case where family members become the witness would try to avoid moving out or going at a particular place. So at the end who faces the consequence, it is the person who has been the victim and not the culprit. Person doing would hardly realize the degree of crime he has committed. He won’t even know whether he has really slaughtered one’s adolescent emotions. Thus one’s innocence puts someone’s social and personal liberty at stake.

Looking, admitting and admiring someone’s beauty is not harm. Men are built with the basic instinct to get allured towards glamour. When the instinct exaggerates and turns into fervor and men starts showing the sign of animalism; that is the stage when the nascent of a crime evolve. These symptoms reveal that one is mentally sick.

It is not possible to change the whole society. Society is not a person who could be conquered by arguing with thoughts of another person. A society is made up of all of us. If one of us try to behold the firm commitment that he would not showcase his inadequate behavior at public places, believe me your teammates would also respect you. And if you find a flaw in your friend you may stand in front of him as an example. Not today but tomorrow your strong determination would bring fruitful result.

Women deserve respect and she should not be treated as a sheer substance that would always afford to impart joy in one’s feeble nervous system. This is one of the main reasons that the percentage of women participating in growth of Indian economy is far less than other developed and developing countries. India stands fourth or fifth rank in the world where women is termed unsafe (according to an article by renown management guru). If we really wish to change the face of India on the world economic map, we all would be required to put our contribution by respecting women.

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Local Transport System in Udaipur

autp tempo in udaipur

autp tempo in udaipur

You might have a good looking sporting bike or a stylish car or some other luxury vehicle to roam in the city. You would feel delighted to be a proud owner of a vehicle and your own means of local transport. And of course you should be because it saves lot of energy and precious time to travel here and there, except the fact that travelling on your own vehicle costs you a little more and put some load on your pocket. In comparison to the time saved this cost seems to have been compensated against your valuable time.

What in case if you ought to travel through public transport apart from a private cab or auto? If you have ever traveled in Jaipur, Delhi or Kolkata you might find the experience somewhat pleasant or satisfactory. Although all means of transport are crowded, but what makes them different. What is there in the public transport of Udaipur? Jaipur has a sophisticated network of low floor buses. Delhi has got CNG buses, autos and moreover Delhi Metro is the best option to travel in Delhi. Metro never faces things like traffic jams or traffic signals. It is fast and effective medium of transport. Kolkata has got underground metro and trams. Even in Jaipur the first route of metro would get operational by the end of year 2013 or in the beginning of 2014.

Although Udaipur is a very small city and its comparison to cities like Delhi or Jaipur is not worth talking about. But looking at the population of the city and the density of vehicle per square kilometers is on higher side. Even the worst part of it is its poor local transport system. The only available local transport at Udaipur is three wheeler tempo or vikram. There are over thousands of such vikrams running around the streets of the city and all run on diesel. These vikram or tempo is among the most polluting vehicles. The level of air pollution is on constant rise in Udaipur. Our city has always remained in lime light as the world’s best tourist destination. The mark of such level of pollution would seldom make it a world class heritage city. Similar is the problem with our lakes. From past few years we have been blessed with plenty of water but the level of pollution proves a blotch on its beauty.

This is the right moment to intervene and understand the sensitivity of the issue. An improvement in the transport system is the next major necessity of our town. Local buses are nowhere seen running. The places where buses could not be operated may have CNG operated small vehicles or the next generation battery operated vehicles instead. Before that Udaipur need to be equipped with CNG pumps. The PUC certificate could be made compulsory so that the private vehicle owners could also keep a regular watch on their vehicle’s emission level.

If there would be proper means of local transport like busses it would bring many benefits together like less pollution. Hundreds of buses would pollute less than the thousands of three wheelers. Buses would be safer than the three wheelers and it would also be able to carry more number of passengers at one go.

The journey is long to go. Such a big change could not be attained at a blink of an eye. We need to spend some quality time and start giving a thought. Awareness needs to be generated among the mass. Then in the coming year we would see the fire coming out of the spark that we would ignite today. This is all for our well being and for betterment of our own city UDAIPUR.

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Where Technology Is Heading Us

Where Technology is Heading

You have computer at home? You have a laptop? You have a tablet or a smart phone? You have access to internet? Answer to all these questions would be certainly ‘yes’ for majority of us. I own all these things buddy. Owning all this stuff is not my concern of debate over an issue. My intention is not to reveal someone’s status in the society but my concern is something else which is a sensitive issue.

Let me tell you a true short story. I was working as a software developer in a company. Everything was awesome there. The environment, the team everything was good. Everything was comfortable there. After few months we were relocated to another building. The furniture was of different style there, although those were too office chairs. After few weeks I felt some problem in my back. For few days I ignored, but gradually the condition turned horrible. I realized the chair was the main culprit. Although the culprit wasn’t punished rather I had undergone a month long treatment with a physiotherapist. Was that chair only responsible for my ill health?

So what is the moral of the story? We human beings would always pay for our carelessness. I was careless as I ignored my health. With the advancement in technology in this scientific era we have put side all other things and we are paying or would pay in coming future.

We have invented technology for our assistance so that we can save our precious time and could deliver effective productivity. We have increased our productivity but have ruined many other things. And it would cost us too much in many different forms like our environment, our health, our culture and almost every perspective of our life. Let us find out how we are damaging our self and our own planet.

Environment

It is very easy for us to utilize our natural resources, but it is very difficult to get them back in the specified time span. Take an example of deforestation. It takes almost ten years for a plant to become a tree. If we maintain same ratio of forestation and deforestation then a day would come when our forests would remain nowhere on the earth. Should we turn so discriminate to the place where we live and breathe?

I saw in a recent program on TV in which they had locked a person in an air tight glass chamber hardly 10 x 10 x 10 feet i.e. 1000 square feet. What do you guess for how long he could have survived without oxygen? They kept him packed for 48 hours and he survived. And it was not magic. The chamber was having hundreds of plants inside which generated ample oxygen which we have generally in our surroundings. Wake up! We are trapping our self.

Health

We either remain stick to our cell phone, or remain in front of computer for hours. As a result we invite diseases like we had never experienced before. Regular prolonged sitting causes problems like slipped disc, survical. Regular digging our eyes deep on the computer screen weakens our eyesight or may cause migraine. Too much use of keyboard and mouse may lead to wrist pain which is also termed as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. These are some diseases that are outcome of the advanced technology that have become essential aspect of our daily routine. Excessive use of cell phone is also harmful for all of us especially for children as mobiles emit electromagnetic radiation.

carpel tunnel syndrome

 

Culture and Language

Use of gadgets, cell phones, and internet is vulnerable for our culture. What you are talking about man? It might seem rubbish but to some extent it is true and we all know that. Barriers and boundaries have been broken, everything is exposed on internet. We call it a modern society, isn’t it a harassment of our culture and cultural values. Our morals are lost somewhere in the technology blowout. Who would control the loss of our moral values? We know where we stand but we wish to remain silent on the issue. Take an example of the language we often use now days over SMS and chat. LOL, HRU, M F9, TC etc. We have developed a new language of acronyms that is sufficient to express our thoughts and emoticons have replaced our facial expressions and emotions. After 15 to 20 years we would harvest a crop of youngsters who would face difficulty to write down a correct syntactical and grammatical sentence. Then we would come across institutes in future teaching ‘Write Correct English’ as we see today ‘Spoken English’.

So, is the new technology managing or deteriorating our life style? Every coin has two sides. Without bad there is nothing good. It is all in our hands how we use our technology. We know very well what we need to do to save our self, our environment, our culture and our planet. We just need to learn the way to use our technology and maintain balance at par in all the aspects which revolve rounds its periphery. Take care, enjoy technology and make it your friend.