Day: July 24, 2016

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Golden jokes – exclusive excerpts Welcome to the world of special entertainment. Keeping up with the ever increasing, diversifying world, humor delivery has specialized too. Now presenting, exclusive excerpts of the proposed joke and carton book on gold, probably the first ever such book on the yellow metal. The proposed book with cartoons by AK, is a contributed collection, edited by AK. A worthy tribute to a nation that prides as the largest consumer of gold. DIRTY EARRINGS Kavitha Kumari – Cochin A wealthy lady from Mumbai once decided to…

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Professional ethics in mental healthcare Professional ethics is associated with doing what is right, both morally and legally. Although many professions are associated with a code of ethics, it is more relevant in the field of psychology. In psychology, this requires the practitioner to conduct himself or herself in accordance to several laid down moral principles. These principles attempt to promote honesty in teaching and practice of psychological science, and in executing their social responsibilities. The contribution of psychologists to the society is generally based on trust. The public trusts…

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Act Four Scene One   (At the Bride’s house Delhi Ganesh and his twin sons Ajith and Vinith are seated in the hall with the Marriage Broker. With them are the parents of the twin sister-brides. The twin sisters each are in two separate rooms) DELHI GANESH: Well to be honest, we’ve been on the lookout for a bride for a quite long time. BRIDE’S MOTHER: The same here too. We’ve been looking for suitable matches for my twin daughters Priya and Shreya, for over five years. DELHI GANESH: I…

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Act Three Scene One   (Delhi Ganesh and Vinith are in the market) VINITH: Dad, why are you so adamant that I should also come to the market? DELHI GANESH: I want you to be more responsible. VINITH: But dad, I have other important work DELHI GANESH: Do them tomorrow. You need to meet the people in the market VINITH: Why do I have to meet them; are we going to start a vegetable business? DELHI GANESH: you will know soon (The two go to a potato vendor) DELHI GANESH:…

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Act Two Scene One (Ajith is alone in the house reading a newspaper. There is a knock on the door and he rushes to open it. It is a group of men led by the local Councilor) FIRST MAN: It’s him, it’s him. (They all go inside and sit in the hall) SECOND MAN: Call your father. We need to talk to him THIRD MAN: Tell your father that the Councilor has come to meet him (Ajith blabbers something and uses his sign language to let them know that his…

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Act One Scene One   (Delhi Ganesh is seated at the main hall of his house. There is a knock on the door) DELHI GANESH – Who is that? BROKER: Broker..broker..come with a marriage proposal DELHI GANESH (Goes and opens the door): Come in ..come in BROKER: Was not sure if you’d be here. Anyway I am happy I could meet you DELHI GANESH: What’s up?. Another new proposal? BROKER: Ah yes, a very suitable good match for both your sons Ajith and Vinith DELHI GANESH:  How many times you…

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About Muhurtham – A Play Muhurtham is a four act comical play, published for the first time. The play revolves around a south Indian family with twins, looking for brides. The play highlights the perception of marriage between two successive generations. Delhi Ganesh is a well to do man with several small businesses and properties. Ajith and Vinith are his sons, who are lookalike twins. Ajith, a high ranking officer in the revenue department is a dumb man. Vinith on the other hand is an unemployed and a carefree man.…

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GLOBAL OBESITY AND NATIONAL POLICY MAKING

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With quality healthcare costs escalating to newer levels, more and more people are falling beyond the scope of care and treatment. The health scenario of the global population brings about huge challenges which at some point of time, the governments may become incapable of handling. One of these serious problems brewing right now is obesity and the irony of this is that obesity is more associated with poverty now than with wealth. It has just been emphasized that obese people do not seem to respond to hunger-related hormone glucagon, the…

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LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE’ CAN NO LONGER BE JUSTIFIED

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One of the common injustices today, seen across the world is that prevailing in the criminal justice systems of nations. While the call for a ban on the death sentence is being heard and nations make an effort to move away from it, they are unfortunately replacing it with life imprisonment without parole (LWOP). Ironically this is an equal, if not a harsher punishment to the death penalty. On the face of it, the deliberation procedures, sentencing guidelines, opportunities for appeal and pardon that are so evident in death sentence…

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ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA (PSYCHOLOGICAL EATING DISORDERS)

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Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may be described as major eating disorders. These may also be described as psychological disorders associated with eating and not eating. The compulsion to eat or to go on diet is extreme, which is gradually increased and gets out of control. These people fear becoming fat or perceive themselves as being fat, when actually they are not. Apart from anorexia and bulimia, the other food related disorders include binge eating disorders, food phobias etc. Although not much is known about what actually causes eating disorders,…

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