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Everyone is not aware of the word stevia and the benefits of introducing it in the diet. This article is a well-detailed guide for those who want to know more about stevia and are looking for natural sweeteners to substitute in their diet. What is Stevia? Stevia is a natural sweetener and a great sugar substitute. Stevia is also called the sweet leaf, and the scientific name is Stevia rebaudiana. It is available in the form of a plant. Stevia contains fewer calories as compared to sugar but comes with the same amount of sweetness. The stevia plant is best known for the leaves more than the stevia flower. The stevia leaves are the main USP of the stevia plant and the reason behind the sweetness. It contains a chemical called steviol glycosides . This chemical is at the peak of sweetness when the stevia leaves are used or harvested before the flowers bloom. Usually, it is advisable to remove the stevia flowers to give the sweetness an extra boost. If the flowers do grow out, the s

  Global warming is a phenomenon that is quite talked about during the 21st Century. The ozone layer depletion, pollutants level rising and energy sources depleting are the main reasons why there is a dire need to change our lifestyle and discover new alternative resources of energy too. One such alternative is Solar Energy. We all have heard about solar energy in our academics before, and we all have a fair idea of using the sunlight to be transformed into electricity. It is either directly used through photovoltaic or through concentrated solar power.  In the early stages, solar power was being harvested through panels that were fit on rooftops of houses or buildings which would harvest the energy directly. The cost of fitting the solar panels was quite expensive in its initial stage, and not adopted by everyone. The storage of solar energy can be cumbersome as it needs to be used as soon as possible or need to be stored in very large batteries. Also, the placement of the panels was

  All hail the age of Instagram influencers. Everyone seems to have become an influencer or blogger as their hobby and then there are some who are influencers for a living. They play a pivotal role in be in the game and keep up with all the new trends.   Do you know what is an influencer defined as?   The definition that you get on Google:   A person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items on social media.     In simpler terms, describing an influencer as someone who has:   The power to help people make a purchase decision as per the influence of the influencers who have the authority and can provide knowledge of the product or service. Engage in a particular niche and has growing followers and engagement with people with same interests and needs as per the niche. From the above points, one can understand that influencers have positively turned o

Dogs are humans’ best companion. Beagles are one such breed that can be described briefly in three words - caring, loving and loyal. But did you know? Beagles are ranked 11th top dog breed in India which implies that Beagles are loved as pets.   Want to add another Beagle to the family? Many of you might have a beagle as a pet while some might thinking of getting a beagle as one, you have come to the right place.   Are you worried that you already have a beagle and they won’t get along? Well, we can get all your questions answered here that will help you make an informed decision.   Here are some reasons why you need to have a pair of beagles:   1.       Size Beagles are adorable and their size is very compact. They come in different sizes viz miniature, standard or toy sizes. As mentioned on the top of the article, their average height is around 36 cm, and their average weight is 10 kg making them an ideal pet. If you two beagles, they will not take up a large space

Being true to yourself is so much easier than trying to be someone else! I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself! — Bobby Brown One of the most creative and adventurous journeys any of us can undertake is to learn who we really are and live a life, which is true to our authentic self! I see this as a very high form of art: The art of being yourself! The journey begins when w e  embrace the mindset that says the need to conform is spurious and that it fails to serve us or even those around us. If this mindset sounds familiar, there’s a very good reason for the same. It is because you will have seen it mentioned time and again, whenever you have studied the life or work of any great artist, visionary or thought leader. The thing is some people are different whilst others just try to be that! Read more here

Forgive and Forget are two different words but they are usually always used together.  You may not have realised but these two words are always used one after the other. Whenever you make a mistake, Arrey maaf kar de yaar (Please forgive me) Chal na, ab bhul jaa sab kuch (Now please forget everything) See, I proved my point there already! There is an old saying - Forgive and Forget! But are you sure you always pertain to it? Well in retrospect I as an individual believe in this concept but it’s quite difficult to follow it ahead somehow.  If there is even one memory that can remind me of an incident that hurt me, that makes it difficult to forget. We do forgive the person related to it, but there is always that memory we cling on too.  Do you know the reason behind this? It is because we are told to learn from our mistakes and not repeat them again. We need to cling on to the memory of that one mistake so that we do not repeat it all over again. Our brain is so complex, yet it doesn’t

The anticipated yearly ritual came to a halt this year 😔  The pandemic has been such a turn of events for every person. No one must have anticipated how the year 2020 would take a drastic 360-degree turn but as they say, whatever is supposed to happen will happen. Change is inevitable and we all need to adapt to those changes, even if we do not agree. My mother is Christian by faith, it was a yearly ritual for us to visit The Mount Mary Church in Bandra every 15 th  August. The church is so beautiful and peaceful. This day every year, we would wake up early morning to reach Bandra, hear the mass, be grateful for all that we have, and offer our wishes. I would not go home without taking a seat at Bandra Bandstand. It was the only time where we could enjoy the calm at Bandra as weekdays would not be apt for us. Nonetheless, if time permitted we would even roam around Bandra (for some shopping of course), that could not be missed at any cost. One thing that I realised was that ever