One night stand

It is time now to tie the hands of beauty and throw
 her over to immortal kisser like the black hole in the
arena, it will gulp her down the entrails. You see the flowers
are exploding in teeming colors in my little garden, some
are vibrant, some are sad but beauty exploring a thousand
ways to stop at heart. You know I had a fling for her slim waist,
her swinging gait but what it is? Is it bones, flesh, mucous
membrane and skinny pigments? I cannot touch her.

I cannot lay hand on you in spite of testosterone flowing in my
blood, you are seagull floating on the blue, Ole buttermilk sky,
 the music composed in my DNA or ever fleeting dream of being.

Stop by the lakeside, stop to see the reflection in the moonbeam,
It is time to throw her over to immortal kisser before you ceases to be.

On death of a friend.

I saw your face, somewhere it was raining-
beneath your brow, your eyes floated like lily
on the placid water, on the shore your house
embraced you like a dear forgotten song with a refrain
of forsaken love, nearby stood the plush but elegant
Palm tree but you were apart from the life you
lived. You were, dear friend, you turned away from
the light of your cozy room to the cloud above with
your baritone-  sang a song of mindful soul, you
sang a song for thousand years- millennium to come.

you loved the life with your arms,  genitals, mind and soul
so the heartbreak, let down by love but  love blossomed in
spite of the jilt, in spite of the gloom, in spite of thousand storm
caged inside the body-  you assured me the green leaves, the
 white lilies, the red roses would abound in my garden with a
marble pedestal on which  an incredible, indelible dream of a
life desired for a while; for moments we live, for moments we die
a false continuity numbs our frontal lobe with slithering touch.
You smiled significantly to tie a knot with death!

Prediction of Future is a Scientific Reality

Prediction of Future is a Scientific Reality

Mind Trap---error of Reasoning

Mind Trap---error of Reasoning

Turmeric--- an amazing panacea.

An amazing panacea

Turmeric, a perennial plant of ginger family, native of South-Asia, needs temperature from 20 to 30 degree centigrade and heavy rainfall. Mostly rhizomes of the plant which is rootstock or underground stem of the plant, is used for different functions. It is used as spice, coloring agent, and in some parts of India the leaves are used to wrap and cook foods. It is also used as preservative and flavoring agent in canned beverages, dairy- products, ice-creams, sweets, sauces, gelatin and others. It has wide cosmetic applications such as Skin-toner, Sunscreen etc. .Let us view the nutritional value per 100g of the turmeric.--

Principle

Nutrient Value

Percentage of RDA

Energy

354 Kcal

17%

Carbohydrates

64.9 g

50%

Protein

7.83 g

14%

Total Fat

9.88 g

33%

Cholesterol

0 mg

0%

Dietary Fiber

21 g

52.5%

Vitamins

Folates

39 µg

10%

Niacin

5.140 mg

32%

Pyridoxine

1.80 mg

138%

Riboflavin

0.233 mg

18%

Vitamin A

0 IU

0%

Vitamin C

25.9 mg

43%

Vitamin E

3.10 mg

21%

Vitamin K

13.4 µg

11%

Electrolytes

Sodium

38 mg

2.5%

Potassium

2525 mg

54%

Minerals

Calcium

183 mg

18%

Copper

603 µg

67%

Iron

41.42 mg

517%

Magnesium

193 mg

48%

Manganese

7.83 mg

340%

Phosphorus

268 mg

38%

Zinc

4.35 mg

39.5%

The phytochemicals found in this rhizome, on research, enough evidences have been garnered to use it safely as medicine and food supplements in many diseases with certain precautions. Oral intake may be harmful in pregnancy, gall bladder problems and Gastro- esophageal reflux diseases. Interaction with certain medications which slow down blood clotting such as aspirin, ibuprofen can adversely affect as it is also anti-coagulant

The stockpile of research data indicates that cur cumin will be effective in the following diseases:-

1) Inflammatory Bowel. In fact, it has got anti-inflammatory anti- bacterial properties so it can be used in a wide range of such diseases including cuts, burns and irritable bowel syndrome and flatulence.

2) It is also a powerful anti-oxidant as such, effective in preventing cancer particularly in curing of breast cancer, liver and prostate cancer. This helps to produce in body the master anti-oxidant glutathione

3) It may prevent and slows down Alzheimer. The tests have shown that the amyloidal plaque which is a cause of this disease is depressed by cur cumin. It is also non-toxic therefore it can be used to minimize the side effects of orthodox cancer treatment.

4) The anti-oxidant properties of curcumin helps to lowers the cholesterol; and triglycerides in blood and protects us against cardio-vascular diseases. It is a better anti-oxidant than Vitamins C and E since antioxidant properties of the rhizome are not degraded by heat so cooking does not spoils it properties.

5) It Is a natural painkiller and cox-2 inhibitor.

6) It is a beautiful skin-toner.

Last but not least, you should be very selective about what form you are taking turmeric. If you take the herb/spice which is not organically grown and processed, you are missing out most potent healing factors. Best is raw.

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But why do we sleep at all? Whether it is necessary for our physical and mental well-being? On the evidences so long gathered, researchers on sleep propounded several theories. We may go through them for a better understanding of sleep. 1) We need sleep to conserve our energy as during sleep we remain still except those involuntary movements. As such, there is 10% reduction in body temperature and demand of calorie in the case of human beings. 2) There is another theory which suggests it is for our survival during the process of evolution because at the times when we are most vulnerable, we go to sleep in a cozy dark nook. But this theory hardly holds from the view of security.3) Sleep gives us an opportunity for repair and rejuvenation of our body and mind. The functions like tissue repair, muscle growth, protein synthesis and release of growth hormone take place during sleep. It also re-enlivens cognitive power of brain. During wakefulness the brain releases Adenosine which is cleared off when we are asleep. So we become alert after sleep. Part of our cognitive process takes place during sleep. While acquisition and recall of information happens during wakefulness, the consolidation of it occurs during sleep. Association of different types of memory with different types of brain waves has also been identified.

So how long we should sleep to keep ourselves fit? It varies with the individuals. Best thing would be determine ones’ own required  period of sleep  by testing how much sleep much sleep make us fit and alert. It has been proven that inadequate sleep and oversleep are against our health and well-being  In this connection, we may cite one example of an experimentation carried out as far back as 1971. Phenomenon is called Yoganidra. Experiment was carried out on Swami Rama while he was in the state of

self-induced conscious deep sleep. electroencephalograph of waves in his brain was recorded. The yogi appeared to enter into various state of consciousness at will.  Near the conclusion of the test, he entered deep unconscious sleep though perfectly aware of the experiences during the period, his brain emitting slow delta wave. He could recall experiences during the sleep when he was in wakeful state again. The experiment shows such mastery of consciousness is possible to reduce the requirement of amount of sleep.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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I Rule The Midnight City

I have a chaise-longue beside my window
sitting on it, I rule the midnight city.

The stars and the whores, 
the occasional dogs barking into nights
-the pavement dwellers gazing onto the the sky, 
while they embrace their consorts-the night
tiptoes down the stairs.

The faith swerves in the room, 
shuddering in the hope of a rape-
a possible penetration and 
birth of a new life-a paradigm
of desire, hope and to be born again
into a night of stars which sent the 
angels of light to touch and see
the man on the chair. 

The train on the track.

I live in third world, may be second, I dunno.

Some savant sitting in his university-office, big

Ole daddy, divided earthly crust between ourselves.



I am one of the teeming millions, jostling in the

over-crowded trains, people hanging on the

door-handle. The train rolls on keeping us alive,

we move to and fro just to survive.I wish I could

derail the train to see what happens to my soul

in the cold night-train carrying souls in limbo.



In the fall, the fields are bare, nothing grows

Let us come deeper, in the entrails of life, burning

with hunger, with naked body, hands thrown up

in prayer. Do you smell the scent of soil? sweetened

with body's sudor-budding life for the next summer,

so I sow the poetry on the lonely fields. 

Aloke Mukherjee