Carnatic music for beginners

When we join in any carnatic music class, these are the things they teach us-

1.Sarali Swaralu (in telugu): These Swaralu will help us to tune our tone and get ready to take up music. There are around 14 sarali swaralu. But now a days, teachers are not telling all these things as kids are not showing interest to learn so many, they want to sing as early as possible. So many of the teachers has decreased 14 to famous five.

2. Janta Swaralu – Each bit comes two times. So it is called Janta=twice swaralu.We have around 14 even in this.

3. Dattu Swaralu

4. Hechu Stayi swaralu – means we need to sing them with high pitch. There are around five swaralu in it.

5. Mandra Stayi swaralu- we need to sing with low pitch. There are around 5 swaras in it.

6. Alankaraalu- We have around 9 alankaraalu. Each alankarum has different taalams. We might have heard this word many times in TV channels. May be its important cum bit difficult.

Once we are fine with these things then we go for Geethalu.

Surrogate mothers

India is cheap in surrogacy treatments. Many other countries couples are showing interest in surrogacy methods in India. In India it starts from 2 lakh rupees. The laws involved in this process are minimal where as in US/other countries, laws are strict and time consuming. In India doctors are capable of implementing surrogacy and success rate is also good.


Surrogate mothers are who involved in the process of delivering baby to others. Sometimes they become egg donors. In some cases both egg and sperm are taken from actual parents. Surrogate mothers have to carry their baby.

Surrogate mothers are paid for doing this. It varies from person to person. Doctors/Institutions take contract signed by this woman. She has to go through some tests before the process and need to take some hormone injections to sustain baby in her womb. These mothers will not have any right on baby after delivery.

Mostly poor people and uneducated people are becoming surrogate mothers. They get big amount just in 9 months, they use this money to clear their debts or to cure their husband’s or kids ill health.

Surrogacy methods are blessing for couples who could not conceive and have fertility problems. But we are unsure about the health of surrogate mother. If surrogate mothers keep on repeat this method, what will happen to their health? There is a chance that husbands’ can force poor women to get good money through this process. But government is not taking strict decisions on this and no strict rules/laws on this process.

Girl Talk- Cracked heels

Cracked heels is common problem faced by woman. If cracks are normal then follow these tips to come out of this problem. If it gives pain and bleeding consult doc immediately.

1. Daily before going to sleep keep moisturizer
2. Try to avoid walking in dust areas and unsmooth areas with out slippers
3. Remove dry skin on heel while bathing. It comes out easily.
4. once in a month make pedicure done at beauty saloons.
5. In winter wear socks even at home.
6. Don’t try to pull of dry skin hardly it may bleed and gives pain.
7. maintain hygiene

Bread Upma

Ingrediants: Bread – 1 packet
Onion – 1-finely chopped
Popudinusulu – 1 spoon
Tomatoes – 2 – finely chopped
Cashew nuts – 4
Oil – 3 spoons
Dried chillies – 2
Salt to taste
It servers 4 people.

Procedure:
Cut the bread slices into medium pieces and put aside. Heat pan and put 2 spoons of oil, when oil is hot put these pieces and fry it until bread get fried. Now put these pieces in a plate and add one spoon of oil in pan and then put popudinusulu, onions, cashews, dried chillies and let them get fried. After that add tomatoes, let it get cooked, now add salt.Then add fried bread pieces in it. Remove from gas after 2 secs and server hot.

Pesara Dosa (Green gram dosa)

Ingrediants:
In a glass take ¾ th of green grams(Pesarlu) and 1/4th rice.
Ginger – small piece
Chillies – 1 or 2
Onions – 1 finely chopped
1 spoon of salt
½ spoon Jeera
1/2 spoon oil for each dosa
It servers four members.

Procedure:
Wash rice and green grams and soak them in water over night (around 8 hrs).In the morning put green grams,rice,chillies,Jeera,Ginger,salt in a mixer jar and prepare a dosa consistency batter. Now put dosa in dosa pan as we do for our normal dosa, spread it all over the pan,put oil on sides. Now spread onions on it.Turn dosa and remove from pan.It will take little longer time to cook than normal dosa.We can serve this dosa with groundnuts or coconut chutney.