Welcome back!! I hope you are here, after Part One on my episode with poet and writer Khyati Arora. While it will be easy to follow even without the prior read, you are most definitely missing out on wonderful words and experiences. In the last article, we spoke about Khyati’s beginning into poetry. The competitions she won, the motivation they brought and the journey they ignited.
Khyati spoke of the way she wrote, how poetry came to her, and in true form, it was mesmerizing. In part two, we shall be delving more into her favourites, how she deals with the hate and so much more! Without further ado, here’s Part Two of Scribbles and Rhymes With Khyati Arora – A Buddymantra Special.
The Favourite Thing To Write About.
Every writer has a favorite thing to write about. Some like writing about love, like me. Others like writing about death or power or fame. Some write of sin and tragedies, others bring to life commonplace comedy. What does Khyati Arora like writing about? Well, everything, she says. I guess it would be better for you to read it in her own words.
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“I can’t put a finger on something specific, but I will say that I really like documenting my life. And so, I tend to read more into a situation enough to pull to a poetic exponential and then write about it until I exhaust it.”
Writing is all about deriving. We as people are nothing but our experiences, and Khyati seems to use this to her advantage. Her writing while very nuanced, also speaks of occurrences that you or I might pass off with barely any significance. But to let us in on this secret she shares with the daily occurrences in her life, feels special, significant even.
As a writer and content creator that works everyday to hone their skill on a very public platform, there are some things that seem inevitable. For instance, hate. Online hate, while completely virtual, has consequences that leave scars for years to come. Khyati has some very ingenious insights to dealing with online hate, trolls and cyber bullying.
“There are always people out there who shall read your poem, and interpret it in a completely different way. Poetry is very subjective that way. It is not completely wrong, just different.
So they are going to interpret it differently, and if they want to get at you, they will use words like feminism, activism solely to target you. I am very very possessive of my poetry, I mean, who isn’t? But it is how you take it to be. You don’t need to justify yourself or talk back to them.
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But what is most important is you don’t let them encroach your sphere and creep in as self-doubt. If I welcome conversation it is only to receive feedback that is constructive, not destructive. I am a very non-judgemental person, so when somebody comes at me looking to criticize me, I am like yes, bring it on, we’ll try speaking your language.
The last thing that I want to say is that often when somebody copies your art or poetry, and troll you or get back at you with hate, they are watching you. They are reading your stuff. They are in your head.”
Hate is pervasive. People online feel certain invincibility to spreading hate online, and it never ends. It is like the saying, “Cut off one head of the hydra and two others shall take its place.” Putting a positive spin on them is the only way to deal with them in a way that won’t affect you, and Khyati does a wonderful job explaining that to us.
Anyhow, life is not just about the now, but about the moving forward too. And when asked about Khyati’s plans for the future with her writing and poetry, this is what she had to say.
“I am currently working on a poetry book and the art for it. So hopefully next year we’ll be publishing them pages! I also want to be able to share the nuances of writing a book and in a small way motivate whoever I can, because I have witnessed some wonderful writers hold back on writings they have written for commercial purposes.”
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Here’s to hoping that her book releases before the year ends! A mixture of art and words, it already sounds like a bestseller, and it will definitely be one. While Khyati’s works in writing lean towards poetry and slices of life, what she likes to read is anything but from realm of reality.
“Fiction, we all need to escape the world once in a while. I also like to read about things that I am fascinated by at that moment which might not be the case two days later. There was this time in my second year of college that witchcraft and the Wicca religion piqued my interest.
And oh boy, how avidly did I read literature on the same. A month later however, I was reading about homemade bread, so that escalated quickly.”
Everything about Khyati, during the duration of this interview, felt like one surprise after another. While some of her habits were predictable, a lot of her interests were not. Her love for Megha Rao, for instance, was definitely not a surprise.
“Anyone who knows me is certain to mention Megha Rao’s name on top of this list. There are two patterns that I have observed, one that she writes either about love in all its forms, as in family, friends, lovers, all that. Or two, she writes about the mundane, the general life, her house or her cats, she makes it very easy to read and connect.
Adding to this list, I would name Olivia Gatwood, and I won’t say anything about her poetry, mostly because I don’t have ways to articulate how her words are can sweep the ground beneath your feet, you will just have to go hear her. Both these women are the ones I turn to at 2:30pm in the afternoon when I am short on inspiration but have an itch to write. I listen or read their poetry until I get tickled to write some myself.”
Before we ended the episode, I had one small question to ask Khyati. If there was one piece of advice that she could impart to listeners about writing poetry and putting their work out.
“Two things – Compartmentalization and trusting yourself. Give yourself a free sphere, and maintain consistency.
Why compartmentalize? – As writers, we often seek appreciation in ways we shouldn’t, because all forms of art are subjective. We tend to let the numbers or shares influence us to a degree that is not healthy and on the way, lose the cardinal purpose of why we started to write. So my suggestion is, compartmentalize what you write for the world and what you write for yourself.
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Now that said, you will look around and always, I mean always find someone who is better than you – but please insert flashback of the time when i said “art is a lot of beautiful things and feelings but it is also subjective” And well, if you find inspiration in other people’s poetry and art then harness that.”
And with that, we come to an end of this podcast, and this article. I hope you had as much fun as I did, listening and reading about Khyati, metaphorically walking along with her. Here at Buddymantra Highlights we aim to shine a light on small time content creators and artists. We wish to showcase their incredible work, and maybe one day a closet artist might get inspired. If you haven’t listened to our podcast yet, you can find the link in both parts of this article. Our podcast is available on Spotify, Jiosaavn, and any streaming platform you wish to hear it on!! Happy Listening!!
Nandi hills are one of the topmost beautiful hills in Bangalore, Karnataka. When start to describe this place suddenly that incredible clouds view cant skip to write, that is a top view of the hill fully covered with the clouds of the Bangalore and you will feel like in the heaven. This is the place that most of the people love either wish to go at least ones in their life, especially for Bangalore people and who are all near that place. I hope in every reader’s mind the answer is Nandi hills
Why I have to visit Nandi Hills?
I know for everyone’s mind this question will pop up after seeing this article. Here I answered as per my experience and understanding.Nandi hills are one of the most full of hill place and ever eye-catch treat for early Sunrise.
How to reach?
Route Map
From Bangalore City Central Junction to Nandi Hills, around 60 km. People could reach by bike, car, scooter and anything as you wish.
You can visit during winter times but especially from September to January is the best month to visit Nandi hills. If you wanna chill weekend or need something relaxed atmosphere for ended up the year, this is the right place at right time.
Mode of Transportation
According to me, I will pefer bike and the same suggested to you all.
Entry Fees
It was just 50 rupees per head to visit overall the Nandi Hill.
Hangouts
Indian Paratha Palace
Carving for food is like emotion for everyone. this is one of the rich and elegant places for visitor those all are coming to Nandi hills.
All kind of people could able to eat with mouth-Watering taste and affordable price also.
Distance:
It will take 8.0 KM and 15minutes to reach.
Olive Fine Dinning Restaurant
If you are a person wanna explore something different and more luxurious experience of food, Don’t thinks of any other option just check in olives restaurant.
Give a try for very unique food recipes which is available here, as well as drinks also.
Distance:
It will take 43.01 KM and 1hr 23 minutes to reach, located at on the way to hill.
Tribal Café
This cafe very eco friendly with the nature of hill and atmosphere, Definitely you could wanna enjoy within the weather, atmosphere and nature, just do check in here. they will adequately serve multi-cuisine food.
Distance:
It will take 10.05 KM and 19 minutes to reach
Mayura Pine top Restaurant
This is the restaurant which is available inside Nandi hills at the top and very reasonable price of foods with quality also. All kind of the south Indian food items were available here and you can able to enjoy the view of the hills along with your favourite food.
I had an experience over with this restaurant so that I can assure you to get good exposure there with your favourite yummy food.
Kindly try yummy Maggi recipe in that chills climate, don’t miss that
Distance:
It will take 2.2 KM and 10 minutes to reach, located at top of the hill.
Don’t Miss these Places
When you are in Nandi hills must have a look nearby ancient and historical places like
And so many lists to continue, so just brief about the highlights of the above historical places
TIPU’S DROP
steep rock is located 600m above the sea level, Tippu sultan ruled this wonderful palace with a subtle way of the technicians
BHOGA NANDEESHWARA TEMPLE
It is one of the finest architectural temples in the area why because of the vast pillars and extreme fine stone cravings.it is an example of Handicrafts and craftsmanship
AMRITA SAROVAR
is such a greenly natural and beauty of man-made, the lake of Nectar has been filled with a fresh source of water to all viewer who came there.
BRAHMASHRAM
the kind of the cave which is located in the area of Nandi hills, if you want to spend to relax or want to do meditation then definitely go for this natural cave to get what you want with full of peace.
Things To Do
Apart from visiting nearby places, you can also spend some time on physical activities like
Paragliding
Cycling
Walking
Trekking
Camping
In the above activities,
Paragliding
The mandatory list when you are in Nandi hill, the unique place will give you an extremely unforgettable experience in your life when you try this
Cycling
you can try with your gang of friends and teammates or colleagues, a traffic-free ride towards the hill and make a perfect fitness journey.
Trekking and walking
the activity you can not resist, incredible sight of the greeny nature, Some of the above clouds and mist everything you could enjoy with slight breeze air while doing this activity.
Camping
Like a finishing touch to the trip journey, because of taking a rest in a tent house or room stay and fire camp at night would give all kinds of emotions to recall and do your favorite thing at your favorite place with favorite people.
Conclusion
Nowadays Travelling become a part of everyone’s life, so explore more adorable places within India at an affordable price. Live Long and travel more!
In this article, I am going to discuss a recent topic that is “Chatbots API”. Are you aware of the term Chatbots? Nowadays a new trend is going on the internet that is everyone is using chatbots and virtual assistants.
However, both of these techniques are used for the interaction of humans with computer systems. They are used in various fields from IT to the business market. So before deep-diving into the concept of chatbots let me help you to understand a few questions related to chatbots and API.
The first thing that came into your mind is that what does chatbots means? Why they are used and what are areas of application of chatbots. So let’s understand the answer to each question one by one.
What are Chatbots?
In technical language, chatbots are a kind of software that uses artificial intelligence so that they can talk to any user naturally. For such talk or conversation, chatbots make use of some messages, websites, and mobile interfaces.
Let me explain the concept with help of an example. For instance, you need to buy new shoes and access the website of the retail store. Here is a chatbot that can help you to select shoes of your choice. So overall you can say chatbots are types of software that are well programmed to perform the task automatically.
What are the reasons that Chatbots are important?
Chatbots are advance option or software which helps to create better communication between human and computer system.
In other ways, you can say chatbots are presenting the advancement of the question-answer system. Chatbots making use of natural language processing. It provides responses that are used in end-user enterprise applications.
Chatbots use simply enhances the user experience. Chatbots are used to enhance the engagement of customers. However, using Chatbots companies can also reduce down customer service costs. But the important thing is that the Chatbots also need human involvement to get trained.
The Chatbot working is quite a complex procedure in which there are two main tasks. The first task is to understand the user request and the second task is to respond to user requests in a proper manner.
You can develop Chatbots using different strategies. To get the best Chatbot application you should have to prefer such one which is using artificial intelligence, semantic understanding, and machine learning. To create a chatbot you need to use chat API.
What are the benefits of using Chatbots?
The first very important advantage is that you neither have to download any application nor to update it. In addition to that your phone’s memory space also remains vacant. To sum up you can say it enhances customer satisfaction.
They are used by various companies like Skype, Windows, and Telegram. There are a few important factors to use these chatbots.
They are used to provide customer service in social networks, websites, and various applications.
It just made easy the task of online shopping and the payment process.
The proper use of chatbots can be very helpful to promote any brand and company.
Chatbots helps you create a commitment to the customer.
The important feature is that chat boats can provide you service 24/7.
What does mean the term API?
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API is basically known as the Application Programming Interface. So the interface is something that acts as an intermediate between two parties to let them communicate. This means the API is a combination of functions and processes which work like a bridge to allow communication between two apps or to connect them.
They help developers by reducing their code writing and resources. You can consider the example of Google Maps on any website.
What is the Chatbot API?
Chatbot API facilitates website users with customization of chat experience. They can help chat agents a lot. To create a chatbot you need a chat API that can provide you various resources. Chatbot API can also help developers to use natural language processing to process the user request. So you can say chatbot API converts the user request into action. It provides data access, software, and services to developers to develop a chatbot.
There are various chatbots available to help you to place an order. The only thing you have to do is to type a message or speak.
For instance, you can take the example of the pizza hut chatbot. Isn’t it an amazing idea? To develop any chatbot, you have to figure out your requirements well. Here I am providing you people with a list and details of a few API as follows:
– Facebook Messenger API
– Slack Bot API
– Wit.ai API
– Dialogflow API
– Amazon Lex API
– Brainshop.ai API
– Botlibre API
– Notify. EU API
– Botdelive API
– Microsoft Bot Framework API
– Hangouts Chat API
– Telegram Bot API
– ChatBot API
– Crisp.chat API
– NativeChat API
Let’s discuss them in detail.
Facebook Messenger API
This API is freely available and easy to use. It helps developers to make tools to send and receive messages over Facebook. With the help of this API, you can even make chatbots that can automatically communicate with people on messenger.
Besides, you can utilize the API to make chatbots for cooperating with individuals on the Facebook Messenger stage naturally. Interface with the Facebook Messenger API to send and get messages utilizing the Facebook Messenger.
Test an API bring in your program and fare the code piece. Facebook messenger is simply home to different bots. The API documentation is extensive and simple to follow. The documentation incorporates a pre-dispatch agenda, joining segments reference list, and a beginning aide with a few instances of Messenger bots and the comparing code.
Pros
The Facebook messenger API helps the developers to create chatbots that can interact automatically with a group of people and in chats.
API used bots can handle various other specific requests.
You can use API to develop bots that can generate posts for groups, like the posts, send notifications.
Facebook Messenger API can also help you to make a bot to answer real-time questions and perform various actions described in the comment box.
It is free and easy to work with various documentation is provided related to it.
Cons
It breaches the privacy factor.
When you just activate Facebook the messenger works in the background and reduces the battery.
Space took by it is even more.
Slack Bot API
It is a sort of messaging application used by various teams for communication management. The API helps you to develop chatbots that can communicate with customers and perform tasks automatically.
The Slack API documentation is efficient and intensive. The organization gives a few authority SDKs (Node.js, Python, and Hubot), and there are various libraries, modules, and test applications accessible. The documentation incorporates a part explicitly about building bot users.
Bot clients communicate with workspaces automatically by means of Slack APIs. Slack APIs are allowed to utilize, however, there are limits.
Pros
Using Slack API such chatbots can be developed which can converse with users.
Slack API allows designing a chatbot having its name, personality traits, and face to whom users can talk.
You can make such chatbots that can directly send messages, post messages, and upload files.
You can even do integrate the bots with Facebook also.
Slack API also facilities you with user-friendly documentation to build bots.
Cons
Although the free version of Slack bot API is available but it has limited features.
To gain access to more facilities provided by Slack bot API, you have to choose a paid version.
It is an open-source project that is part of Facebook incorporation. This API makes use of natural language processing to develop bots that can converse with humans. Human beings can also text to these bots.
The API is offered for free. It is anything but difficult to follow the documentation to help you in beginning with the API inside a couple of moments. With the API, you can construct text or voice-based bots that can cooperate with clients on their favored informing stage. The API likewise supports a broad scope of worldwide and nearby dialects.
Pros
The bots created using this API are quite intelligent enough to talk to users.
The bots made using this API can support various local and international languages.
With the help of API, you can create chatbots that are based on voice and text.
You can integrate these bots into any messaging platform also.
With the help of a guide related to API, you can start to make bots in less time.
Cons
Sometimes bots are not able to understand the user requests.
It is difficult to control the conversation flow.
The stories provided by it are in the beta version.
Dialogflow API
The platform is made available by Google. It is a platform that uses NLP for designing and integration purposes. Dialogflow is a characteristic language understanding stage that makes it simple to plan and incorporate a conversational UI into your versatile application, web application, gadget, bot, intuitive voice reaction framework, etc. Utilizing Dialogflow, you can give new and drawing in approaches to clients to associate with your item.
Dialogflow can investigate different sorts of contributions from your clients, including text or sound information sources (like from a telephone or voice recording). It can likewise react to your clients in a few different ways, either through content or with manufactured discourse.
Pros
Using Dialogflow you can easily integrate an interface into a mobile application, voice response system, and website application.
The platform also facilities users with many ways to integrate with products.
You can either input text messages, voice recordings, or some other audio. However, the platform can identify different inputs.
The response medium of the platform can be text or speech.
Cons
It provides very limited flexibility.
You can provide one webhook for the project.
It doesn’t provide much good customer support.
Amazon Lex API
The platform helps in making interfaces that can converse through text and voice. With it, you can create super-intelligent conversational chatbots. Amazon Lex is an AWS administration for building conversational interfaces for applications utilizing voice and text.
With Amazon Lex, a similar conversational engine that powers Amazon Alexa is presently accessible to any designer, empowering you to manufacture refined, characteristic language chatbots into your new and existing applications.
Amazon Lex empowers any engineer to fabricate conversational chatbots rapidly. With Amazon Lex, no profound learning mastery is vital—to make a bot, you simply indicate the essential discussion stream in the Amazon Lex support. Amazon Lex deals with the discourse and progressively changes the reactions in the discussion. Utilizing the support, you can fabricate, test, and distribute your content or voice chatbot.
Pros
It makes use of advance deep learning and natural language processing.
It facilitates with features similar to Amazon Alexa to develop sophisticated chatbots.
Amazon Lex uses speech to text conversion and tries to understand text content to make applications.
You can increase the productivity of the contact center or enhance operational efficiencies by using the platform.
The platform automatically scales up to manage infrastructure.
Cons
It doesn’t support various languages.
The deployment channels available to use are less.
Data preparation in the bot is quite difficult also.
Brainshop.ai API
The chatbots made using brain shop API provides artificial intelligence support such as customized bots. The chatbots generated using API can easily integrate with applications. BrainShop offers AI-upheld abilities for making intensely adjustable chatbots. you can assemble a bot that gets words and reacts the manner in which people do—simply like Siri or Cortana.
The API lets you make teachable robots, which are classified as “minds,” and incorporate conversational encounters into your application. BrainShop keeps point by point documentation to help you in devouring the API quick and easily. Clients who decide on any of its paid plans likewise approach email to uphold.
Pros
The bots build using brain shop API can understand human words and return the response the same way as humans.
The Chatbots made using this API are quite similar to Cortana and Siri.
The bots created with help of API have an active brain using which you can create trained bots.
Cons
To get the maximum benefit of API, you have to buy it.
To gain email support you have to take a paid plan.
Botlibre API
It is free to use a platform that supports artificial intelligence, live chat, and other bots. It is an open-source platform. Bot Libre is an open-source chatbot stage that allows you to download and introduce your chatbot stage on-premise, on your worker, or in cloud administration.
Facilitating on-premise gives you full oversight of your information and security. Introduce your worker, or any cloud specialist organization, for example, Amazon EC2, or Microsoft Azure.
Bot Libre lets anybody make a bot for the web, versatile, web-based media, telephone, and the Internet of things. Associate your bot to Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp, Skype, Kik, Slack, WeChat, email, SMS, IVR, Alexa, Google Home, and that’s just the beginning.
Bot Libre has incorporated help for web, portable, Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp, Skype, Kik, Slack, WeChat, Alexa, Google Home, email, SMS, IVR, and that’s just the beginning. Bot Libre has given us top-notch administration. Critically the AI we use in our store gives skilled forefront client support that our clients love. It opens up our staff to deal with the requests and manage more troublesome inquiries.
Pros
The BotLibre platform allows you to develop website bots, mobile bots, bots for the internet of things, and social media bots.
You can integrate the bot with Twitter, WhatsApp, Skype, email, and various other mobile applications to enhance productivity.
Using the platform you can completely control the data and enable privacy.
You can install it on a cloud service or your server.
With the use of a platform, you can create a bot in just a few clicks.
Cons
The text to animation support is not available to free.
The user interface provided is not modern at all.
Notify. EU API
It integrates with text message service, mails, and push notifications to work faster and better. Notify combines existing informing administrations – like instant messages, mail, or message pop-ups – into one straightforward API. Picking Notify with its uniform API checkmates sudden advancement costs.
It is adaptable and future-verification which makes improvement changes superfluous. With no product transforms you effectively change to a more prudent or better specialist co-op. It is an API that can be utilized in different conditions and can be associated with your current or new informing suppliers. Design your suppliers and deal with your message content.
Plan and make warning messages with zero coding aptitudes. Redo the layouts for each channel or duplicate them to reuse over various channels or a gathering of beneficiaries. Monitor your message conveyance rate without any problem. If there should be an occurrence of conveyance disappointment, access announcing logs to discover the underlying driver to resend the message and convey continuous Customer Support.
Pros
It is very flexible that saves your a lot of money for development purposes.
With the help of API, you can manage all types of messages.
It saves developer time in areas of integration, management, and reporting.
You can integrate it with firebase, Mailchimp, and Slack.
It provides users with message delivery feedbacks also.
Cons
Many users just disable the push notifications options.
There is difficulty to authenticate a text message at the receiver end.
BotDelive API
You can use this API on websites as well as in mobile apps. This API provides a push notification service and two-factor authentication service. You can send and get validation and notice messages through chatbots and upgrade the security of your application.
Along these lines, you’ll not need to propel clients to introduce an application to get warnings—you can utilize the generally well-known visit applications.
Although the API presently compatible with Telegram and Messenger, there are plans to grow the support of other visiting stages sooner rather than later. The API is accommodated free. BotDelive offers a fast way of 2FA. By just noting the YES/NO inquiries your clients can approve their records.
BotDelive doesn’t need an independent application. BotDelive ID is reliable. Sometimes end clients purchase new telephones, change transporters, and drop contracts. Much of the time, when filling in a structure, users fill in their telephone number mistakenly. Because of these components, there are in every case some invalid numbers in any information base of clients.
Pros
Using BotDelive API you can improve your application security.
The API also allows you to send and receive authentication messages.
Users needn’t install any application to get notified.
In the coming years, there are plans to extend the chat platform service.
The API is compatible with Telegram and Messenger.
Cons
You have to create an account for BotDelive to access the facilities.
More features are provided in the Paid version.
Microsoft Bot framework API
The framework facilitates you with enterprise-grade artificial intelligence bots. It is an open-source framework that allows to development of bots having cognitive abilities. AI-based support fabricates regular language encounters. Rapidly make undertaking prepared, custom models that constantly improve.
Distribute a basic inquiry and answer bot dependent on existing FAQ URLs, organized archives, and item manuals. Benefit from open-source SDK and devices to construct, test, and associate bots that interface normally with clients, any place they are. Build secure, worldwide, versatile arrangements that incorporate with your current IT ecosystem.
Create a bot with the capacity to talk, tune in, comprehend, and gain from your clients with Azure Cognitive Services. Make an AI experience that can broaden your image and keep you in charge of your information. Hear orders, distinguish singular speakers, make an interpretation of, and answer to clients in normal language with a marked voice.
Search across characterized spaces or the web for client information, stock status, research results, exchange records, and the sky is the limit from there. Perceive faces, moderate substance, and list pictures and video with PC vision administrations.
Pros
You can create a simple bot that is able enough to listen, speak, and understand.
The bots created can also use azure cognitive services to get trained.
You can develop secure and scalable bots to integrate with IT systems.
Such bots provide complete control to the developer.
Using the framework you can provide virtual assistant to your users.
Cons
Various robust facilities are available only in the toolset of Microsoft.
To develop a basic bot you have to write too much code.
The documentation for the chatbot needs more improvement.
Hangouts Chat API
The chat API belongs to Google. The API provides all the features to make resourceful bots. Such bots use hangout platforms to communicate with customers. Incoming webhooks let you define one-off bots that just inject messages into a room.
This is the path for low-effort integrations that provide information feeds or alerts for prototypes and ad hoc projects. The Google Hangouts Chat API allows you to build resourceful bots that interact with users right into the Hangouts Chat platform. you can streamline communications across teams.
This API allows you to send relevant information, complete quick actions, and send notifications and alerts without leaving the conversation.
With the API, you can post messages asynchronously, integrate external tools into Hangouts Chat, and create custom bots for automating tasks. You can create bots that bring your services and resources right into Google Chat, letting users get information, take quick action, and stay notified without leaving the conversation.
Pros
Various project teams make use of this API for conversation purposes.
You can send important meaningful information or alerts using this chat API.
The few other features of it include complete actions and notifications.
The API facilitates the user by posting messages and performs tasks automatically.
It is free to use API.
Cons
You should have a Google account to access the hangout chat.
The bot cannot keep track of messages.
It doesn’t provide message encryption.
Google hangout can’t set status.
Telegram Bot API
It is a famous message application used for communication purposes. Using this API you can develop bots to work with the telegram and perform various tasks. It is fundamentally a free, cloud-based informing application that permits clients to send messages and media (records, photographs, and recordings), and settle on voice decisions.
Among the application’s numerous highlights are consistent synchronization across gadgets, coordinated message obliteration, and a photograph proofreader. Messenger gives two APIs: Telegram API for building modified Telegram customers and the Telegram Bot API for associating outsider bots to the Telegram framework.
The API documentation is extensive and genuinely simple to follow (the documentation could be better coordinated). The documentation incorporates a “Prologue to Bots” segment that contains data about empowering bots to acknowledge installments from Telegram clients.
Pros
Telegram bot API helps you to get customized notifications and news.
The API can help you to accept payments and make various games also.
You can create various tools like translation and forecasting of weather.
It is a freely available API.
It also provides samples of documents to make bots.
Cons
It doesn’t provide multiple selections to send data to more people.
On connecting with a mobile phone it sends your contact information to the server.
The messages send using the API are not encrypted.
ChatBot API
This chatbot API supports both advanced Artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop super-intelligent bots. You can make bot stories that react to visit questions and cases, connections that educate the bot on how to react to various circumstances, and rich messages that let the bot react with pictures and different kinds of substances.
The API additionally underpins mixes with a wide scope of stages, for example, LiveChat, Slack, or Facebook. Moreover, you can get reports about the bots’ presentation and make any fundamental upgrades.
Here is useful documentation, bit by bit instructional exercises, and premium help to help you in making ground-breaking chatbots without troubles. Regardless of whether you’re a developing organization or a market chief, ChatBot causes you to discuss better with clients and push your business forward.
Lead clients to a deal through suggested buys and custom-fitted contributions. Create and qualify prospects consequently. Move high-goal prompts to your salespeople progressively to abbreviate the business cycle. Allow clients to buy, request, or timetable gatherings effectively utilizing a brilliant chatbot.
Pros
The chatbot API helps to make stories related to bots that can answer various questions.
The chatbot build using the API are able enough to interact with images and rich messages.
By performing various interactions the bot gets trained.
Using the API you can easily keep an eye on bot’s activities and give important suggestions for their improvement.
The chatbots made with the API can integrate with Slack, Facebook, and LiveChat.
Cons
It only provides 14 days trial version of API.
The cost per month is quite high.
You can’t use it for various languages.
It is not available for all businesses.
Crispchat API
The new release of crisp chat has the ability to collect emails and phone numbers. If you have a Twilio account you can integrate it with crisp to start a conversation using SMS. Envision a stage where building custom chatbots would be fun, simple, and ultra gainful for you and your group.
It gives 5 distinct APIs to let you manufacture the chatbot you had always wanted. The client informing stage depends on the particular design to let you manufacture the best associations on top of our platform.
Interface your chatbot to cutting edge NLP arrangements like DialogFlow or BotPress to fabricate characteristic and rich conversational encounters. Exploit chatbot API to reinforce your client experience. You can make an amazing situation with our chatbot manufacturer. Manufacture the custom chatbot of your fantasy.
Mechanize clients cooperations and begin helping clients or leads in only a couple of clicks with our chatbot programming. Score possible clients, Route discussions to the correct group, condition informing relying upon guests’ decision utilizing a beautifully basic chatbot editorial manager.
Pros
Crisp chat provides you many social buttons for communication purposes.
Using the SDK you can develop inline forms also.
In the case when the chat agent took the time to respond you can play a game called crispy bird.
It is compatible with single-page apps.
Crisp provides you video and audio call facility also.
Cons
It doesn’t support team features.
The chatbot is not noticeable to some customers.
It takes time to load notifications on the system.
NativeChat API
This is a cloud-based platform that can be used for developing chatbots for various channels. You can easily build chatbots for your applications. The working of chatbot incorporates choosing what sort of chatbot to build. NativeChat turns out best for conditional chatbots.
These are bots centered around bantering about unmistakable things. One bot can just deal with a modest bunch of basic cycles before it turns out to be too mind-boggling to even consider developing, prepare, and keep up. It mechanizes monotonous undertakings of most regular tasks.
A task that can be very much portrayed and broken into straightforward advances is an ideal competitor. Every event of the cycle ought to be actually or extremely near the past. Instances of these are submitting support tickets, booking assets, checking the status of requests, and comparative.
Bots are ideal for robotizing measures that are straightforward however require a great deal of time and exertion from your client assistance group. Whenever you’ve figured what task you need to computerize with a chatbot, it’s an ideal opportunity to consider how individuals converse with you in these cases.
The discussion in NativeChat is a coherent gathering of inquiries that the bot can pose to the clients. One discussion would have one explicit objective and numerous means that lead to accomplishing that objective.
Pros
The chatbots make use of natural language processing for interaction purposes.
The chatbots also use cognitive flow services to respond.
This chatbot can easily automate the tasks which have to perform again and again.
You just have to copy the code and embed it into your website coding to develop chatbots for your website.
You can even improve the chatbot performance.
Cons
The documentation available for bot development is not up to date.
The environment description is also misleading.
It doesn’t support angular and creates problems always-on integration.
Conclusion
Due to advancements in the artificial intelligence field, there is an increase in the use of robots used by companies. So same way this is in the case of chatbots. Chatbots are providing so many benefits to their potential users as well as to chat agents.
But the development of a chatbot is not an easy task rather it requires a lot of steps and strategies. However, the use of chatbot API made developers task very easily by providing them various libraries, data, and services. You can also use a particular API to develop a suitable chatbot for your company, project, or business.
In the above-mentioned list, I have been discussed many chatbot APIs. I just hope you will find a suitable API for your goal achievement. Before everything do try to study them online once so that you can gain deep insights about them. I can refer you to some very useful websites to help you. You can ask for help anytime.
Perhaps you have seen compression stockings in a store, or friends or acquaintances have mentioned using them, but you are unfamiliar with them and have wondered who might wear such things, and under what circumstances. Let us briefly proceed to define compression socks, describe the symptoms, conditions, or needs that might be addressed with their use, identify the different types and styles, and note how they are properly worn.
What are compression stockings (socks)?
Compression socks differ from traditional athletic or dress socks primarily in that they are engineered to provide a tighter fit. Compression socks are essentially elastic garments that compress the limbs that they surround. Generally, such stockings are tighter at the extremities, becoming less restrictive as they proceed up the leg. The additional modest pressure exerted by the elastic material on the feet, ankles, and calves is intended to improve blood circulation. While there may have been a time that choosing or using compression socks may have been problematic, that is no longer the case. There is a wide variety of styles, grades, materials, and colors available.
What are compression stockings made of?
Compression stockings might be made from a variety of materials, ranging from natural materials such as merino wool to complex hybrids of manmade fiber. You will choose the stocking material that you find most comfortable and suited to their purpose and activity level. Many modern designs incorporate material(s) that promote the wicking of moisture (sweat) away from the body. There are different styles of compression socks (calf-high, thigh-high, etc), as well as different “grades” or gradients of tightness or elasticity. Clearly, if compression stockings are being worn based upon medical advice for a specific purpose or purposes, professional advice should also be sought with regard to the best style and grade of stocking to be worn.
What are the immediate physical consequences of wearing compression stockings?
legs man runner in compression socks
The immediate physical consequences of wearing compression socks are to compress the limbs, and simultaneously to compress the veins within those limbs. The result is to accelerate the flow of blood within the veins.
What symptoms or conditions might prompt you to try compression socks informally, that is, without consulting a medical professional?
You may have a job, a hobby, or simply the inclination to spend a great deal of time sitting or standing, such that your legs are tired and stiff at the end of the day. You might find that your feet or lower legs are swelling. You may have read that compression stockings can improve athletic performance. Perhaps you heard or read that compression stockings will improve your circulation, or help to keep you from becoming dizzy when you stand abruptly. For these and other reasons you may desire to try compression stockings without medical advice.
Best to proceed with professional medical advice
Clearly, the ideal situation is to discuss the propriety of compression stockings with your medical professional before the fact, particularly if you are experiencing any new and/or unwelcome sensations or symptoms.
What medical conditions might cause your doctor to recommend compression stockings?
There are a wide variety of medical conditions or symptoms for which a doctor might recommend the use of compression stockings. The most common ailments or conditions are:
edema
phlebitis
thrombosis (DVT)
chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)
lymphedema
pregnancy
treatment of lower leg ulcers
varicose veins
fatigue
“Grades” of compression stockings
Ideally, the proper level (“grade”) of compression will be recommended by your medical professional. Compression grades are expressed numerically. The most common grades are:
15-20 mmHg, for over-the-counter products
20-30 mmHg, for medical class 1
30-40 mmHg, for medical class 2
40-50 mmHg, for medical class 3
“mmHg” stands for millimeters of mercury, which is a measurement of pressure; therefore, the higher the number, the greater the pressure exerted upon the limbs and veins. Of course, the greater the pressure exerted, the tighter the stockings will be. Over the counter products featuring the lowest level of compression are the common choice for everyday needs to combat mild fatigue and swelling or to enhance athletic performance.
What is “graduated compression”?
If a product is described as having “graduated compression”, it means that the compression (pressure) is greatest at the toe, foot, or ankle and decreases as you proceed up the leg. The pressure or compression is graduated by customizing the manufacturing (knitting) process for the stockings.
What are the Benefits of Wearing Compression Stockings?
You might expect compression stockings to:
improve vein health and circulation
reduce or eliminate swelling
diminished likelihood of developing blood clots
diminished discomfort and improved appearance of varicose veins
speed post-surgical recovery
recuperate more quickly from sports or training exertions
leave you more refreshed after sitting or standing for prolonged spells
How to put on and wear compression socks
Keep in mind that compression stockings are engineered differently than “regular” socks as they serve a specific purpose. The pressure that they are designed to exert necessarily means that they must be put on differently and with more attention. The essential first step is to place your entire foot into its designated place in the stocking; if you start badly, you likely will end badly and be forced to start over. Once your foot is properly situated, gently but firmly pull up the stockings until they are in place as designed.
What makes a quality pair of compression socks?
stocking style and compression grade match the condition/symptom you are addressing
choice of material
comfort overall
proper size
moisture-wicking properties of the material
Dos and Don’ts of compression stockings.
Please do:
carefully select the proper size
put on first thing in the morning
put on carefully, ideally with soft gloves
properly care for and wash your stockings
note that they will not last forever; elasticity will diminish
note that different materials have different durability characteristics
Please Do Not:
alter them
use chlorine bleach
twist or wring when washing
roll them up when putting on or taking off
wear them at night
wear lotion or oil simultaneously
Conclusion
Compression stockings are an affordable, convenient method to address a wide range of health complaints and conditions. Compression socks are effectively used to remedy minor discomforts, diminish or treat more serious conditions, and enhance athletic performance and endurance. A variety of materials, styles, and designs are available, many of them fashionable. Shop for quality compression stockings today.
Hello there! I’m so glad to see you here on Buddymantra.com!! My name is Sreya and I am the host of the podcast Buddymantra Highlights. You can find us on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Jiosaavn and every other platform that you listen to your podcasts from. Each week on Buddymantra Highlights we talk to a small-time content creator of your liking and ask them all the questions that you have been dying to know about.
As an aficionado of poetry myself, my sights at first drifted to a poet I knew quite well, Khyati Arora. An admirer of poetry and mystery novels alike, Khyati finds solace in everyday aesthetics and the beauty of life in the most mundane habits. An artist in the hours that she finds herself free and an aspiring geneticist in the hours that she’s not; Khyati walks the tightrope between science and art and does so beautifully.
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A poet I could only call wonderfully abstract, Khyati seemed to have a style that made even the mundane special. A feeling that I normally associate with her poetry would be that of standing at the balcony in the night, with cold winds and fairy lights accompanying your solitary thoughts. Calm, peaceful, and yet riveting.
I could go on and on about the beauty of her poetry, but I think the only way I could do justice to her would be through her own words.
When I first began making the script of the podcast, the questions that I ventured to ask were pretty general. While my intentions were born from unpreparedness to what exactly I would ask while interviewing someone, which I had never done before, I was glad I did. Each guest, and in this case Ms Khyati, had such wonderful answers that the questions seemed to tailor themselves around her words.
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My first question, as all first questions to go, was about her journey. When did Khyati have her epiphany?
When was it that she decided that writing was what she wanted to do?
“You know how they say that all life-changing events happen by mistake or so it appears, now that I think of it, but poetry and essays and articles are me, it is only recently in the past two years have I figured how to harness a career out of this.As a child, it started with me trying to rhyme words and then make sentences out of it eventually creating a story of sorts, and voila, it was a poem in no time.
My first encounter with poetry was with this Times of India poetry competition and well, as the path unfolded, I won the competition and had my entry in the newspaper, this was way back in 2013.
And I still recall the sheer joy because it was so pure, like a simple poem that they liked and so appreciated.”
Such an experience, to a writer, was so very familiar that at her response, I was catapulted into my own memories of the first time I fixated onto becoming a writer. To bring that kind of a reaction from mere banter made the interview all the more special, I believe.
My second question delved a bit more into her strength in the medium – Poetry. Often while writing, different writers have different approaches to their work. For instance, a writer could have an entire story formed in the back of their mind, which they then put into words.
And I, I really wanted to know Khyati’s approach.
“I am a person who functions by inspiration; this is why I have to spend time finding enough motivation in all corners before I can get into the mood and vibe for something as relevant and necessary as studying, or something as recreational as writing poetry.
That said, it is always that I came across a photograph, or some art, or a person or an event (imaginary or not) that instigates a thought, and then I start building on it.I feel words come easy to me, but the thought or what I want to deliver through the particular poetry takes more effort to find, it’s like that patch in my life when I’m like life is buffering, I have no inspiration and suddenly I’ll be watching something or speaking to someone.
Inspiration strikes me at 2-3 pm in the afternoon. And I enter another dimension with my mind running at light speed. Now, this may sound either relatable or embarrassing but either way, I am a victim of it.”
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Inspiring is the only words I can use to describe the interview. Her answers were so relatable, but there is a certain perfection that Khyati possesses that seems absent in other writings. She has the ability to write at the sound of a raindrop splashing or somebody murmuring. And that kind of ease into writing is but a myth.
Or at least I thought it is. Writers do it, have done it, but to do it with such ease is what is surprising. Before I conclude Part One of our episode with Khyati Arora, I wish to share the poem she graciously recited to us at the start. A little puzzling it may seem, but I truly enjoyed myself.
/don’t eat feelings/ I am the nucleus in this cell of a world a harmony of sorts or something I failed at I am the crunchy leaves on the sidewalks that kids love to crush the ones that change their color a little faster
I am the sharpness of the knife elegantly dicing mushrooms and carrots (well, mentioning carrots because I’m emotionally attached to them for reasons unsaid) I am the drunk seeking attention the one who loses their way the one who thinks of lovers and galaxies and politics planning future uprisings
so one night I decided to end what it feels like to be in a cell, to be the scrunchy-scronchy leaves, to be shining at edges like a knife, to be intoxicated into another dimension, like slapped into out of body experiences so I ate them and instantly felt something dancing in my throat then I spat everything out yuck it was a nightless identity crisis but I sat by the window like it meant something now I sit crouched with a new perception.
Generally, playing games should be fun and entertaining. It should be a time to refresh and relax your mind. However, some games were not designed to relax your mind, instead, they put it to work. These games help to exercise your brain and even develop new useful skills.
In this article, we have listed ten games you need skills to become a pro at. The list includes board games, card games, video games, and more.
Poker
Poker is a card game that is actually simple to play. However, when you play with experienced players and veterans, you need to apply skills to gain the edge.
During the game, each player wagers according to how well they believe their card hand is. You have to be able to read other players’ movements and body language. At the same time, you must also be able to bluff.
Chess
Here’s one of the most popular games around the world. Chess requires deep thinking and devising strategies to beat the opponent. You need to find ways to outsmart the opponent while making sure they do not outsmart you.
To defend yourself, you need to be able to see the opponent’s moves even before they make it. You must also concentrate fully to see every aspect of the game. For newbies, it could become tiring as they could keep losing to the more experienced players while they learn.
Blackjack
Just like Poker, Blackjack is another very popular card game. It is played online and in many physical casinos around the world. It begins with the dealer dealing two cards to each player. Then, they compete to get a card-hand closer to 21 without going above it.
There are different type of online blackjack games you can play with different skills level. For example, American blackjack offers high RTP, making it slightly easier to beat the game than other variants.
Dota
People who love video games should know about Dota. It is a strategy game that involves more than a hundred characters with unique weaknesses, styles, and specialties. This makes it quite difficult to understand. Dota 2 especially requires teamwork and you’ll need to understand your teammates properly to defeat the opponents. Without efforts from everyone on the team, you can’t win the game.
StarCraft
This is another video strategy game that requires a hundred percent attention to details. It is fast-paced and it requires you to remain alert always. You have to be able to switch from one task to another swiftly and from one objective to another. You can only master this game if you’re competitive and matured, and you have a lot of time to put into it.
Counter-Strike
The counter-strike series is one of the most difficult sets of video games to master, especially the Global Offensive title. Players put in many days and weeks just to understand the maps and the weapons in the game before they proceed to play against others. Those who play the Global Offensive title are usually veterans as it could be so difficult for newbies.
Gin Rummy
Also called Gin, this is a game played with 52 cards, without the jokers included. It is played by two people and usually with two decks. One player deals the card while the other shuffles the other deck.
Players use their hands to make combinations of at least three cards. Each one has the goal of making 100 points before the opponent.
This is another video series that will keep you on the edge of your seat all the time. Many experts in the game spend a lot of time and money to design the characters in the game. So if you’re a new player, it will be difficult and frustrating to compete with such people.
In addition to that, it also takes a lot of practice to master the shooting and accuracy, especially with the DualShock 4 controller. It will take you time and dedication to master this game.
GO
This is a board game which is played by two people. It was invented in China over 2000 years ago but is still well-played today. Players have to use strategies to surround more territory than the opponent.
The pieces used on the board are called stones. One player uses the white stones while the other uses the black. They take turns to move the stones to vacant intersections. At the end of the game, the winner is the one with more territory and captured stones.
Terra Mystica
The last on this list is Terra Mystica, a Euro-style board game played by 2 to 5 players. Each of the players governs one out of fourteen groups and they must skillfully do so. There are different buildings for them to develop resources and they also have to trade to make money. The game gives you so much thinking and strategizing to do.
Because spider solitaire uses an entire extra deck of cards, it is typically considered more difficult than classic solitaire (which is also not easy). The goal of the game is to build out 13 cards of a suit, in ascending sequence. This means that you start at ace and end with a king on top of a pile. There are mental benefits of spider solitaire, like improving memory, reflexes, focus, and mood.
Paneer is an absolute delight for vegetarians. It is available everywhere so you can eat Paneer whenever you want. There are some Paneer dishes which we usually eat in restaurants. What if you could cook those mouth-watering dishes at home? Follow these recipes and have yummy Paneer dishes for lunch or dinner. The ingredients of these dishes are easily available at home.
Shahi Paneer
It is a lip-smacking dish of Paneer which has a creamy taste. You can eat this with rice, chapati, paratha or poori.
Ingredients –
Paneer – 250g
Oil – 2 tablespoons
Salt – According to taste
Water – 1 cup
Tomato – 2
Onion – 1
Garlic – Few cloves
Ginger – Small piece
Chili – 1 or 2
Cloves – Few
Cinnamon – A piece
Butter – 1 tablespoon
Bay leaf – 1 or 2
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – Half teaspoon
Chili powder – Half teaspoon
Garam Masala – Half teaspoon
Kasuri Methi – 1 teaspoon
Cream – Half cup
Method –
Cut Paneer in cubes and chop onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, chili. Heat a pan and put 1 tablespoon oil to it. Add cloves, cinnamon, chili, ginger and garlic to it.
Then put onion to it. Fry well till the raw smell disappears and onion turns soft. Add tomato and sauté for few minutes. Put water and salt to it.
Mix well and cover the pan. Let it boil for some time. Remove cover and check whether the mixture has softened or not.
Cool the mixture completely and transfer it to a blender. Blend to a smooth paste and keep it aside.
Heat the same pan again. Put 1 tablespoon oil and butter to it. Add bay leaf and cumin seeds. Let them splutter.
Put the prepared paste and sauté very well. Add turmeric powder, chili powder and mix. Put cream to it and mix well.
Add garam masala and kasuri methi. Mix properly and make sure that the ingredients have combined well. Put Paneer cubes to it.
If the gravy is very thick, then add little water to it. Mix well and cover the pan for few minutes. Let the flavors get absorbed.
Remove cover and mix. Serve it hot.
Lahsuni Paneer
It is a delectable dish of Paneer which has the flavor of garlic. You can eat this with rice, chapati, paratha or poori.
Ingredients –
Paneer – 250g
Onion – 2
Tomato – 2
Garlic – Some cloves
Ginger – Small piece
Chili – 1 or 2
Cream – Half cup
Curd – Half cup
Salt – According to taste
Turmeric powder – Half teaspoon
Chili powder – Half teaspoon
Coriander powder – Half teaspoon
Garam Masala – Half teaspoon
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Kasuri Methi – 1 teaspoon
Cloves – Few
Oil – 3 tablespoons
Water – As needed
Method –
Cut Paneer in cubes and chop onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, chili. Divide the chopped garlic into two equal portions. Heat a pan and put 1 tablespoon oil to it.
Add cloves, ginger, onion and one portion of garlic. Fry well till the raw smell disappears and onion turns soft. Then add chili and tomato to it.
Mix well and sauté for few minutes. Put little salt and cook till tomato turns soft. Cool the mixture completely and transfer it to a blender.
Blend to a smooth paste and keep it aside. Heat the same pan again. Put 2 tablespoons oil to it. Add cumin seeds. Let them splutter.
Put the other portion of garlic and sauté for a minute. Add the prepared paste and sauté very well. Then put turmeric powder, coriander powder and kasuri methi.
Mix properly and then add curd. Put little salt and water to it. Cook for few minutes and check the consistency of gravy. Put chili powder, garam masala and mix well.
Cover the pan for few minutes. Remove cover and put cream to it. Mix properly. Then add Paneer pieces to it and mix. Serve it hot.
It is an appetizing dish of Paneer which has a spicy taste. You can eat this with rice, chapati, paratha or poori.
Ingredients –
Paneer – 250g
Oil – 3 tablespoons
Onion – 2
Tomato – 2
Garlic – Few cloves
Ginger – Small piece
Chili – 1 or 2
Turmeric powder – Half teaspoon
Chili powder – Half teaspoon
Coriander powder – Half teaspoon
Cumin powder – Half teaspoon
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Capsicum – 1
Tomato sauce – 1 tablespoon
Salt – According to taste
Garam Masala – Half teaspoon
Lemon juice – 2 teaspoons
Water – As needed
Method –
Cut Paneer in long pieces. Chop 1 onion, 1 tomato, ginger, garlic and chili finely. Cut 1 onion, 1 tomato and capsicum in thin slices.
Heat a pan and put 1 tablespoon oil to it. Add chopped onion, ginger and garlic to it. Fry well till the raw smell disappears. Put chopped tomato and sauté till it turns soft.
Then add turmeric powder, chili powder, coriander powder and cumin powder. Mix very well. Cool the mixture completely and transfer it to a blender.
Blend to a smooth paste without adding water and keep it aside. Heat the same pan again. Put 2 tablespoons oil to it. Add cumin seeds and chili. Let them splutter.
Put thinly sliced onion to it and sauté for few minutes. Add capsicum and fry well. Then put the prepared paste and sauté well. Put tomato sauce and salt to it.
Mix properly so that all the ingredients get combined. Put thinly sliced tomato to it and sauté for few minutes. Add garam masala and lemon juice. Mix well.
If you find the mixture sticking to the pan, then put little water and mix it properly. Add Paneer pieces and mix gently. Be careful to not break the pieces.
Make sure that masala has coated all the Paneer pieces. Serve it hot.
Paneer Lababdar
It is a delicious dish of Paneer which has a rich creamy taste. You can eat this with rice, chapati, paratha or poori.
Ingredients –
Paneer – 250g
Oil – 1 tablespoon
Butter – 1 tablespoon
Salt – According to taste
Water – 2 cups
Onion – 1
Tomato – 2
Garlic – Few cloves
Ginger – Small piece
Chili – 1 or 2
Cloves – Few
Bay leaf – 1 or 2
Cinnamon – A piece
Kasuri Methi – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – Half teaspoon
Chili powder – Half teaspoon
Coriander powder – Half teaspoon
Cumin powder – Half teaspoon
Garam Masala – Half teaspoon
Cream – Half cup
Coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon
Method –
Cut Paneer in cubes and chop onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, chili. Heat a pan and put 1 cup water to it. Add tomato, ginger, garlic, cloves and little salt.
Boil for some time till they turn soft and mushy. Cool the mixture completely and transfer it to a blender. Blend to a smooth paste and keep it aside.
Heat the same pan again. Put oil and butter to it. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, chili and kasuri methi. Sauté for a minute.
Put finely chopped onion and fry till the raw smell disappears. Then put the prepared paste and sauté well.
Add turmeric powder, chili powder, coriander powder and cumin powder. Mix very well. Add 1 cup water and little salt to it.
Mix properly and cover the pan for some time. Remove cover and put cream, garam masala. Mix well. Simmer for few minutes and then add Paneer pieces to it.
Mix properly so that all the ingredients get combined. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot.
Peas refers to green peas which is naturally available as a vegetable. It is winter and peas are available in abundance. Why not cook some tasty dishes of this seasonal vegetable. There are some delectable dishes of peas which you will want to eat again and again. The recipes of these dishes need ingredients that are easily available at home. Follow the recipes of these dishes and enjoy them this winter.
Peas Pulao
This is a delicious dish of peas with rice. You can eat this with any curry, dal, fry, raita or salad.
Ingredients –
Basmati Rice – 2 cups
Peas – 2 cups
Ghee – 2 tablespoons
Salt – According to taste
Cumin seeds (Jeera) – 1 teaspoon
Cloves – Few
Bay leaf – 1 or 2
Cinnamon – A big piece
Black pepper – 10
Onion – 1
Chili – 1 or 2
Ginger – A piece
Garlic – Few cloves
Water – 4 cups
Method –
Chop onion, garlic, ginger and chili finely. Wash Basmati rice and soak it in water for some time. Heat a pressure cooker and put ghee to it.
Add cumin seeds, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon, black pepper. Let them splutter. Put onion, ginger, garlic and chili to it. Fry till the raw smell disappears.
Add peas and sauté well. Put rice and mix well. Then add water and salt to it. Mix properly so that all the ingredients get combined.
Put the cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle. After pressure releases from the cooker, fluff gently. Serve it hot.
Peas Paratha
This is a yummy Indian flatbread made from peas. You can eat this with any curry, dal, fry, raita or curd.
Ingredients –
Peas – 1 and half cup
Coriander leaves – 2 tablespoons
Chili – 1 or 2
Ginger – A piece
Water – As needed for paste and dough
Wheat flour (Atta) – 2 cups
Cumin seeds (Jeera) – 1 teaspoon
Salt – According to taste
Garam Masala – Half teaspoon
Chaat Masala – Half teaspoon
Oil – As required
Method –
Chop ginger and chili. Boil water, little salt in a vessel and put peas to it. After the peas get blanched, keep them aside.
In a blender, put ginger, chili, coriander leaves and peas. Along with peas put the water that was used in blanching them. Blend to a smooth paste.
Take a large mixing bowl and put this paste in it. Add wheat flour, cumin seeds, salt, garam masala, chaat masala and little oil to it. Mix very well.
Make sure that all ingredients have combined and knead the dough. Add water to it only if it is required. Make a firm dough and rest it for some time.
Make balls from the dough. Roll those balls using rolling board and pin. Use wheat flour while rolling and flattening them.
Heat a pan and put paratha on it. When it starts getting cooked, put oil on it. Flip it and make sure that paratha has cooked evenly on both sides.
Cook all the parathas in this way. Serve them hot.
Peas Palak
This is a tasty dish of peas sautéed in spinach gravy. You can eat this with rice, chapati, paratha or poori.
Ingredients –
Peas – 1 cup
Palak (Spinach) – 1 bundle
Onion – 1
Salt – According to taste
Water – As needed for boiling
Tomato – 2
Ginger – Small piece
Garlic – Few cloves
Chili – 1 or 2
Oil – 2 tablespoons
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Cardamom – Few
Cloves – Few
Cinnamon – A big piece
Coriander powder – Half teaspoon
Garam Masala – Half teaspoon
Chili powder – Half teaspoon
Kasuri Methi – 1 tablespoon
Butter – 1 tablespoon
Sugar – Half teaspoon
Milk – Half cup
Method –
Chop spinach, tomato, onion, ginger, garlic and chili. Take a vessel and boil water and salt in it. Then add peas to it. Boil for few minutes.
Drain off water from vessel and keep the peas aside. Heat a pan and put oil to it. Add cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon to it.
Let them splutter. Then put ginger, garlic, onion and chili to it. Fry till the raw smell disappears. Put coriander powder and garam masala to it.
Mix properly. Then add tomato and kasuri methi. Sauté till tomato turns mushy. Put spinach and fry well. Mix everything properly.
Cool this mixture and put it in a blender. Make puree of this spinach mixture. Heat the same pan again and put butter to it.
Add chili powder, sugar, salt and sauté for a minute. Then put spinach puree to it and sauté for few minutes. Put peas and milk to it. Mix very well.
Simmer for few minutes so that peas absorb the flavor of spinach. Serve it hot.
Peas Curry
This is a lip-smacking dish of peas which has a spicy taste. It does not need much time to prepare. You can eat this with rice, chapati, paratha or poori.
Ingredients –
Oil – 2 tablespoons
Peas – 2 cups
Cumin seeds (Jeera) – 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds (Rai) – 1 teaspoon
Asafoetida (Hing) – A pinch
Salt – According to taste
Chili – 1 or 2
Turmeric powder – Half teaspoon
Chili powder – Half teaspoon
Coriander powder – Half teaspoon
Water – As needed
Milk – Half cup
Coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon
Method –
Chop chili finely. Take a bowl and put salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, coriander powder and little water in it. Mix well so that the spices dissolve in water.
Heat a pan and put oil to it. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, chili and asafoetida. Let them splutter. Put the spice and water mixture to it. Mix properly.
Add peas and mix well. Cover the pan and simmer for few minutes so that peas get cooked. Then put milk and mix properly.
You can add water to the gravy if it is needed. Garnish the curry with coriander leaves. Serve it hot.
Methi Matar Malai
This is an appetizing dish of peas sautéed in a creamy fenugreek gravy. You can eat this with rice, chapati, paratha or poori.
Ingredients –
Peas – 2 cups
Fenugreek leaves (Methi) – 4 cups
Oil – 3 tablespoons
Onion – 2
Ginger – Small piece
Garlic – Some cloves
Chili – 1 or 2
Water – As needed
Cumin seeds (Jeera) – 1 teaspoon
Cream – Half cup
Salt – According to taste
Garam Masala – Half teaspoon
Method –
Cut onion, ginger, garlic and chili. Take a large vessel and put Fenugreek leaves in water and salt. Leave them for some time. Take a vessel and boil water and salt in it.
Then add peas to it. Boil for few minutes. Drain off water from vessel and keep the peas aside. Heat a pan and put 1 tablespoon oil to it.
Add onion, ginger, garlic and chili. Fry till the raw smell disappears. Cool them completely. Squeeze Fenugreek leaves from water and keep them aside.
Put the fried stuff with little water in a blender. Blend to a smooth paste. Heat the same pan again and put 2 tablespoons oil to it. Add cumin seeds to it.
Let them splutter. Put the masala paste and sauté well. Add Fenugreek leaves to it and sauté well. Then put salt and garam masala. Mix properly.
Add cream and peas. Mix well and cover the pan. Simmer for few minutes so that peas absorb the flavor. Cook till the curry turns creamy.
Check the consistency of curry. Add water to the curry if gravy is very thick. Serve it hot.
I don’t think I really need to give reasons to why you need a full body massage. A day of work tires out each one of us so much that a full body massage is just the best ending. The veritable cherry on top, if you will. The relaxation that comes with a full body massage, and being forced to stay and calm your mind down for at least an hour, is a good respite from the bustle of daily life. And while it is soothing, a full body massage carries with it benefits more than just the comfort. So, here are the top ten reasons you should get a full body massage today.
A full body massage can refresh your skin in a way that you cannot do at home.
Our body is not just our skin, features and organs. Along with the various layers of tissues present that make up our skin, there is a layer of dead skin cells on top that are created regularly. Millions of skin cells die and new ones are created every day. But simple washing or scrubbing cannot remove all these dead cells. A gentle body massage accompanied by lotion and oil works to exfoliate all the dead skin cells from your body, making your skin look refreshed.
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Nervous System Relaxation
The skin and every part of the body are connected to nerves and nerve endings. So every touch, sensation that you feel is because your nervous system reacts a certain way to a certain action. And the same goes with a massage. A professional masseuse knows the right points to massage to provide the maximum relief. Even if you have a mostly sedentary lifestyle, sitting at a desk for hours can make your muscles stiff and lethargic, and regular exercise and a massage will do you good.
What does a relaxed nervous system mean for you? It means that not only do your muscles feel the relief, your hormone production shall also balance itself out. Stress hormones are then released in lesser numbers and feel-good hormones are secreted in larger ones. These hormones in turn regulate your sleep cycles and your level of activity when awake. They can even out your blood sugar and regularize the amount of food you eat.
Muscles aren’t just slabs of flesh under our skin that cover our skeleton. Muscles are also incorporated with nerves, bloodstreams, capillaries and lymph nodes. When stretched and squeezed, they release de-oxygenated blood and lymph fluids, and upon relaxation absorb fresh blood and lymph, refreshing the muscles with fresh oxygen and rejuvenating fluids. Massaging does this job very well and masseuse know the spots that we normally fail to stretch.
A Better Bone Blood Supply
Your bones aren’t just something that lay encased within your muscles with no function other than holding you up. Your bones also have nerve endings and a blood supply within them. Bone marrow is created in the centre of your bones too. Massages increase blood circulation and a better blood flow guarantees more calcium and minerals to your bones. Your skeletal system shall receive more relief and get a better supply of much needed nutrients.
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A Healthy Heart
A Heart is all about pumping. With four compartments built just for filtering and directing good and bad blood to the right places, the heart’s only job is to circulate blood to all parts of your body. The pressure provided during a massage increases the ease at which blood reaches your organs. And better circulation gives some much needed ‘rest’. Your heart doesn’t stop, it never does unless and until you experience an attack or death. However, your blood pressure regularizes and your heartbeats slow down to normal.
Mental and physical stress can have adverse effects on the body, and mainly the digestive system. Depending on the person, the effects could range from a lethargic metabolism and digestion to stomach upsets and vulnerability to infections. Your nervous system, or at least a section of it regulates your digestion. It also acts as a message relay system for when you need enzymes like saliva, gastic juices and insulin. Some massages relieve the pressure from your large intestine. When the passage of movement is smooth, the entire digestive system is geared to move as smoothly as possible. This relieves your body, and has it feeling much more active than it would have usually.
Your Personal Lymphatic Detox
Remember your appendix? The organ that school says is useless, vestigial. Well, it’s not. Not really. The appendix is a part of your lymph system. Like the circulatory system, your lymph system is present in all parts of your body and is connected with capillaries to your bloodstream. The lymph system keeps the blood fluid levels in your body balanced and protects your body from infections.
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Lymph contains proteins, helpful bacteria, salts and other substances. Massages, just as they activate your bloodstream, can activate your lymph too. Your lymph requires the pressure and ease to travel through your body more effectively. And the ease can also put your body at peace and comfort. Massages can further prevent infections and further pain.
Improved Breathing
Some masseuse will ask you to take a deep breath before they begin their massage. They do this to induce a feeling that you’re breathing a sigh of relief with your exhale. Relaxation of breath is one of the fastest and easiest ways to obtain stress relief and the comforting pressure helps. While your breathing apparatus, the lungs, diaphragm are all inside your body, thankfully, they need relief too. And massages help with that. The muscles surrounding your lungs, your ribs and chest assist breathing.
A common misconception about skin tone is that melanin content is the base factor on how good one’s tone is. While melanin has its own contributing factors, an improved skin tone speaks to the health of the skin. The more even the skin tone, the healthier the skin. This can happen due to a multitude of reasons including vitamin content, but massages can marginally contribute. Masseuses generally use a litany of oils that help rub out dead skin cells and replenish dry skin.
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A heightened sense of mental alertness
Massages act as both a relaxant and stimulant to the body. When pressed on the right pressure points the nerves of your body and gives you a certain amount of relaxation during the massage. After the course of the massage, when your body has received the adequate relaxation, your muscles activate. Your muscles shall feel more stimulated, and you shall suddenly be incredibly active.
The way and rate in which your hair grows is very much dependent on a number of different external factors – the main one being a person’s genetic make up and genetic history. Although much of it is clearly out of your hands, there are, in fact, some things that you can do that will help to not only promote hair growth, but to also stop hair loss from occurring in the first place.
Some of the best things that you can easily do at home to keep you with a full head of thick, strong hair are listed below for you to try out yourself.
Increasing Your Intake Of Iron
An important nutrient for the growth of healthy hair, iron can be easily added into your diet through eating lean beef, lentils, clams, turkey, white beans, oysters, spinach, and pumpkin seeds. If you do not like any of these, then look out for those foods that already come pre fortified with iron. It is important to note that if you do not eat meat then your daily iron requirement will be more than those who do.
Getting More Protein In Your Diet
Your body requires a good and frequent source of protein in order to produce new hair. Being deficient in protein can lead to your hair falling out. Some of the ways in which you can easily add sufficient protein to your diet is through eating seeds, nuts, beans, lean meats, eggs, and fish.
Using Aromatherapy
The holistic treatment via the use of specific aromas, which is known as aromatherapy, has been shown by some studies to stimulate the growth of new hair on your head. Some of the best herbs to use for this purpose include tulsi, cedarwood, lavender, thyme, and rosemary. Rather than putting the essential oils directly on to your scalp, you should put some drops into something that is known as a ‘carrier oil’ (e.g. coconut oil). Not only should you rub these into your scalp, but there is some benefit to bed had from breathing in the essential oils also.
Taking Natural Supplements
The plant extract palmetto has been shown by a number of studies to promote hair growth specifically in those men who suffer with male pattern baldness. A simple dose of 320 mg that is consumed on a daily basis is more than enough to not only keep hair loss from occurring in men of all ages but to also promote hair growth. However, this is a slow process and it can take as long as two years before any clear and visible signs of hairs coming through.
Should any or all of these home remedies not be successful for you or sound like something that you could do, then there are some medical treatments out there that may be of use and are equally, if not more effective at stopping you from going completely bald. These include a version of the medicine propecia, which is called finasteride. You can see results with finasteride here.
