No don't do it for the society....don't do it because some nebulous person said "truth is the right approach" - do it for yourself.
Bharti- The world knows you as Bharti Yadav- you are a educated girl, a modern girl who has soaked in the benefits of a lavish and privilged lifestyle , modern upbringing and good education. You did what any normal young girl is apt to do- Fall in Love. Things went horribly wrong- you have lived with the trauma of losing your beloved, you have gone through the pain of not being able to mourn in peace, you have had to face the unfriendly media glare, you went into hiding. And what's worse is now you have to make the choice of aiding law to help bring the murderers -the people who brutally killed your love- to justice-knowing fully well that they might be your kith and kin.
So far you have been quiet, you seem to be on a change statement mode, a denial mode. But think about it- who are you trying to shield??- a person who has been convicted of being responsible for the murder of a model turned bartender-who was killed for just doing her job- A person who had never shown any remorse or signs of guilt- who openly threatens lawyers and cops about his dad's money and power etc. A father who supports his son no matter what- a son who thinks he has the authority of meddling with his sister's life and brutally killed herlove.
Both you Bharti and you Bhavna-think about it- won't you be better off without people like these in your life. No you dont need to think about Nitish's brutal murder, or the anguish of Jessica's famly or of Nitish's mom running from pillar to post trying to get justice or for millions of people for whom the jessica judgement was a reinstated faith in justice , or the fact that it would not have been possible had some of the witnesses not turned hostile....No you really don't -just think about yourself and your right to live with peace and dignity. Can you not see the bloodstains on the hands of your own kith and kin- Do you think the blood will remain unpaid for-for long??? Did it remain unpaid for-for Lady Macbeth? Can you see a future for yourself keeping these people who call yourself your near and dear ones safe??....Secure your future....live to wake up in a guiltfree morning,ensure that you can look your kids in the eye...without remorse or guilt...
What are you scared of anyways- your current state of existence is anyway a state of nadir- what worse could happen-what have you to lose anyway?? What will you gain by ensuring the safety of a criminal- fear? state of being repressed? mental and physical torture? You owe this much to yourself atleast- the right to be free......
Buck up gals -speak the truth -not for God's sake, not for society's sake, not for justice's sake, not for Nitish's sake,not for Jesscia's sake- but for your own sake- Free Yourself- You deserve it...........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitish_Katara
http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=nitishkataramurder
http://in.news.yahoo.com/050330/43/2kgu8.html
Friday, March 09, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Fat and fit is better than thin and idle
An Article copied from the Internet- I just loved it for obvious reasons:)
If you are fat (overweight) and fit you are better off health-wise than if you are thin and idle. According to Professor Chris Riddoch, a UK government advisor on its recent physical activity report, 'There is evidence that fat people who achieve cardiovascular fitness through exercise have better health outcomes than lean people who don't.'
Many people in the UK, USA and several other countries are overweight. Many people think that being fit means being lean. We have to stand this idea on its head and focus on being fit, say the experts.
Riddoch said "As long as people see physical activity primarily as a way of losing weight, they are unlikely to keep it up, either because it doesn't achieve that objective quickly or because they think they have to lose weight before they can take up serious exercise. The benefits can be achieved whatever a person's weight."
He goes on to say that the benefits of being fit are usually greater than those of weight loss.
We have to get away from the idea that exercise is something we can only do when we have lost the weight. In fact, we have to look at what we mean by exercise.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY EXERCISE?
When most of us think of exercise we imagine a cross country runner puffing away, or a muscle man in the gym lifting weights, some of us think of famous sports stars practising their sport. What if we changed that view and thought of 'PHYSICAL ACTIVITY'.
What kind of things could we include in 'physical activity' apart from gyms, athletic tracks and road running? Well, we could include walking, cycling, swimming, more walking down to the shops, using our cars less, gardening, washing the car rather than taking it to the car wash, playing golf without the little electric cart, dancing and houseowork. In fact, if we think of everyday things, most of them involve some form of physical activity.
Now lets take this physical activity to the gym or local sports center and see if there are things fat people could do there without being over self-conscious and embarrassed or worried about not being able to cope. There is swimming, aqua aerobics, static bicycles, rowing machines, beginners exercise classes.
One gadget I bought about a three months ago has completely changed the way I look at physical activity. I bought a Pedometer. It measures how many steps I am taking, adds them up and tells me at the end of the day how many steps I took and how far I walked (more or less). The packet said that if I can take 10,000 steps a day I have done enough physical activity to stay healthy.
I put the pedometer on and carried on as normal. I wanted to see how far I would walk on a normal day. At the end of the first day I sat rather depressed at the end of my bed looking at the reading - I had done a mere 2,800 steps that day. That is just barely one quarter of my target.
The next morning I decided to go and get the newspaper on foot. I usually go by car to a store about one mile away. I did not fancy walking two miles every morning. So, I went to a nearer one that was about 400 yards away. That immediately added about 700 steps the Pedometer. In the evening I took the dog for a walk.
My family noticed I kept looking at this little gadget and asked me what it was. To cut a long story short, we all had a Pedometer within a few days. My wife and I soon took the dog for a walk every evening.
I now walk about 10,000 steps a day. During my lunch break I grab a ten-minute walk. Whenever I am talking on the phone I get up and pace up and down the office floor. I try to walk to all shops and banks, etc. that are less than one mile away.
Basically, all I am doing now is what my parents and grandparents used to do. I am using my legs to get around.
Friends have started using it. It is easy to incorporate ten thousand steps into your everyday life. Most of my friends have managed to maintain their daily targets.
v There is one thing I have notice however, and this may spoil the fat fit versus thin and idle idea. Most of my fat friends who have been using the Pedometer for more than a couple of months have lost a lot of weight. Does this mean that being fat and fit is a bit of a dream - if you are fat and get fit and keep up the exercise, surely you will not stay fat. Opinions welcome.
Anyway, the message is clear - aim for the fitness rather than the slimness if you are aiming for better health.
If you are fat (overweight) and fit you are better off health-wise than if you are thin and idle. According to Professor Chris Riddoch, a UK government advisor on its recent physical activity report, 'There is evidence that fat people who achieve cardiovascular fitness through exercise have better health outcomes than lean people who don't.'
Many people in the UK, USA and several other countries are overweight. Many people think that being fit means being lean. We have to stand this idea on its head and focus on being fit, say the experts.
Riddoch said "As long as people see physical activity primarily as a way of losing weight, they are unlikely to keep it up, either because it doesn't achieve that objective quickly or because they think they have to lose weight before they can take up serious exercise. The benefits can be achieved whatever a person's weight."
He goes on to say that the benefits of being fit are usually greater than those of weight loss.
We have to get away from the idea that exercise is something we can only do when we have lost the weight. In fact, we have to look at what we mean by exercise.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY EXERCISE?
When most of us think of exercise we imagine a cross country runner puffing away, or a muscle man in the gym lifting weights, some of us think of famous sports stars practising their sport. What if we changed that view and thought of 'PHYSICAL ACTIVITY'.
What kind of things could we include in 'physical activity' apart from gyms, athletic tracks and road running? Well, we could include walking, cycling, swimming, more walking down to the shops, using our cars less, gardening, washing the car rather than taking it to the car wash, playing golf without the little electric cart, dancing and houseowork. In fact, if we think of everyday things, most of them involve some form of physical activity.
Now lets take this physical activity to the gym or local sports center and see if there are things fat people could do there without being over self-conscious and embarrassed or worried about not being able to cope. There is swimming, aqua aerobics, static bicycles, rowing machines, beginners exercise classes.
One gadget I bought about a three months ago has completely changed the way I look at physical activity. I bought a Pedometer. It measures how many steps I am taking, adds them up and tells me at the end of the day how many steps I took and how far I walked (more or less). The packet said that if I can take 10,000 steps a day I have done enough physical activity to stay healthy.
I put the pedometer on and carried on as normal. I wanted to see how far I would walk on a normal day. At the end of the first day I sat rather depressed at the end of my bed looking at the reading - I had done a mere 2,800 steps that day. That is just barely one quarter of my target.
The next morning I decided to go and get the newspaper on foot. I usually go by car to a store about one mile away. I did not fancy walking two miles every morning. So, I went to a nearer one that was about 400 yards away. That immediately added about 700 steps the Pedometer. In the evening I took the dog for a walk.
My family noticed I kept looking at this little gadget and asked me what it was. To cut a long story short, we all had a Pedometer within a few days. My wife and I soon took the dog for a walk every evening.
I now walk about 10,000 steps a day. During my lunch break I grab a ten-minute walk. Whenever I am talking on the phone I get up and pace up and down the office floor. I try to walk to all shops and banks, etc. that are less than one mile away.
Basically, all I am doing now is what my parents and grandparents used to do. I am using my legs to get around.
Friends have started using it. It is easy to incorporate ten thousand steps into your everyday life. Most of my friends have managed to maintain their daily targets.
v There is one thing I have notice however, and this may spoil the fat fit versus thin and idle idea. Most of my fat friends who have been using the Pedometer for more than a couple of months have lost a lot of weight. Does this mean that being fat and fit is a bit of a dream - if you are fat and get fit and keep up the exercise, surely you will not stay fat. Opinions welcome.
Anyway, the message is clear - aim for the fitness rather than the slimness if you are aiming for better health.
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