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Face pack treatment for acne, pimples, skin infections and skin fairness

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By – Dr. Abhimanyu Bishnu, integrated health practitioner Introduction: Acne, pimple and skin infection issues are common in young age groups, and sometimes also occur at a later age due to certain medical problems. The causes, at various ages, vary from hormonal imbalance, digestion issues, stress to pollution and dirt accumulation. If the acne/pimple gets infected, it needs immediate medical attention. In any case, these problems are an issue even if not infected, and need to be attended to thoroughly. There has been a profusion of acne and pimple formulations in the market. While these are good, one can also resort to simple, cheap and effective homemade remedies for curing these problems. In this article, we will see how to make a simple home-based facial treatment regime for acne, pimple and skin infections using commonly available ingredients,. It is also useful in lightening the skin tone and bringing fairness, and mitigating wrinkles/tans/ dark spots/ scars lines. ...

The parting

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Trying my hand at short story writing. I submitted this story to Write India Season 2. Don't kill me if it's too sugary;  the script demanded it :) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                      The parting I didn’t think I would ever fall in love again. I know that everyone says that after heartbreak, but the difference is that I’m not heartbroken. I’m not cynical, or pessimistic, or sad. I’m just someone who once felt something bigger than anything else I’d ever felt and when I lost it, I honestly believed I would never have that again. But... I was 22 then and life is long. And I’m feeling things right now that I haven’t in a long, long time.   It’s a bright October morning, one of those pre-Puja mornings in Kolkata whe...

An imaginary conversation: Holy(i )Tharoorism

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A small take on Tharoorism ( Shashi Tharoorji is known for his grand style of speech, much like Sir Humphrey in “ Yes Minister.”) Shashi Tharoor wishes me Happy Holi: “May your festive season be punctuated with revachism whose magnoliquence can only be theatropistically analysed by the use of reminiscent exacerbation. I hope you dont mind my apostacy. I know your arquistic impedance might not engulf this kind of debauched pedagogy because of its repuginatious tolecentrism.” 🤣🤣🤣 I wish him back from my side : " May my ecstatic heartfelt exuberance subsequent to your magnanimous benevolent eloquence towards   this depraved entity be euphemistically magnified and perpetuated in the seasonal colours of this magnificent multifaceted Indian festival.May you and your progeny bathe eternally in its multicoloured hues so permanently so that your theatropistic ebullience be magnified manifold forewith.” Samajh mein aaya? Nahi naa? That was the intent. Balle...

The Happy Scrapbook_2: Rapunzel plays Holi

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Here's the second one in the online " Happy Scrapbook Series" Pics by : Aarshi  Poetry and comments by: Abhi     “Rapunzel has very long hair, Which always flutters here and there; Rapunzel is very jolly, And loves to play colours on Holi." Comments "She played in Red, Purple, White, Green and Turqoise blue colours.” 01/03/2018