April, 2024

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Famous Stars Who Started Out As Pageant Winners

Winning Questions and Answers Question: What qualities should Miss World 1994 embody? Answer: “The Miss Worlds we have had up to date have been proof enough that they have had compassion for the the underprivileged, not only the people who have status and stature, who can look beyond the barriers that man has set up for ourselves of nationality and colour. …

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Indian Jokes: Short Stories That Will Make You Smile

The Always Cunning Mr. Singh A wealthy Singh from India travels all around the world on business. He is now in Canada and walks into a Canadian bank and asks for the loan officer. He says he’s going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind …

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Easy Rakhri Dessert Recipes

Jalebi Recipe Serving 20 jalebies Supplies Icing bag or Jalebi bottle (substitute: cleaned & empty ketchup/mustard bottle) Ingredients 1cup  all-purpose flour  (“Meyda”) 2 teaspoons  gram flour  (“Besan”) 1⁄2cup  plain beaten yogurt (“Dayie”) 1⁄2cup  water 500ml pre-prepared sugar syrup (Chasni) 500ml  ghee  or 500 ml oil 1pinch  baking soda 1.  Mix all-purpose flour with gramflour 2.  Add water and yogurt 3. …

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“Milk and Honey” By Rupi Kaur

Her words find their way inside of us. They creep into the cracks we don’t realize are open. And we can’t help but let them. Because inside us is their home: her poems tell the stories that live inside of us. I discovered Rupi Kaur almost two years when my cousin reposted her poem “to fathers with daughters.” I was …

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Wedding Bell Blues: Price of Indian Weddings Now Vs. 10 Years Ago

With the high price of hall rentals, catering and entertainment for such large families, it is no surprise that Indian weddings are notoriously known to be expensive. It used to be that an Indian wedding would cost the down payment on a really nice car, now one would cost the down payment on a really nice house. In just 10 …

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Her Story: A Look into the Life of a Drug Dealer’s Girlfriend

My sit down conversation with a young girl whose careful words and chilling memories paint the picture of what it’s really like to date a drug dealer in Surrey (note: names have been excluded for privacy protection). How would you describe [him] as a boyfriend? (Smiles) He was everything you could ever want in a boyfriend. He was smart, he …

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The Science Behind Why You Felt Happier This Summer

You don’t need a scientist to tell you that summer is associated with brightness, sunny beaches, uplifted spirits and the 5-year-old inside of you urging you to go outside. What you may not know, however, is that there is biological research explaining why people tend to be happier in the summer. Let’s start off with some basic biology: melatonin is …

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Using Social Media to Improve Your Business: The 8 Laws

1.) Law of Free Promotion – Give your product/provide your service free of cost  to established social media stars and have them review it – You don’t have to be popular on social media right away, you have to find the right people – If you have a great product/service the people you give them to will do the work …

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