Super slow (and safe) workouts

Mindbridge Precautions

Bandra resident Aryanish Patel from ‘Mindbridge’ is conducting special workshops for parents and children on ‘Pandemic fear management’ in view of the recent Swine Flu pandemic. “Numerous requests started to pour in from students and their families as to how one can reassure their child that everything will be fine”, says Aryanish, and so she’s given us these few steps to follow:

Step 1.Take wise precautions and only follow guidelines from CDC and WHO.

Step 2. Extreme phobias and fears can lead to OCD and effect your mental health. There is no need for panic. Let your health professionals know about your concerns.

Step 3. Realise that the closing of schools is a precaution and not a result

Step 4: Wear masks and put a little Eucalyptus oil on them and keep alternate masks at hand to throw away the spoiled ones.

To attend the workshop or to know more contact:
aryanishp@mindbridge.in, http://www.mindbridge.in
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/general_info.htm, http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

THE THREE WISE MEN OF INBANDRA

The Worli Sea Link, just a few weeks old, gets a review from  three Bandra residents – our three wise men. The 3 men you see on this page weren’t born great, have not achieved greatness and there is little chance that anything will be thrust upon them in a hurry. However, we are certain that you will enjoy the fruit of their wideness.

Here is my user manual for those traveling the Sea Link

1) Use a car that has a high seat to enjoy the view. Concrete, when seen from far, is strangely appealing.

2) Go slowly past the cables. Look up and say “awesome!”

3)  Question the toll. Why must we pay to travel in the city just because there is sea below? Have a long debate about this with the toll attendant. – Kobad Mobedjina

A time existed when the ride to town took one hour, but even people in their twenties haven’t experienced it. Happily, I’ve managed that sometimes on the BWSL, now that the sightseers are gone. I’m glad bikes and buses aren’t allowed, it’ll get messy. Bikers will go nuts, buses will block both lanes. If buses are ever allowed, there should be a couple of bus stops on the bridge, just to confuse people! –Ashish Jagtiani

The Bandra Worli Sea Link cost Rs. 1650 crores, Fodder Scam Rs 950 crores, Satyam Scam Rs 8000 crores, Bofors Scam 600 crores, Mayawati Statues 2000 crores, reaching Bandra from Worli in 7 minutes…priceless! So you can criticize the toll being too high or bottlenecks it is causing at various places or call it a scam to charge taxpayers whose money the seal link is built with to use it. Bottom line is: it works, it’s beautiful, we use it, well done. –Raoul Hirani

Indoor workouts

If you’ve decided to opt for one too many bhagiyas instead of your evening walk thanks to the monsoons don’t fret. We ask Leena Mogre, the director of Leena Mogre’s Fitness to give us some tips on staying fit this rainy season.

FREE SQUATS: Put your feet at shoulder width with your toes and knees pointed slightly outward. Descend until thighs are parallel to the floor. Make sure your knees do not cross the line of your toes, as that could damage for your knees.

ABDOMINAL CRUNCHES: Lie down on the floor on your back and bend your knees. Place your hands behind your head or across your chest. Slowly contract your abdominals, bringing your shoulder blades about two or three inches off the floor. Hold at the top of the movement for a few seconds, breathing continuously. Slowly lower back down.

SURYA NAMASKAR: Stand with your feet together and palms folded in front of your chest. Raise your arms over your head and shoulders. Stretch your abdomen as much as possible and lean backwards. Bend forward and place your palms at the side of your feet. Touch the knee with your forehead and exhale deeply. Take one leg back and place the other leg in the front with palms firm on the ground. Bring the leg that was in front next to other one and keep the hips off the floor, with your hands supporting the body in a push-up position. Lower your knees, chest and forehead. Lower your waist and raise your upper body. Look upwards and then raise your hips and bring your head to the floor with eyes on the navel and heel on the floor – like an inverted ‘V.’ Reverse and return to starting position.

LEENA’S ADVISE:

Always warm up and cool down your body and remember to get a trainers advise since you can injure yourself.

– Glynda Alves

The Three Wise Men of Bandra

This week we introduce a new feature, the 3 wise men of InBandra. The 3 men you see on this page weren’t born great, have not achieved greatness and there is little chance that anything will be thrust upon them in a hurry. However, we are certain that you will enjoy the fruit of their wideness. And hopefully they will master the art of bladder control soon. We get to give their opinion on the pani puri at Sweet Punjab at Pali Naka.

If Sweet Punjab were a college, then its paani poori would be a first rate student. But without distinction. And certainly no city topper.  While the puri is crisp, and the paani is cold, the filling could do with more calories. Overall, itna mazza nahi, lekin mooh mein paani zaroor aaya!

– Kobad Mobedjina

The pani puri wala at PSH has one of the best hands in the business, and that’s what makes the difference. Simple ingredients converted to a classic formula. My small complaint is that sometimes the mirchi overpowers the meetha, but that must be just a mix issue. The lovely ladies who drop by regularly are an added bonus. An edible and visual treat for twenty bucks.

– Ashish Jagtiani

If you’re passing by Pali Naka, I would strongly recommend the pani-puri at Punjab Sweet home. Even if you aren’t passing, it’s worth making a trip. It’s right mix of teekha and meeta, the paani- cold and the puri crisp. Just the right combination of tastes, textures and temperatures to tease your taste buds (alliteration!). And it’s not served with a helping of typhoid so an ideal candidate for the rains.

-Tarun Paulose

Get yourself rain ready

During the monsoons everyone will give you advice on how its not good to eat food from the roadside and try not to get wet but we asked Dr.(Mrs.) A.R. Dhalla to give us us some precautions to take during the monsoons that you may or may not know.

• Wash and clean vegetables thoroughly well before cooking . Soak vegetables for some time in a solution of potassium permanganate to kill germs and worms.
• Do not drink water which is not properly stored.  Drink clean filtered and boiled water only.  Store water in copper and silver vessels as it kills germs.
• Check drain and sewage pipes for cracks and leaks as their close proximity may cause contamination of water sources thereby causing fecal related infections.
• Wear proper footwear like gum boots which will prevent contact with soil.  Diabetics must use closed footwear and should thoroughly dry the feet to prevent fungal  infection.
• Asthmatics should ensure fungus does not grow in wooden furniture and articles like shoes and leather bags and carpets.
• Check electrical connections and wiring’s before the monsoons and see there is no seepage near the electrical connections to avoid electrocution.
• Use proper mosquito repellant’s and creams and nets to avoid mosquito bites.
• Put kerosene or phenol in stagnant water to check undesired mosquito breeding.

During monsoon sunlight is prevented from passing down in total till depth, thereby helping disease germs to flourish uninterruptedly from sharp rays of the sun. The sudden onset of monsoon after recession of an extended hot summer diminishes the normal health status of an average individual forcing him prone to disease.

– Rommel Albuquerque