This is Her World Too

 Union Ministry of Women and Child Development  is now busy planning a draft Bill that would allow housewives to have a monthly income from their husbands.

Just like any other woman, I also wish the bill will get implemented. I am sure that this news should have a soothing effect on all the women in India, though the “gentlemen” feel the other way. 

According to the patriarchal system, it’s a usual scene in almost all families, which, woman who is doing all the household work, day and night are jobless. At the end of the day, they are supposed to hear the question “what are you doing, sitting at home... is it a work?” OK guys did you ever try to put yourself into her shoes?

Though it says that, we are living in a modern society, and the both genders are having equal rights, both of them are equally earning to sustain their family, how many men are there around us who really helps their wives after her long office hours? Though there are men who believe and understand their wives as human being and help her out, still majority are in the same patriarchal boat.  Helping his wife in kitchen, and household works are strictly prohibited areas for him. What will happen, if she tries to make him understand it? Here is his answer- “I never had seen my mother taking any help from my dad... All this are woman’s work, her monarchy, that too without this much facilities she has managed .You are too lazy to do that’s all” What a fantastic answer! 

Brother, the time is up to renew your thinking. Woman is no more a slave, gone are those days where we have seen, she eat food only after him. While the man have rice with curries woman adjust herself with dried tapioca and black tea without sugar. She adjusted herself and made him happy and instead of giving her happiness he took it as a chance to dominate over her, made her more or less a slave.

Now here we arrived at a transformation in the way of thinking- she is not a free cook, and don’t take her for granted.  I know, most of the men cannot accept it, and they may add excuses that this cannot improve a woman’s situation and it doesn’t make any sense on paying them off, and it may destroy the holiness of marriage or this law is trying to involve money in relationships. But there are so many women struggling with irresponsible husbands, who never care about her and treat her as a servant. In such scenarios, this decision of the Ministry on woman empowerment would be most welcoming if it gets approved, if not at least this may open the eyes of gentlemen.

A Chit-Chat about Dosa!

Recently I came across an article about Cauliflower in a mainline supplement. It was a very good article which made me feel that the flowery vegetable has got interesting features.I feel almost all the eatables in the world have some unique features or stories of their own. Let’s take the example of Dosa.

Dosa or Dosai is a staple food in India, especially in the Southern States like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.  In most of the parts of world this crispy crunchy golden brown dish is available but in different names. In Malaysia and Myanmar the dosa is thosai. In different taste and names, now around 100 varietes of dosa are available, with different flavorings and stuffing like, paneer, egg, onion, masala etc, which you can have with different range of chutney.

I still remember the story about Dosa which I heard in my childhood- “dosa and demon”.  (So even demon know about Dosa I guess) According to the studies, it is believed that the dosa has its origins in Tamil Nadu as its first reference occurs in the Tamil Sangam Literature from around 6th century AD whereas there are some conflicts on this view, saying it is originated in Udupi, Karnataka. There is no clue about how this flat round sauté got the name “Dosa” But I think it derived its name from the sound when the dosa batter put on the pan.

Unlike the other dishes, you can have Dosa at any meal. It is always there to relish your taste buds with so much health benefits. This fermented pan cake is a good source of protein and essential amino acids, especially for those suffering from malnutrition.

And also it has high concentrations of zinc, and iron which are important nutrients in the diet for crucial molecular processes.

The wide range of dosa with western flavoring as well, will never depress with its lingering aroma served with pinch of love. That is why even the brands like The Dosa Plaza which started as a street side shop; now a brand name in the Dosa world, to prove the taste of Dosa is unique and popular.

eLearning - The New Domain

The name as it sounds, it is all about learning over an electronic media. We can broaden it as the distance learning with the help of technologies and methodologies.

I came across this term after I joined in my new firm- where my job is to design eLearning modules based on the business requirement. Once I attended a training of two months about I got an outline about what it is. According to me eLearning courses are blend of content and technologies, which are created with collaboration of instructional designers, graphic designers and subject matter experts.

Nowadays corporate world is choosing eLearning for training purposes of their employees than class room training as it is more cost effective as well as flexible for the learners.

In order to become a good instructional designer, who designs the eLearning course, you need to be an active learner. Only when you learn yourself thoroughly, you can teach the learners. You have to put yourself in learners’ shoe.

We can divide learners to three types- Novice, Intermediary and expert, as per the learning theories. You have to design courses depends upon the audience.

Before developing the actual course in the technology platform, first we have to create a story board on it.

 The storyboard can be authored in MS Word, PowerPoint or even in a paper. But the development of a course takes place in certain particular tools. Some of the major tools used in developing courses are PowerPoint, Flash, Captivate, Articulate, Presenter and Camtasia.