Indian Names and Parenting

In this post, we want to share some simple remedies using common Indian spices found in your kitchen. These illness listed below are commonly found in Indian children. Many of you may be knowing these remedies known as Grand mother’s medicine. Do try them and as always, please remember that these are just home remedies and a trained Doctor/ Peadiatrician knows best when it comes to your baby.

COLDS

Mix a gram of dalchini/cinnamon powder with a teaspoon of honey and consume. Prepare a cup of tea to which you should add ginger, clove, bay leaf and black pepper.. This should be consumed twice a day. Reduce the intake as the cold disappears.

DRY COUGHS.

Add a gram of turmeric (haldi) powder to a teaspoon of honey for curing dry cough. Also chew a cardamom for a long time.

BLOCKED NOSE.

For blocked nose or to relieve congestion, take a table spoon of crushed carom seeds (ajwain), tie it in a cloth and inhale it.

SORE THROAT.

Add a tea spoon of cumin seeds (jeera) and a few small pieces of dry ginger to a glass of boiling water. Simmer it for a few minutes, and then let it cool. Drink it twice daily. This will cure cold as well as sore throat.

MIGRAINE.

For the cure of migraine or acute cold in the head; boil a tablespoon of pepper powder, and a pinch of turmeric in a cup of milk, and have it daily for a few couple of days.

CUT AND WOUNDS
For small cuts or wounds, apply turmeric powder to the injured portion to stop the bleeding. It also works as an antiseptic. You can tie a bandage after applying haldi/turmeric.

INDIGESTION

Turmeric can be used to relieve digestive problems like ulcers, dysentery. Turmeric can be taken as a drink other than adding to dishes to help prevent all problems. Use one teaspoon of turmeric powder per cup of warm milk every day. It is also used as a paste for local action.

VOMITING

Take 2 cardamoms/ elachi and roast them on a dry pan (tava). Powder the cardamoms and thereafter add a tsp of honey in it. Consume it frequently. It serves as a fabulous home remedy for vomiting.

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Culture Clash: Some Advice for Raising Indian Kids in the US

Whether you yourself were raised in India, or you are second generation immigrants, you
are probably fully aware of the difficulties inherent in raising your kids to remember their
roots. Culture is an important aspect of identity, and it’s what makes the United States such an
interesting place–everyone hails originally from somewhere else, and it’s a place where people
of all backgrounds can share what makes their own heritage unique.

Still, America has a culture of its own that’s increasingly infecting countries throughout the
world–and that’s the unfortunate juggernaut of pop culture. While not all of it is bad or harmful,
it often erases ethnic cultural identity such that everyone dresses, acts, and talks the same. Here
are a few tips for raising your kids in the U.S., so that they assimilate successfully without
forgetting their heritage.

1. Pass on the language, whether it’s Hindi or something else.

Language is one of the most powerful aspects of a close-knit culture. While my own
mother was from India, she never taught me Hindi, and both my mom and I deeply regret
this. Now, it’s much too late for me to learn fluently, whereas if I had learned when I was
younger, the language would have helped me have a more ingrained sense of my own culture.

2. Develop a network of friends who are serious about preserving traditions.

The beauty of America is that wherever you go, you can find others like you who share the
same culture. While practicing cultural traditions within your family is great, it helps to have a
community with which to share. If you don’t have this kind of network, check out local cultural
centers or events where you can find like-minded people who celebrate our traditions.

3. Understand that your child will inevitably pick up some American cultural traits.

Even if your own family was very traditional, and you’re used to this way of living, your
kids now live in a different world in which there is no escaping American fads, fashions, and
mentalities. Whatever you do, don’t panic. As long as you encourage your own culture and
practice your traditions with your children, these “Americanisms” won’t have too much of an
influence.

4. Try to visit India as often as you can.

While it may not always be feasible to go back to India, and you may not even have any family
members residing there anymore, make it a point to take your children with you as often as
you possibly can. Why? Simply because your kids may not understand the point of practicing
traditions in America, where they are immersed in a very different way of life. However, trips
to India will demonstrate to your children how traditions are practiced in context. From my own
experience, I know that after I came back from my first trip to India, I returned with a renewed
sense of pride in my heritage.

These are just a few ways in which you can help to raise your family in a way that honors its
heritage. Since so many in America have been living here for generations upon generations, if your
family is relatively new to the American way, it can be difficult transition for everyone.
Still, it pays to remind your children where they come from. They will thank you for it later,
when they have children of their own.

By-line:

This guest post is contributed by Alisa Gilbert, who writes on the topics of bachelors
degree. She welcomes your comments at her email Id: [email protected].

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Dance India Dance or DID L’il Masters is the new children’s dancing competition on Zee TV. Contestants are children who are in the age group of 5 to 13 years. This show is the third in the sequence after Dance India Dance Seasons 1 and 2. Dance Ke Baap is the tagline of the show. The show is judged by  Sandeep Soparrkar and Farah Khan. Mithun Chakraborty has continued to be the Grandmaster.

The show has final 17 contestants divided into four groups as follows. Each team has a senior previous Dance India Dance contestant as mentor.

Dharmesh Ke Dhinchak

Jeetumoni Kalita
Ruturaj Mahalim
Vaishnavi Patil
Khyati Patel

Jai Ke Jhatang Fatang

Atul Banmoria
Papiya Sarkar
Divyam Vergia

Amrita Ke Aflatoon

Vatsal Vithlani
Khushboo Kargutkar
Anurag Sarmah
Shivani Baranwal
Shubham Maheshwari

Mayuresh-Vrushali Ke Dhoom Dhadake

Manoj Rathod
Avneet Kaur
Manpreet Singh
Hansika Singh
Neel Shah

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