tvc editor’s choice amazing colours of life life is amazing. different prisms break the light of our lives in different patterns. it’s totally upon us to choose the combinations of colors we like and make life exotic or dull. by different prisms, i mean the up’s and downs in our lives which are our real testing situations. they either break us or make us stronger to deal better everyday situa- tions in our life. it’s not about being superhuman, we cannot be perfect in everything we do and at the same time achieve every- thing. time is like sand, the more you try to hold on, the more it will slip away. it’s on us how we have to make the most of it. #prioritize your work to be able to work efficiently, it is very important to prioritize our work. the things which are of utmost importance should be at- tended first because when we begin our day we are in our best form with fully attentive brain cells. so things which need maximum concentration should be dealt with at this time. #do little but do it perfectly it is very important to complete our work with perfection. something which has been done half-heartedly is a waste of time and energy. it is therefore important that we take on that much work at a time which we are able to ac- complish and deliver with minimum error. #the globe is not resting on your shoul- ders most of us have this wrong notion that without us our world will come to a full stop. i myself believe so but i am trying to change my notion kavita pahwa, editor too. a mother of two lovely children and wife of a very successful man i have always tried to keep things comfortable for everyone in the family, keeping my goals aside. trying to please everyone by doing all their possible jobs and ignoring my own interests. we go through many transitions in our lifespan. as a child, we live under the pro- tected umbrella of our parents but when we grow up and responsi- bilities shift shoulders. we get into role-playing as, how and where it is required. transitions come mainly for the females where after mar- riage particularly in india, a lot is expected from you. multiple role playing leaves no time for your own self. you become the backbone of the system where you feel that everything will come crashing down without your presence. it is not so my friend. life continues even when the most important people in our lives go away. that vacuum takes no time to fill. so sit back and relax. if you don’t do a particular task, somebody else will. #take a break after a long day of work, all of us long for comforting sleep to give rest to our brain and body so that we can make a fresh start the next day. similarly to detoxify ourselves we need to go for a holiday once in a while. a place without wifi access so that we are not tempted to check our mailbox or upload our pictures for the world to get jealous of. do things which you always want to do during your busy sched- ules. a calm and composed you, will be able to deliver better in life. the voice of chandigarh 16-22 april, 2018 5 stay alive, don't drink and drive in india, the legal age for drinking varies from 18 years to 25 years from state to state, while some states have completely banned alcohol. for instance, the states like goa, himachal pradesh, karnataka and others have a legal drinking age of 18 years. states like delhi, haryana and others have a legal drinking age of 25 years, while most states have a legal drinking age of 21 years. consumption of alcohol is completely banned in the states of gujarat, bihar, ma- nipur and nagaland, as well as the union territory of lakshad- weep. law on this subject is governed by motor vehicles act and section 185 provides that whoever, while driving, or at- tempting to drive, a motor vehi- cle has, in his blood, alcohol ex- ceeding 30 mg. per 100 ml. of blood detected in a test by a breath analyser, or is under this influence of a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of exercising proper control over the vehicle, shall be punishable for the first offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both; and for a second or subsequent offence, if committed within three years of the commission of the previous similar offence, with imprisonment for a term which may ex- tend to two years, or with fine which may ex- tend to three thousand rupees, or with both. explanation.—for the purposes of this sec- tion, the drug or drugs specified by the central government in this behalf, by notification in the official gazette, shall be deemed to render a person incapable of exercising proper control over a motor vehicle. currently, section 185 of the motor vehicles act, 1988 makes driving under the influ- ence a criminal offence in india. the union cabinet has given its approval for motor vehicle (amendment) bill 2016 recent- ly. the amendment bill aims to improve road safety and pro- vides for the higher level of fines and penalty for drunk driv- ing. the penalty for drunk driv- ing under the motor vehicle (amendment) bill 2016 has been increased from rs.2000 to rs.10,000. though some efforts are being taken to reduce the road accidents due to drunken driving and the chandigarh police is doing its bit, consid- ering the gravity of the situation it is important to change strategies and mechanisms with foresight and effective implementation. written and compiled by ameet awasthi, advocate for the voice of chandigarh ulta pulta khana! it’s not what we eat but what we digest and as- similate that adds to our health and strength. for ade- quate digestion, we have to carefully embrace the impor- tance of maintaining “acid- alkaline balance”. we have a common set of popular an- tagonising food combina- tions which are extensively consumed by almost all of us. being unaware of the toxicity of these blends, we end up having various digestive and immunity disorders. accord- ing to ayurveda, few wide- spread regular food combina- tions opposite to each other are: 1. banana and milk the famous breakfast of banana and milk actually is conflicting in nature. milk is a complete and concentrated food in itself that has casein protein. this protein when reaches the stomach forms in- soluble curds which don’t di- gest with the digestive en- zymes. milk is digested in the duodenum and not the stom- ach. hence, in the presence of milk, the stomach doesn’t re- spond with its secretions. 2. green tea and honey honey is nectar if remained uncooked. cooked or heated honey (above 60 degree cel- sius) takes long to digest and its molecules become glued to times taken by the fruit sug- ars to digest. the acid-fruit sugars, which must be digest- ed within an hour, while the sweet fruit sugars such as cherries, dates, figs, raisins, and grapes, require up to three hours to be properly di- gested. therefore, if com- bined, the sugars from the acid-fruits would be held up, waiting up to three hours or more to be digested, and would ferment as they were not properly digested within their allotted time frame of one hour. further, any and every kind of melon (watermelon, muskmelon, honeydew melon, pie melon, casaba melon, can- taloupe, etc.) should always be eaten alone. they decompose very quickly in the stomach and are almost sure to cause trouble if eaten with other foods. if eaten alone, they are quickly passed out of the stomach, forming excellent and delightful foods. 5. meat and potatoes it has been found out that if an animal protein is eaten with a carbohydrate, such as meat and a piece of bread or a potato, the different diges- tive juices will nullify each other’s effectiveness. the protein will putrefy and the carbohydrate will ferment. the result is gas and flatu- lence in the system. however, poor combin- ing can produce indigestion, fermentation, putrefaction, gas formation, and if pro- longed can lead to toxaemia and disease. various factors that can often lessen the ef- fects of bad permutations of food like addition of certain spices and herbs like cooling cilantro in very spicy food and antidotes like cardamom in coffee & black pepper with potatoes can help in al- leviating the negative effects. there are a few tips to aid digestion like eating ½ tea- spoon of grated ginger with a pinch of rock salt before each meal, small sips of warm wa- ter during meals and proper chewing. so, let’s get alert towards our delectable pal- ate. happy eating! suyasha gupta lecturer, aihm chandigarh stick to the mucous membrane and lock fine channels, pro- ducing poison. therefore, it should never be mixed with boiling water or hot beverages. 3. palak paneer this is one of the most tempting and delicious reci- pes, but it is again a contrary and unhealthy blend. spinach contains iron, calcium and oxalates. these oxalates bind the iron present in spinach to form ferrous oxalate, which renders it to be unusable by the body. the oxalate content in spinach also binds with calci- um decreasing its absorption. due to this, the body can ab- sorb only 5 percent of the cal- cium in spinach. on the other hand, paneer is also loaded with calcium. the fact that calcium interferes with iron absorption means that palak paneer (a spinach and cottage cheese dish) is not as healthy a meal as you once thought. 4. fruit platter fruits of any and all types should be had individually only and not combined at all. this is because of the different