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CAMPUS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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Everybody seeks education for a purpose. Be it to get a job, following one s passion, to achieve something greater and beyond or even just to go on with life. So did I and here is mine Hailing from a family of entrepreneurs, business and finances were the most common topics of discussion during dinners as I grew up. Although I didn’t understand much at that time I still was fascinated by the idea. Every now and then people would ask me what I wanted to be in life and I would just casually reply back stating whatever i had in mind at that time and people seemed to be okay with it. When i was 18 and people around again asked me what i wanted to do. Except this time they were all dead serious. And i still wanted time to figure out stuff and they were not okay with it. After which i had to join the rat race or the big south Indian dream of being an engineer. Like every good student i studied hard for about 6 months and slowly i started to realise that this not what am supposed to
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BEST OF CAI-ICE SCULPTURES The history of ice sculpting began as soon as ice harvesting began. A 300 pound of crystal clear ice block can be purchased and used for sculpting. People often refer to Ice sculpting as ice carving .Ice sculptures have a very limited lifetime and they are mostly used at extravagant events or special occasions. Chef artists with these skills are generally called as Ice Sculptors .Combining traditional carving techniques with today’s modern technology in terms of power tools and crystal clear Ice-Blocks the students are trained to master the fine art of Ice-Carving under highly experienced professional chef instructors.Student learn to design a beautiful carving from a jpeg images or an old photograph.  They also try out their hands on three dimensional life size sculptures and the tallest ice carving made by the students of CAI stands 26ft in height and 32 blocks of ice were used to make this carving. The master piece was display just aft

Edible flowers and there usage in food

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“Flowers are sunshine, food and medicine of the soul” The beauty and fragrance of flowers have always been appreciated and enjoyed by all; they have a soothing and calming effect on us. There vibrant colours and patterns bring in such joy that the soul is at peace. Food as they say is the way to a man’s heart and thus then flowers and food was combined the result was edible flowers. The usage of edible flowers is not new in the kitchen, but it has gained popularity only recently. With the practice of delicate plating, what better than flowers to be used as garnishes. Using flowers in cooking is a practice that dates all the way back to the Roman Empire. It became widespread in the middle Ages and continued in popularity through the Victorian era. These days, many restaurant chefs are reviving this culinary art, using flower petals and blossoms to add both flavour and beauty to their menus.       Not all flowers are edible and thus one has to be cautious when us

“EAT RIGHT FOR YOUR BODY TYPE”

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Ayurveda –the science or the knowledge of life is known for its oldest medical systems on earth. It provides us with all the important information related to our weight, health and happiness which could be controlled by us. It has two aspects, one is preventive side and other is curative side. The preventive side focuses mainly on how illness could be avoided just by following right diet, meditation and yoga whereas the curative side consists of eight branches of medicine. Here we emphasize on the preventive side of Ayurveda as “Prevention is better than cure”. Ayurveda teaches us that one don’t require medicine, if they follow a right diet. Ayurveda says that everything in this world is made of five elements which are Water, Earth, Fire, Ether and Air. These elements are energies made with finer molecules when combined form all life forms around us. They vary from each other by their densities and vibration. The lightest of them all is Ether with condenses to form Air. When air fl