IOB, Hubli Region e-magazine for internal circulation only Volume-III, Issue-1, Jan-2014

N: New beginnings E: Eternal bliss W: Wallow in Wealth

Y: Yields of magnitude

E: Enormous happiness

A: Amazing times

R: Rendezvous at all times

Regional Office Team wishes you a Happy New Year 2014:

Dear Friends,

At the outset I wish all my colleagues & their family a Happy & Prosper-

ous new year. The rollover of 2013 has left behind a reminder to us that we

are left with just three months to show our performance. I have been call-

ing each one of you to impress the urgent necessity to achieve greater

heights in all the spheres of our activity. I am sure you all have taken seri-

ous note of the need of the hour & the hard reality of our Bank’s not very

satisfactory performance.

The reality, is my dear friends, that our Bank is in a very tight corner I have to re-iterate once again

here that we have to sit up & take note of the urgent responsibility on all of us to put up a sterling

show failing which our Bank may have to remain in shadow as against good performances by others

in the sector.

That is the very reason why our beloved CMD has announced the launching of “TOUCHING

HEARTS & SPREADING SMILES CAMPAIGN SEASON II”. I am sure you are well aware of the

urgent & time bound agenda of the campaign.

Our region has been given ambitious targets to be achieved during the campaign period which is al-

ready in progress & our performance is regularly monitored. The need of the hour, my dear friends, is

to increase CASA, recover NPA, arrest slippages & increase retail segment lending.

Our regional NPA position was Rs.14.82 Crores as on 30.09.2013 which has risen to Rs.15.43 Crores

as on 31.12.2013. This is despite recovery/upgradation of more than Rs.1.30 Crores. The reason for this

is further slippages amounting to Rs.1.92 Crores which has eaten away our performance. This is cer-

tainly not acceptable. I have been calling upon all Branches to concentrate on the overdues in the ac-

counts from the beginning itself and arrest the same. I am confident that you are all now geared up

for this task and will act purposefully so that it will result in reduction in terminal NPA figure as on

31.03.2014 compared to 31.03.2013 of Rs.13 Crores.

We have already advised you the targets to be achieved during the campaign period. Our Regions per-

formance under CASA and Fixed Deposits needs immediate improvement as we are far behind termi-

nal targets. The asking is formidable but certainly achievable.

Time has come for each one of us to shoulder additional responsibilities to achieve the targets under all

parameters by 31.03.2014. I am not having any doubt in your capabilities. I urge you all to take note

of the urgency atleast now in true spirit of the game to attain the desired goals. Should you need any

help in this regard, please feel free to call me. Your suggestions to improve is always welcome.

Wishing all the Best & Godspeed in all your endeavors.

H.S.Gopalakrishna

Senior Regional Manager

OPENING OF LITTLE STAR ACCOUNTS

Builders Meet held at RO on 08.01.2014

Opening of Little Star accounts at Kusugal Road Branch Opening of Little Star accounts at Gokul Road Branch

Walk-in Campaign by RO Staff on 05.01.2014

“Congratulations to Mr. Pradip Nirhali & his team at CH Road, Belgaum Branch for their

achievement of surpassing the Budget under CD, TD & Advances as on 31.12.2013”

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हिन्दी हदवस समारोि 2013

हिन्दी प्रतियोगगिा ऩुरस्कार वविरण

स्थान हिन्दी सुऱेखन प्रतियोगगिा बैंककिं ग शब्दावऱी हिन्दी तनबन्ध प्रतियोगगिा प्रथम

अनपुमा होनाखन्ड,े बेऱगााँव

अजीत गोपाऱकृष्ण हेगड,े गरग

महेन्र कुमार वमाा, होसपेट अनपुमा होनाखन्ड,े बेऱगााँव

द्वविीय सबु्रह्मनयम एस.जी.एस,

ऺेत्रीय कायााऱय

पी नागराजू, होसपेट

रूपा माडी, गरग

सतंोष कुमार मीना, गोकुऱ रोड पेरुमप्राऱ ऱीना अब्राहम, होसपेट

ििृीय

रूपा माडी, गरग

महेन्र कुमार वमाा, होसपेट पेरुमप्राऱ ऱीना अब्राहम होसपेट प्रप्रतम वी शिवनायकर

राकेि ठाकरा, ऺेत्रीय कायााऱय अनीमा साहू, कुसगुऱ रोड

सािंत्वना ऩुरस्कार

शिशऱऱा वाई शिगांरी, तमुरीकोप्पा

हसीना बेगम के. होसपेट प्रववेकानन्द शसहं

अकुंि गपु्ता, दावनगेरे ननककता नन्द कुमार हेगेड,े अकंाऱी

HINDI COMPETITION PRIZE DISTRIBUTION

RANK HINDI HAND WRITING BANKING TERMINOLOGY HINDI ESSAY COMPETITION FIRST Anupama Honakhande, Belgaum Ajit Gopalkrishna Hegde, Garag Mahendra Kumar Verma, Hospet

Anupama Honakhande, Belgaum

SECOND Subrahmanyam SGS, RO P Nagraju, Hospet

Roopa Mardi, Garag

Santosh Kumar Meena, Gokul Road

Perumpral Leena Abraham, Hospet

THIRD Roopa Mardi, Garag Mahendra Kumar Verma Hospet

Perumpral Leena Abraham, Hospet

Pritam V Shivnayakar, Belgaum

Rakesh Thakura, Ro

Anima Sahoo, Kusugal Road

Consolation

Prize

Shilila Y Shingari,

Tumarikoppa

Hasina Begum, Hospet

Vivekanand Singh, Davanagere

Ankush Gupta, Davanagere

Nikita Nand Kumar Hegede, Ankali

हिन्दी हदवस प्रतियोगगिा का ब्योरा / प्रतियोगगिा हदनािंक : 29.11.2013

बैंककिं ग शब्दावऱी प्रतियोगगिा हिन्दी तनबन्ध प्रतियोगगिा। हिन्दी सुऱेखन प्रतियोगगिा

भाग ऱेन ेवाऱे शाखाओिं की सिंख्या : 14 + RO

भाग ऱेन ेवाऱे प्रतिभागगयों की कुऱ सिंख्या : 41

As on 31.12.2013

# Code Branch SB CA TD Tot. Dep ADV Bus. Mix

1 2407 BAGALKOTE 1,170.02 17.47 4,198.77 5,386.26 7,686.04 13,072.30

2 126 HUBLI 5,990.52 250.46 2,704.27 8,945.25 3,741.88 12,687.13

3 907 BELGAUM 771.48 2,925.91 6,009.04 9,706.43 2,107.25 11,813.68

4 1053 DHARWAD 1,601.62 279.27 5,095.97 6,976.86 2,660.42 9,637.28

5 2295 MUDHOL 320.49 109.86 1,058.67 1,489.02 7,836.71 9,325.73

6 1244 GULBARGA 1,311.04 150.01 1,654.94 3,115.99 4,777.07 7,893.06

7 308 GARAG 871.29 42.35 1,851.67 2,765.31 2,290.80 5,056.11

8 1065 BELLARY 719.89 156.55 1,035.54 1,911.98 3,098.98 5,010.96

9 1611 C.H ROAD 1,292.17 249.74 2,434.55 3,976.46 757.62 4,734.08

10 743 DAVANGERE 562.14 222.54 1,651.75 2,436.43 2,098.94 4,535.37

11 1771 JUBILEE CIRCLE 855.08 69.26 2,159.78 3,084.12 723.29 3,807.41

12 329 RAMPURA 783.06 65.53 1,414.49 2,263.08 1,445.37 3,708.45

13 311 KONDLAHALLI 490.57 56.78 676.08 1,223.43 2,432.39 3,655.82

14 2648 GOKUL ROAD 137.31 23.00 497.86 658.17 2,754.01 3,412.18

15 2159 RAICHUR 393.75 133.15 645.96 1,172.86 1,641.00 2,813.86

16 2521 BOODANUR 132.57 109.82 65.88 308.27 2,350.98 2,659.25

17 877 TUMARIKOP 283.14 13.12 870.17 1,166.43 1,079.81 2,246.24

18 2653 TORANAGALLU 69.25 8.79 41.48 119.52 1,770.08 1,889.60

19 2850 CHIKKODI 66.56 12.31 69.13 148.00 1,290.77 1,438.77

20 3018 CHITRADURGA 99.31 18.88 106.72 224.91 850.78 1,075.69

21 2654 KALGHATAGI 188.92 21.51 210.96 421.39 602.31 1,023.70

22 2649 KUSUGAL ROAD 108.94 16.77 322.36 448.07 365.44 813.51

23 2855 GANGAVATHI 53.45 38.17 181.04 272.66 531.44 804.10

24 2292 LINGASUGUR 161.64 32.33 132.50 326.47 458.85 785.32

25 2857 HARIHARA 144.53 23.90 273.52 441.95 270.83 712.78

26 2890 SINDHANUR 96.79 62.96 56.55 216.30 355.24 571.54

27 2652 MUMMIGATTI 60.25 4.55 378.92 443.72 116.08 559.80

28 2854 GADAG 81.98 8.27 191.98 282.23 246.18 528.41

29 3053 MAHALINGPUR 80.63 0.24 24.85 105.72 420.65 526.37

30 2650 GAJENDRAGAD 116.65 7.28 66.38 190.31 312.48 502.79

31 2889 HAVERI 84.53 10.99 187.05 282.57 208.73 491.30

32 2856 CHELLAKERE 72.28 1.71 49.75 123.74 262.07 385.81

33 3054 KOWTAL 21.23 1.39 17.51 40.13 338.70 378.83

34 2994 BIDAR 35.12 1.71 62.99 99.82 266.03 365.85

35 2294 DEVADURGA 128.00 23.60 47.33 198.93 165.09 364.02

36 3019 HOSPET 93.74 10.01 121.33 225.08 133.52 358.60

37 3020 RANIBENNUR 40.94 17.94 60.39 119.27 141.16 260.43

38 2651 MANVI 48.05 13.96 32.13 94.14 105.94 200.08

39 3052 ANKALI 39.23 0.49 40.19 79.91 103.85 183.76

40 3226 MUNAVALLI 11.02 0.09 5.83 16.94 100.62 117.56

41 3200 BHALKI 6.50 20.10 3.76 30.36 84.57 114.93

42 3138 HARUGERI 5.10 - 6.71 11.81 62.01 73.82

43 3330 NARGUND 8.09 0.95 27.24 36.28 0.86 37.14

44 3231 THIMMAPUR 8.14 2.48 2.73 13.35 19.98 33.33

45 3329 KADAMPUR 18.52 - 8.45 26.97 - 26.97

46 3299 CHINCHINI 3.78 - 2.83 6.61 - 6.61

47 3413 KOPPAL 0.52 0.02 3.15 3.69 - 3.69

Grand Total 19,640 5,236 36,761 61,637 59,067 1,20,704

Kumara Gandharva Kumar Gandharva or Shivaputra Siddharamayya Komkalimath

(Kannada: ಶಿವಪುತ್ರಪಪ ಸಿದ್ಧರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಕಂಕಾಳಿಮಠ) (8 Apr 1924 - 12 Jan 1992)

born in Sulebhavi, Belgaum District,Karnataka was a Hindustani classical singer, well known for his unique vocal style and his refusal to be bound by the tradition of any gharana. The name Kumar Gandharva is a title given to him when he was a child prodigy; a Gandharva is a musical spirit in Hindu mythology. Early life and education Gandharva was born in Sulebhavi near Belgaum, Karnataka, India. He studied music under the well-known Prof B. R. Deodhar. He married Bha-numati Kans in April 1947 and moved to Dewas, Madhya Pradesh. Soon after moving there, he was stricken with tuberculosis. Luckily, the wonder drugs which cure TB had only recently been discovered. Gradually, helped by excellent medical support and care from wife Bhanumati, Kumar Gand-harva recovered and began singing again. However, his voice and singing style would always bear the scars of his surgery, which are evident to any person who listens to his songs such as 'Runanubandhachya" from the drama "Dev Dina Ghari Dhavla".

Career Bhanumati Kans, who was learning music first under Deodhar and later under Kumar Gandharva himself, nursed him through his illness. His first mehfil after recovery from illness took place in 1953. The illness greatly affected Kumar's singing in later years – he was to be known for powerful short phrases and his very high voice. Kumarji also experimented with other forms of singing such as Nirguni bhajans (Devotional songs), folk songs, and with both ragas and presentation, often going from fast to slow compositions in the same raga. He is remembered for his great legacy of innovation, questioning tradition without rejecting it wholesale, resulting in music in touch with the roots of Indian culture, especially the folk music of Madhya Pradesh. His innovative approach towards mu-sic led to the creation of new ragas from combinations of older ragas. His style of singing attracted considerable controversy. Veteran singer Mogubai Kurdikar did not consider his vilambit (slow tempo) singing interesting and his own teacher Deodhar criticised some aspects of Kumar's singing but their relationship was strained from 1940s when Kumar Gandharva married Bhanumati. According to Pandharinath Kol-hapure's book on Kumar Gandharva, Deodhar was against the match. But the criticism mostly centred around his vilambit gayaki. His singing in faster tempos, particularly his mastery over madhya-laya, was widely revered. Kumar Gandharva's first son, Mukul Shivputra, was born around 1955. After Bhanumati's death in 1961 during child-birth, Kumar married Vasundhara Shrikhande, another of his fellow-students at Deodhar School. Vasundhara Kom-kalimath formed a memorable duo with him in bhajan singing. She also provided vocal support to his classical rendi-tions quite often. Their daughter Kalapini Komkalimath would later accompany both her parents on tanpura. Some of Kumar Gandharva's ideology is carried forward by his son and daughter, as well as students such as Madhup Mudgal, Shubha Mudgal, Vijay Sardeshmukh and Satyasheel Deshpande. Kumarji's grandson Bhuvanesh (Mukul Shivaputra's son) has also made a name for himself as classical singer. For a long spell, Kumar Gandharva's activities as a musician were managed by his friend and tabla accompanist Vasant Acharekar. Acharekar was Vasant Desai's assistant in the 1950s but later devoted himself fully to his role as an accompanist to classical singing until his death in late 1970s. His son Suresh Acharekar is also a tabla player, and has accompanied Kumar Gandharva and other artists. Kumarji had friendly relations with noted Marathi literary cou-ple Pu La Deshpande and Sunita Deshpande. Kumar Gandharva was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award in 1990. The 4th movie in the series of 4 movies in the Kabir Project by Shabnam Virmani features the life of Kumar Gand-harva and his disciples, his career and his journey into "Nirgun" singing. His song 'Sunta Hai' actually forms the title of the movie 'Koi Sunta Hai'. 'Hans Akela' is a 1 hour 18 minute documentary on Pandit Kumar Gandharva made by Films Division Govt. of India with interviews with various people - wife, friends, students. 'Mukkam Vashi'is a book made on notes collected during a 2 day workshop of the same name. It collected together the thoughts of Pandit Kumar Gandharva on the nature of music at a fundamental level. Raghav R. Menon has writ-ten a document on the quest of Pandit Kumar Gandharva for the meaning behind Swara as told in Marga Sangeet

BASAVAKALYAN § À̧ªÀ PÀ¯Áåt

Basavakalyan is a town in Bidar District of the state of Karnataka, India, and was historically known as Kalyan.

History Basavakalyan's history dates back to 3000 years with its name being men-tioned in Guru Charitra]. Before India's independence, Basavakalyan was called Kalyani. After independence and division of states on linguistic basis in 1956, Kalyana was renamed as BasavaKalyana in memory of Vishwa-guru Basavanna, a great revolutionary who established Anubhava Man-tapa (spiritual democracy) in 12th century India. Basavakalyana was ruled by Western Chalukyas, Kalachuris, Yadavas of Devagiri, Bahamani Sultan-ate (Bidar, Gulbarga), Bijapur Sultanate, Mughals, Hyderabad Nizams.

Western Chalukyas It was the royal capital of the Western Chalukya (Kalyani Chalukyas) dy-nasty from 1050 to 1195. Somesvara I (1041-1068) made Kalyana as his capital, recognised as Kalyani Chalukyas to differentiate with Badami Cha-lukyas. Later ruled by Somesvara II, Vikramaditya VI, Somesvara III,Jagadhekamalla III and Tailapa III. Before this Manyakheta was their capital. During the 10th-12th centuries ruled nearly half of India,[1][2] most of the western Deccan and South India. King Vikramaditya VI had scholars in his court such as Someshwara, Bilhana (poet of Kashmir) and Vigy-aneshwara (legal expert).

Kalyani Chalukya architecture The earliest examples of the Kalyani Chalukya style are found at Kuknur. The Kalleshvara and Navalinga temples here bear resemblances to early Chalukya group of Aihole and Pattadkal. The Jaina temple at Lakkundi near Gadag forms the nest step in the improvement of this style introducing a greater ornamental effec in the treatment of the surface. The Kaly-ani style of architecture reached its maturity and culmination in the 12th century. Kasi Vishveshvara at Lakkundi, Mallikar-juna at Kuruvatti and Mahadeva Temple (Itagi) are the finest examples produced by the later Chalukya architects. The Saraswathi and Someshwara temples atGadag are in a mutilated condition. There are nearly one hundred monuments of the period, scattered all over the Deccan, giving us information about the artistic excellence attained by the later Cha-lukyas of Kalyani.

Kalachuris

Kalachuris succeeded Kalyani Chalukyas continued Kalyani as there capital. During the 12th century the Kalachuri King Bijjala (1156-1167) assumed the throne, and Basaveshwara was appointed as his prime minister. Basaveshwara led a social movement to stop untouchability and gender discrimination, Shivasharana revolution took place. Basaveshwara motivated many with the Vachana sahitya, and more than 600 people became writers called Vachanakaras.

Centre of social and religious movement The centre of a great social and religious movement. In the 12th century, because of the social reformer Basava, it be-came a seat of learning. Basava, Akka Mahadevi, Channabasavanna, Siddarama and other Sharanas are associated with Basavakalyana. Basava, who fought against castism and orthodoxy in Hinduism. Vishwaguru Basavanna was a great revolutionary who established spiritual democracy called "Anubhava Mantapa" in 12th Century in India(Anubhava Man-tapa - which is also called as the "FIRST PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD". Its lead by Saint Allamprabhu), and gave prac-tical solutions to all kind of problems mankind was suffering at that time. His teachings are time tested, scientific and proven. Basava-Tatva is never ending inspiration to achieve the welfare of mankind.

Tourism

Basavakalyan Temple: At Jalasangvi, Narayanapura and Shivapura there are temples of the Chalukya dynasty.

Basaveshvara temple is at the centre of Basavakalyana. There are some Islamic monuments Moti Mahal, Hydari Ma-hal, Peeran Durga. And other religious places such asGachchina Matha, Kambali Matha and Sadananda Matha.

Basavakalyana Fort: Basavakalyana Fort was constructed by Chalukyas. It includes Jain images on its walls. There is

museum in a side fort and there are Jain idols of the 10th-11th century.

Shiva Temple at Narayanpura: There is a Shiva Temple at Narayanpura which dating back to Chalukya times (11th

century), 4 km from Basavakalyana. Basaveshwara Temple and Anubhav mantap,

There is a statue of Allamaprabhu, as the guru of the Basavanna and the related photos of Basavanna which he has

worked for the people. There is lake beside it and full of trees surrounding its Temple.

Basava Dharma Peetha Charitable Trust with the intension of reviving Sharana cultural heritage purchased a land of 3

acres on 21-12-2001 by the side of main road nearby the entrance of Basava Kalyana town. Later on the Trust pur-chased 17.5 acres just adjacent to the previous land and has built a prayer hall and living rooms. Haralayya Tirtha - an attractive water reservoir is formed.

Sri Basaveswara cave and Akkamahadevi cave have been chiselled and carved beautifully in laterite rock-soil. Sha-

rana village formed pictures the concept of 12th century Sharanas engaged actively in their kayakas (occupations).

The Trust is running an orphanage. There is a beautiful Hillock which is named as Sharana Shaila. Beautiful rolling

land scape is the high light of the place. On Sharana Shaila is erected Lord Basavanna’s statue of 108’ height. It is structured on a pedestal of 24 feet height, 60’ x 80’ size. ruins of lord shiva temple of great architectural styles and written scripts can be found in a village soldapka, which is situated 20km away from Basavakalyan.

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3. Being Too "Hands-Off" One of your team has just completed an important project. The problem is that he misunderstood the project's

specification, and you didn't stay in touch with him as he was working on it. Now, he's completed the project in

the wrong way, and you're faced with explaining this to an angry client. Many leaders want to avoid micromanagement . But going to the opposite extreme (with a hand-offs management style) isn't a

good idea either – you need to get the balance right. Our article, Laissez Faire versus Micromanage-ment will help you find the right balance for your own situation.

4. Being Too Friendly

Most of us want to be seen as friendly and approachable to people in our team. After all, people are happier

working for a manager that they get on with. However, you'll sometimes have to make tough decisions regarding people in your team, and some people will be tempted to take advantage of your relationship if you're too

friendly with them. This doesn't mean that you can't socialize with your people. But, you do need to get the bal-ance right between being a friend and being the boss. Learn how to do avoid this mistake with our article, Now

You're the Boss . Also, make sure that you set clear boundaries , so that team members aren't tempted to

take advantage of you.

5. Failing to Define Goals When your people don't have clear goals, they muddle through their day. They can't be productive if they have

no idea what they're working for, or what their work means. They also can't prioritize their workload effectively, meaning that projects and tasks get completed in the wrong order.

Avoid this mistake by learning how to set SMART goals for your team. Use a Team Charter to specify where your team is going, and detail the resources it can draw upon. Also, use principles from Management by

Objectives to align your team's goals to the mission of the organization.

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Pineapple save many health benefits for the body. The fruit is rich in vitamins A and C as antioxidants. It also contains calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, sodium, potassium, dextrose, sucrose, and the en-zyme bromelain. Fresh pineapple is the main source of bromelain, a combination of digestive enzymes and proteins that will fight inflamma-tion in the body. Bromelain is also associated with the prevention of infection and injury. Research shows, bromelain helps accelerate the healing of wounds, sinus inflammation, digestive disorders, arthritis, and asthma. But of course required bromelain should be in large num-bers, therefore today widely available supplement containing bromelain.

Pineapple Nutrition Fact Pineapple chunks about one cup contains 78.9 mg of vitamin C, a little below the citrus fruit about 87.7 mg. In equal portions, pineapple also contains 180 mg of potassium which is helpful to keep regularity of heart rate and blood pressure. Furthermore this fruit also contains man-ganese. Fresh pineapple contains bromelain, a combination of digestive enzymes and proteins that will fight inflammation in the body.

Pineapple Health Benefits Here are some benefits of pineapple for our bodies: 1. Weight loss: Pineapple fruit proved to be very good in one's diet program petrified. Content in it to reduce weight naturally. 2. Maintaining healthy teeth Efficacy of pineapple fruit can maintain the health of your teeth, it's because pineapple contains vitamin C which can help prevent dental plaque also gum disease. 3. Helps soften the food in the stomach Pineapple contains the enzyme bromelain which can be useful to help soften the food in the stomach. This enzyme also functions as an anti-inflammatory and inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. 4. Overcoming skin inflammation Pineapple fruit can be used to overcome the problem of skin inflammation. Way, take half of the pineapple is ripe. Peel the skin and scar. Use proceeds to rub the grated pineapple peeling and scaly skin. Perform this activity at night before bed. The next day, freshly laundered. 5. Increase blood sugar Pineapple has a fairly high sugar content. For patients with low blood sugar, pineapple can be taken to help improve blood sugar levels. 6. Overcoming constipation Constipation can be caused by a lack of fiber. Fiber-containing foods can be fruits, one of which is the pineapple. The trick, drink pineapple juice. Choose a pineapple that is not too ripe. Choose a pineapple that are still acidic. 7. Overcoming bloating Other benefits of pineapple fruit is overcome interference bloating in the stomach. Drinking pure pineapple juice at least 30 minutes before you eating. Do this 3 times a day with a dose of 150 cc at a time. 8. Strengthens the immune system. The benefits of pineapple which is sourced from the essential amino acids and non-essential which is in pineapple fruit. Both of these compounds has long been known to strengthen the immune system and help the body overcome fatigue.

Pineapple Side Effect

Although the pineapple fruit has many benefits, there are also side effects if consumed in excess, such as:

Some research says young pineapple potentially abort the womb. Therefore, it is recommended to pregnant women

not to consume young pineapple.

Increase blood sugar levels. Ripe pineapple fruit in fact contain high levels of sugar. The diabetics should not con-

sume excessive pineapple.

Cause rheumatism. According to some studies, in the process of digestion, pineapple fruit fermented into alcohol

that can lead to arthritis. For rheumatism and arthritis sufferers should limit consumption of pineapple.

For some people, eating too much pineapple can cause headaches. Pineapple fruit can cause allergic reactions in

some people. Some people may experience allergic symptoms such as skin becomes red and itchy after eating pineapple. To avoid this, dip pineapple in salt water before consumption. In case of serious allergies, lips and mouth can become swollen after eating pineapple.

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Health Benefits Of PINEAPPLE

Message of the year 2014: Women live a better, longer & peaceful life..!! Why? Very simple… A woman does not have a wife..!!!

Husband: Today is Sunday & I have to enjoy it. So I bought 3 movie tickets. Wife: Why three? Husband: 1 for you & 2 for your parents.

Man: My wife is too good, She can talk on any subject for hours Friend : Ahh!!! my wife is better, she does not even need a subject to talk about!

Two married men talking: 10 yrs ago, whenever I returned home, My dog used to greet me by barking & my Wife by kissing. now they both exactly do the opposite

Wife: Yesterday night I saw a dream, that u were sending me Jewelry and clothes! Husband: yeah, I saw your dad paying the bill !!!

Wife- Beggar who came yesterday is very bad Husband– Why ? Wife- I gave him food yesterday & today he gifted me a book “How to cook”

Wife : Look a thief has entered our kitchen and he is eating the cake prepared by me. Husband: Whom should I call now Police or Ambulance

Question: What is the most effective way to remember your wife’s birthday? Answer : Just forget it once and you will never forget it again.

It is said that Husband is the head of the family, But remember that wife is the neck of the family, & the neck can turn the Head exactly the way she wants.

Wife: Our new neighbour always kisses his wife when he goes to work, why don't you do that? Husband: How can I? I don't even know her.

Wife to Husband: Did you Have any Girl Friend before marriage ? Husband remains silent ? Wife: what is the meaning of silence? Husband: Wait let me count.

Possible Reasons When A Man Opens a car door for wife 1) The Car Is New. 2) The Wife Is New 3) (Most Imp) She Is Not His Wife

A very old man lay dying in his bed, when he smelt the aroma of favorite food. Gathering all his strength, he slowly walked and reached the kitchen to see so many varieties of his favorite food kept on table. Was it heaven? Or was it his beloved wife’s effort to see that he left this world a happy man? Mustering one final effort, his withered hand made its way to a cookie, when he was smacked with a spatula by his wife. “Stay out of those,” she said.”They’re for your funeral”.

Chess is the only game in the world which reflects the status of the husband The poor king can take only 1 step at a time whereas while the mighty queen can do whatever she likes.

All men are brave, horror movies don’t scare them, but 5 missed calls from wife…. Surely does.

What is checkmate: You tell your wife I saw a lady, looked exactly like you & wife asks was she beautiful, You can’t say no, You can’t say yes, & that is checkmate

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