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Background Welcome to Jeevan Pramaan . Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners is the tag line on https://www.jeevanpraman.gov.in and it has been a great improvement from earlier when (central {Indian} government) pensioners were to physically visit a bank and submit a set of documents and show themselves in person every November to enable the government give their well deserved pension. It was laborious, it was time consuming and with age it was difficult, but with no other option it was something that all pensioners did. The bank sent those papers to a central processing unit and the retired person got his pension. It was nowhere digital! Last couple of years it has gone digital thanks to the biometric that is part of Aadhar. While people still had to go the bank or a Jeevan Pramaan center and submit a form, their presence was verified by their thumb impression which verified that the pensioner was alive! In case a pensioner could not visit a bank - a bank person would visit the hous...

Inredients [a] 200 gms Paneer (Amul) [b] One big onion [c] Two medium size capsicum [d] Salt to taste [e] 2 teaspoon of oil [f] 1/2 teaspoon Onion Garlic Powder Procedure (what I did!) [A] Cut the onion and capsicum into  1/4 inch or smaller squares [B] Cut the paneer into 1/2 inch triangles (contrast  with square pieces) [C] Put the Non-stick Kadai on high flame with oil [D] Put the onion and capsicum and stir fry it. [E] Now put some salt and fry on lower flame [F] Now put the paneer and stir it continuously [G] when done, put the onion-garlic powder into the mix [H] Fry it so that things mix well Directly into the plate when hot and eat with roti 😉   More or less it should look like this!  

Ingredients (O optional)  X 10-15 large Palak leaves  X 2 large tomatoes  O 2 cloves, 4 pepper seeds  O few strands of coriander leaves O 1/2 inch Ginger O Butter X Salt to taste X 1/2 lemon Procedure (I follow) - clean palak leaves (I keep the stem) and tomatoes - cut the tomatoes into 1/4 - put the palak, tomatoes with salt (all the optional ingredients) into a cooker with little water. - pressure cook (wait for the first whistle, sim and keep it for 5 minutes) - wait until lid opens. - transfer all the cooked material (without water) in a mixie and make a smooth paste. - put the cooker with the water used for cooking on stove to boil - transfer the paste from mixie to cooker - bring to boil, and slow the flame - add pepper powder and stir - remove from flame - squeeze 1/2 a lemon - stir and serve with a hint of butter Outcome!! Soup in a Bowl! Some intermediate Steps!           Put all the ingredients in a cooker and bring to a boil Minus ...

Everyone has his or her own experiences. You learn as you experience and age and jot them down for your own clarity. If it helps some one in this process it is definitely worth it. Frankly I would not have put them together if not for a colleague who asked if I had any suggestions. Caution: What ever I write is purely what I feel or think, I might or might not practice it, so please use caution in assimilating the comments and|or suggestions! I am, I know, for sure, not an ideal person. This read was the first time I spoke about something similar. And this write-up is definitely influenced by it. You can multiply what I write by a necessary attenuation factor so that it becomes less ideal and more practical. My [a-z] disjoint pieces, no sequence or order [a] Thought people talk of work life balance, I think there is no way one can maintain it in reality, so if things are moving forward in both work and home, just go with it. [b] Happiness is (in my opinion) what one should striv...

Karam Podi literally means hot (chilli) powder Podi (powder) is a trademark  ingredient on the  tables of any  Andhra Hotel.  Karam Podi, which literally means hot (chilli) powder, is not usually served. Like most podi's Karam Podi is usually mixed in hot rice with a dash of ghee and eaten as the first serving during lunch of dinner. Karam Podi is particularly  different because it is generally served to enhance the appetite! and as one can guess not generally served in restaurants! Simple to make and is a must if you lack appetite or your taste buds are numb for a variety of reasons. You will need (Ingredients) 100 gms of red chillies 100 gms of garlic Salt 2 table spoons of ghee passion for cooking! This how I went about (Procedure) Heat the red chillies in a tava for a couple of minutes so that the chillies are crisp and go brittle when you touch it Remove from stove and keep it in aside. Now heat the garlic do not throw away anything (keep the outer cover an...

Tapelentu (a snack from Andhra Pradesh) Ingredients ([X] I used ;-) | [O] Optional | [I] Innovate) (approximate, please use your judgment based on your experience in cooking!) [X] Rice Flour (250 g) [X] Channa Dal (2 table spoons) [X] Salt (to taste) [X] Red Chilli powder (if you are used to eat a little spicy stuff) [X] Green Chillies (4/5 finely chopped) [X] Onion (1 large; finely chopped) [O] Onion stems (½ bunch finely cut) [O] Coriander leaves (few leaves; finely chopped) [I] Green leaves (few leaves; in case kids do not like greens push them in!) [I] Curry leaves (few leaves; finely chopped) This is how I did! I put all that marked [X] and put them in a plate to make the dough with warm water (I used normal water, but I remember my mother using warm water) just like what you would do to roll a roti. Make them into 10-12 balls (these usually dry up very fast so cover it with a wet handkerchief). Get a round bottom tava (the usual kadai). Heat it a little. Pour some oil along the s...

"can you hear me", "can you hear me now", "your voice is breaking", "can not see your presentation", "can all of you who are not presenting mute yourselves", "looks like he is having network issues", "may be she should login again" "network issues" "server issues" Several months ago when I was invited to chair one of the two tracks in an International conference, I readily agreed to be the Session Chair because of its relevance to the work I do additionally it was on a Saturday and it was a one day conference so a morning flight out of Mumbai and evening into Mumbai from Delhi so it suited me and was not going to interfere with my work work! Then the entire world was more or less on its knees with extensive travel restrictions and stay at home directives. So the physical conference turned virtual. So now I was to chair a virtual session! Google Meet was the virtual venue which I was using for t...

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Good Afternoon. Principal, Professor Pawar. Faculty and Staff, and most especially those students graduating today. It is indeed an honor and a great pleasure to be here amongst you to share this important occasion with you. It is not often that I get an opportunity to share space which has a very low mean age! I would like to thank your principal Professor Pawar for this kind invitation. First, I would like to congratulate each and every graduand. This is a great and a memorable moment for all of you. It is a day of celebration – a day when you can look back on the many challenges you have overcome, and also look forward to those challenges that lie ahead, knowing that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to tackle them. It is a day to remember your teachers who have equipped you with the skill and made you a fine engineer. It is also a day to thank your family, especially you parents who have put your interests before their and have sacrificed their own...

Recently when I shifted home more permanently  I online changed my address in my Aadhar card. I wanted this to reflect in PAN as well and was wondering how to go about it when I landed on an online by NDSL which allows you to use your Aadhar address details to update your PAN address details. Welcome Screen on NDSL. When you click on NDSL online address change link you should see a simple form which asks for your PAN number (AAAAANNNNA) and a 12 digit Aadhar number (NNNNNNNNNNNN) and your email and mobile number. Note that the mobile number needs to be linked to Aadhar card to make use of this service.There is a captcha too be navigated. This leads you to a page that with your permission generates an OTP. You enter the OTP which is sent to your mobile number by UADAI (Aadhar). Your address details from Aadhar database is populated in the next page, which you can verify (you can not change the details though) and click the "verify" button. The following page ask...