Category: General

Heart Health Presentation

On exercise: Everyone knows about the benefits of exercise to health and longevity. What is the evidence on the type of exercise and its benefit? Which is better – the intensity or amount of exercise? What is the best time to exercise?

On food: Are you ready to dispel the popular myths about diet and nutrition? Did you know that the “Diner” is as important as the “Dinner”? What about “Grains” vs. “Greens”. Are “Fats” necessary? What about nuts? And sodas?

On rest: What is the significance of sleep? How much is healthy? What is the evidence on meditation? What is the concept of restful alertness? How does it reduce stress?

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Mountain View City -Movies in the Park

Summer is here and so have summer events started all over the place. City of Mountain View hosts movies on Friday night. Every week they host movie in a different park. Great Friends and Family event. People generally carry picnic dinner and arrive at park around 6.30-7.00 PM. It is …

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Entertainment tax /Paid KV access

Prashant and KV seniors created excellent platform (Kutchvalley) for Kutchi youths coming to silicon valley and everybody is enjoying lots of activities – camping, picnic and networking opportunities. This is for community and it should be free. But, there are memberships everywhere you go. As KV member, we are little …

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signs of drowning

Summer is here and pool parties around, something to keep in mind: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/family/2013/06/rescuing_drowning_children_how_to_know_when_someone_is_in_trouble_in_the.html

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Camping in Shimla

This summer we decided to join Mountain Marks for “family camping” in Shimla. Mountain Marks is founded by Ajay Dedhia (nephew of Navin Dedhia of Bay area), Jayant Dedhia and Ketan Chheda. The three of them were associated with the Mulund KVO trekking group for a lot of years and …

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Is Oakland Zoo Dying?

For Mother’s Day we visited Oakland Zoo. And was actually disappointed with the condition of the zoo. My last visit to Oakland Zoo was about 3 years back when we had bought a yearly membership. The zoo was better  maintained then. However this time we found that not only the …

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