B'Informed

Fremont - This year the 63rd Republic Day was celebrated with all the enthusiasm  in the Bay area. On January 26th, both houses of the California State Legislature honored India’s Republic Day for the first time. California Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett introduced California State Resolution 97 at the start of the Senate session, which recognizes India Republic Day.

“I dig into aloo and gobhi paranthas everyday,” declared Kareena at the launch of her dietician Rujuta Diwekars weight loss book. As if on cue, another svelte stunner Shilpa Shetty tweeted, ‘Just had a Krispy Kreme donuts yumm!’
Are we idiots or do these wafer thin celebrities derive vicious pleasure in such charades? Either they are fibbing or they are blessed with great metabolism. Or maybe, it is the magic of 108 surya namaskars they profess to perform daily. That brings me to a delicious paradox. The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and diet-books.

Chinese New Year begins according to the Chinese calendar which consists of both Gregorian and lunar-solar calendar systems. Because the track of the new moon changes from year to year, Chinese New Year can begin anytime between late January and mid-February. In 2012, Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 23rd and the "Dragon" is the animal sign for the year .

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