Sweet and Kolkata are synonymous—it is as old as the city’s culture. Just as the locals love their share of sweets, travellers would too enjoy the same, especially at sweet shops that are more than a century old. Whether it is the traditional sandesh at Balaram Mullick and Radharaman Mullick or ladikeni at Bhim Chandra Nag, sweets of Kolkata will keep you craving for more. Try rossogolla at K. C. Das or jolbhora at Girish Chandra Dey and Nakur Chandra Nandy, there are endless options available at these sweet shops. Do not forget to try golapi sandesh at Sen Mahasay and mishti doi at Ganguram. A ‘sweet tour’ of the city is something that you won’t be able to resist while you are in Kolkata.
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"Homoeopathy, at 220 years, is the youngest form of the medicine and still looked at with scepticism. I took up to the study to show that our science is impeccable," said Dr Shah. He got the idea after the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay showed in 2010, that homoeopathy uses nanotechnology to deliver results. "The IIT study showed how our science works. I wanted to prove that it works well," he added.Associate professor Sadhana Sathaye from ICT conducted the study on rats. "The rodents were arranged in four groups. The first group was healthy and hadn't been biologically engineered to suffer from arthritis like the rest," she said. The second group was given water as a placebo, while the third was given homoeopathic medicines. "The last group was given a popular diflofenac painkiller, which is widely used to treat inflammation of tissues among arthritic patients," she said.The allopathic medicines reduced the pain quickly, but by the seventh day, the homoeopathic pills were as effective, she said."By Day 14, the homoeopathic medicines seemed better," said Dr Shah, adding that homoeopathic pills could emerge as the treatment of choice for patients with chronic pain. "Homoeopathic medicines have no side-effects like allopathic painkillers."Read More
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