aloe vera plants are natural mosquito repellents and should be a must in the house you can even make agarbattis from their dried leaves you could also introduce some guppi fish in the open nallah next to the house they can consume up to 40 mosquito eggs at a time sweaty bodies attracts mosquitoes so turn on the exhaust fans he said credit for the aptly timed science project goes to their science teacher sandhya lokhanderailway disaster one associates western railway with efficiency even though it is a psu thus it was something of a surprise that a programme organised recently by the association of wives of wr officers turned out to be a rather dreary affair the sariclad women had organised a jatinlalit nite at the tata theatre the programme started almost on the dot at 630 pm but for the next 45 minutes the audience was subjected to boring speeches by some worthy or the otherafter the bhashans the compere announced a 15minute break and said snack packets hot beverages and soft drinks would be available at the foyer what followed was plain and simple mayhem with several men women and children making a dash for the snack counters some could be seen carting away as many as five boxes each a few of them spilled hot tea and coffee on unsuspecting guestsafter the break an argument broke out between two couples the seats were not numbered and this caused confusion among them it was quite akin to the fighting for berths in a wr train strangely enough music directors jatin and lalit insisted on singing which is simply not their forte they are excellent composers and should have confined themselves to directing the small orchestra instead they sang several songs and even teamed up with that vastly talented artiste kavita krishnamurthy in a duet mercifully the evening was saved by the gracious presence of manisha koirala and some excellent rendering of songs by kavita the upcoming sunidhi chauhan and mimicry artiste jimmy mosesthirst aid thirsty commuters travelling from virar to churchgate have a unique way to quench their thirst at dahisar the first class compartment comes in line with a station vendors stallno matter where the thirsty commuter is sitting he passes the word and the person nearest the window orders cold mineral water to the waiting waiter who knows the regulars and passes the bottles in a jiffy money is paid later as this is a regular watering hole the morale no one goes thirsty in mumbaibollywood calling in the land of bollywood how can even the university remain immune to some filmi drama the recent senate meeting in fact had all the ingredients of a blockbuster complete with hysterics fights and even the mandatory song and dance sequencesenate members chose the filmi route to take off their anger against the vicechancellor for behaving like a dictator and refusing to conduct democratic discussions on a contentious topic like autonomymany sedate senate members actually sat on the