Is there anything wrong with not eating sugar? From morning tea to sweets. Sugar adds sweetness not only to our food, but also to our lives. Without this sugar, we would not be able to eat foods like sweets, chocolate, cakes or soft drinks. But where did this sugar come from and how did it reach our kitchen? Sugar and then brown sugar were first made in India from sugarcane juice. Historical books and various reports from India and abroad provide evidence of this. According to a research report titled ‘A History of Sugar: The Food Nobody Needs, But Everyone Craves’ published by the British media outlet network ‘The Conversation’, sugar was made in India around 2,500 years ago, i.e. 500 BC. From here, the technology to make it spread eastwards to China and reached the Middle East via Iran. In the first century, the historian Pliny the Elder, who wrote the encyclopedia ‘Naturalis Historia’, said that Indian sugar was better than sugar made in Arabia. It is said that sugar first reac...
‘Emotional Loneliness’ Among Parents With Children Abroad Kathmandu Metropolitan City has reported that emotional loneliness is beginning to be seen among senior citizens with children abroad. A survey conducted by the metropolis has found emotional loneliness among senior citizens with children. This situation has been shown by a study conducted by Prahlad Adhikari on the topic of ‘The Responsibility of the Metropolitan City for the Mental Health of Senior Citizens’ in the third edition of the Metropolitan Research Fellowship (MRF). Binita Adhikari was the supervisor of the study. According to the study, 21.7 percent of people have been found to have severe and very severe emotional loneliness. The Metropolitan City survey found that 62.3 percent had moderate loneliness. Similarly, 15 percent did not experience any kind of emotional loneliness. Similarly, from the perspective of social loneliness, 48 percent had high loneliness, 28.3 percent had moderate loneliness, and 23.7 pe...