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HEALTHLINES BUSINESS 5 healthy diet tips for 2019 Salary hikes may remain static in 2019 Whatever your New Year's Resolution, When using canned or dried vegetables, nuts and fruit, With technology replacing a lot many tradition- while the job scene for banking, financial services and tele- choose varieties without added salt and sugars. al jobs, the year passing-by appears to be a com appeared difficult. a healthy and balanced diet will provide Remove salt and salty condiments from the table and transition year for the employment space with Going ahead, banking, financial services, retail, logis- tics, IT/ITES, e-commerce, start-ups, consumer goods, try and avoid adding them out of habit; our tastebuds can hiring for several entry-level profiles taking a many benefits into 2019 and beyond. quickly adjust and once they do, you are likely to enjoy infrastructure and healthcare will see the maximum big hit in 2018 and average salary hikes growth in 2019, said Rituparna Chakraborty, President of According to the World Health Organization (WHO), food with less salt, but more flavor! remaining static in a range of 8-10 per cent. Indian Staffing Federation. what we eat and drink can affect our body's ability to fight Check the labels on food and go for products with low- Chakraborty said retail would capitalise on increased infections, as well as how likely we are to develop health er sodium content. Going forward, experts and hiring managers are hope- consumer spending in non-metro and smaller cities, problems later in life, including obesity, heart disease, dia- Reduce fat consumption ful about more than 10 lakh new jobs in the new year, which in turn would drive employment growth. betes and different types of cancer. though salary hikes may still remain the same. However, Replace butter, lard and ghee with healthier oils such According to Sameer Nagpal, Director of Employabili- The exact ingredients of a healthy diet will depend on people in some specific evolving skills may get much more. as soybean, canola (rapeseed), corn, safflower and sun- ty Solutions at Aon CoCubes, salary hikes in India are sta- different factors like how old and how active we are, as well Employers are expected to keep a cautious approach at flower. bilising around the 9-10 per cent, which is the highest in as the kinds of foods that are available in the communities least in the first half of 2019 due to evolving political uncer- Choose white meat like poultry and fish which are gen- the Asia Pacific region. where we live. But across cultures, there are some com- tainties relating to national elec- erally lower in fats than red meat, and limit the consump- mon food tips for helping us lead healthier, longer lives. tions, despite employment genera- tion of processed meats. tion being a key poll plank for Check labels and always almost all political parties. avoid all processed, fast and Job creation has been a subject fried foods that contain indus- of big debate in the recent past, as trially-produced trans fat. It is despite a fast face of overall eco- often found in margarine and nomic growth, the level of employ- ghee, as well as pre-packaged ment generation has not kept pace snacks, fast, baked and fried with an estimated 12 million people foods. entering the labour market each Some tips to reduce sugar year in the recent years. intake The experts rue that the situa- Limit intake of sweets and tion has been further confounded sugary drinks such as fizzy by lack of sufficient, credible and drinks, fruit juices and juice periodic data on job creation. drinks, liquid and powder con- Following the twin disruptions centrates, flavoured water, of demonetisation and the imple- energy and sports drinks, mentation of GST in the previous ready-to-drink tea and coffee year, 2018 has still turned out to be and flavoured milk drinks. a year of recovery for the Indian job Choose healthy fresh snacks landscape. rather than processed foods. "It is ironic that while job creation will be a crucial plank Avoid giving sugary foods to As per Aon's latest survey, despite improvement in on which the national elections will be fought, organisa- children. Salt and sugars macroeconomic forecasts, the salary increments for 2018 tions may actually be taking a cautious approach to rolling should not be added to comple- stood at 9.5 per cent, while, the projections for 2019 are out their business plans for 2019, thereby negatively Our bodies are incredibly complex, and (with the excep- mentary foods given to children under 2 years of age, and at around 9.6 per cent. impacting job creation at least for the first half of the year," tion of breast milk for babies) no single food contains all should be limited beyond that age. "For people who are already employed, average salary the nutrients we need for them to work at their best. Our said Nishith Upadhyaya, Head of Advisory Services at hike can range anything between 10-12 per cent, wherein WHO advises that there is no safe level of alcohol con- SHRM (India). diets must therefore contain a wide variety of fresh and top performers may get 15-20 per cent and average per- sumption; and for many people even low levels of alcohol The Society for Human Resource Management nutritious foods to keep us going strong. formers can expect 5-8 per cent. But, for many specific use can still be associated with significant health risks. (SHRM) is the world's largest HR professional society, Remember, less alcohol consumption is always better skills, people may end up getting hike of 30-50 per cent," Ensure a balanced diet representing three lakh members in over 165 countries. said Sunil Goel, MD of leading executive search organisa- for health and it is perfectly OK not to drink. The industries that are directly correlated to govern- In your daily diet, aim to eat a mix of staple foods such tion GlobalHunt. ment schemes for infrastructure, roads, highways and air- as wheat, maize, rice and potatoes with legumes like lentils Avoid drinking As per experts, one of the most significant HR trends ports may proceed cautiously till at least May 2019, by of 2018 has been the way automation and artificial intel- and beans, plenty of fresh fruit and veg, and foods from Pregnant or breastfeeding; driving, operating machin- when the new government is expected to be in place. ligence is transforming the world of work, while also pos- animal sources (e.g. meat, fish, eggs and milk). ery or undertaking other activities that involve related Other sectors, whose products and services are depend- Choose wholegrain foods like unprocessed maize, mil- ing a significant threat to job roles that are structured and risks; you have health problems which may be made worse ent on local consumption and exports, are expected to go repetitive. let, oats, wheat and brown rice when you can; they are rich by alcohol; you are taking medicines which directly inter- ahead with expansion and recruitment plans. "In 2018, technologies of the future were the name of in valuable fibre and can help you feel full for longer. act with alcohol; or you have difficulties with controlling According to HR service provider Randstad India chief the game with Indian job seekers increasingly looking for Reduce your salt intake your drinking. Paul Dupuis, IT industry turned the corner this year in high-skill jobs that will prepare them for the changing If you think your or someone you love may have prob- terms of hiring after two years of tepid job creation, helped nature of work," Sashi Kumar, Managing Director at When cooking and preparing foods, use salt sparingly lems with alcohol or other psychoactive substances, don't by improved availability of skilled talent in new-age tech- Indeed India said. and reduce use of salty sauces and condiments (like soy be afraid to reach out for help from your health worker or nology areas and big ticket investments in the e-commerce Blockchain, robotics, artificial intelligence and cyber sauce, stock or fish sauce). a specialist drug and alcohol service. WHO has also devel- sector. security related job searches witnessed significant rise, as Avoid snacks that are high in salt, and try and choose oped a self-help guide to provide guidance to people look- Other sectors that showed improvement this year more and more companies are embracing a tech-assimi- fresh healthy snacks over processed foods. ing to cut back or stop use. include infrastructure, manufacturing, retail and FMCG, lated future, Kumar said. PERSONALITY Sen, sensibility and a voyeur with camera

sation without ever meeting]". about his political leanings. "I was at that. point of time try- With the passing away of on Born on May 14, 1923, in Faridpur, (now in Bangladesh), ing to point my finger at the enemy outside," he said of the Dec 30, an era in Indian arthouse cinema Sen came to Kolkata later and studied physics. Soon he was films. involved with the cultural wing of the Communist party He in the second half of 70s started making film which came to an end. Sujoy Dhar remembers and got associated with the Indian Peoples Theatre Asso- were marked departure from the political films. He con- the many candid interactions with the ciation. centrated more on soul searching and targetted the enemy auteur and a legend of our time Mrinal Sen made his first feature film in 1953 (a disas- within ourselves. This was somewhat reflected in Hindi trous debut as he himself told me), but it was his second film Mrigaya (1976 in which Mithun Chakraborty made his As a young man, Mrinal Sen had no fierce passion for film Neel Akasher Nichey (Under the Blue Sky), which debut). But his introspective films started with "Ek Din Pra- cinema and he was not even a habitual cine-goer. "My for- brought him to limelight. tidin (And Quiet Rolls the Dawn) in 1978. ay into films was purely accidental," he once told this writer Set in the background of the ultimate rising against the This was a film of an unmarried working girl, a sole in between cups of black tea at his south Kolkata residence British rule in Kolkata, the film told the story of an immi- bread earner of a family who does not return one night, set- in Beltala area. grant Chinese wage worker, Wang Lu, and the bond he ting off a chain of introspective reactions from her rather One day in the 1950s, Sen came across Rudolf Arnheim's developed with a housewife (Kali Banerjee and Manju Dey selfish family members. essaying the roles respectively) who was also involved in book "Film" in the catalogue room of the then Imperial And then came a film like (The Case is Closed), the freedom struggle of India. Library. It was a book on the aesthetics of cinema, on its a slap on the face of middle class, where a servant left to philosophy and socio-political relevance. Well, as they say, However, Neel Akasher Nichey is still not a signature film of Sen who scripted a new language of cinema in the sleep beneath the staircase, died of asphyxiation in the rest is history. kitchen where he had taken refuge to escape the freezing Loved and hated equally for projecting his views with following years and decades to register his protest against an unforgiving capitalist society. winter night. unabashed candour, Mrinal Sen with his strong Marxist His third film, Baishey Shravan (Wedding Day, 1960) The process of introspection continued with films like leanings, rewrote the language of films and in the course first earned him the recognition as a filmmaker of interna- starrer (The Ruins, 1982) and of that journey won awards in Cannes, Berlin and every- tional repute and skills. earlier Smita Patil-Srila Majumdar starrer Akaler Sand- where else. Besides Bengali and Hindi, he also made films What brought Sen more fame and controversy was his hane (In Search of Famine, 1980). in Oriya and Telugu. Calcutta Trilogy depicting the Naxalite Movement of the Sen, a Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke At the end though, Sen was a spent force and his last late 60s and early 70s with the films- Interview, Calcutta awardee, paved the way for parallel cinema in India along few films were better not made I strongly felt. His Dimple 71 and Padatik (The Guerrilla Fighter). with Satyajit Ray and Ritwick Ghatak, but he would also be Kapadia starrer "Antareen" was also not a film I liked In the last film of the series- Padatik- he actually self-criitcal. though he told me in an interview: "I was overcome with reassessed the movement that rocked Bengal and created "Deep in my heart I know my areas of mediocrity. And terrible sense of emptiness for a long time benumbing my ripples across India. the professor in the film who walks out of creativity. The alienation I experienced led to a film like A voyeur with camera Sen imprisoned on celluloid real his family on a stormy day never to return, I too feel that Antareen [where two alienated stangers- Dimple Kapadia life events taking place in Kolkata in the 70s- the political the saddest thing in life is that we live only one life. Today and Anjan Dutta- one night starts talking over the phone rallies and the police baton-charge and the protests every the times Bengal experienced. I feel like starting all over again," he would tell me in one as their lives start revolving around the telephonic conver- day on the streets. His films were a telling commentary of However, with time he learnt to become more cautious interview, leaving me surprised. (TWF) Purifying power of indoor plants

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