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...stores in the Boston area and purchased 71 cultural powders and 86 spices and food products. About 25% of the food items, including spices such as cardamom, fenugreek and chili powder, contained more than 1 microgram of lead per gram of product. About 65% of the ceremonial powders, including sindoor, which is used as a symbol of marriage, contained the same amount. Those levels are below the E.U.'s acceptable threshold of 2 to 3 mcg/g of lead, but the study's authors say that regardless of the amount, the presence of lead in these products should be a reason...
Sujeet's mother Sindoor, however, says she "had marriage in sight straightaway" once Sujeet expressed interest in Carrie. "We come from a different culture," she explains. As India-born Hindus, Sindoor and Sharad Desai, both dentists, "don't expect dating and breaking [up]." Nor did Sindoor wish to expose her vulnerable son to the emotional upheavals of serial entanglements...
...state approval. The endlessly devoted Desais and Bergerons pressed for a plan that would allow the newlyweds to live together in their own apartment, located midway between the two family homes, and receive part-time aid with tasks like cooking. "They don't need baby sitting every hour," explains Sindoor. "What they need is money management and transportation" to part-time jobs, volunteer work, exercise classes and other activities. The "self-determination" program requires enormous initiative and hard work from the young couple, as well as those in their circle of support, but it allows them to take considerable responsibility...
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