now requests in sidebar shows the no.of unread notifications.

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diff --git a/taskapp/utilities/user.py b/taskapp/utilities/user.py
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+"""
+A collection of utility functions for user.
+"""
+
+def get_user(user):
+    """ get the no of unread requests and notifications and add them as properties for user.
+    """
+
+    unread_notifications = user.notification_sent_to.filter(is_read=False,is_deleted=False).count
+    unread_requests = user.request_sent_to.filter(is_valid=True,is_replied=False).count
+
+    user.unread_notifications = unread_notifications
+    user.unread_requests = unread_requests
+
+    return user
+
+