Gone are the days when only destitute, abandoned and afflicted old men and women sought shelter in old age homes. Leaving one’s aged parents in an old age home, or being sent to an old age home had a social stigma attached to it. Almost all such homes were usually run by charitable organizations and [...]
With the mercury rising up a few notches everyday, everyone has already started feeling the heat and humidity. Its summer again, and the scorching sun has begun making us sweat and feel irritated at the mere thought of dressing up! But dress up we must, and here are a few suggestions to dress up cool [...]
Henna (or to give its correct Latin name Lawsonia Inermis) is a flowering plant that has been cultivated and used as a skin, hair and fabric dye since the Bronze Age. In India court records dating back to at least 400 CE show it being used to dye hair and skin and it is still cultivated [...]
Music can take away all the clutter in the mind and let you concentrate. It is that medium that calms you from inside and allows that thought to process, which would have otherwise been suppressed. Of course everybody knows and has experienced the healing power of music. Most of them must have had some effect [...]
Have you ever longed to wear your grandmother’s Polki studded broach? Or is it your mother’s Zardosi wedding lehenga that you fantasize getting married in? Do the photo albums of your mother’s college days have you envious of her stylish bouffant and long drawn eyes? And did you just buy those large sunglasses that fill your face? If yes, [...]
Siddarth is just over an year old, but his mother Meena has already started browsing the internet and gathering information from her friends and neighbors on the school in which she can get him admitted. Her father and rest of the family members from the generation bygone wonder why on earth is she so anxious [...]
Ushering in a new member in the family, a piece of your own body and heart, your lovely infant, can be an experience that no words can describe. However, after the initial euphoria dies down, the harsh realities of life begin to surface. Given the nuclear nature of families today, most working women are faced [...]
As the stress and strain of today’s fast paced life drains people of their natural vitality, more and more people succumb to different disorders of the body and the mind. Since allopathic medicines are known to treat symptomatic disorders and provide temporary relief without addressing the root cause of the problem, people are looking for [...]
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery- Charles Dickens Remember the piggy bank from the good old childhood days? Children were rewarded for good behaviour with a few rupees, which were diligently deposited into the piggy bank – their [...]
It is only February, the Mercury has already started inching up each passing day. With scientists predicting increased solar activity this year, temperature is all set to soar quite high, probably higher than the previous years. Predictions may turn out to be true or false, but the wise will always be ready for the worst. [...]
