Why am I up one day and down another?” cried the sensitive teenager. The father answered wisely, “It is part of our growth, son. A bird that cannot flap its wings up and down cannot fly.” Who hasn’t gone through bouts of high self-esteem (HSE) and low
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How much time do you spend while selecting or buying a mattress for your bed? And how often do we rotate the sides, or flip the mattress, or change it for a new one? The same question holds true for the pillows we use.
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Here are two illuminating stories: Destiny’s author: In a long queue at the doctor’s waiting room sat an elderly gentleman. He had recovered from cancer and was here for his regular check-up to ensure that the cancer was out of
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It is a challenging world. And a compassionate one too,” I thought as I watched an ant crawl in the dust. When she met a stone, she laboriously tried climbing it. When she slipped down for the fifth time, she finally went around the stone and continued
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Sigmund Freud, the 18th century Austrian neurologist, hailed as the father of psychoanalysis, famously asked the question, “What do women want”? He didn’t have an answer. All he had were theories. Simply put — Women want to — Eat, Say, Love
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Do yourself a favour. Each day become a little healthier, little fitter, little happier and a little freer. “Those who are careful in little things everyday draw great strength and light from life,” says the Master. It’s the little things we do that allow
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Think moonless, think midnight, think darkness or a star spangled sky, against a stark blue-black background… this is what ajrakh is likened to, with the word in Arabic meaning blue. It is the synergy between handloom textiles and vegetable dyes which creates this magic.
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I have always been fascinated by Gujarat… for its colour, people and its plethora of textiles. The women with their red bandhini odhnis, swirling skirts, heavy silver jewellery and dangling earrings are fashion icons in their own right. Not to be ignored, the bejewelled men in their
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A monk known for his wisdom decided to build a temple. As work proceeded, he became a different person. He worried so much and walked restlessly around the site several times a day. He lost his calmness, peace, wisdom. Seeing his agitated state, his friend remarked gently,
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A migraine can be quite unbearable — the blood vessels around your brain expand and begin to irritate the tissue and nerves around, causing the pain. So, if you, or someone you know, suffers from migraines and headaches, be sure to check out these warning signs, tips
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