Ritika Agarwal is a nutritionist and currently pursuing a culinary nutrition programme, following her passion for food. To fuel her passion and penchant for doing something creative and different in the field of health and nutrition, she collaborated with her friend Pranita Kalyan, in writing a book...
This basically means “I am That, That is me.” And to me, in many ways, this phrase defined my Shreyas experience. To begin with, Shreyas offers you just the right environment to embark upon your inner journey. Spread over 25 acres of lush green, Shreyas surprisingly has only 12 cottages – whic...
The idea of Mother Earth was originated in 1970 by Gay Lord Nelson, a Senator of the USA. But the Mother Earth Temple is an original formulation of Parimal Dey, a social activist in East and north-east India. Recently, the reportervisited the place at 4, Vidyasagar Colony near Jadavpur under 99 ward...
S. Sridharan, a noted yoga expert from Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandir, one of the largest yoga centres of Asia. Q. We are focusing on problems affecting the working professionals especially stress, alienation, depression and insomnia. So how can yoga benefit them with the fact that there time is l...
If I were a diabetic, would I go for a surgery that promises to halt the disease even for a few years and lastsan hour with a hospital stay of one day? A surgery that would leave four tiny scars on my belly andallow me to eat grilled fish?Well I don’t know and I am not a diabetic. But I have alway...
Back pain is a common problem with people of almost all ages barring children. It is more commonly seen with people in the corporate world, who work long hours and those not involved with any kind of exercises. Back and neck pain symptoms are experienced by at least 50% of the working population. Ac...
Meghalaya is a state in the north eastern region of India. It is home of two major ethnic groups, namely the Hynniewtrep (Khasis and Jaintias) and the Achiks (Garos). The Hynniewtrep (which means, The Children of The Seven Huts) community predominates the East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, Ri Bhoi ...
In India, depression is not an easy topic to talk about. By and large, the idea of depression makes people so uncomfortable, they either ignore it, try to brush it away, or worse, pretend that it’s “just a phase” that will pass on its own. However, many times those responses to depression are ...
I was in Taiwan recently when I met some surgeons who have been working on hernias for half their lifetime. They had been thinking about it, the ways to improve, the approach to take, the tailoring of the procedures. Yes, nothing is perfect, my readers. Everything in science is transient since...
Sanjib AcharyaThe growing incidence of dengue has been reported in the last few years. The World Health Organisation reported that there had been about 390 million cases of dengue fever worldwide. Out of this, about 96 million require medical treatment. In India, the incidence of dengue doubled up f...
