Mar 29, 2018 | Daily Living, Lifestyle |
I have come to the conclusion that dealing with recipe writers and amateur chefs is a bit like dealing with mathematicians, tax consultants and lawyers. They kind of assume that you already know a lot, and they unleash upon you a barrage of impressive-sounding terms that mean nothing to you. And then they look at you as though you were a semi-literate imbecile. They display the arrogance of Picasso who, reportedly, once said something to the effect that if you didn’t understand his paintings, the problem was with you. Not him.
Mar 15, 2018 | Daily Living, Lifestyle |
I stood in front of the mirror and hated what looked back at me: blotchy, puffy face, ridden with acne, and a non-skinny body I did not love. I am Diya Menon, a 19-year-old* Division 1 college athlete. I’ve been playing competitive tennis since I was seven. I never...
Mar 1, 2018 | Daily Living, Lifestyle |
When I was a young girl, sunbathers would lather up in baby oil and sit in direct noon-time sun. Sometimes these sun worshipers even bathed with three-sided aluminum foil covered reflectors surrounding their faces to get maximum color on their skin. That color often...
Feb 8, 2018 | Daily Living, Lifestyle |
Want to reduce your footprint, find more peace and solace? Spring cleaning and decluttering may just be the answer. As any 4-year-old would remind you, “Try it, try it, you just might like it”.
Jan 25, 2018 | Lifestyle, Yoga |
Yoga appears to be particularly beneficial when it comes to mental health, with studies showing it helps improve psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and schizophrenia. Some of these studies suggest yoga can actually have an effect similar to that of antidepressants and psychotherapy.
Jan 10, 2018 | Daily Living, Lifestyle |
I have observed that the week of December 28 to January 3 is a particularly testing time for those who’re battling ‘questionable’ habits and behaviours. They make resolutions. Also, the ubiquity of social media impels them to announce to the whole, wide world that...
