Diabetes and your heart
Dr Venkatesh explains in detail, the connection between high blood glucose and cardio vascular diseases.Cardio Vascular Disease, CVD, is a major complication of diabetes and the leading cause of early...
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QI am a 11-year-old girl. My lips are very dark and dry which makes it crack easily if there is a slight change in weather. This prevents me from applying lip gloss as it leaves a burning sensation. I...
View ArticleHealthy indulgences
Committing to a healthy lifestyle doesn't mean sacrificing the good things in life. All it means is making some smart choices, writes Swati Kapur.Health and fitness has become a priority for most of...
View ArticleA fun filled rom-com
It's a laugh riot with Paagan where comedy is the king and its proceedings hilarious. Of course, the film has its dull and dry moments. However, the overall feel of rib-tickling, scores over giving...
View ArticleRomance in Rome
To Rome with loveEnglish (A)Director: Woody AllenCast: Woody Allen, Ellen Page, Roberto Benigni, Penelope Cruz, Jesse EisenbergWoody Allen's latest movie with its wonderful cast and satirical humour...
View ArticleA comedy of horror
Raaz 3Hindi Director: Vikram BhattCast: Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Bipasha Basu Certification:AWith a little bit of imagination and a small apology, Gulzar's immortal lyrics 'pyaar ko pyaar hi rehne...
View ArticleHagia Sophia: Standing the test of time
Turkey, which straddles Asia and Europe, has a rich and varied architecture. The Hagia Sophia (meaning Holy Wisdom), the most celebrated monument in the capital Istanbul, was first a Byzantine Church,...
View ArticleBarnet by the book
I am standing in what was once called the Great North Road in Barnet, looking up at the Red Lion (originally spelt Lyon) Inn. Except for the figure of the lion way up above, it looks like any other...
View ArticleOn a joy ride
Of the many sights in Kolkata, tanushree podder revisits the British Raj at the Victoria Memorial and embarks on a spiritual quest at Dakshineswar Kali Temple.There were two things on my wish list when...
View ArticleSymbol of manhood
The curved dagger, called the khanjar, is a striking component of Omani dress. The symbol of the khanjar has become ubiquitous in the Sultanate. It is the national emblem, with a place on the country's...
View ArticleLetters to the editor
Boss apparently did not think that two colleagues of diverse gender could ever discuss any subject pertaining to work. The maximum he allowed for any open talk between a female and a male colleague was...
View ArticleDome-i-nation
One structure that has remained constant and dominant, despite the changes that have peppered the London skyline over the years, is the historic St Paul's Cathedral that stands atop Ludwig Hill, writes...
View ArticleSpiritual travelogue
This book could be considered as much a whacky travelogue on India as it is a quest for spirituality in this land of seers, godmen and vedanta. The story starts with a search for leeches and moves on...
View ArticleBoone or bane?
As they say, when it Grishams, it pours. I reviewed John Grisham's baseball novel Calico Joe in these pages not too long ago and found it a trifle pedestrian. So it was that I picked up Theodore Boone:...
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Gideon's corpseDouglas Preston and Lincoln ChildHachette, 2012, pp 355, 399A nuclear scientist goes mad and takes a family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. A plume of...
View ArticleMan of infinite jest
In 'Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story', D T Max traces and outlines the career and truncated life of acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, writes Michiko kakutaniIn Infinite Jest David Foster...
View ArticleWhen our films started singing
James Cameron's Avatar opened the distinct possibility that technology is about to make its conquest of cinema complete, even possibly making actors redundant, a possibility no one could have foreseen...
View ArticleHandmade in India
Deepika Govind's pop-art inspired, western silhouetted collections in deeply ethnic weaves are essentially a celebration of the Indian craft. In a conversation with the designer, Tuba Raqshan discovers...
View ArticleThrough an artist's eyes...
"Can you see Buddha?" C Chandrashekara questions as he holds up his artwork, 'The Impressions X', a certain distance away, hinting at a shape the viewer should typically be able to see. I squint at the...
View ArticleViva La Pongal
During the last few years, there is a resurgence of folk forms of music in the South. Bands like Swarathma and Raghu Dixit Project have experimented with folk forms and have received wide acclaim. La...
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