Ah! for a nourishing salt bath
Every month, Living features a column by our grooming expert, Shahnaz Husain. Send in your queries to dhliving @gmail.com.The idea of using bath salts actually came from the mineral springs or hot...
View ArticleSecrets of healthy hair
Healthy hair adds to the overall personality and appearance of men, women and children. The beauty market is flooded with a host of products promising hair that is stronger, healthier, dandruff free,...
View ArticleThe 'mother's kiss' is an effective home remedy
Some well-known home remedies for common childhood ailments are ineffective and potentially harmful, like putting butter on a burn. But others may have some scientific justification.Among the latter is...
View ArticleThe bane of junk food
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has requested the Ministry of Human Resource Development to ensure withdrawal of junk and fast foods, which include carbonated drinks, from the canteens...
View ArticleThinking twice about checkups
In an analysis of studies including more than 180,000 subjects, researchers have found that general health checkups — like annual physicals or other visits to the doctor by asymptomatic...
View ArticleWellbeing
QI am a 13-year old girl and I am really worried about my damaged hair. Day-by-day, my hair fall is increasing and my hair is very thin. I am using Dabur Amla. Please help. ASome of the reasons for...
View ArticleDepressing statistics
The number of young who are afflicted with mental diseases is growing. Dr Roshan Jain analyses the situation.Mental health issues are a real concern. The stigma and prejudice associated with mental...
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The happiness formula
There are a hundred ways to bliss once you get out of the rut of going through life, fulfilling obligations. Rachna Bisht-Rawat talks of a few."If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we...
View ArticleCloud Atlas is a bit murky
Based on David Mitchell's 2004 novel of the same name, Cloud Atlas is an sci-fi drama spanning five centuries and six separate eras, the 1850s, the 1930s, 1973, 2012, 2144 and the distant future. Films...
View ArticleNo black and white, only grey
A Chakravyuh it is indeed. Prakash Jha in his latest outing leaves no stone unturned to keep you clinging to your seat, not wanting to miss a single moment of the 152-minute-long saga of Naxalites vs...
View ArticleBereft of logic and going nowhere
Numbers and money don't always add up to success. So seems to be the case with Jackky Bhagnani's Ajab Gazabb Love. The extra 'B' in the middle of the title (assuming it is there for adding up...
View ArticleSavour this spooky, spicy sizzler
Pizza turns out to be a delectable, delicious dish served with a dash of panache by debutant director Karthik Subburaj. Though it does have its weak and wanton moments, Pizza works as an ensemble...
View ArticleUnusual romantic comedy
In a film that tries to be many things, Ted can be best described as a story of a man who refuses to grow up, or the story of a romance united by an unusual plot device - a talking bear named Ted. And...
View ArticleChildhood exuberance meets hard reality
At first light, Keshava's eyes shine in anticipation. It is time for the most important event of the day - the arrival of the newspaper boy whose casual flick brings Keshava a mine of knowledge....
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Beauty on water
Sweden has emerged an important Scandinavian country. Stockholm, its capital, lies on the east coast, at the entrance to Lake Malaren. Geographically an archipelago, Stockholm's clear water flows...
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Bride of the red sea
With Haj slated for the last week of October, pilgrims have already started to converge in Makkah (and Madina), the focal point for Haj. Makkah does not have an airport and Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi...
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Beyond the casino
Prasanth Nandakumar explores the many remnants of Macau's Portuguese past, and in the process, discovers another side to this popular gambling destination.Someone somewhere is always packing a bag to...
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To Buddha's delight
The wave of Buddhism that spread from India to South East Asia around the first century AD lasted several centuries when many of the countries came under the Buddhist influence, with numerous temples...
View ArticleChange of heart
Sweet are the outcomes of a change of heart. Harassed daughters-in-law will vouch how the change of heart of their mothers-in-law had brought back lost peace in a joint family. Though they will also be...
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Under the sea
Stuart Forster shares the joy of scuba diving, an adventure he partook in Portugal, where he discovered the hidden treasures of the open waters of the North Atlantic.Fans of James Bond movies are...
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