Stress levels have gone up. In the last thirty years, ( The most stressed group being between the age group of 33-47 year-olds. This seems logical. This is the group that has the most worries, kids, jobs, careers and hor...

Facebook aka fakebook gets people depressed. What is Facebook for? It was created for harmless fun and to get connected with each other-but it has become more than that. It is viewed as a private space to share your life...

Rati Agnihotri has filed for divorce filing for a case of domestic violence against her husband of almost two decades. In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, she has revealed her darkest secrets. Earlier last month, on Marc...

About the book : Set amidst the art, music and poetry of Tagore's Santiniketan, “Fall Winter Collection"​ is the journey of an orthodox Indian sculptor, as he secretly works on an ambitious project ​carving Krishna's​Wom...

An Angel by Choice …… ( How far will a kind human being go to help those in need is the question ..... Will cross all limits , Will leave no stone unturned , is the answer. That is the thought that came to my mind when I...

Attention: Naperville Residents. ( that helps manage life events better by synchronizing all your calendars (Facebook, Google, Phone etc.) into one calendar is hiring interns. Sign-up for WotNow app summer internships Si...

Films with father-daughter as the central characters are quite rare in Bollywood. “Daddy” (1989) and “Khamoshi The Musical” (1996) are two of the most memorable ones. Films discussing bowel movements in all its glory are...

WotNow is a social local calendar app that helps manage life events better. This is the brainchild of Deepa Salem (Founder/CEO). Anand Sivaraman ( Chief Technology Officer) and Vidhya Iyer, (Communications & Marketing),...

Tyronne a 9-year-old boy has been living in Australia with his mother for eight years. He is an autistic kid. Maria Sevilla his mother has been working in Australia as a skilled worker. After they moved from Philippines,...

This past November, my husband and I adopted our Mackenzie from foster care. She was only 6 months away from her 18th birthday and had spent more than half her life in the care of the state. “Mom, we need to do something...

A sauna does more than build up a sweat - it can be a life saver, say researchers. Middle-aged men who take frequent saunas are around half as likely to die from heart conditions as those who do not, according to a new s...

Is it possible to be in a relationship and not lie at all? Is it possible to be honest all the time, without hurting the love in your life? Does lying and loving coexist? New ( on an average in a ten-minute conversation....

by Psychologist Arthur Aaron and few others goes to prove that love is an action to be done.Love doesn’t happen, it needs to be created.The group devised a set of 36 questions which could be a breakthrough to falling in...

It Is None Of My Business ’’……….Somehow I keep hearing this sentence a lot these days……It seems like , It is the ‘’ En Vogue ‘’ statement now . As if to be with the crowd you have to know these magic words and using them...

Each country, religion, group have had their own set of superstitious beliefs. Even though innately we may be aware that these beliefs have no meaning or truth to it, we still follow it. It could be because life is fille...

Deepika Padukone was diagnosed with depression and she talks bravely of her journey to fight the disease. She talks about how it was difficult for her to shoot for the climax scene of Happy New Year. She didn’t feel like...

A woman who remained anonymous that lived in Bosnia, wanted to share her recipe to help people around the world that have suffered the ravages of the horrid disease, cancer. This recipe only includes two ingredients, gin...

I had a friend from school that died of a freak accident some four years ago. I was shocked and saddened. But every year even after she is dead I have wished her happy birthday on her Facebook page and sometimes, just go...

IF all goes according to plan, I’ll turn 44 soon after this column appears. So far in my adult life, I’ve never managed to grasp a decade’s main point until long after it was over. It turns out that I wasn’t supposed to...

How you start your day sets the context and your mindset for the rest of the day. Yet, most people start the day with procrastination by hitting the snooze button, telling their subconscious that they don’t even have the...

A young woman on a mission, making Earth cleaner, environment green. Lauren Singer, has not made any trash in the last two years, yes you heard it –no trash whatsoever. Her blog Trash is for Tossers chronicles her journe...

Dr. Kelly M.Flanagan writes on his ( Marital communication is getting a bad rap. It’s like the kid who fights back on the playground. The playground supervisors hear a commotion and turn their heads just in time to see h...

In the past year, ( did a research on the role of mentor in the lives of students from grade 5 to college. The study’s result was a revelation. While we all know that teacher play an important role in kids’ education, th...

The all girl band from Japan is a little different from other bands Japan produces. It’s called “Chubbiness” because all the ten girls are supposed to be chubby. Unlike other bands/idols from Japan these girls are suppos...

Sunanda Pushkar death has been confirmed due to drug overuse. The autopsy report has concluded that the untimely death was due to drug overuse. A sad end to a sad life of Sunanda Pushkar. This was her third marriage and...

An Indian origin teacher in Britain has given birth to a baby boy inside a classroom. a teacher at the elementary school Manford Primary School went into labor in the school. She delivered the baby with the help of her c...

Wishing for a real life ? A website called ( is hugely popular these days –their mantra? You can say anything here, even the things you cannot tell your best friend because as it turns out Internet has made us “game face...

Building motivated children Early on, right from the prekindergarten years or maybe even before that, if we started training our little ones to be motivated learners, the kids would grow up to be self-assured adults and...

Have we forgotten how to live in the present? Image Source : ( School reopens (USA) in a few weeks time –for some next week and for others much later. By September, though all the kids will be in school –I know many moms...

Real to Reel to Real Life (Part 2 of 2) Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, ( Now that the name of the movie is out of the bag, let me start Part 2 with the results of the guessing game from Part 1. Ma...

Book of the month : Paris Wife by Paula McLain Summer season was heralded by a hot discussion on the book of the month, ‘Paris Wife’. The book’s theme is the joys, trials and tribulations shared by Ernest Hemingway and h...

While speaking at wives of African leaders in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, Michelle Obama said living in the White House is confining, prison like. She was in a conversation with Laura Bush and was reflecting on how difficu...

Every minute of exercise increases your life by at least seven more minutes How much or actually how little exercise is needed to be on a steady climb towards a fit you? A recent article in ( talks about just 75 minutes...

Jared –the man who went on a weight loss journey by eating only subway sandwiches is now worth a fortune . Almost 15 years ago he had lost more than 200 pounds eating subway sandwiches. He shared his story with the world...

makes it news when Aishwarya Rai skips meeting Al Pacino so that she could be with her daughter. Rest of the newspapers follow suit –making it their job to make Aishwarya’s decision to stay home with Aradhya the national...

Gloria C. MacKenzie the 84-year-old woman has won the Powerball lottery jackpot of $ 590 million, largest in history. All her life she has lived with modest means and amenities in a tin-roof house in Zephyrhills, Florida...

Actress Jiah Khan committed suicide at her Juhu residence on Monday night. She hung herself, it has been reported. The 25-year-old actress, who worked with Amitabh Bachchan in Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Nishabd’ was apparently d...

A monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews and my unsolicited views Volume 13, By Arup Raha, Monday 27-May-2013 My decades of waiting for an opportunity to operate a movie projector ended last year in the sophistica...

40% of breadwinners are now mothers. Stay-at home dads are more common now. Even though it’s hard to let go of the stereotypical image of the man to bring the money home rather than taking care of the children and family...

Real to Reel to Real Life (Part 1 of 2) Art mirrors life, but when life portends art… To twist things a bit, let me tell you the story about a movie before I tell you the story of *the movie. What follows though, is a tr...

Kim Fraser came from a ''good Roman Catholic household'', was a successful barrister and a single mother of two children. Now the central coast resident is Australia's first female guru. Called Shakti Durga (meaning divi...

Increasingly teachers are speaking out against school reforms that they believe are demeaning their profession, and some are simply quitting because they have had enough. Here is one resignation letter from a veteran tea...

Minority Report Is a crime committed before it’s committed if you stop it before it’s committed? A paradoxical, circular question like that sends your brain into a tizzy, doesn’t it? But then, what human conundrum doesn’...

holder of a Harvard M.B.A., protégé of Clinton Treasury Secretary ( former vice president at ( ( chief operating officer at ( ( and mother of two young children—believes women are holding themselves back. In "Lean In," s...

Living in the Midwest, there are just too many reasons to be glad to get past the February bump. I usually enter March pirouetting around the yard chasing birds and plucking flowers, at least in my head, and tearing pink...

Older people blighted by pessimism and fear for the future are more likely to live longer, according to scientists. A study, into 40,000 adults across ten years, has found those with low expectations for a “satisfying fu...

Human longevity has improved so rapidly over the past century that 72 is the new 30, scientists say. Researchers at the ( in Rostock, Germany, said progress in lowering the odds of death at all ages has been so rapid sin...

Book Of The Month : “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga “Go to Old Delhi, and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundreds of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cag...

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The president is going to act," said Biden, giving some comments to the press before a meeting with victims of gun violence. "There are executives orders, there's executive action that can be taken. We haven't decided wh...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

What makes a population happy? Income and economic security matter, but as researchers examining global wellbeing surveys have repeatedly found, they don't tell the whole story — and the data from Latin America proves th...

At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner. The adult victims found their life's work...

The entire schedule of romantic comedy "Ghanchakkar" is said to have been planned in accordance to its lead actress Vidya Balan's real life wedding plans. In fact, her work in "Ghanchakkar" is being rush-completed in tim...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

After Savita Halappanavar's death, the brutal irony of 'pro-life' is exposed Anti-abortion groups' response to a young woman's tragic death in Ireland exposes their scant regard for women's lives Anti-abortion campaigner...

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out with an autobiography called "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story.". He is promoting his book and will be on 60 minutes this Sunday. He talks about his wife and sa...

Chai, Chat with Books" is a small group of eight ladies who share their passion for reading over a cup of tea and lots of chaat/snacks. Our book club meeting is a time away from the daily grind of life...

Weight loss is not magic and never instant . If it took years and months to put on that extra weight -it will probably take the same time to lose that weight. There is no miracle diet which will make the pounds disappear...

The Most Dreaded Facebook Reunion The online world is easily divided into two categories: 1) people who love the idea of getting together with everyone from their past and 2) um...

Na janu apne mann ki main, Ab kya kaha kab kaun banu, kuch bhi bana, ya kuch na bana, bus... baithi rahu tere dar pe main (I don't know what my heart says; what, where, whom I will become; make me something, or don't mak...

Relationships and Human Connection Humans are fundamentally social creatures. Strong relationships are central to happiness, health, and meaning. Multiple Relationships A fulfilling life typically involves multiple types...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Jessica Schairer has so much in common with her boss, Chris Faulkner, that a visitor to the day care center they run might get them confused. They are both friendly white women from modest Midwestern backgrounds who left...

When Aamir Khan launched Satyamev Jayate on Doordarshan and Star Plus in May 2012, the expectations were enormous — and the early episodes delivered. The show's debut episode on female foeticide, featuring real families...

Having just finished a gruelling outdoor shoot in Istanbul for Race 2, Saif Ali Khan is back in Mumbai, promoting his new film Cocktail and planning his wedding with Kareena Kapoor. Even though Cocktail releases this Fri...

The genre of "things you should never post on social media" listicles had become its own cottage industry by 2012, and with good reason: the consequences of poorly considered Facebook posts were by then well-documented,...

The Aakash tablet, developed through a partnership between the Indian government and the Canadian company DataWind and manufactured in India, was presented in 2011 and 2012 as a technological breakthrough that could tran...

Nora Ephron, the writer, producer and director of such American film classics as "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle," died today. She was 71. Ephron died in a New York City hospital after a long battle with...

In a city where women's public presence had been systematically erased under Taliban rule and where the years since 2001 had brought uneven and fragile progress, Shakila Naderi ran a driving school in Kabul — and her stu...

A London jogger's account of collapsing with a heart attack during his morning run and receiving CPR from actor Dustin Hoffman, who happened to be in the vicinity, generated the kind of story that spreads quickly through...

Among the many institutional legacies that independent India inherited from its colonial past, few were as persistent or as quietly corrosive as the "buddy system" within the Indian Army — a practice in which senior offi...

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Your Brain on Fiction AMID the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value of fiction is arriving from an unexpected qu...

Rifling through my wardrobe for the perfect ensemble to wear for a romantic dinner with my husband, a low-cut dress and strappy sandals catch my eye. The outfit is sexy with a hint of old-school Hollywood glamour...

Karisma Kapoor's decision to file for divorce from businessman Sanjay Kapur after nearly nine years of marriage was confirmed in 2014, ending a union that had been reported as troubled for several years and marking a sig...

Understanding Average Looking Woman Thinks It The topic "Average Looking Woman Thinks It" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and mul...

She famously struggled with her weight during the early years of her fame. But now that Kate Winslet has achieved a figure she is content with, the actress can look back on her most well-known film, Titanic, and smile sm...

Understanding Lululemon eavesdrops on its customers in fitting rooms The topic "Lululemon eavesdrops on its customers in fitting rooms" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers,...

A monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews and my unsolicited views by Arup Raha Someone recently asked me which movie I am looking forward to, now that the earlier favorites for the year, Paan Singh Tomar and Kahaa...

TRAIN TO PAKISTAN Chatto and Windus published Khushwant Singh’s novel “Train to Pakistan” in 1956. It’s a 181-page novel and is available in both paperback and hardback. It’s a novel, which catches your attention from th...

A widely circulated essay by physician Ken Murray posed an observation that had been quietly noted within the medical community but rarely discussed publicly: doctors, when they themselves are dying, typically choose far...

Once, when winters were cold and the world seemed large, creatures roamed the earth who were permissive on social issues and at ease with big government, yet remained ever faithful to the gods of business and finance. Th...

BINDOL (NORTH DINAJPUR): In these arid, impoverished parts, Bindol has another name - kidney village. The wasted, skeletal men and women you would see slumped under the shade of trees are awaiting death with feeble breat...

When an apple fell on Newton’s head , he did not just consume it to satisfy his hunger , au contraire he used it as an excuse to get into the depth of the process to learn more , there by discovering Gravity . It is basi...

जानता नहीं मेरा बाप कौन है ... My mornings are sort of incomplete if I don’t devour ‘ The Times Of India ‘ along with my tea . Yesterday’s headlines of Manu Sharma getting a life sentence made me add an extra spoon of su...

Our lives are like streams that fall over rocky cliffs before they can reach the ocean" and "then all the struggle and hardship suffered bleeds into a wash , just like watery ink on paper ‘’-- pearls of wisdom by SAYURI...

At some point in almost every fitness journey, the routine that once produced results stops working. The body adapts. The same miles on the same route, the same machines in the same order, the same weight class — they st...

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s in India, the period that witnessed increased urban female participation in the labor force with a simultaneous shift in social acceptance and strong encouragement for a working woman, t...

You wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, sweaty, little out of breath, a tad confused, maybe you’ve been dreaming, you have experienced a roller coaster ride of emotions; you are nervous, tense, and anxious. You...

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, "It's a girl." -Shirley Chisholm The very words “It’s a girl” are considered inauspicious and are a source of disappointment f...

Just like the lotus flower which blooms and opens up its outer petals to reveal the inner whorl , this book also unfolds layers of the saga called Mahabharata in a form which acts as both a guide and an interpreter of li...

Which Sleeping Position is the Best for You? You spend about 1/3 of your life sleeping- are you sleeping the right way that facilitates the best sleep possible? Are you waking up stiff with neck and shoulder pain every m...

Every day, we find someone falling from grace. Sometimes, it is a big debacle like ENRON, which shakes us up, and begs the question if we are on the right track with our strategies and techniques for getting ahead at the...

The conventional wisdom about quitting smoking had long held that the process was miserable — weeks of irritability, cravings, and the psychological weight of deprivation. This framing, while partly accurate about the tr...

It took me a while to figure it out, but I did – brown is beautiful! And I'm not talking brown chocolate icing on a brown chocolate cake, but the color of my skin. The realization didn't come easily. It took a move to a...