Someone rightly said, “Life’s too short to have boring hair”. Amen! With the New Year already come and gone, if you haven’t revamped your look, it’s high time you do. Let us bust the first most popular myth about hairstyling, it isn’t just for women. Yes, it might seem that they have more choices and flexibility to...
Archive - January 2016
From silly quotes such as ‘ Love is Poison’, to ‘Maggi’ , the two-minute noodle snack , recently being lambasted and embroiled in controversy over alleged lead poisoning, to the Government of Delhi in India, implementing the ‘Odd-Even Policy’ as a measure to counter air poisoning from pollution , the topic of...
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened” –Anatole France. You know you can relate to these words when you look at the face of your golden retriever and feel like you are home. Having a pet in your life is one of the greatest experiences that you can have. Your pet becomes your family and they complete you and your...
Potbellies always fascinated me in short stories as a child but as I grew up I figured out the harmful truth that is enclosed within the big tummy. A common problem that is faced nowadays by 8 out of 10 people is their muffin top and cellulite – the fat belly. Some of us don’t want to exercise while some of us don’t want to diet...
Sports can prove to be a time for merriment and a great source of entertainment for everyone involved from the players to the fans but every now and then, injuries and even death can cast a shadow. Involving a lot of physical contact, it hardly comes as a surprise that every sport entails an element of danger. But which would you consider the most...
Life is not always rainbows and unicorns, it’s a roller-coaster ride with many ups and downs. It is full of storms, rainy days and also, it bestows us with sunshine and clear skies when the storms end. We all have our fair share of sweet-bitter experiences but sometimes dealing with the blues isn’t easy when it hits hard in the shins. Hard...
When we hear the word wizard, an image of an old man with a flowy white beard, bushy brows, wearing a long pointy, lopsided hat with long trailing robe crops up in our mind. The idea of magic has always fascinated the humankind; the ability to do extraordinary things with a flick of a wand has always been our fantasy. But what if we told you that...
The angel’s council is in session. They are dispatching the next set of babies to earth. The giant mixing pot is out. There is a lot of talk about the babies being produced. Finally, they break up and assemble round the pot. One angel throws in a pinch of kindness. While another dumps the formula for doe-eyes. They go on like this. In goes a...
The stork is visible flying across oceans, rivers, mountains, valleys and plains; over cities, towns and villages; past forests, orchards, farms and pastures carefully balancing the bundle in its beak. The cloth bundle shifts a little and the innocent face of its inmate becomes visible. It looks prepared to take on the world with its soft dimpled...
No one gets suspicious when it comes to celebrations but some oddities have been going on around the world under our pure ignorance. As you know, various types of traditional practices are carried out day in day out worldwide. People are found to be pleasing either their gods or sometimes even themselves while performing them as a mere act of...