The right type of food, the right time for eating and an honest appraisal of your thoughts will go a long way to losing excess fat, and then maintaining your ideal weight. Even a perfunctory understanding of your body type...

The wise say that chanting a mantra is good for you. You take time to think of something positive spoken in Sanskrit which has vibrations of its own, or you can chant the name of the Lord. Mantras are usually...

What has peace got to do with happiness? The connection is like that between life and living. For, peace makes life worth living, and paves the way to happiness. Peace and happiness are linked so inextricably that there’s no happiness...

The poet has been experimenting with her zen poetry for a while, using words sparingly and punctuation to make spaces for contemplation in the word flow …If Zen If . . . . what . . .? If essence of...

Let’s celebrate death as much as we celebrate life when someone is born, because life never ceases when we leave our body, says the writer I came across a quote by Stevens Wallace that said, “Death is the mother of...

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder in which the body is unable to make the right use of glucose, resulting in hyperglycemia. Excessive glucose in the blood leads to high levels of glucose in urine. This increases the production of...

I started my acting journey 23 years ago after graduating from the National School of Drama. After three years of learning acting and drama, I wanted to give myself a chance to professionally pursue acting. I was sure that I...

The best way to deal with negative thoughts is to, first of all, make a commitment to practice compassion in your life, and make sure that the commitment includes you. Make a commitment to loving kindness, and make sure that...

Confidence is an inner attribute. It doesn’t come from having a fair skin colour, as claimed by Fair and Lovely and other such product ads, or from having a lush, voluminous turf, as conveyed by Parachute and several hair oil...