The Indian gooseberry, better known as Amla is a wonder food laden with benefits, says nutritionist and health expert, DEEPTI ANIL Amla or Awla as it is known is widely consumed in India in various forms – raw, dried, candied or...
Children have had their lives altered drastically by the Covid-19 pandemic. Yoga can prove to be a useful aid to manage both the physical as well as the mental health of a child and can be a useful tool for...
Ayurveda outlines which foods are to be eaten together and which ones cause trouble for your digestive system, says RENU GULATI Many stomach-related ailments begin with combining the wrong foods that were never meant to be eaten together. Ayurveda believes...
The immediate need is to stop racketeers from using gardens to make money and ensuring that public gardens remain healthy places, aesthetic and environment friendly, says senior journalist VIDYADHAR DATE Mumbai’s elite is rightly up in arms against the decision to cut down...
Just as short intense spurts of exercise are beneficial, so are short spurts of meditation, assures NAYASWAMI JYOTISH. Do your short meditation with greater intensity, he suggests We sometimes find ourselves in a situation in which we simply don’t have...
PRIYANKA ROY, a dance instructor talks about what makes her 88-year-old Dadu, DR P P Chakraborty, a retired scientist from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre tick – his brand of Hasya Yoga and positive attitude that he says is what...
The season is just right to begin planting some useful herbs and vegetables for your home kitchen, says REENA SINGH As monsoon begins to hit India, most places especially in the north of India have already experienced a couple of showers...
In a chat with KAITY CAMA, a well-known energy healer, REENA SINGH learnt about how to appreciate music and how different forms of music can help the mind heal Can music be a tool to find peace? I asked this...
What is happiness? My mind posed a myriad questions In pursuit of happiness, I learned these few lessons. I realised that ‘pursuit of happiness ‘is the most ridiculous phrase If you pursue happiness you’ll never find it, you will go...
Today, June 5, is World Environment Day and it’s our dharma to reaffirm our commitment to care for nature. The modern world seemed to have woken up rather late on the need to protect the environment, for it’s just 47...
Many people now choose to live in the satellite towns that invariably spring up near big cities. Life is definitely more peaceful and healthier here, says ARJUN PEREIRA An eternal debate rages about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a...
If religions can coexist happily, so can different medicine systems walk hand-in-hand to put you on the path of health and happiness, says REENA SINGH I have been a user of both Ayurveda and Allopathy. No, I am not using...
SHAILAJA GANGULY analyses food and the way we approach it at different times according to the ambience and our mood Arrayed artistically in attractive stone bowls circling a multi-coloured fountain spouting from a glass cherub’s pout — a rainbow assortment of...
What is needed more than ever before at this time in history is a positive outlook, coupled with good health, immunity and some strategic, wise thinking like ‘Tagra Raho’, says REENA SINGH Age-old wisdom tells us that a positive outlook helps...
Award-winning environmentalist and sustainable living expert, ANIL K RAJVANSHI shows you how to set up a low cost, non-electrified airconditioning system for your house During these times of COVID-19 pandemic and when air pollution and temperatures in cities is increasing and more...
The BRAHMA KUMARIS recommend Rajyoga meditation along with self-affirmations to battle Covid-19 These are unprecedented times. The world had not imagined that a virus emanating from China would engulf the whole world and change lives so dramatically in such a...
Ayurvedacharya DR PARMESHWAR ARORA lists certain Ayurveda medicines that you can take during this time to protect and cure yourself Our aim today should be to defeat death at all costs. Here is a list of Ayurveda medicines that you...
OSWALD PEREIRA makes a fervent plea for the return of the family doctor of yore I vividly recall as a boy our family doctor P Hajirnis’ dispensary across the main road, on the outskirts of our village, Kolbad, in Thane....
