Depression - Different Truths

December 12, 2016
Dr. Navodita Pande
Fitness, Health

Asanas for Restorative Effect on Body, Mind and Soul

Navodita, our Yoga expert, tells us about its restorative effect on the body, mind and soul. Supta Padangushtha Asana is good for the stretch of the hips, thighs, hamstrings,...

December 5, 2016
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Four Supine, Versatile and Calming Asanas for all Body Types

Our Yoga expert, Navodita, continues with the supine poses. She tells us about four asanas, which are versatile, calming and great for all body types. Uttanapada Asana is beneficial for...

November 27, 2016
Souma Kanti Roy
Potpourri

The Overcrowded Public Transport System of Vibrant Kolkata

A typical Bengali will describe the passengers as bats clinging on to the doors and windows of buses and trains. The passengers seem like bees bent on protecting their honey combs....

November 10, 2016
Mamta Joshi
Potpourri

The Curse of ASAP!

It is the curse of ASAP (As Soon As Possible) encircling us. Whether we are in deep sleep or in the middle of our meal, we have to meet a...

November 3, 2016
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health

16 Common Preventive Health Screenings for the Elderly

Though a cliché, prevention is better than cure, it’s true as well, particularly for elders. Rita details 16 common preventions for our seniors. Often, they ignore their preventive health cares, which...

October 23, 2016
Rhiti Chatterjee Bose
Cover Story, Crime, Human Rights

Paedophilia and Incest: The Dark Horrors of Hapless Children within Homes

One in six boys and one in four girls face sexual molestation before they hit the age of 11, scary right? Also of all the cases that are reported, 70%...

September 16, 2016
Neeti Banga
Fashion & Beauty

Shady Grey Paints the Town Black!

Neeti speaks of two other colours, Black and Grey, after last week’s Whites. Dwelling on the colour Black, she reminds us, who can forget the Little Black Dress by Madame...

September 11, 2016
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Health, People, Short Story

A Crowded Loneliness

There are several positive things about large and extended families (read the joint family system). Often, parents-in- law snoop into the private lives of their daughters-in- law. It’s stifling and suffocating....

September 10, 2016
Sukanya Juno Biswas
Criticism, Relationship & Lifestyle

Custodial Battle: Accelerant Used to Blast House with Dad and his Two Sons

Lack of sun causes despondency. Morbidity, destruction and death cloud the mind instead of good pleasant thoughts. Sukanya recalls that waiting in a doctor’s office, a write-up in a magazine disturbed...

June 3, 2016
Lily Swarn
Potpourri

Blissful Solitude!

Lily talks of the blissful solitude and the cacophony that shackles us. We might be lonely in a room full of people. Here’s her wonderful discourse. “In a soulmate, we find not...

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