Breaking up with perfection
A love letter to my flawed, real self. Because flawless is exhausting, and freedom looks better on me by Anandmai Kumar A long-overdue breakup Perfection and I go way back. She was the invisible roommate, the unrelenting voice in my head, the imaginary gold star I kept chasing. She arrived quietly – through school […]
The Loneliness paradox
Prachi Raturi Would I be ok with my 16-year-old smoking 15 cigarettes a day? NO! Not one! And yet when this young lady, who like many children her age, became somewhat socially withdrawn, post Covid, and complained of being lonely, I didn’t realise it was a ‘health risk’ comparable to smoking more than 15 cigarettes […]
360° PARENTING – HEALTH & WELLNESS
C S Ojha A recent news story from Mumbai drew attention to an unsettling reality – children from private schools, despite access to better resources, were found to be in poorer health than those from government schools. On nearly every parameter – obesity, eyesight, strength, and overall fitness – private school students lagged behind. This […]
A charming cookbook from the hills
Seema Kumar Prachi’s book took me back to my childhood when I used to enjoy reading Enid Blyton’s Famous Five. The five children in the series were always on a picnic and the description of the food and the little nuggets, once in a while, behind those foods were very interesting. Prachi’s book […]
Bite by bite
Sukriti Taneja Have you ever found yourself in a picture-perfect place, only to realise your mood has completely soured, unprovoked, irrationally grumpy, a bit like a toddler in a tantrum? You try to push through, enjoy the sights, soak in the experience … until it hits you. You’re not sad. You’re just hungry. Or […]
Uplifting the mood sweetly
Sucheta Das Mohapatra A fortnight back as my full-body health check-up report landed on my WhatsApp, the AI assistant offered help to summarise the PDF? I thought, why not? The summary was scary! But I had no time and was in no mood to panic. I was in the office and in the midst of […]
Big plates, bigger hearts: The emotion that is the food of the Arabs
Sharad Kohli West Asia – or to be more precise, Kuwait – was home for the first 10 years and nine months of my existence, then for a couple more years between the ages of 13 and 15, before a short but all-too-knafah-sweet 22 months in Dubai brought an end to our Arabian adventure. […]
No paneer, just perspective
Neha Duseja Two weeks ago, I was finally living a dream. Vietnam had been on my mind for months – its postcard-perfect landscapes, YouTube vlogs with dreamy drone shots, and Instagram stories filled with lanterns, lakes, and laughter. As someone who romanticises travel in her head long before boarding the flight, I had imagined it […]
Your food mirrors your inner world
Bhavya Jain Have you ever judged a person, even in a small way, for how they eat? You may have a friend who devours their meals like a race, or an acquaintance who opts for the green sushi roll with the green stuff that is inherently questionable. There is actually psychology behind behaviours regarding food […]
Does processed food cause emotional residual?
Adiba Ghaus Our gut is also known as the Second Brain. There are so many studies now that show us that there is a constant communication between your gut and your brain, and this communication takes place with the help of one nerve called the vagus nerve through chemical signals, influencing digestion, mood, and […]