Kingdom: Plantae Family: Lamiaceae Order: Lamiales Genus: Lamium Mint: Aromatic Flowering plant — Mentha (mint) is a genus of about 25 species (and many hundreds of varieties) of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae (Mint Family). Species within Mentha have a subcosmopolitan distribution across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and North America. Several mint hybrids commonly occur. Mints are aromatic, almost …

Kingdom: Plantae Family: Zingiberaceae Order: Zingiberales Genus: Zingiber Ginger: Medicinal Root of Plant — Ginger is the common name for the monocotyledonous perennial plant Zingiber officinale. The term is also used to describe the edible part of the plant which is commonly used as a spice in cooking throughout the world. Often referred to as ginger “root”, the edible section …

8/3/2011 was the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD). In 1911 – the year the holiday was first celebrated internationally – women could not yet vote in most countries. Now, a number of women serve as presidents and in other positions of power. But there’s still more to do if women are to enjoy the same access and rights …

महिलाओं के लिए प्रेरणास्त्रोत वहीदा परिज्म खान: नारी एक ऐसा शब्द जिसे कभी समाज छोटा और कमजोर समझता था। एक ऐसा वर्ग जिसे वर्षों से दूसरे वर्ग द्वारा दबाया जाता रहा है। लेकिन समय के साथ- साथ अपनी क्षमताओं और हौसलों से महिला वर्ग ने यह साबित कर दिखाया है कि महिलाएं भी पुरुषों से कम नहीं । जी हां, …

Women Oriented Bollywood Films: In Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Deepika Padukone’s character Naina tells Bunny (played by Ranbir Kapoor) that she cannot leave her clinic and her parents and that she will have to let him go. Flushed with love, Bunny doesn’t want to lose Naina again after eight years and he chooses her over a job offer in Paris. …

IWD Special: These empowered women challenged conventions Shoot At Sight: Nisha Pahuja – Empowered women [1] Documentary filmmaker Nisha Pahuja got relentless support from Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap for her docu-film, The World Before Her. Why? Because she challenged the conventions of women empowerment and regression on screen. Always socially conscious, Nisha took on the changing idea of women liberation …

International Women’s Day Special: I skulked home one afternoon from school in a particularly muggy hot Delhi summer month and spent the day cursing fate that I was born a girl. I was 14 years old, in class ninth and had just discovered that my period, the first two awful days (!), were going to coincide with the two days …

Women Can Spot Unfaithful Men? Research has shown that women can judge a man’s fidelity simply by studying his face. Signs of a male who is prone to cheating include classic masculine features, such as a wide, angular jaw, a square chin and a prominent brow, a tabloid reported. Women Can Spot Unfaithful Men? The finding comes from Australian researchers …

13 Women You Should Never, Ever Date Control freak: This woman is dominant and wants to show that she’s the supreme being. From choosing a place to eat and movies to choosing who you should hangout with, she takes a call. Sometimes you wonder if you exist at all. Where’s the money honey: Call it daylight robbery. This kind of …

Name: Jayant Vishnu Narlikar Born: 19 July 1938, Kolhapur, Maharashtra Spouse: Mangala Narlikar Education: Central Hindu College (now Central Hindu Boys School) Banaras Hindu University Cambridge University Fields: Physics, Astronomy, Writer Awards: Smith’s Prize (1962) Padma Bhushan (1965) Adams Prize (1967) Padma Vibhushan (2004) Prix Jules Janssen (2004) Parents: Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar, Sumati Narlikar Jayant Vishnu Narlikar — How did …