50% rise in diabetes deaths across India over 11 years Heart failure not as life-threatening as heart attack World Obesity Day – 11 October: Obesity hamper sexual and social life Depression in parents, grandparents bad for kids Spanking ups anti-social behaviour, aggression in kids Women pay more heed to men’s negative qualities than positive ones Too much of Social Media …

Born: October 10, 1906, Chennai Died: May 13, 2001, Chennai Awards: Padma Bhushan, Filmfare Award for Best Story, Padma Vibhushan Nearly 70 years ago, India’s greatest living writer in English, took out a brand new exercise book and wrote in it: “It was Monday morning.” With those four words, Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan (just R.K. Narayan to most) took off on …

Ayudha Pooja is a part of Navratri festival in India. The festival is celebrated by different names in different states of South India. In Tamil Nadu, it is celebrated with the same enthusiasm in any other part of the country, with the rituals varying a little in tradition. Ayudha Pooja is celebrated on the Navami (ninth day) of the ‘Valar …

Kiran Bedi, Ph.D, is India’s first and highest ranking (retired in 2007) woman officer who joined the Indian Police Service in 1972. Her experience and expertise include more than 35 years of tough, innovative and welfare policing. She has worked with the United Nations as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations. She …

Let children be involved in something outside the ordinary, programmed situation. Let them know your are willing to invest something personal of yours in your relationship with them. While I was working to develop self-grooming in Hilda, at a very early developmental stage, I used to pick her up and hold her next to me in front of the mirror …

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – September 26, 2016 – Temple University sent tens of thousands of sandwiches to Philadelphia-area food banks; the school has set the world record for the most sandwiches made in one hour, as hundreds of volunteers put together 49,100 sandwiches at the Liacouras Center. The school has set the world record for the most peanut butter and …

Kareena was born to Sindhi-speaking Babita (nee Shivdasani) and Punjabi-speaking Randhir Kapoor on September 21, 1980 in Bombay, India. She has an elder sister, Karisma. She is born in a family that have been actors for generations, including her paternal great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor; her grandfather, Raj Kapoor; her paternal uncles, Shammi, Shashi, Rishi, and Rajiv; as well as aunt, Neetu …

Born: May 2, 1921 Died: April 23, 1992 Achievements: As a filmmaker he made a mark all over the world. Honored with Lifetime Achievement Oscar Award and Bharat Ratna. Satyajit Ray was a giant of Indian cinema. He was an excellent filmmaker and his films made a mark all over the world. He is one of the few Indian filmmakers whose work …

Dhirubhai Ambani — Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, one of the leading Indian businessmen, was born on December 28, 1932 in Chorwad, Gujarat. Popularly known as Dhirubhai Ambani, he heads The Reliance Industries, India’s largest private enterprise. Dhirubhai started off as a small time worker with Arab merchants in the 1950s and moved to Mumbai in 1958 to start his own business …

छूटेंगे हाथ, टूटेंगे साथ, टूटने मत देना पर, तुम विशवास। टूटेंगे सपने छूटेंगे अपने, टूटने मत देना, पर तुम आस। आएंगे जीवन में, कई कमजोर पल, तोड़ेंगे झंझोडेंगे, कहेंगे संग चल। रहना पर तुम, उस पल अटल, होगी तकदीर तभी मुठी में दोस्त। जीवन न होगा, कभी विफल, आत्मबल है ऐसा कमल। परेशानियों के दलदल में रखे अटल-अचल, चाहते हो …