Tier-1 City Problems: Congestion, Pollution, Infrastructure Limits This article examines tier-1 city problems: congestion, pollution, infrastructure limits in contemporary India and its global implications. Context and O...

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Religious Tourism Boom: Ayodhya, Varanasi, Tirupati Growth This article examines religious tourism boom: ayodhya, varanasi, tirupati growth in contemporary India and its global implications. Context and Overview Religiou...

Indian Luxury Market: From Fabindia to Dior This article examines indian luxury market: from fabindia to dior in contemporary India and its global implications. Context and Overview Indian Luxury Market: From Fabindia to...

Indian Education System: Producing Engineers, Losing Thinkers This article examines indian education system: producing engineers, losing thinkers in contemporary India and its global implications. Context and Overview In...

Indian Diet and Protein Deficiency: Nutritional Challenges This article examines indian diet and protein deficiency: nutritional challenges in contemporary India and its global implications. Context and Overview Indian D...

Deepti Network: Women's Safety, Community Engagement This article examines deepti network: women's safety, community engagement in contemporary India and its global implications. Context and Overview Deepti Network: Wome...

Bangalore's Identity Crisis: Silicon Valley vs Garden City This article examines bangalore's identity crisis: silicon valley vs garden city in contemporary India and its global implications. Context and Overview Bangalor...

Townhouse Books and Café is a hidden gem in St. Charles- about 35 minutes drive from 95th street in Naperville. We decided to have lunch there a few weeks ago and are sharing our review. Townhouse café and bookstore is h...

Aerobic activity is defined as any physical activity that raises the heartbeat. It can vary in it’s intensity from low to high. Cardio or aerobic activity strengthens lungs, heart and overall improves the body’s function...

Posting selfies on social networking sites is one way to document what you do, but is it also a barometer of who you are? From popularity to net worth, some say the self portraits of the millennial generation say it all....

Anjali Varghese, performed solo for three hours at her Arangetram on Saturday, Aug. 1 at The Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin. Anjali, who just turned 18, recently graduated from Maine East School and has been training u...

Indian-Americans have raised US $ 75,000 at a recent fundraiser in California to build a state- of-the-art 200-bed super specialty eye-hospital in Bihar. The Shankara Eye Foundation and the Bihar Foundation USA have pled...

In Conversation With Anupam Kher Thursday, June 18 at 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm) Film Row Cinema 1104 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605 ( Eye on India is proud to present a conversation with internationally acclaime...

American Indians are the richest immigrant group in USA today. So much is written about Indians pushing their kids to do their best in academics. They are the tiger parents resembling of mothers ( This year’s success of...

Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are the new companies to join the real food revolution. They will be getting rid of artificial flavoring and color from most of their products. Instead of black pepper flavoring they will start to...

The idea of your nice little green grass getting lots of water every day — that’s going to be a thing of the past,” said Gov. Jerry Brown. California has been struggling with water problem for many years now. Water and l...

Wi fi is making some people sick. Yes, it’s true. It could be a psychological phenomenon but sure has the potential to create havoc in 5% of the people. ( in her apartment and all of a sudden she developed brain fog. She...

A 12-year-old asks on ( what could he do now to secure his place in world’s top universities. Yes, you read that right a 12-year-old! My thoughts were divided on his question. On one hand I thought a self-motivated kid l...

One of the popular questions on ( is – What did Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other famous people do between the ages of 10-22. Answers are interesting. When most children and teens are busy watching TV shows and...

Fueled by immigration, America's Hindu population has reached 2.23 million, an increase of about one million or 85.8 percent since 2007, making Hinduism the fourth-largest faith, according to estimates based on wide-rang...

The Rossi family decides to take a vacation during the school session. When the return from the holiday, a letter is waiting. The letter is from the Principal of the Rossi kids who study in elementary school. The letter...

Another reason to be kind to your in-laws- if the reason that they are your spouse’s family isn’t enough! The NRI in this case had filed for a divorce on the grounds that his wife was ill-treating his family. In one inci...

Ekjut is the performing wing; this provides a platform for like minded adults with interest in theater/drama. Ekjut staged play “Pyar ka Panchnama” on Jan 31 which was a huge success in a full house. Ekjut is getting rea...

Good news for all those people out there who are health conscious and also enjoy their drink from time to time. London based distiller Diageo will be soon coming out with the nutritional information on its Smirnoff vodka...

A sauna does more than build up a sweat - it can be a life saver, say researchers. Middle-aged men who take frequent saunas are around half as likely to die from heart conditions as those who do not, according to a new s...

As more and more people are getting allergic to fruits and vegetables, we are left wondering if it is safe to consume them. Many times it’s not the fruit/vegetable that causes the allergic reaction but the antibiotic use...

Is it possible to be in a relationship and not lie at all? Is it possible to be honest all the time, without hurting the love in your life? Does lying and loving coexist? New ( on an average in a ten-minute conversation....

There are Good books and then .......... there are Great books. A Good book leaves you feeling satisfied once you are done with it but a great book is the one you will still be thinking of a week later , a book you will...

The video that circulated widely showing a young child — five or six years old — who had been selling pens outside a McDonald's restaurant visiting the inside of the restaurant for the first time generated the kind of em...

by Psychologist Arthur Aaron and few others goes to prove that love is an action to be done.Love doesn’t happen, it needs to be created.The group devised a set of 36 questions which could be a breakthrough to falling in...

A Vatican document called plastic surgery a burqa made of flesh, earlier this week. A summit to be held in Rome later this week will be discussing women’s issues, and ways and means of advancement of the fairer sex. Surp...

It Is None Of My Business ’’……….Somehow I keep hearing this sentence a lot these days……It seems like , It is the ‘’ En Vogue ‘’ statement now . As if to be with the crowd you have to know these magic words and using them...

Five Disneyland workers contracted measles at the Anaheim park, including two employees who had vaccinations, health officials said Tuesday, as the number of confirmed cases in the on-going outbreak rose to 53. A stateme...

Each country, religion, group have had their own set of superstitious beliefs. Even though innately we may be aware that these beliefs have no meaning or truth to it, we still follow it. It could be because life is fille...

Facebook is now cited in a third of all divorce cases, research has shown. A survey of legal firms’ caseloads revealed the social network is increasingly relied upon as proof of inappropriate behaviour. Facebook unwittin...

I find this letter of Ayn Rand rich with life's advice while showing clarity and lucidity of thought and words. This letter has gone viral over the last few days, most of them calling Ayn Rand a horrible aunt with no fee...

A woman who remained anonymous that lived in Bosnia, wanted to share her recipe to help people around the world that have suffered the ravages of the horrid disease, cancer. This recipe only includes two ingredients, gin...

I had a friend from school that died of a freak accident some four years ago. I was shocked and saddened. But every year even after she is dead I have wished her happy birthday on her Facebook page and sometimes, just go...

In 2011, ( and other publications noted the “mysterious debut” of ( a home-service robot then retailing for $3,000 in a small batch. Recently, her creators have brought Luna back into the spotlight with a new ( and have...

IF all goes according to plan, I’ll turn 44 soon after this column appears. So far in my adult life, I’ve never managed to grasp a decade’s main point until long after it was over. It turns out that I wasn’t supposed to...

Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress. In a study that will appear in the Jan. 30 iss...

How you start your day sets the context and your mindset for the rest of the day. Yet, most people start the day with procrastination by hitting the snooze button, telling their subconscious that they don’t even have the...

Aamir Khan's PK opened to record-breaking numbers on December 18, 2014, shattering several box office records in its opening weekend and quickly establishing itself as one of the most discussed—and debated—Bollywood film...

The Key Has Turned' is Surjo's first full-length debut album, and it has 12 songs. It's a departure from his usual brand of electric guitar rock and moves into a more relaxed space with only his acoustic guitar to accomp...

The body maintains a delicate acid-alkaline balance. Everything from healthy cells to cancer cells to soil quality and ocean life is affected by pH. The term pH stands for “potential hydrogen” which is the measure of hyd...

Olivier Lafont, who wowed audiences and had them in splits with his hilarious role as Suhas Tandon in 3 Idiots, is showing more of his artistic talent with the publication of an epic fiction novel Warrior, published by P...

Scientist makes the most advanced age defying serum of the world. Professor Chris Toumazou, Regius Professor at Imperial College, London, has invented ‘Geneu’ – pronounced ‘gene you’ which claims to reduce wrinkles and a...

Managing anxiety in order to tackle a big project, managing anger in order to work through a marital conflict, managing fear in order to apply for a job -- the ability of a human being to manage his or her emotions in a...

Koral Dasgupta’s book POWER OF A COMMON MAN - Connecting to Consumers the SRK Way is a unique book analyzing the consumer behavior and marketing techniques through the journey of the immensely successful King Khan. The b...

Amanda Froelich, writes on ( McDonalds is one of the ( the world, the average distance from any one point (in the US) being about 115 miles away. While the price tag on any menu option or meal is relatively cheap, its fo...

Watch the video Antibiotic drugs save lives. But we simply use them too much — and often for non-lifesaving purposes, like treating the flu and even raising cheaper chickens. The result, says researcher Ramanan Laxminara...

Chotu Chaiwala of Mumbai The ( Chai right from the street peddlers to your office desk. When you can't have a chai break, the chai walas of the street deliver chai to your desk. ChotuChaiWala is an initiative by ( an eco...

It could all be because of the presence of algae virus , that our thinking and cognitive functions might slow down . The virus was discovered by a group of students from Johns Hopkins and University of Nebraska accidenta...

A few weeks ago, a hidden-camera video of a woman walking through various neighborhoods of New York City captured international attention. The footage documented more than 100 instances of street harassment — catcalls, u...

All of us have been there , we want to change our ears , forehead, big butt , flabby arms , thin lips …..probably grow more hair ….the list is endless. With the burgeoning influence of social media and photos being taken...

It’s lunchtime at the home of the Consul General of India in New York, Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay. A young Hindu American arrives. Her name is Suchitra Vijayan and she teaches part time in Columbia University, one of the most...

Dr. Kelly M.Flanagan writes on his ( Marital communication is getting a bad rap. It’s like the kid who fights back on the playground. The playground supervisors hear a commotion and turn their heads just in time to see h...

Seattle became one of the first major American cities to formally penalize residents and businesses for throwing away food scraps when compostable material was required to be separated for composting rather than sent to...

Emma Watson's United Nations speech on gender equality became one of 2014's most-shared videos, drawing millions of views within days of its release and reigniting global conversation about feminism. Watson, 24, delivere...

Turmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today. Its medicinal properties and components (primarily ( have been the subject of over 5600 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies. In fact, o...

With running pain is inevitable, either the knee or the foot or the calf muscles will be in pain at some point or the other. That is a reason to take extra rest but not to give up. Running is the best cardiovascular exer...

Credit card fraud happens all the time, if you are one of the lucky few whose information hasn't been ever stolen, all we can say is yes you are lucky. Last week our credit card was being used in Tennessee, a State that...

In the past year, ( did a research on the role of mentor in the lives of students from grade 5 to college. The study’s result was a revelation. While we all know that teacher play an important role in kids’ education, th...

It’s not fair that foods that we love are dense in calories and devoid of nutrients .Our list of five foods that we wished were calorie free Pizza: Every family’s quick dinner, kids’ favorite -a slice of pizza packs clos...

SOMPRIYA FINE SPIRITS, LLC Announces the Launch of SOMRUS, The Original Indian Cream Liqueur A first of its kind product to roll out in Illinois, New Jersey & New York CHICAGO, IL – SEPTEMBER 2014 – Chicago-based SomPriy...

Back to school is stressful, for some kids it could be a nightmare , the fear of getting teased because they don't fit in , insensitive teachers because they don't follow instructions well-the list is a mile long. A supp...

Reasons why marriages fail. This is one relationship that is taken for granted, couples start off with pleasing each other to accepting each other and then just taking each other for granted. Yes, you need to be yourself...

Flunking the pretest has huge benefits A scientific study revealed, that its not the study mode but the test mode that helps students learn better. If a student were to take a pretest before actually studying, when the t...

He explains, “ the power of now”, which however trite it may seem, the practice is far-fetched. Not many people have adopted meditation the benefits of which are huge. When the mind is just focused on “now” not worried a...

Some of history's most peculiar structures were built not for shelter, beauty, or profit, but for revenge. Spite houses — homes constructed specifically to annoy, inconvenience, or harm a neighbor — represent one of arch...

The use of social media as a parenting tool — a way of reaching teenagers in the medium they actually inhabit, rather than through channels they've learned to tune out — had become a small but growing genre of parent-chi...

Another reason to lose weight Yes, you heard that right. Losing weight not only makes you look beautiful but also smarter. ( published and article how “Too much fat weighs down not just your body, but also your brain.” (...

Food allergies are severe and people who have never experienced don’t realize the fatality of it. A 13-year-old, Katelyn Carlson , student of a Chicago Public School died after she suffered from severe allergic reaction...

A Few Good Men “You can't handle the truth!” There are actors who desperately seek your notice. And then there are the very few whom you cannot help but notice – even if they are as still as the furniture in a scene. Per...

The Naperville Public Library has long served as a cultural hub for the community, and few of its programs have cultivated a more devoted following than the Retro Reel screening series curated by Sreepathy. Now in its 23...

Some good news about this cold weather. Shivering in the cold has benefits like exercise. ( and study and found that shivering and bouts of moderate exercise are equally capable of stimulating the conversion of energy-st...

Bold eye makeup is huge this year and from our perspective it has always been. Women, those of you who shun make-up, shun all the other categories but walk out of the door with some eye-makeup. It lights and lifts up the...

The all girl band from Japan is a little different from other bands Japan produces. It’s called “Chubbiness” because all the ten girls are supposed to be chubby. Unlike other bands/idols from Japan these girls are suppos...

According to Freud, every single dream represents a want, a wish fulfillment. Dreams are demonstrative of our unfulfilled wishes and a medium to visually experience them while sleeping. Most of the times we don’t remembe...

The Ox-Bow Incident When the law takes the law into its own hands… Slice and dice it anyway you want, but majority is just a number. Its voice has volume, but it may not necessarily be valid. It has might, but it may not...

Since before I earned my first personal training certification in 1995, the stability ball has been an integral part of rehabilitating the human body and later became widely used in the training and conditioning of athle...

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see" While a tourist might look like more planned with “things to do”, “places to visit” lists a traveler just has a place in mind and the excitement t...

Pinky Roshan, Hrithik Roshan’s mother at 60 is fit as a fiddle. She works out regularly at the gym. It seems the ( for the Roshan family is gym. Hrithik got his mum on a fitness routine –she lost 25 kilos and look at her...

Best-selling author and award-winning journalist, Rahul Pandita will be on a US tour from October 21 to November 5, 2013. He will be in Naperville on Thursday, October 24. Rahul is the author of "Our Moon Has Blood Clots...

Book of the month: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn * Cheers! We have completed an entire year of our book-club, “Chai, Chat with Books”. We had our very first meeting in September 2012 hosted by Vasavi Chaka. This was followe...

After writing three books, has the writing taken on a new role, has it become a more creative thing for you or are you still focused solely on the philosophy? For me my stories have a core philosophy, the story is only t...

The festival season starts from the month of October . Starting from Durga Puja to New Year’s Eve – there is a celebration almost every fifteen days. Festivals have become synonymous with food . Research has proved that...

Tylenol the most used and abused drug in every household will soon have red labels on each of its bottle. Red labels will be a warning alerts that over-consumption of the drug causes liver damage. In the case of Advil, A...

A Philosopher Writes (By%20Sonali%20Dev) As someone who writes urban Indian love stories, I had no idea what to expect when I read The Immortals of Meluha. Amazingly enough, this utterly unique retelling of the legend of...

French government moved to ban child beauty pageants. What an incredible step! This French revolution of banning pageants started when a magazine in Vogue put the picture of a 10-year –old girl in high heels , sexy outfi...

describes in detail how sugar should actually be treated like a drug. According to the head of Amsterdam's health service sugar is the worst form of addiction a person can have. Its addiction levels are comparable to tob...

An article in ( talks about the impact of having breakfast on weight loss. Numerous studies are out there which prove that having breakfast in the morning helps with weight loss. But, this particular article says that li...

Travelling can be fun and it can be testing too. The best things in this world are free and they are most certainly in abundance in nature's bounty that a traveler can experience to his heart's content. The most intrigui...

Girls love their booties – and they are “the favorite accessory” when the weather starts preparing for the cold season. This fall season it’s not the boots but the booties, which should become your staple shoe. Booties a...

Wishing for a real life ? A website called ( is hugely popular these days –their mantra? You can say anything here, even the things you cannot tell your best friend because as it turns out Internet has made us “game face...

Munich Revenge tastes sweetest, till we realize that we are inevitably diabetic… As individuals, as groups, or as nations, the urge to respond with force to an act of evil is very real and natural. Let’s not be naïve, or...

We all know that playing video games especially the violent ones alters the brain in some way. It has been known to cause violent behavior in children and also induces seizures. An eight-year-old shot a 90-year-old woman...

Celebrity trainer Bob Harper said the magic words ( Bob Harper is a trainer at the ( He has been shown to push contestants out of their comfort zone and train harder. Yes, to get thin diet is the only key. For the simple...

Alcohol abuse is one of the major reasons why people land into emergency rooms. A recent survey by Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore stated that almost third of all ER visits are alcohol related. However, some drinks a...

Michelle Obama is all set to get kids and adults of America to be fit. She plans to release a ( Songs will be about healthy eating and moving more. The 19-track album will have songs like “U R What You Eat” and “Veggie L...

about how Oprah was judged not just because of her color but also because of her size. She goes into detail stating that most shop assistants look down on women over size 10. While she may have connected two totally diff...

Have we forgotten how to live in the present? Image Source : ( School reopens (USA) in a few weeks time –for some next week and for others much later. By September, though all the kids will be in school –I know many moms...

On August 2nd & 3rd (Friday & Saturday), Motifs Handcrafted Jewelry is holding its summer Exhibition/Sale event. Peacocks & Paisleys and Sterling are the two collections being presented at the event. Peacocks & Paisleys...

Real to Reel to Real Life (Part 2 of 2) Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, ( Now that the name of the movie is out of the bag, let me start Part 2 with the results of the guessing game from Part 1. Ma...

Does punishment really work? The easiest thing to do when the kid is misbehaving is either to give him a time-out or spank him. Anger is the immediate response to the kid’s misbehavior. Parents often say that kids need t...

Understanding Introduction to Pranic Healing The topic "Introduction to Pranic Healing" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multi...

Every minute of exercise increases your life by at least seven more minutes How much or actually how little exercise is needed to be on a steady climb towards a fit you? A recent article in ( talks about just 75 minutes...

A recent article in ( talks about a study to see the effectiveness of just 4-minute exercise. Yes, just four minutes per day-you cannot complain that you don’t have the time! While 4-minute exercise cannot help you lose...

Is praise necessary for the kids ? Is there a right amount of praise ? Are we praising our kids for anything and everything these days ? Whether they swim well or not , whether they played soccer well or not or for that...

Jared –the man who went on a weight loss journey by eating only subway sandwiches is now worth a fortune . Almost 15 years ago he had lost more than 200 pounds eating subway sandwiches. He shared his story with the world...

Tongue Stapling, another way to lose weight ( This method, called “tongue patch”, made by Dr. Chugay in Venezuela, makes it almost impossible to eat solid foods. Your tongue suffers greatly by having this patch in. You l...

makes it news when Aishwarya Rai skips meeting Al Pacino so that she could be with her daughter. Rest of the newspapers follow suit –making it their job to make Aishwarya’s decision to stay home with Aradhya the national...

states that soldiers-both jawans and officers should be allowed to take regular vacation and leaves. It keeps the men of the army away from extra marital affairs and other flirtatious activities. This study was conducted...

Western DuPage Special Recreation Association’s (WDSRA’s) Girl Scout Troop 200 will be the sponsors of the Naperville Municipal Band’s Ice Cream Social during the June 13th concert in Central Park in downtown Naperville....

40% of breadwinners are now mothers. Stay-at home dads are more common now. Even though it’s hard to let go of the stereotypical image of the man to bring the money home rather than taking care of the children and family...

Real to Reel to Real Life (Part 1 of 2) Art mirrors life, but when life portends art… To twist things a bit, let me tell you the story about a movie before I tell you the story of *the movie. What follows though, is a tr...

What happened to the phrase “beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder “ Looks like its extinct –at least in South Korea. One in five girls go through some kind of surgery to improve their looks. Girls as young as twelve a...

This Mom from Charlotte, NC has her 13-year-old boy arrested for stealing pop tarts from her. ( Latasha Renee Love, the 37-year-old mom called the police on Monday night to have her son arrested for stealing $5 worth of...

Boy Scouts of America has voted to allow openly gay boys into its troupes. It took ( to lift this ban. It has been not easy to fight this ban. Conservative parents and churches are of the view that this is ( There has be...

Eesha Khare from California showed the gadget of everyone’s dreams at the Intel International Science Fair held in Phoenix, AZ. She has built a tiny device that can fit inside a cellphone, which enables the cell to be fu...

might not keep you from catching a cold, but not getting an adequate amount of the vitamin can keep you from burning fat. A study from ( found that folks with low-blood concentrations of vitamin C, who walked on treadmil...

A r g o Here’s the kind of movie that makes movie-watching worth its while. “Based on a true story.” That ubiquitous line from many a movie’s beginning never sounded truer or more authentic than from Argo (2012). If you...

Anxious Vidya calls up Sabya to work out a slam-proof look for her Red Carpet stint On Wednesday morning, Vidya Balan was chosen to be a part of the nine-member jury, headed by Steven Spielberg, at this year'sCannes Film...

Kim Fraser came from a ''good Roman Catholic household'', was a successful barrister and a single mother of two children. Now the central coast resident is Australia's first female guru. Called Shakti Durga (meaning divi...

The former host of Australia's Biggest Loser Ajay Rochester has revealed she has gained a staggering 105lbs. The 44-year-old, who hosted the weight-loss television show for four series between 2006 and 2009, said in a ra...

Different celebrities have different ways to endorse their diet plans. With a plethora of various celebrities who are endorsing their radical diet plans, it has become quite a difficult job to understand as to which plan...

Resignation by cake: the sweetest way to say goodbye As resignations go, it takes the biscuit. Chris Holmes, an immigration officer for Border Force at Stansted Airport, handed in his resignation yesterday on a cake, bea...

If you’ve watched Sridevi’s—Bollywood actress of the 80s—latest release ‘English Vinglish’ you’ll understand what the plight of being an outcast means – when you’re out-casted by your family. Let’s face it, in India, if...

Following hot on the heels of last week’s posed hadouken and Dragon Ball Z-style photos, a magical new photo fad has hit the internet in the form of ‘quidditching’, a Muggle attempt at capturing the game made famous by H...

A new study indicates that people who engage intext messaging tend to be more racist and shallow than their less technologically savvy counterparts. Researchers at the University of Winnipeg found that young people are s...

The eyes sometimes have it, beating out the tongue, nose and brain in the emotional and biochemical balloting that determines the taste and allure of food, a scientist said here today. Speaking at the 245th National Meet...

The Lamborghini Aventador, in local police colours, was shown off in the forecourt of Dubai Mall, the city’s most upmarket shopping plaza. A picture was shown off on the service’s Twitter feed, with the caption: “Latest...

A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped in a moving car by her husband and his two relatives here, police said Thursday. All attackers have been arrested. The incident came to light late Wednesday evening when the woman was f...

Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA) is looking for runners and walkers to join their team in the 2nd Annual DuPage Human Race. The Human Race is a 5K Run/Fitness Walk that benefits DuPage non-profit org...

Increasingly teachers are speaking out against school reforms that they believe are demeaning their profession, and some are simply quitting because they have had enough. Here is one resignation letter from a veteran tea...

In weight training, is it better to increase the number of repetitions or the amount of weight over time? If by “better,” you mean helps you gain muscle and strength without hurting yourself, then “the answer, to me, is...

Newly married, my husband, Eric, and I moved to a new home with our kids. Now we would start trying to blend our families. From the beginning, it was total chaos. There were endless chores, to say nothing of the logistic...

Murder, she writes! Put aside Agatha Christie, Patricia Cornwell and Ruth Rendell and pick up Kalpana Swaminathan, Madhulika Liddle or Swati Kaushal instead. The Indian sorority of women crime writers talk about how they...

Samoa Air has become the first airline to start charging customers according to how much they weigh. The company, based in the Samoan capital Apia, is the first to bring in the controversial measure that means overweight...

Young adolescents who begin dating at an early age do worse at school as well as being more likely to smoke, drink and take drugs, a study has revealed. Researchers from the University of Georgia found that over seven ye...

Everyone agrees the United States needs to improve its education system dramatically, but how? One of the hottest trends in education reform lately is looking at the stunning success of the West's reigning education supe...

Do you have a friend who eats pizzas and pastas actually change “eats” to hogs and remains thin? You on the other hand is counting calories, tracking every single thing you put in your body on “my fitness Pal” app you go...

holder of a Harvard M.B.A., protégé of Clinton Treasury Secretary ( former vice president at ( ( chief operating officer at ( ( and mother of two young children—believes women are holding themselves back. In "Lean In," s...

Every time an airplane takes off with even one unfilled seat, an airline is making less money than it could. Selling that seat to someone at some price — even not very much — would be better than leaving it empty. But an...

Not getting enough sleep doesn’t just make you tired. It also makes you fat, according to scientists. In a study, participants who slept for five hours each night gained two pounds in weight over a week because they snac...

Excuse me while I play the cranky feminist for a minute, but I'm disheartened every time I sign into Facebook and see a list of female names I don't recognize. You got married, congratulations! But why, in 2013, does get...

A scam targeting the elderly causes a man to give away $400,000 in six years after he says he was told he’d receive more than a million dollars in prizes. Rochelle Ritchie explains–that man is warning others not to follo...

Dieters may want to forget episodes of falling off the wagon, but researchers say an attentive memory for what is eaten could help people eat less at their next meals. So sitting at a movie with a bucket of popcorn holdi...

With a red embroidered veil draped over her dark hair, Punam Chowdhury held her breath last month as her fiancé said the words that would make them husband and wife. After she echoed them, they were married. Guests erupt...

The cost of college can range from $60,000 for a state university to four times as much at some private colleges. The total student debt in the U.S. now tops credit card debt. So a lot of people are asking: Is college re...

Living in the Midwest, there are just too many reasons to be glad to get past the February bump. I usually enter March pirouetting around the yard chasing birds and plucking flowers, at least in my head, and tearing pink...

Fred Butler was married for 65 years, raised five children, served in the Army during World War II and worked for years for the local water department, but the fact he never earned a high school diploma always bothered h...

The hottest British export might be boy band mania, from the Beatles to One Direction. And Americans are fascinated with Kate Middleton and her royal baby bump, but the next big British invasion, hitting stores in the Un...

Older people blighted by pessimism and fear for the future are more likely to live longer, according to scientists. A study, into 40,000 adults across ten years, has found those with low expectations for a “satisfying fu...

WDSRA :The development of individuals through recreation. Dreams come in all shape and sizes –dreams are not limited. Whether you are an able-bodied person or someone who needs a little help – all of us dream –dream to l...

Human longevity has improved so rapidly over the past century that 72 is the new 30, scientists say. Researchers at the ( in Rostock, Germany, said progress in lowering the odds of death at all ages has been so rapid sin...

It's perhaps motherhood's dirtiest little secret: Favoring one child over another. Favoritism is usually not intentional and can happen for a variety of reasons. Maybe one kid is the most well-behaved in the brood, espec...

was known for telling jokes and never wasting money. So when he died suddenly while en route to his wife's funeral, the couple's daughters knew there was only one thing to do: Hold a doubleheader service. The 94-year-old...

The feds are descending on downtown Los Angeles to combat a dangerous outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis. KCAL9's Jeff Nguyen went downtown in search of people who may have been exposed. John Williams st...

You know all the times that men complain about women talking too much? Apparently there's a biological explanation for the reason why women are chattier than men. Scientists have discovered that women possess higher leve...

When students at one suburban Philadelphia school work diligently at their desks, they aren't exactly sitting still. The fifth-graders at Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School learn while bouncing on brightly colored yoga...

A Washington state man put a lot of planning into his cup of coffee and he may have set a record with it. Behold, "The Quadriginoctuple Frap." Beau Chevassus says it is the costliest cup of coffee available at Starbucks...

It is after 8pm on Valentine’s Day and a queue is still stretching around the block. Inside the kitchen store in a suburban Los Angeles shopping mall, Nigella Lawson radiates charm and nervous energy, despite starting he...

When the New York City ( announced that it was changing part of its admissions exam for its ( last year, in part to combat the influence of test preparation companies, one of those companies posted the news with links to...

Youth in the 12th grade age range (ages 16 to 18) who have dropped out of school prior to graduating are more likely than their counterparts to be current users of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and other illicit drugs,...

The 34-year-old actress credits the trendy workout with her new bikini body. 'Buti has given my arms and shoulders definition, and helped to lift my butt, too,' Jennifer Love Hewitt told Shape. She's the magazine's lates...

Most of us have experienced it. You are introduced to someone, only to forget his or her name within seconds. You rack your brain trying to remember, but can't seem to even come up with the first letter. Then you get fru...

Book Of The Month : “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga “Go to Old Delhi, and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundreds of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cag...

I read an article in the Wall Street Journal last week and that really got me thinking. Walmart has been having a ball of a time now that it's gained entry in the Indian market. For many US-returns they get a slice-of-US...

A Southland U.S. postal worker was on unpaid leave Tuesday after allegedly assaulting an 11-year-old girl. KNX 1070's Claudia Peschiutta reports Daniel Villasenor was arrested this week on suspicion of felony cruelty to...

Justice Bhaktavatsala , a Karnataka High Court judge was in limelight when he had said -( The case involved a 28 year old woman getting beaten by the husband on a regular basis . He told the wife to go home because the h...

Pittsburgh police said a determined 6-year-old girl didn't hurt anyone when she crashed her mother's car while trying to drive across town to visit her father. Police haven't released the name of the girl whose mother wa...

As if the cramps and headaches aren't enough fun, most women experience an angry red zit or two during their period that is more stubborn to treat and difficult to coax into submission than your regular everyday pimple....

Comedy and humour is a refreshing lemonade one likes to have after a tiring and dry day. What would you say if this comes in the form of a television series? Awesome… Bingo… The more the merrier… This must have been the...

The "sandwich generation" — a term coined in the 1980s to describe adults simultaneously raising children and caring for aging parents, squeezed between the demands of two generations of dependents — had long been associ...

he trend for women to increase the size of their bottoms to look like US stars such as Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian is catching on in the UK as figures show more women are injecting fat into their bodies than having...

Understanding Girl Scout Cookies Season The topic "Girl Scout Cookies Season " addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple persp...

People May Eat More When Headlines Bear Bad News Study suggests stressing about tough times unleashes craving for calories Tough economic times can lead people to eat much more than they normally would, a recent study fi...

Workers who boast that they can multitask are actually the worst at doing several things at once and at focusing on single jobs, according to a new study. Serial multitaskers end juggling two activities at once not becau...

Relationships and Human Connection Humans are fundamentally social creatures. Strong relationships are central to happiness, health, and meaning. Multiple Relationships A fulfilling life typically involves multiple types...

Understanding Sleep: The Foundation of Health Sleep is not a luxury—it is a biological necessity as critical as food or water. Yet in modern society, many people chronically undervalue sleep, viewing it as time lost from...

Most diners would feel pretty virtuous after a meal of tuna prepared in olive oil, washed down with a glass of pomegranate juice. But all three supposedly healthy ingredients have appeared on a lists of foods that some m...

An online dating service says a Las Vegas woman has no legal basis for her lawsuit seeking $10 million after she was matched with a man who hid in her garage and brutally attacked her. Mary Kay Beckman filed suit in U.S....

Well this is one way to get thrown out of the Hollywood mothers' group. Cougar Town actress Nicole Sullivan has launched an attack on celebrity mothers who claim. The mother of two singled out Jessica Alba, saying the Bl...

The debate over how to structure health insurance in the United States returns, periodically, to an analogy that sounds intuitive on the surface: why not make health insurance work like car insurance? Individuals bear re...

Lance Armstrong has finally come clean. Armstrong confessed to doping during an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday, just a couple of hours after a wrenching apology to staff at the Livestrong charity he founded an...

Eating junk food just three times a week may lead to asthma and eczema in children, scientists have found. The high saturated fat levels in food such as burgers lower children's immune systems, it is believed. A research...

Sleep is not a passive state of rest. It is an active biological process during which the brain consolidates memories, clears metabolic waste, repairs cellular damage, regulates hormones, and processes emotional experien...

A Chicago man who won $1 million in the lottery and then dropped dead a month later was poisoned, cops say. Urooj Khan, 46, hit the jackpot last June on a scratch-off ticket he bought at a 7-Eleven on the city's north si...

When you see photos of Cameron Diaz's slim silhouette or Jessica Alba's flat post-pregnancy tummy, you probably wonder just how Hollywood stars stay so lean or snap back into shape so quickly. While many swear their svel...

A memorably absurd workplace disciplinary case emerged from a federal government agency when an employee was formally reprimanded — in writing, with documentation — for excessive flatulence in the workplace, in a case th...

What makes a population happy? Income and economic security matter, but as researchers examining global wellbeing surveys have repeatedly found, they don't tell the whole story — and the data from Latin America proves th...

Anju Gattani, fiction author, international freelance journalist and former news reporter, has been published world-wide for over 2 decades in leading Asian and US publications. Indian-born, Anju grew up in Hong Kong and...

A group of Christian parents in California have threatened to sue a school district for introducing yoga in classrooms. The Encinitas Union School District plans to offer yoga instruction at all of its nine schools from...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Understanding Scientists Unlock The Puzzle Of Why People Are Gay The topic "Scientists Unlock The Puzzle Of Why People Are Gay" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thought...

Pope Benedict XVI joined Twitter on December 12, 2012, sending his first tweet to the world's Catholics and to anyone else paying attention: "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you...

Diet, fashion and now even weddings, everything is getting a vegan twist now. It's no more considered a hippy philosophy. Nor is it an alien concept that can be scoffed at for being 'a little too extreme'. At a time when...

Austerity-struck Paris has been hit by a wave of street muggings and grave robberies with thieves prepared to exhume bodies to steal gold and jewellery. Last week, police in the French capital arrested three people as pa...

Some of the world's most appealing destinations are also some of the most complicated places to visit. Here, eight places where even the most streetwise traveler would be smart to enlist guidance. The words "group travel...

New technology that will allow information, such as text messages from a mobile phone, to be projected onto a contact lens worn in the human eye has been developed by Belgian researchers. Ghent University's centre of mic...

When Charlie Bit My Finger — the 56-second home video in which a British toddler bites his older brother's finger, to the older boy's dramatically expressed indignation and the younger one's delighted amusement — surpass...

Better think twice before you slam a business with a bad review on Yelp - one Virginia woman is being sued for it. Jane Perez was slapped with a $750,000 lawsuit by Dietz Development after she publicly logged complaints...

Residents in a Newhall senior apartment complex are protesting an order from management to remove their beloved Christmas tree from the community room because, they were told, it's a religious symbol. On Tuesday, Tarzana...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Marriage and Partnership in Modern Life Marriage and long-term partnership remain central to human happiness and meaning. Yet modern life creates unique challenges for sustained partnership. What Makes Partnerships Last...

Understanding Fresh Vs Organic Vegetables & Fruits - Which is Better ? The topic "Fresh Vs Organic Vegetables & Fruits - Which is Better ?" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answ...

TandooriTurkey' is an app available from google playstore for Android phones/tablets. The app is a six Thanksgiving recipes package with recipes for tandoori turkey, baked potatoes, buttered peas, roasted vegetables, app...

There was a time when the holiday shopping season began the day after Thanksgiving. Then it began on Thanksgiving itself. Then it began in early November. At some point in the recent past, Christmas decorations began app...

Understanding Firefighter Ostracized For Becoming A Vegetarian The topic "Firefighter Ostracized For Becoming A Vegetarian" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful...

The article in ( talks about the study how high fat diet is bad for the brain , but , if a high fat diet is accompanied with exercise -it almost negates the impact of fat on the brain . Excerpt from the ( : "But those an...

Anju Gattani, fiction author, international freelance journalist and former news reporter, has been published world-wide for over 2 decades in leading Asian and US publications. Indian-born, Anju grew up in Hong Kong and...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

On October 14, 2012, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner stepped off a capsule suspended 128,100 feet — approximately 24 miles — above the New Mexico desert and fell toward Earth, breaking the speed of sound in freefall...

A London teenager has beaten scientific geniuses Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein to be invited to join Mensa with the highest possible IQ score. Fabiola Mann, 15, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, scored 162 on the IQ society's...

Scientists have created a genetically modified (GM) cow that produces milk with low levels of a protein known to cause allergic reactions in a significant proportion of children. The researchers believe it could one day...

The question of whether Islam is systematically misunderstood by Western audiences—and by some Muslims themselves—sits at the center of one of the most contested debates of the early twenty-first century, with scholars,...

For cancer patients navigating the physical and psychological demands of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, an unexpected source of therapeutic support has accumulated an impressive body of research behind it: companion...

Understanding Three Rules For Weight Loss The topic "Three Rules For Weight Loss " addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple p...

Chai, Chat with Books" is a small group of eight ladies who share their passion for reading over a cup of tea and lots of chaat/snacks. Our book club meeting is a time away from the daily grind of life...

Middle Schools in Tennessee will no longer grade homework or give extra credit . Homework is for understanding the concepts and not for grading . What this means is if a student does not do well in the homework , he will...

Understanding Virgin Mobile Users Vulnerable To Account Hijacking The topic "Virgin Mobile Users Vulnerable To Account Hijacking" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoug...

Diwali is an important Hindu festival, and USPS (US Postal Service) is considering issuing stamps for this occasion. USPS has stamps for other festivals like Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid, and Chinese New Year. To do...

Weight loss is not magic and never instant . If it took years and months to put on that extra weight -it will probably take the same time to lose that weight. There is no miracle diet which will make the pounds disappear...

The first thing that strikes you about Master Stephen Co is his dynamic energy, his sense of humor and his saying it like it is. A mesmerizing speaker, he also found himself as part of a CBS Special investigative report,...

Understanding Andy Murray Wins US Open Title The topic "Andy Murray Wins US Open Title" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multi...

A cultural reckoning arrived in many South Asian communities when prominent voices — some religious, some political — made statements defending or minimizing domestic violence, forcing a confrontation with attitudes towa...

Gaithersburg Elementary School has abolished homework. Instead, students are being asked to read a book for about 30 minutes a night. When Stephanie Brant came aboard as principal two years ago, she and her staff conduct...

Forget Passwords: How Playing Games Can Make Computers More Secure A new security approach would let users input patterns instead of words to verify identity By Larry Greenemeier** It seems like something out of a Robert...

People can be fat yet fit, research suggests By Michelle Roberts People can be obese yet physically healthy and fit and at no greater risk of heart disease or cancer than normal weight people, say researchers. The key is...

Understanding Health and Wellness Health is multidimensional—physical, mental, emotional, and social. True health requires attention to all dimensions. The Interconnection of Health Factors Physical health influences men...

Eyebrow lift Rs 5,000 and upwards, a relatively complication-free procedure, but can lead to numbness, nerve damage Eye lift Rs 20,000-60,000, can lead to dry eyes, change in vision and difficulty in blinking Lip plumpin...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Understanding NRI Grooms No Longer In Style The topic "NRI Grooms No Longer In Style " addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multip...

It's difficult enough to fit 16 candles on a birthday cake, but trying squeezing 116 on one. But Besse Cooper, the world's oldest person...

Understanding Health and Wellness Health is multidimensional—physical, mental, emotional, and social. True health requires attention to all dimensions. The Interconnection of Health Factors Physical health influences men...

The Most Dreaded Facebook Reunion The online world is easily divided into two categories: 1) people who love the idea of getting together with everyone from their past and 2) um...

The northern Chicago suburbs have cultivated an active arts community that punches well above the weight that outsiders typically expect from bedroom communities, and the periodic "One of a Kind" artisan exhibitions have...

An Indian woman, who left her country and religion to marry a Pakistani man but was betrayed and virtually imprisoned by him for 13 years, finally has hope of returning home, with the human rights commission here taking...

Understanding Health and Wellness Health is multidimensional—physical, mental, emotional, and social. True health requires attention to all dimensions. The Interconnection of Health Factors Physical health influences men...

Understanding Health and Wellness Health is multidimensional—physical, mental, emotional, and social. True health requires attention to all dimensions. The Interconnection of Health Factors Physical health influences men...

In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief. The team from the University of Adelaide and Un...

A daycare facility in Delaware became the subject of national outrage after workers were arrested on child endangerment charges following the discovery that employees had been encouraging toddlers to fight each other and...

Understanding Home Decoration Must Haves The topic "Home Decoration Must Haves" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple pers...

Exercise: The Most Powerful Medicine Available Regular physical activity is perhaps the single most impactful health intervention available—more effective than most medications at preventing and treating disease. Yet in...

This town outside Chicago -- which was ranked No. 3 on MONEY's Best Places to Live list in 2008 -- seems to have gotten the suburban lifestyle down to a science. Excellent schools and an award-winning public library draw...

Just as you were ready to tuck into a nice three-egg omelet again, comforted by the reassuring news that eggs are not so bad for you, here comes a study warning that for those over 40, the number of egg yolks consumed pe...

Food, Nutrition, and Health: What Research Really Shows Food is far more than calories and taste—it's medicine. Every meal either contributes to disease or helps prevent it. Yet in modern consumer culture, we often eat m...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Na janu apne mann ki main, Ab kya kaha kab kaun banu, kuch bhi bana, ya kuch na bana, bus... baithi rahu tere dar pe main (I don't know what my heart says; what, where, whom I will become; make me something, or don't mak...

Understanding World The topic "World" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple perspectives. Multiple Perspectives Few issues...

Seventy members of an Islamist sect who have been living in an underground bunker without heat or sunlight for nearly a decade have been discovered living on the outskirts of the city of Kazan in Russia....

Relationships and Human Connection Humans are fundamentally social creatures. Strong relationships are central to happiness, health, and meaning. Multiple Relationships A fulfilling life typically involves multiple types...

Understanding Man Buys 17-Pound Lobster From Restaurant,Then,Releases It Into The Sea The topic "Man Buys 17-Pound Lobster From Restaurant,Then,Releases It Into The Sea" addresses an important contemporary issue or exper...

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan carried the Olympic Torch in London at Southwark on the final leg of its 300-metre relay on Thursday, a day before the opening ceremony of the Games. The 32.7 mile relay of the Olympic fla...

McDonald's made one of the most improbable brand pivots in fast food history when it invested heavily in upgrading its coffee program, launching the McCafé platform with espresso drinks and specialty beverages that posit...

Dark Knight' showing halted in Bergen County because of unusual activity near emergency door About 100 moviegoers in Edgewater were evacuated from a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" tonight after a patron saw someone o...

Food, Nutrition, and Health: What Research Really Shows Food is far more than calories and taste—it's medicine. Every meal either contributes to disease or helps prevent it. Yet in modern consumer culture, we often eat m...

Food, Nutrition, and Health: What Research Really Shows Food is far more than calories and taste—it's medicine. Every meal either contributes to disease or helps prevent it. Yet in modern consumer culture, we often eat m...

Cucumber And Radish Raita 2 cups plain low-fat yogurt (not fat-free) 3/4 pound cucumber (1 European or 4 Persian), peeled if waxed, seeded if necessary, and finely diced or shredded 4 to 6 radishes, finely diced 1 teaspo...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Can you really taste the difference between a $15 wine and a $150 wine? Wine enjoyment is such an objective experience and taste is not exactly an exact science....

Understanding Toss The Scale : Just Do The Right Things For Your Body The topic "Toss The Scale : Just Do The Right Things For Your Body" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answer...

Seeing a celebrity endorse a pair of shoes alters a woman's brain activity - even if she does not drop everything to get her feet into the latest Jimmy Choos, a study suggests. A Dutch team scanned the brains of 24 women...

Relationships and Human Connection Humans are fundamentally social creatures. Strong relationships are central to happiness, health, and meaning. Multiple Relationships A fulfilling life typically involves multiple types...

Allegedly upset over her techie-husband's upcoming assignment in the US, homemaker H Sowmya Vishwanath, 25, hanged herself at their house in Channasandra, near Whitefield, on Monday night. Sowmya, a native of Bijapur, ma...

The Summer Writing Program will end on July 26. There has been a lot of queries for providing the lessons all year along . We are still thinking about it ..... Please keep emailing and calling us -we might actually start...

The diet industry has spent decades telling people what they cannot eat. The emerging science of sustainable weight management is telling a different story — one built around the psychological reality of restriction, the...

Gunned down with an AK47 as baying villagers cheer in delight, this is the shocking moment a burqa-clad woman was executed in Afghanistan for her part in a Taliban love triangle. The 22-year-old woman, said to have been...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Letter published in the local newspaper. There was some confusion if Jane was really Brad Pitt's mother. The paper then published and clarified. See their Editor's note below Written by,...

An Indian couple received one of the largest personal injury settlements in Illinois history after a 2007 traffic accident left the husband with severe and permanent disabilities, in a verdict that drew attention to both...

Personal finance writing has a reliable genre that resurfaces whenever economic conditions make people anxious about their spending: the inventory of small daily expenditures that, aggregated over time, amount to signifi...

The genre of "things you should never post on social media" listicles had become its own cottage industry by 2012, and with good reason: the consequences of poorly considered Facebook posts were by then well-documented,...

A school in India that implemented height restrictions as part of its admissions criteria — requiring that children meet a minimum height threshold to be enrolled — generated the kind of baffled coverage that such polici...

The word "nag" — applied almost exclusively to women who repeatedly raise concerns, requests, or complaints — carries a weight of dismissal that is worth examining directly. It frames repetition as a character flaw rathe...

When Nora Ephron died of leukemia in June 2012 at the age of seventy-one, the tributes that poured in from writers, filmmakers, and readers reflected not just the scale of her achievement — When Harry Met Sally, Sleeples...

The concept of "lucky skin" — the kind that seems to age gracefully, maintain its clarity through dietary indiscretions and weather changes and stress, and require minimal intervention to look healthy — tends to create t...

The proposal to establish a new Indian Institute of Technology Delhi campus in Haryana reflected a broader expansion effort that had been underway across India's premier technical education system, as the government and...

In a state with Punjab's complicated history of violence — the insurgency years of the 1980s and early 1990s, the drug crisis that has swept through subsequent decades, the persistent tensions and crime that accompany po...

Removed from the maddening roads and the moral police, Cubbon Park once offered love-struck couples unbeatable serenity, privacy and a refreshing silence. But then, the City’s explosive growth invaded the green expanse,...

A growing body of research has identified a perhaps unexpected correlation: people who exercise regularly tend to earn more money. The relationship is not simply explained by health — the mechanisms are more interesting...

The partnership of Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza delivered one of the more satisfying results for Indian tennis fans in recent memory when they won the mixed doubles title at the 2012 French Open, defeating compatriots...

The foraging movement—which has grown from a fringe interest of back-to-the-land enthusiasts into a mainstream culinary practice embraced by Michelin-starred restaurants and urban farmers market vendors alike—rests on a...

For most of the history of public health messaging around physical activity, the operative concern was getting sedentary populations to exercise more. The risks of inactivity — cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 dia...

One is a fresh-faced child star bouncing back from a career nosedive with a new Liz Taylor biopic. The other is a socialite who pretty much came out the womb partying. Yet Lindsay Lohan, 25, was left looking years older...

A survey finding that 96 percent of women reported experiencing guilt at least once a day—compared to 70 percent of men—generated considerable discussion about whether the gap reflected genuine differences in moral sensi...

The research on exercise motivation has consistently identified one of the most effective predictors of sustained physical activity: social accountability. People who work out with others — whether partners, friends, or...

When Snigdha Nandipati won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2012, correctly spelling "guetapens" — a French-origin word meaning an ambush or trap — she became the fifth consecutive Indian-American champion of the com...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

India's Supreme Court ruled that sex obtained through a false promise of marriage constitutes rape under the Indian Penal Code, a judgment with significant practical implications for how consent is understood in a societ...

A Swiss woman died of starvation after attempting to survive on sunlight and water alone, inspired by a spiritual belief system known as "Inedia" or "Breatharianism" — the claim that human beings can live without food an...

The phenomenon known as "vanity sizing" — the practice by clothing manufacturers of labeling garments with smaller size designations than their actual measurements correspond to, in order to flatter consumers and encoura...

When a kindergartner arrived at a school in the United States with eighty-nine grams of marijuana in a backpack, the incident prompted the predictable cycle of alarmed headlines and dark jokes — but also a more serious s...

Street smarts — the cluster of skills that allows a person to read situations accurately, recognize danger before it materializes, communicate with a wide range of people, and navigate unfamiliar or difficult environment...

The story of Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, Tennessee — a man who by 2012 had fathered thirty children with eleven different women and was petitioning the court to reduce his child support obligations because his minimum...

The idea of taxing unhealthy foods as a public health measure — what economists and health advocates have called a "fat tax" — has moved from academic speculation into serious policy debate, with several countries experi...

Salman Rushdie, who has more personal experience with the consequences of censorship than almost any living writer — his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses prompted a fatwa calling for his death, forced him into hiding for ne...

When Aamir Khan's television show Satyamev Jayte launched in May 2012, one of its most discussed features was the decision to air the program without commercial breaks. For viewers accustomed to the rhythm of Indian tele...

Blood triglycerides may be an important factor in your risk for heart disease. Your doctor may become concerned if your cholesterol level is too high. But another type of fatty substance found in the blood, known as trig...

As 20-month-old Morgan Sherrill reached her arms out to be picked up, her mother Jackie, 26 was not expecting her to fall forward with her bottle still in her mouth. "Her foot slipped off the couch, and the bottle chippe...

Subhash K Jha : This show was such a well researched show. I never knew government of India had supported female foeticide once upon a time. It is always hard to make a change especially a change like this because the to...

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, whose novels have mapped the interior lives of Indian and Indian-American women with a precision that has won her millions of readers across languages and continents, spoke in an interview abo...

A remark attributed to a Bombay High Court judge — that a wife should be like the goddess Sita, devoted, patient, and self-sacrificing — ignited a sharp debate about the place of religious and mythological ideals in judi...

Scientists say an epidemic of myopia, or nearsightedness, is sweeping through Asian children, and is likely due to students' spending too much time indoors studying and not enough time outside in the sunlight. It has lon...

Child safety experts and law enforcement professionals have spent years identifying the patterns that characterize predatory behavior toward children — and the consensus is that awareness, not fear, is the most effective...

A pediatric obesity case that circulated widely in American medical literature illustrated both the stakes of childhood weight gain and the effectiveness of family-based behavioral interventions when implemented early an...

Your Brain on Fiction AMID the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value of fiction is arriving from an unexpected qu...

Understanding Sachin Tendulkar the The topic "Sachin Tendulkar the " addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple perspectives. M...

Rifling through my wardrobe for the perfect ensemble to wear for a romantic dinner with my husband, a low-cut dress and strappy sandals catch my eye. The outfit is sexy with a hint of old-school Hollywood glamour...

Kindergartner throws tantrum at school, is handcuffed by police The news coming out of Georgia today revolves around a 6-year-old kindergartner who threw such a violent tantrum that school officials called police, who ha...

For decades, the common-sense assumption was that living together before marriage would reduce divorce rates — that couples who tested their compatibility under the same roof before making a legal commitment would be bet...

A small change in how teachers and parents read aloud to preschoolers may provide a big boost to their reading skills later on, a new study found. That small change involves making specific references to print in books w...

Extracts from turmeric spice, known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, may help ward off heart attacks in people who have had recent bypass surgery, according to a study from Thailand. During bypass...

Learning to read is not just to do with speech, but also with the ability to recognize and memorize regular patterns among the letters that make up words, according to a new study on baboons. New results show that monkey...

Brides-to-be looking to shed that final 10, 15 or 20 pounds in order to fit into their dream wedding gown have taken a controversial approach to crash dieting that involves inserting a feeding tube into their noses for u...

A self-proclaimed brainiac and science expert who loves to shop, this adventurous, skydiving 18 year old from Lilburn, Georgia is ready to show her family and the world her musical talent. Although Mathai loves to sing p...

A baby found alive in a coffin in an Argentine morgue nearly 12 hours after the girl had been declared dead is improving, but questions remain for the hospital responsible for the near-fatal mistake. The mother, Analia B...

Research published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition found that a moderate blood alcohol level—approximately 0.075, just below the legal driving limit in most American states—was associated with improved perform...

Naperville, Illinois — home to one of the largest Indian-American communities in the Chicago metropolitan area — launched a Hindi language immersion summer program through its school district, responding to both the heri...

The arrival of 3D printing technology in the consumer food space began, appropriately, with chocolate — a substance that is solid at room temperature, melts predictably when heated, and resolidifies cleanly, making it am...

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- For the second year in a row, the Masters was decided in the woods lining the 10th fairway. Last year on Sunday it was Rory McIlroy's disastrous drive into the trees left of the fairway that knocked him o...

Nutrition is always a hot topic, and new fad diets and gimmicks continue to draw attention and peak interest. There is always some new wonder diet or product that is supposed to make you feel better, stronger, faster, le...

Understanding Average Looking Woman Thinks It The topic "Average Looking Woman Thinks It" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and mul...

We know it has long been bad for your waistline. But fast food can also be bad for your mental health, according to a new study. Eating junk such as as hamburgers, hotdogs and pizza heightens your chance of developing de...

When it comes to disorders of the mind, our society has a tendency to seek out the safety of clear-cut categories. We want there to be a bright line separating normal from abnormal, health from sickness. Alas, the human...

Forensic anthropologist Richard Neave's reconstruction of what Jesus might have actually looked like — based on skull characteristics from Semitic men of first-century Judea, combined with analysis of historical artistic...

Fraudulent marriage arrangements in which siblings or other relatives pair up with foreign nationals willing to participate in exchange for payment—creating immigration paperwork supporting a spousal visa application wit...

The camera industry was confronting a genuinely disruptive question by 2012: had the smartphone camera become good enough that most people no longer needed or wanted a dedicated camera? The iPhone 4S, with its 8-megapixe...

Electronic tablets like the iPad are a revolutionary educational tool and are becoming part of childhood, but should be watched carefully so that overuse doesn't lead to learning or behavioral problems, experts say. "It'...

The Biggest Losers are coming to the White House. NBC says contestants on its "The Biggest Loser" program are whisked to the White House in a two-part makeover episode set to air on April 3 and April 10. In the first epi...

The fashion and retail industry's long project of categorizing women's bodies into geometric and produce-based shapes — pear, apple, hourglass, banana — has expanded its taxonomy to include an ever-more-creative set of m...

Research in developmental psychology has increasingly supported what many experienced parents and teachers have long observed: kindness is not simply a character trait that children either have or don't — it is a skill t...

As I sat down to face my mom, I sensed she was unhappy about something. "Joe, I am disappointed in you.Your writing scores are terribly low.You need to work on this. I have bought a diary for you. I want you to write a j...

Understanding Lululemon eavesdrops on its customers in fitting rooms The topic "Lululemon eavesdrops on its customers in fitting rooms" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers,...

TRAIN TO PAKISTAN Chatto and Windus published Khushwant Singh’s novel “Train to Pakistan” in 1956. It’s a 181-page novel and is available in both paperback and hardback. It’s a novel, which catches your attention from th...

A widely circulated essay by physician Ken Murray posed an observation that had been quietly noted within the medical community but rarely discussed publicly: doctors, when they themselves are dying, typically choose far...

Reports and photographs documenting Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump posing with slain wildlife during a hunting trip to Zimbabwe — including images with an elephant, a crocodile, and other animals — generated a significa...

The last time I renewed my driver's license, the clerk at the DMV asked if she should check me off as an organ donor. I said no. She looked at me and asked again. I said, "No. Just check the box that says, 'I am a heartl...

A prenuptial agreement that included a clause prohibiting either spouse from gaining more than a specified amount of weight during the marriage — with financial penalties attached to violations — attracted significant at...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Volume 5 of the Friday cooking column arrives with a menu built around the principle that the best weeknight food often comes from the pantry rather than the produce aisle — dishes where the deep work has been done by so...

Molly Barker, 51, and Caitlin Boyle, 27, devote their lives to promoting the ideals of health, confidence and empowerment among young girls. But on realising that by wearing make-up and following extensive beauty regimes...

Food, Nutrition, and Health: What Research Really Shows Food is far more than calories and taste—it's medicine. Every meal either contributes to disease or helps prevent it. Yet in modern consumer culture, we often eat m...

Understanding Harry Potter The topic "Harry Potter" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple perspectives. Multiple Perspecti...

J.K. Rowling's announcement of her first novel for adults — titled The Casual Vacancy — landed with the kind of anticipatory weight that only applies to writers who have achieved genuine cultural saturation. Having creat...

All the New Year festivities and gatherings have given me many memories. There is a lot to ponder upon including the extra kilos that I picked up from delicious, mouth-watering platters that seemed hugely impossible to d...

Debit cards issued to provide assistance to welfare recipients were used to withdraw cash at ATMs in strip clubs, casinos, bingo halls and amusement parks, a 9News investigation found. As a result, more than $1 million i...

Ladies, Get Ready: Its a Leap Year! Ever since the idea of an extra day every four years was implemented as a corrective measure for the calendar, it has been filled with traditions and superstitions.One of these is the...

Research published in the journal PLOS ONE suggested a genetic component to divorce risk, adding biological complexity to what is usually discussed in purely social and psychological terms. The study found that women who...

Knowing what to eat, and in what quantities, is becoming a real challenge, as nutritional scientists continue to study the healing powers of certain foods. The latest discoveries, the so-called "super foods," are believe...

A 20 stone woman who was told 'get down the gym fatty' on a night out has shed a third of her weight in time for her dream wedding. Sarah Gould, 26, was so upset by the verbal abuse of the unknown male who approached her...

People who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are more likely to report feelings of...

A study from Tel Aviv University produced a counterintuitive finding that generated significant popular attention: participants who ate a protein- and carbohydrate-rich breakfast that included a dessert item — chocolate,...

Eleven children were removed from the home of a registered sex offender after authorities responding to a welfare call discovered multiple children in distressing conditions, including some who had been physically restra...

Few pieces of marital advice generate more immediate pushback than the injunction to respect a spouse regardless of whether they've earned it. The reaction is understandable — it sounds like an invitation to submit to ba...

Want to get the body you've always dreamed of in just five hours? One blogger and eating champion shows you how, without even having to deprive yourself of your favourite foods - in fact, you can eat potato chips and dri...

When M.I.A. — the British-Sri Lankan Tamil artist born Mathangi Arulpragasam — extended her middle finger at the camera during her appearance in the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show in February 2012, she produced one of the...

Born in a Bengali family, I obviously love to eat fish. I remember my school/college days, when I used to have rice and Bengali fish curry made by my mom for breakfast, lunch and dinner.Yes I know, rice for all three mea...

Social media researchers and digital anthropologists have had a field day classifying the behavioral archetypes that populate Facebook — the patterns of posting, sharing, and engagement that, once you see them, become im...

The thin, over-plucked eyebrow that dominated beauty aesthetics through much of the 1990s and early 2000s began its retreat, replaced by a preference for fuller, more natural brows that better frame the face and project...

When an apple fell on Newton’s head , he did not just consume it to satisfy his hunger , au contraire he used it as an excuse to get into the depth of the process to learn more , there by discovering Gravity . It is basi...

A video of a Texas family court judge repeatedly beating his teenage disabled daughter with a belt—recorded on her bedroom computer's webcam and uploaded to YouTube in 2011—generated millions of views, law enforcement in...

There are a lot of annoying things about being a woman, like periods, childbirth and not being able to play basketball in a way that keeps spectators awake. But near the top of the list has got to be buying clothes. I kn...

Heidi Klum will file for divorce from Seal ... TMZ has learned. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Heidi will file divorce papers in L.A. County Superior Court as early as next week. We're told Heidi will cite "i...

A father allegedly punished his 12-year-old daughter by binding her hands and feet with duct tape, shutting her in a dog cage, then threatened to electrify the crate. James Tapke, 41, was charged Thursday with child enda...

A quiet but consistent form of consumer deception has been embedded in the fashion industry for decades, and most shoppers have encountered it without quite realizing what's happening: the stated size on a garment label...

MUMBAI: While parents struggle to pay annual school fees between Rs 12,000 and 18,000, a south Mumbai family outsourced a single Std X project for Rs 26,000. The cost of outsourcing projects has skyrocketed over the year...

The annual arrival of Non-Resident Indians during India's wedding season and festive calendar has generated its own subculture of ambivalent reception—warm pride in countrymen who have made it abroad, mingled with exaspe...

Zhang Jun, a Chinese dancer who had dedicated her life to learning and teaching classical Indian dance forms — Bharatanatyam and Kathak — passed away, leaving behind a legacy that represented one of the more unusual thre...

Understanding Papa John The topic "Papa John" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple perspectives. Multiple Perspectives Fe...

When white leaders succeed, people often say it is because they are competent. When black leaders succeed, people say it happened despite their incompetence. At least, that's what two business-school professors found aft...

Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math pass on to female students the stereotype that boys, not girls, are good at math. Girls who endorse this belief then do worse at math, research at the Universi...

Understanding The Pronouns you use reveals your whole personality The topic "The Pronouns you use reveals your whole personality" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoug...

Big Tech and Society: Power, Responsibility, and the Path Forward The technology companies that shape modern life—Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon—wield unprecedented influence. Understanding this influence and its implic...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Dear Santa, I know you're very busy this time of year, what with the list-checking and the global logistics operation that would make Amazon executives weep with envy. But if you're reading this somewhere in the North Po...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

This summer, I met a principal who was recently named as the administrator of the year in her state. She was loved and adored by all, but she told me she was leaving the profession. I screamed, "You can't leave us," and...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Baby Diaper Rash Cream on your face? WHAT? Lollipop26 mentioned not that long ago that she used Sudocrem (which is a diaper rash cream for babies) and it worked wonders on her face. I don't know if they sell that brand i...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles developed a mouthwash that functions like a "smart bomb" — targeting and eliminating the specific strain of bacteria responsible for the vast majority of dental ca...

Demi Moore is ending her marriage to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, she told The Associated Press on Thursday. Moore, 49, and Kutcher, 33, were wed in September 2005. The couple's relationship became tabloid fodder in rece...

Just who is your lover losing the weight for? People dieting while in a relationship are preparing to break up with their other half Don't feel too flattered if your partner starts losing weight - it might be for somebod...

The new American home is taking shape. Tough recent years are leaving their mark on home design, just as the housing-boom years sent square footage soaring and stamped a distinctive "McMansion" style on neighborhoods acr...

Recently I met with Mrs ( when she was launching the PFA (People for Animals) mugs. As part of the launch, she talked for an hour and it was quite impressive....

The connection between sweet foods and sweet personalities may be more than metaphor. A series of studies published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that people who prefer sweet-tasting foods als...

In a coordinated development that reflected concerns about civil unrest and security conditions, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — the five members of the intelligence-sharing allian...

A Little Imperfection For That Smile? AMERICANS are expected to spend nearly $110 billion on dental care in 2012, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, with much of it to straighten, whi...

In the Hi-Tech world of today, revenge is but a hop , skip and a jump away. Technology has opened up many doors for us to give vent to our feelings [ I will say many windows also ]. If you are angry at someone or someone...

People who commute to work on foot or by bicycle have roughly half the obesity risk of those who drive or take public transit, according to research that has accumulated consistently across multiple countries and study d...

Relationships and Human Connection Humans are fundamentally social creatures. Strong relationships are central to happiness, health, and meaning. Multiple Relationships A fulfilling life typically involves multiple types...

I went to the doctor because I had a fever, I made a mistake and punched Justin Beiber I went to Walgreens to get a visa, I made a mistake and got a pizza :) I went to school to learn the alphabet, I made a mistake and g...

Every parent wants to believe their toddler is brilliant, and most will find evidence to support the belief if they look hard enough. But what does the research actually say about early intellectual development — and wha...

Understanding Super People The topic "Super People" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple perspectives. Multiple Perspecti...

Some people seem to absorb new skills and information with remarkable speed while others struggle to make the same progress despite equal time and effort. The reasons are more varied — and more actionable — than most peo...

In case you needed further proof of the American education system's failings, especially in poor and minority communities, consider the latest crime to spread across the country: educational theft. That's the charge that...

Divorcees can retain surnames Divorced women have a reason to cheer. No authority can prevent them from continuing to use, for legally valid purposes, their former married surnames. "The wife has a fundamental right unde...

A case at a New York City hospital sparked pointed debate about immigration policy and healthcare obligations when it emerged that the hospital had spent approximately $1.4 million providing medical care to an undocument...

Working mothers regularly send children to school sick - because they don't feel able to take time off looking after them, it emerged yesterday. Researchers found four out of ten employed mums have sent their child to sc...

The death of a young woman at IIM Bangalore, whose suicide note referenced a romantic breakup communicated through Facebook, prompted difficult conversation in 2012 about the psychological health of India's high-pressure...

THE latest bad but unsurprising news on education is that reading and writing scores on the SAT have once again declined. The language competence of our high schoolers fell steeply in the 1970s and has never recovered. T...

Indonesian women staged what is believed to be the first SlutWalk demonstration in Southeast Asia, taking to the streets of Jakarta in short skirts and leggings to protest the persistent cultural and legal tendency to ho...

When will adults get mature enough to know what gifts to give to their children . In another incident in the Chicago area -one wealthy but immature set of parents had gifted a Porsche to his 16 yr old! The child was driv...

Venkat Subramaniam Adishankara Tanikaburla (VSAT), needless to say, from Andhra, while studying engineering, falls in love with Anjali Cariappa, a Coorgi girl, whose father is a retired colonel and who believes that good...

Several American cities have enacted or are considering ordinances restricting mobile food vendors from operating within set distances of schools during school hours—a policy response to research on the relationship betw...

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s in India, the period that witnessed increased urban female participation in the labor force with a simultaneous shift in social acceptance and strong encouragement for a working woman, t...

You wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, sweaty, little out of breath, a tad confused, maybe you’ve been dreaming, you have experienced a roller coaster ride of emotions; you are nervous, tense, and anxious. You...

The Brain Through Life: Understanding Cognitive Aging The human brain is remarkable—capable of learning, memory, adaptation, and growth throughout life. Yet all brains change with age. Understanding these changes helps u...

Old Navy occupies a specific retail niche — affordable basics, frequent sales, accessible style — and within that niche it is genuinely useful. The mistake that many shoppers make is treating it as a store where everythi...

Ralph Richard Banks, a Stanford law professor, published a book with this provocative title examining a phenomenon that is genuinely significant and genuinely underexamined: the dramatic decline in marriage rates among A...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Like something from a film childhood sweethearts from Southampton are finally tying the knot after 63 years apart. After decades of being separated by disapproving parents Bill Labram and Peggy Fryer, both 80 will be get...

Research on the role of early maternal attachment in male development has accumulated substantial evidence that the quality of the mother-son relationship shapes social competence, emotional regulation, and long-term out...

The evolution of generosity is one of evolutionary biology's most interesting problems, and also one of its most satisfying answers. The question is why organisms that apparently compete for resources would ever behave i...

CrossFit has been the fitness industry's most contentious success story for the better part of a decade — a methodology that inspires genuine devotion in its adherents and fierce skepticism in its critics, and that has g...

35-year-old Reese Witherspoon has been spotted house hunting in California, and it seems that only the best will do for the Legally Blonde star. She has her eye on a $14million Malibu home that is currently inhabited by...

An overweight primary school teacher has lost almost eight stone after she was hypnotised into believing doctors had fitted her with a gastric band. Kim Robinshaw, 31, whose weight had spiralled to 21 stone was sent into...

ThoughtfulIndia has always been built on the conviction that ideas matter — that thoughtful people engaging seriously with the questions of our time is not a luxury but a necessity. This feature celebrates a gathering of...

Concern about Angelina Jolie's weight has been a recurring feature of the entertainment press for years, but recent photographs taken at public appearances have intensified the conversation, with multiple observers notin...

The fitness and weight loss industry survives on a simple and endlessly exploitable gap between what people want to be true and what the evidence actually shows. What people want to be true is that there is a product — a...

The assumption that vegetarian cooking is inherently less satisfying, less flavorful, or less interesting than meat-based cooking has been dismantled so thoroughly in recent years — by chefs, food writers, and millions o...

Fashion's perennial promise of the universally flattering garment is, in most cases, marketing fiction. Bodies differ too much in shape, proportion, and coloring for any single cut or silhouette to serve everyone equally...

A study claiming that women spend an average of five hours per day gossiping has made its way through the press cycle with the velocity that gender-confirming statistics reliably achieve, which makes it worth pausing to...

The party was in full swing , everybody seemed to be enjoying the music , some swayed with their cocktails and others enjoyed delicious looking appetizers . Amidst all this I was busy , as usual , doing what I do best –...

The luxury baby products market has expanded steadily even through periods of general economic contraction, driven by demographics—older, higher-earning first-time parents, smaller family sizes concentrating spending on...

Picture a religious Jew. Now picture a devout Muslim man. Now an Orthodox Sikh or a Hindu sadhu. The beard — long, full, grown deliberately and tended with care — appears across each image as a mark of faith so consisten...

Colon cleansing has been practiced in various forms for thousands of years and marketed aggressively in recent decades, but a systematic analysis of the available medical literature has concluded that for healthy adults,...

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, "It's a girl." -Shirley Chisholm The very words “It’s a girl” are considered inauspicious and are a source of disappointment f...

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who ar...

The sleepover question. The curfew question. The car question. The question of when to stop asking where you're going and who you'll be with — or whether to ever stop asking. Parenting a teenager is, at its core, a negot...

Happy Rogers, age 8, stands among her classmates in the schoolyard at dismissal time, immune, it seems, to the cacophonous din. Her parents and baby sister are waiting outside, but still she lingers, engrossed in convers...

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren't sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy...

In what is being described as a historic achievement, women have claimed the top three positions in the Chartered Accountancy final examination results — a decisive breach of what had been, for decades, a stubbornly male...

At 7 feet 4 inches, Sim Bhullar is impossible to miss in any setting, but his height is the least remarkable thing about him. What makes Bhullar significant in the history of basketball is what he represents: the first p...

An 11-year-old boy in Brazil has been dubbed "Magnet Boy" because metal objects apparently stick to his skin. Paulo David Amorim, from Rio Grande do Norte state, can carry spoons, scissors and even casserole pots on his...

Arun Shourie, the journalist, author, and former government minister whose intellectual breadth and willingness to challenge received wisdom in Indian public life have made him one of its most distinctive voices, has wri...

Research analyzing emotional expression on social media found that anger peaks on Thursdays—an unexpected result that prompted analysis of the workplace psychology behind end-of-week frustration and the relationship betw...

A Danish telecommunications company has become a model for inclusive employment after hiring a significant number of workers with autism spectrum disorder for roles in software testing and quality assurance — positions t...

The Kannur district of Kerala has become the site of an uncomfortable conversation about gender, caste, and the persistence of deeply patriarchal norms in a state that regularly tops national rankings on education, healt...

A research controversy has erupted in the meditation community after a major journal delayed publication of a study examining meditation's effects on cardiovascular health, raising questions about the peer review process...

Just like the lotus flower which blooms and opens up its outer petals to reveal the inner whorl , this book also unfolds layers of the saga called Mahabharata in a form which acts as both a guide and an interpreter of li...

In an era when keyboards have replaced pens in classrooms across the developed world, a new body of research is making the case that the shift may be coming at a cognitive cost — specifically, that the act of writing by...

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's DNA Foundation—later renamed Thorn—was among the more prominent celebrity anti-trafficking organizations working in South Asia in the early 2010s, focusing specifically on the trafficking...

The expanded use of Botox beyond its original cosmetic purpose has generated research findings that challenge a fundamental assumption about how the face works—specifically, whether the facial expressions we make influen...

Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online. A teenage girl in Germany who forgot to mark her birthday invitation as private on Facebook fled her own party when more than 1,500 guests sho...

Research exploring the relationship between dietary fat, cholesterol levels, and muscle development has complicated the simple narrative that equated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with cardiovascular risk and left...

New York City has always had its outdoor fitness culture — the runners in Central Park at 6am, the weekend cyclists on the Hudson River Greenway, the basketball courts in Riverside Park that operate year-round regardless...

A growing body of research is drawing connections between sleep quality in children and a range of behavioral outcomes, and among the more counterintuitive findings is the association between poor sleep and bullying beha...

A new Bronx co-op apartment building is designed to help combat obesity. The building, called the Melody, has a backyard with brightly colored exercise equipment for adults, and climbing equipment for children. It also h...

One of Britain’s leading experts on children’s mental health has advised parents to reject years of convention and allow children to sleep next to them until the age of five. Margot Sunderland, director of education at t...

Jenny Craig has topped the rankings of popular commercial diet programs in a Consumer Reports Health evaluation that assessed effectiveness, safety, and long-term sustainability across major weight loss brands. The evalu...

The demographics of cosmetic surgery are changing. For decades, the field was dominated by female patients — women seeking facelifts, breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, liposuction. That profile is shifting, and shifting...

I have been on a lifelong quest for God, that wondrous entity which would be the solution of all my problems. I could never describe God, but it did seem that understanding God meant eternal peace, bliss and joy. However...

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of the small South Asian state of Bhutan has embraced the royal fad and found himself a commoner. The beloved 31-year-old, Oxford-educated monarch announced his engagement to Jetsun Pe...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Sleeping problems are thought to affect brain development and lead to other problems later in life. The study, published in the journal Child Development, looked at 357 adopted children and their families in the US. A UK...

Bubba Watson, with two PGA Tour wins already this year, leads the FedEx Cup points race and is second on the money list. Yet he has never had a golf lesson. "No sir, I never felt the need for it," he told me recently. "I...

There is an old observation, variously attributed, that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. What is less often discussed is how quickly those first impressions form — research suggests within second...

Before spending money on commercial acne treatments, it is worth considering what may already be sitting in your kitchen. Lemon juice has been used as a home remedy for acne and skin blemishes for generations, and while...

After years of merely dabbling in disposal of my accumulated stuff, I think I might now be a candidate for "extreme downsizing." If I can be ruthless enough. The idea has taken hold in recent months. I have been disposin...

China's Test Prep Juggernaut Test preparation company New Oriental Education is helping a rising generation of Chinese students to ace U.S. college entrance exams On a Sunday afternoon in March, Morgan Meng, a broad-shou...

A landmark study published in the journal Obesity found that fat removed through liposuction tends to return within a year—relocated to different parts of the body, particularly the abdomen and upper body, suggesting tha...

What the Yuck: Does blotting pizza save calories? Q: How many calories do you save blotting pizza with a napkin? You are probably cutting 20 to 50 calories a piece - not a whole lot, but I guess if you have a couple of s...

Along with shopping for sippy cups and strollers, expectant parents may want to consider another task for their to-do list: honing their marriage skills. Numerous studies have shown that a couples' satisfaction with thei...

It was just after dawn last Sunday when a pair of pilgrims lighted incense on the shore and dropped two coconuts into the sacred waters, otherwise known as Jamaica Bay. The shells bobbed in the surf, not far from clay bo...

Hey Baby, Want to Go to the Strip Club? Every organization has a set of unwritten rules. Which executives to butter up, how late to stay at night, or whether it's okay hit on your co-workers. While such quandaries apply...

Princess Diana led "a tortured life" in many ways, according to Katie Couric. On "The Early Show" Friday, the "CBS Evening News" anchor compared Diana's life to that of Kate Middleton, the woman who will marry Diana's so...

In the landscape of alternative healing traditions, Pranic Healing occupies a distinctive position — it is neither fringe nor mainstream, neither purely ancient nor entirely modern, but something of a synthesis, formaliz...

Breakfast in India is not a single meal. It is dozens of meals — a mosaic of regional traditions so distinct from one another that a breakfast table in Chennai would be virtually unrecognizable to someone who grew up eat...

Coming out as being gay is easier than admitting to a mental health condition, study shows People are more reluctant to reveal they have a mental illness than to come out as gay, according to a new study that reaffirms w...

Understanding Sleep: The Foundation of Health Sleep is not a luxury—it is a biological necessity as critical as food or water. Yet in modern society, many people chronically undervalue sleep, viewing it as time lost from...

The parenting question framed as "should your kids be scared of you" was a slightly provocative way of asking a genuinely important question about authority, discipline, and the emotional dynamics that make children actu...

Evidence that prenatal maternal exercise influences fetal development and sets the stage for the child's long-term health outcomes has shifted the conversation about exercise during pregnancy from "is it safe?" to "how m...

Mumbai police arrested a McDonald's employee in 2012 after a hidden camera was discovered in the women's restroom of a franchise outlet, triggering public outrage and raising questions about surveillance and privacy in c...

April is National Sexual Abuse Awareness Month. The article below is on the subject of sex education and abuse prevention) One beautiful summer day, when I was in 10th grade, we walked into our classroom for our regular...

The "short sleeper" phenomenon — the small percentage of people who genuinely function well on significantly less sleep than the population average, without health consequences — has been a source of both scientific fasc...

Call-center company 24/7 Customer Pvt. Ltd. is desperate to find new recruits who can answer questions by phone and email. It wants to hire 3,000 people this year. Yet in this country of 1.2 billion people, that is begin...

Meet the Meaty Veggies A host of chefs are creating vegetable dishes that are anything but dainty. Cauliflower steak with quinoa It's been a decade of intense meat worship, but now chefs are procuring, preparing and serv...

AT 92, Clara Tang is accused of bludgeoning, suffocating and stabbing her 98-year-old husband to death. Now she has become the oldest woman in Australia to be committed to stand trial for murder. After almost 70 years of...

The intersection of adolescent impulsivity, digital permanence, and social cruelty has produced two related phenomena that are devastating young lives and overwhelming school administrators, parents, and law enforcement:...

Britain's tightening of student visa requirements in 2011 — part of a broader effort by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government to reduce net migration — landed with particular force on the community of In...

Discount clothes retailer Matalan was under fire today after it was revealed to be selling padded bras to children as young as eight. The bras, which have already sold out in some sizes, are designed to give the appearan...

The workplace norm against visible emotional expression—particularly crying—is both real and gendered in ways that research has now documented with some precision: crying at work carries different reputational consequenc...

IN 2008, three young guys in Manhattan started Ignighter.com, a dating Web site focused on twentysomethings. They sought to set themselves apart by enabling members to set up group dates: One member, serving as a point p...

A story circulating in early 2011 about an underground fighting circuit operating in Mumbai — organized bouts between willing participants, conducted outside the regulatory framework of licensed combat sports, in setting...

Mark Zuckerberg claims he's being stalked by a man who's been sending him creepy messages through Facebook and threatening his safety Zuckerberg has obtained a restraining order against 31-year-old Pradeep Manukonda -- a...

The promise of losing five pounds in a week for a Valentine's Day event belongs to a genre of fitness advice that is popular for its specificity and deadline, and that health professionals almost universally advise again...

Understanding 10 Over-the-Top Valentine The topic "10 Over-the-Top Valentine" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multiple perspe...

The annual Valentine's Day reckoning—in which a significant portion of the male population arrives on February 14th with no reservation, no gift, and a dawning awareness that something was expected—repeats with remarkabl...

Taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know, according to new research. It actually helps people learn, and it works better than a number of other studying techniques. ( found that st...

Relationships and Human Connection Humans are fundamentally social creatures. Strong relationships are central to happiness, health, and meaning. Multiple Relationships A fulfilling life typically involves multiple types...

Google's latest version of Google Goggles is apparently powerful enough to beat a Sudoku champ at her own game. Today Google announced Goggles 1.3 client for Android, featuring instant barcode scanning and print ad recog...

Good folks at Linkedin did some analysis and have given us a list of words to avoid. Interestingly the Indian habit of calling people Dynamic has crossed over to internet as well. Americans on the other hand have the emp...

WikiLeaks has demanded that Google and Facebook reveal the contents of any US subpoenas they may have received after it emerged that a court in Virginia had ordered Twitter to secretly hand over details of accounts on th...

Hot topic on Twitter that nobody is willing to pay for Dada. Shaking off months of controversy, litigation and uncertainty, cricket's biggest, richest and most brassy domestic event, the Indian Premier League, sprang to...

The holiday season brings many joys and, unfortunately, many countervailing dietary pitfalls. Even the fittest and most disciplined of us can succumb, indulging in more fat and calories than at any other time of the year...

Facebook by 2010 had migrated from college dorm novelty to genuine social infrastructure — the place where extended family reconnected, old friends resurfaced, and professional acquaintances observed each other in contex...

Didi Contractor, the American-born architect who spent decades working in the Kangra Valley of Himachal Pradesh building homes from local materials using traditional techniques, became one of the more articulate critics...

Five years ago, Shop.org published a press release: "While traditional retailers will be monitoring store traffic and sales on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), online retailers have set their sights on somethin...

The mathematicians who analyzed coin-flipping sequences for patterns were not expecting to find them. The coin flip is the standard example of a random event — the archetype of a process in which past outcomes provide ze...

The handwriting teacher who arrives in a classroom with a box of sharpened pencils is making, among other things, a statement about what kind of learning she believes will happen in her classroom that day. The pencil — i...