our families hold a profound influence over what we are and today the discussions about the family assume greater significance. Why is that so? Well, it is precisely because family relationships have never been more threatened than they are today.
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Holi – The Extravaganza of Colour and Love
Holi celebrations begin on the last full moon night of the winter. The night is called Holika Dahan or Chotti Holi. According to the Vikram Samvat Hindu Calendar, it occurs in the month of Phalgun. The festival falls between the end of February and mid-March.
What are we actually eating?
How many of us have the habit of reading food labels? Let’s try a better question. How many of us have gone through a food label from the start to the end at least once? These labels are all around us. Yet for ages, it appears that we have been ignoring these mini baskets of…
Let’s visit the Niagara Falls!
The US – Canada border dividing Ontario and New York is never short of activity. Every year millions of people rally to this magnificent stretch of land sandwiched between the two North American giants to be mesmerised by the mystical beauty of nature. Up and close they watch as the water descends down the steepest…
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day offers a chance for the whole world to take notice and salute the women who have been carrying the entire human race on their shoulders all through the ages.
Kids spending too much time online?
That is a pretty straightforward question, isn’t it? So how much time should we ideally spend online? What about 6 hours per day? Is that too much? Ok then let’s cut down. What about an hour a day? Well, that seems to be too little. Ah! so then the answer must lay somewhere in between,…
Let’s go to Rio de Janeiro!
So what plans for the week? How about a trip to the land of Samba? Well, then you would not be the only one who decides to make a visit to Rio de Janeiro this time of the year. In fact, you would be just one among a million people who flock to the Brazilian…
Organisation and time management- the pill against panicking
“Oh, I miss my school days, those were the best times!” How many of us are guilty of having such wistful thoughts? The truth is, to us (slightly more mature folks), our school days will always be the best days of our lives, stress-free, carefree, with the only requirement for us to perform well in…
Healthy eating from young
‘Eat healthy from young’, well that’s quite easy to say, isn’t it? But try to implement it with your tiny tots and voila! We arrive at one of the biggest parenting challenges. Before we go further, let’s just take a sneak peek into the causes of this challenge. The truth is that many parents today…
The Chinese Lantern Festival, 2000 years and beyond
The Chinese Lantern Festival (Shang Yuan) marks the end of the Chinese New Year’s celebration. It is generally believed that this festival originated more than 2000 years ago during the rule of the Western Han dynasty. Emperor Wu started the worship rituals and Emperor Ming, a devout Buddhist made it a custom to light candles…
