Long-term committed relationships are good for mental as well as physical health and this benefit increases over time, suggests a new study. David and John Gallacher from Cardiff University say that on average married people live longer. They say that women in committed relationships have better mental health, while men in committed relationships have better [...]
Are you still looking for a date on Valentine’s Day? It turns out there may be something to “playing hard to get”. A woman is seemingly more attracted to a man when she is uncertain about how much he likes her, says a new study. “If we want to know how much Sarah likes Bob, [...]
Samar Halarnkar I remember being disturbed enough to stop watching the 2003 Hindi movie Matrubhumi(motherland). Set in the future, it depicted an Indian village populated only by men. It gets that way after a man, yearning for a boy, publicly drowns his newborn girl in a vat of milk, sparking a custom that wipes out women. So [...]
There are two types of meditation – active and passive.Active meditation relates to activities of everyday life such as walking, working, eating etc. This in fact is the aim of Yoga, to experience a meditative state in everyday life which has the effect of increasing performance manifold as the work is done with more efficiency [...]
Meditation… Towards a Stress Free Life An ordinary person may consider meditation as a worship or prayer. But it is not so. Meditation means awareness. Whatever you do with awareness is meditation. “Watching your breath” is meditation; listening to the birds is meditation. As long as these activities are free from any other distraction to [...]
Champurrado is a Chocolate Drink famous in Mexico. Atole is nothing but a cornstarch based drink. Chilled and servedUsually served warm (although I prefer it chilled)with a plate of Polvorenes con Canela would be a complete bliss. I love this combo and so would you when you try this one. A v simple recipe which hardly takes [...]
This has happened so many times that by now I should have learnt my lessons (which I probably might not!) So what am I talking about here? Well listen to this. Has it happened to you that after creating something, you were so pleased at having “invented” something only to soon realize that it already [...]
Just like Halloween is unthinkable without Pumpkins, so is an Indian festivalwithout this Kheer. “Kheer” in Hindi denotes sweet pudding commonly referring to Rice Pudding. Although there exists myriad varieties, this rice pudding rules the roost. You might even call it the King of the Indian sweet puddings. Any celebration, any traditional function and what more, even [...]
Kheer / Rice Pudding Recipe Kheer is the greatest rice pudding in the world, an international dessert combining three cooking traditions: India, the Middle East and the West. Can you think of a dessert that is truly international? One contender would be bread pudding, which turns up in various guises (shahi pudding etc. all over the [...]
It is a measure of how much eating out habits in India have changed that whereas when I first wrote about truffles, readers were bemused, these days truffles crop up on menu after menu. It is, I guess, also a measure of how much more we are prepared to spend on restaurant meals compared to [...]
