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Makar Sakranti

Makar Sakranti

Makar Sankranti, for most of the northern regions in India, or Thai Pongal for Tamil Nadu, or Magh Bihu for Assam, or Uttarayan for Gujarat, is the festival referring to a Solar day as per the Hindu calendar, occurring in January every year. For the farmers, it is considered one of the main festivals and as India has b

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No Mud, No Lotus

Book Review: No Mud, No Lotus – The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh

In this extraordinary book, one of the world’s most renowned Zen Buddhist masters teaches us how to find happiness by getting past suffering. He shows us how the only way to do this is by acknowledging and transforming suffering, not running away from it. He shares with us the practices of stopping, mindful breathing a

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weighty issues

Weighty Issues

  France banned unhealthy models May 3rd 2017 by law according to which, models require a doctor’s certificate attesting their state of health to be compatible for their work. Another law says photoshopped images to be labelled if being published. A great step towards restraint the industry for setting up unrealistic body standards. But do

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Book Review: Losing My virginity and Other Dumb Ideas by Madhuri Banerjee

Just like everyone has a story of their first date, or their first crush, or even first sex, this book is all about Kaveri’s encounter with her ‘first love’, besides her books of course! This story is mainly set up in a Bengali backdrop, wherein Kaveri is portrayed as an independent and spirited woman living alone in a Mumbai apartment.

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And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer

Book Review: ‘And Thereby Hangs a Tale’ by Jeffrey Archer

A book compiled with many short stories, is often a good read when one doesn’t wish to go through a painstakingly long novel. For those who feel they can’t possibly develop the habit or patience for reading a book just yet, Jeffrey Archer’s ‘And thereby hangs a Tale’ proves to be the right choice. It not only has colourfully woven fifteen short stories, but since some

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