Somehow, I have put up a rather high wall between work and personal life, for rather understandable reasons – or so I think. So imagine my worry when a family member recently asked me to do some work for her. And I couldn’t very well say ‘no’ without sounding unhelpful. And though I did try in round-about ways to get …

Most youngsters today, who have been bitten by the travel bug, choose to study abroad. But with the dollar value on the rise not everyone finds overseas education affordable. Here is a list of six scenic destinations that offer affordable education to international students. The countries are safe, beautiful and education here does not pinch the pocket as heavily as …

What is the Soul of man? Soul comprises of our mind (thoughts), our emotion (our feelings), and our will (making choices). It is what is commonly referred to as our ‘personality’. All the three components of the soul are closely connected! What we think affects our feelings and the choices we make too! Thinking about something long enough therefore determines …

Mother Teresa She was born in Skopje, Yugoslavia on August 26, 1910.When still young, few Yugoslav Jesuits fired her young imagination. Yet, the early seeds of her faith, determination and compassion, nurtured by her widowed mother, impelled her to leave her close-knit family, first for Ireland to join the Loreto Order of teaching nuns, (and also to learn some English), …

In our religious fervor, we are careful to perform several religious observances – as a matter of routine. How true it is that sometimes we practice only a ‘form of godliness’ but deny the power of practical living. Many of us fast, sometimes through Lent, but particularly on Good Friday. We go to Church and listen again to the seven …

Parents bewailed about their 18 year old son, “He’s Gone! Gone off with some girl! Took his guitar and the car we bought him. Quit school and headed out-we don’t know where? Where did we go wrong? It must be our fault!” What did they do wrong? These parents are sure they must be to blame. And the heavy ache …

This is a very effective alternative that has been popular in Europe for some time now. This method relies upon a compound composed of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, which is injected into the body with the help of a small needle. This compound is targeted at the fatty cells that break the lipids accumulated in the body into liquid. …

Have you ever sat with a group of friends feeling confused and so out of place, as they talked about the previous night’s party which you had missed because of prior commitments? Or imagine a Face-book discussion of ‘that awesome game’you are yet to check out, and you sneak peeks into the game site in-between college lectures,just so you can …

Lourdes Tirouvanziam-Louis is the only one to have chronicled the intricacies of Pondicherrian cuisine in the form of a cookbook. She says, “The Pondicherry Kitchen is the English version of a book originally written in French: Cuisine Traditionnelle de Pondichéry. When the idea of writing the book dawned upon me, I had a two-fold objective. Cooking is part of the …

Most people including me have suffered from urinary tract infection at some time or the other. I have found certain foods do ease symptoms and relieve the condition. Again, as I advocate with all my natural health remedies I am not asking you to toss your antibiotics or drugs out of the window. Nope!! But leaning towards natural foods to …