Archive for the ‘Lifestyle’ Category

Bride and Groom….with Boot Camps!

With the wedding season coming up, only the dress designers and their tailors would be equally busy as the bride and the groom, what with so many changes in the designs and more so with the fittings? Oh yes, a nightmare for most of the ‘soon to be brides and grooms’ is not fitting into their...
November 8th, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More

Oktoberfest 2012

Where: Turf Club, Pune The German beer festival came to Pune this weekend, thanks to the efforts of Indo-German Chamber of Commerce and sponsors like Volkswagen and a host of others. With girls dressed in German traditional clothes and German music playing and festivities, one got a glimpse of the...
October 16th, 2012 | Lifestyle | Read More

An app that diagnoses ear infections

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” was a term we used to signify the many benefits of eating the nutritious fruit, but soon this term may also be applied for the smart phone company of the same name. Cellscope Inc has developed a simple clip-on system and an app for the iPhone that converts...
October 9th, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More

Weight loss or what?

Losing weight is not a very difficult task. In fact it is easier than what most of us think! Just one month and you can shed fifteen kilos of weight! YES……this is true! But a lot depends on what the real target is and the time we can give ourselves. These are the two very important factors...
August 21st, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More

Absolute Focus: Workouts

“C’MON… BE STRONG… LIFT… YES!” These are the yelps that usually make up the real music on a weight training floor! The obvious reason behind this is the push that a weight lifter gets while lifting heavy weights to go on to the next level of fitness. The biggest down side...
August 13th, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More

SAHARARA CHAKRA

Made up of a thousand petals, the Saharara chakra signifies light, happiness, bliss and a blessing. Starting from the Muladhara, the journey of self criticism takes a path that further takes us to the destination. This journey, through all the chakras, ends at the Sahasrara. But Sahasrara is the...
August 6th, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More

Agnya Chakra

The journey is always important than the destination, but without a destination life wouldn’t have a meaning! Here, we’ve already looked into the Muladhara chakra, Swadishthana chakra, Manipur chakra, Anahata chakra, Vishuddha chakra and Agnya/Ajna Chakra. Of course, Saharara chakra is the final...
July 30th, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More

Vishuddha Chakra

Vishuddha chakra is the fifth chakra located at the neck region near the spine and is associated with the element ether/ akasha.  Vishuddha chakra controls our ability to hear and speak! As mentioned earlier, the chakras are made up of petals, with an alphabet on each petal. These alphabets make...
July 23rd, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More

Anahata Chakra

After Muladhara Chakra, Swadishthana Chakra and Manipura Chakra comes the fourth chakra, the Anahata Chakra.  Located in the central channel at the heart region, Anahata Chakra is associated with the element ‘Air’ and thus the gives us the sense of ‘touch’. As it is said, ‘a touch says...
July 17th, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More

Pooch care during the monsoon blues

Are the monsoons turning out to be a pet scare instead of pet care? To ease you and your pets’ misery, here is what Dr. Sagar Bhongle advices for monsoon pet care. He runs a twenty four hour clinic for pets and is a veterinarian surgeon for the last ten years. DO’S AND DON’TS FOR MONSOON CANINE...
July 11th, 2012 | Health & Wellness | Read More