Category: Life & Style News

Understanding  the Essence Of Life

Understanding the Essence Of Life

| May 5, 2013 | 0 Comments

Postnoon chats with Dega Deva Kumar Reddy, a man with a purpose of creating an understanding in the minds of the public through the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti.

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Work is play, play is work

Work is play, play is work

| May 4, 2013 | 1 Comment

From playing board games, to missing them, to creating many new ones, Madhumita Halder has come a long way. One of the three founders of MadRat games and an INK fellow, Madhumita Halder is one of the three minds behind India’s first Indian language board game—Aksharit. She tells Postnoon how that happened. Growing up, she accomplished [...]

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Protect your pup from parvo

Protect your pup from parvo

| May 4, 2013 | 0 Comments

A highly contagious and ‘deadly’  in puppies is now emerging in more resistant forms, doctors say, adding that vaccines administered by untrained people and breeders ‘under pressure’ only has adverse effects. Four rescued puppies came to Animal Care Clinic last month with parvovirus for treatment. None of them survived. Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious [...]

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Stop being helpless

| May 4, 2013 | 0 Comments

Ithought I had nothing to write about, until I checked my twitter account. #delhirape is trending on twitter. It’s a shame. The first bit of news that caught my attention was the news headline which said, ‘My resignation will not stop rapes: Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar’. That to some is justifiable and to some [...]

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Have a safe ride back

Have a safe ride back

| April 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

With several cases of crimes against women making headlines, female employees who are travelling home late at night are feeling increasingly insecure. Here are some ways to ensure that they stay safe. Nikita Shah was getting dropped home in her office cab late at night. She was with another friend, also a woman. The cab was stopped by [...]

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Run for the money

Run for the money

| April 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

Being a fitness instructor also requires me to be a good salesperson. Living off gym salaries alone isn’t all that lucrative and it’s necessary to have the ability to sell yourself as a trainer to make more money and develop a good client base. I started off my career as a gym instructor 10 years [...]

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Bookless libraries

Bookless libraries

| April 29, 2013 | 0 Comments

Colleges today are opting for archives of digital material over print-heavy traditional libraries. Faustina Johnson All across the city, the library is receiving an upgrade and colleges are shifting their archives to the digital medium. A library is not just a physical collection anymore. This virtual elevation not only tweaks definitions and boundaries but also comes [...]

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Cries for help

Cries for help

| April 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

For many, dogs are items bought on an impulse to show off their weath to all and sundry. People for Animals gets more than 20 complaints from neighbours who take pity on these tortured animals. Some look upon their dog as a status symbol, more like an item that is bought on an impulse to show [...]

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Parenting parents

Parenting parents

| April 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

In this day and age, when tempers are short and patience is passé, there is a need to get to the root of it all. Parent coach Fathima Khader shows us how. Of the many children that Fathima Khader worked with during her career as Life Skills Facilitator, a girl from her Anger Management workshop [...]

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Too hot to handle?

| April 27, 2013 | 1 Comment

For a change, something as ridiculous as deporting someone from a country because of good looks didn’t come from the Khap Panchayat. This is a moment of glory for Haryana and the rest of India as Saudi Arabia has just beaten it in stupidity. Reports emerged that three UAE nationals were deported from Riyadh by [...]

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