Month: September 2019

ARTS

An artist, a sensation

Rare Souza paintings to go under the hammer at Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers today Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) was one of India’s contemporary painters whose style was not only characterised though it was decidedly modern in outlook. He was one of the country’s most important and influential painters of the 20th century and the very […]Read More

HEALTH

Myths and facts on diabetic retinopathy

Dr P Tandava Krishnan Myth 1 We are a developing country. Diabetes is primarily a problem of developed countries. Fact A recent study conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found that nearly one in every five Indian above 20 years is either a diabetic or at risk for diabetes. In fact, India […]Read More

ARTS INTERVIEWS

‘I am always in my creative space’

Photographer Abhishek Basu says he is impulsive by nature and doesn’t get bothered if his works are not liked by people Saurabh Tankha Conventionally, it is the mother who gets credit from most children to have made their lives and being a source of inspiration for them. Rarely does a father gets talked about. So […]Read More

EDUCATION

Guard against depression in children

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Has your child become lonesome and started avoiding social contact? Does he/she not participate in activities that he/she enjoyed earlier? Have you seen any change in the eating habits or sleeping pattern? Does he/she have mood swings? Or is he/she watching too much TV? If the answer to any of the above […]Read More

EDUCATION

LEARN BY WRITING, STUDENTS

Team L&M Dear children If you really want to score good marks, do your learning by writing. Don’t verbally learn or take notes on laptops or tablets, just write these. A study done by Pam A Mueller of Princeton University and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of the University of California has shown the students who took […]Read More

HEALTH

Children, start eating

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Eating less or skipping a meal, earlier associated with teenagers, has become a fad with younger children, especially girls of class 5, 6 and 7. Just the other day, a friend of mine, Mridula, told me that her daughter has become very picky eater, and she is in class 5! “I have […]Read More

ENVIRONMENT

Blue Planet to provide complete solution to process the municipal

Team L&M Singapore-headquartered waste management solutions provider, Blue Planet Environmental Solutions Pte Ltd (Blue Planet) has announced strategic acquisition of a UK-based green building product manufacturing company, Virtus Concrete Solutions Ltd. (“Virtus Concrete”). Virtus Concrete’s key offering are sustainable concrete blocks called Blockwalls, manufactured from 87 per cent recycled materials comprising mainly low-value inert waste […]Read More

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