Team L&M It was on August 7, 1941 that Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal. The first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, Tagore was the composer of three national anthems: Jana Gana Mana for India, Amar Shonar Bangla for Bangladesh and one of his students at Viswa Bharati University, […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Fanney Khan is the story of hopes and dreams. It tells you how regular hard work, practice, perseverance and a positive attitude helps one achieve success. It also tells you that for succeeding in professional life, you don’t have to ‘compromise’ but hone your skills. Most films portray the love of […]Read More
NOTE: If you are thinking, there’s a typo in the headline, please read on… Rajkumari Sharma Tankha There is a TV serial on air on channel Star Bharat these days — Nimki Mukhiya. And like other shows on the idiot box, this one too has an ample amount of saas-bahu saga but unlike other serials, the story is not […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Her debut novel, What About Meera, won the inaugural Minara Aziz Hassim Literary Prize in South Africa and was longlisted for both the Etisalat Prize for Fiction (the most prestigious literary prize for African fiction) and the Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize (South Africa’s largest literary award). Her short stories were awarded second prize in […]Read More
In India, there are a number of privately run dance schools and institutions that teach various Indian classical dances. Some of these schools are run by renowned classical dancers but one institution that is class apart and has a made a name for itself all over the world is Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya with its […]Read More
Dr Rajalaxmi Walavalkar Nothing can be compared to the properties that are contained in human milk and breastfeeding offers tremendous health benefits to both mother and the child. Breastfeeding is undoubtedly the best nutrition you can give to your baby rather than putting expressed milk in a bottle. It also has added benefits for a mother. […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Remember Sheeba? Yes, the heroine cast opposite Salman Khan in the 1992-release Suryavanshi. Though Sheeba went on to do movies like Ghaat, Pyaar Ka Saaya, Boyfriend, Dum, Mr Bond and a few others, somehow her film career could never take off. But then you cannot blame one person for an average or an […]Read More
Team L&M Flax seed oil has a variety of health benefits ranging from boosting digestive & brain health to providing skin and hair benefits to helping in reducing the risk of cancer. There are a number of ways in which we can derive this benefit from flax seed, but probably the easiest and fastest way […]Read More
Team L&M Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in India and accounts for 27% of all cancers in women. At an incidence rate of 25.8 per 100,000, it is lower than in some developed countries but the mortality rate (12.7 per 100,000) is comparable to that in Western countries. Data on incidence […]Read More
Dr Prathima Reddy Access to health care in India, especially for women, depends on various factors. Socioeconomic status, education, caste, religion, geography, urban/ rural areas of residence and cultural factors. Traditionally, women’s health has received attention only during pregnancy and childbirth. After this, the health of the woman is largely ignored. Even today in several […]Read More