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Are You Perfect?

How do you define perfection? Is it about doing things in a faultless way? Or is there more to it? V Anand Kumar tries to answer these questions.

Love Transcends Age

With the 24 years’ age gap between French President Emmanuel Marcon and his wife Brigitte making headlines all over the world, Sumit Paul wonders if love has anything to do with age.

Do you Have a ‘Vanaprastha' Plan?

Our Vedic texts state that ‘vanaprastha’ means retreating into a forest after absolving all familial responsibilities. However, this cannot be practiced in today’s modern times and hence Suresh Chandra outlines a plan that should suit us all.

Ashtavinayak Temples of Maharashtra

K R K Moorthy takes a tour of the eight Ganesha temples in Maharashtra which make for the ‘ashtavinayak yatra’.

Stepping Out to Find Herself

Kehkashan Beg of Lucknow sees a whole world through her camera.

All Things Indian, and British

Adi F. Merchant drives home some truths about what makes us so very Indian and the role the British play in churning our psyche.

Survival without Surgery

R V Rajan narrates the experience of some senior citizens who achieved a complete turnaround of their cardio health by opting for a better lifestyle than undergoing surgery.

Drink Water for Good Health

We generally tend to drink water when we feel thirsty. However, as V Anand Kumar points out, it is essential to keep our body hydrated at all times.

Dance, Little Lady, Dance!

Age has been an irrelevant factor when it comes to Dr. Sundari Siddhartha’s passion to dance.

Enchanting Europe!

Taking off on a tour of Eastern Europe, Shama Vijayan describes her wonderful experiences.

Say No to Dementia

Dr. Paul Nussbaum of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine provides 20 tips on how you can stay away from dementia.

Dazzling Dubai

The moment we decided to go to Dubai for our summer vacation, there were voices of discouragement. Too hot, unbearable, and so on. But we thought it could not be worse than the situation in Kolkata. So plans were made, e-visas obtained, and on May 20 we boarded an Emirates flight – I along with my two daughters and grandson.

My Tryst With The Canberra

Subhash Patwardhan, who served with the Indian Air Force, goes down memory lane about how he flew a Canberra to help a MIG airplane fire an infrared missile.

Pulling The Strings

At 66, globally acclaimed puppeteer Dadi Pudumjee continues to not only entertain and educate audiences across the world through his puppets but also remains persistent in his mission to institutionalize puppetry in India.

The Light Man

Following a visit to the home of scientist and inventor Thomas Alva Edison, V Anand Kumar pays a tribute to the man who brought light into this world.

Going Wild

Now well into his seventies, wildlife activist Maruti Chitampalli hasn’t lost any of his earlier drive in trying to make people aware about issues related to India’s birds and animals.

Sailing Through The Icebergs

Alaska is truly a fascinating creation of nature and Dr. Geeta Malhotra describes a trip she took there on a ship a few years ago.

When The Forest Is Deep And Nature Silent

Kaberi Thakur recounts a happy memory of visiting the Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha.

The Concoction Of Connection

Jeanette Saldanha pens her views about whether the recent craze for connecting with people through the social media is a good thing or not.

Make The Past, Present And Future The Gifts Of Life

Indira Ananthakrishnan gets into a reflective mood about how our thought process can help make our life enjoyable.