Author: Karina Pandya

Have you ever wondered why sometimes, losing and keeping weight off can be so difficult? By no means am I justifying ‘MY OWN REASONS’ but this is just adding a bit of weight humour to our struggle to this painful process that we all have to go through! There are approximately 196 countries in the world today, five oceans by size- Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Artic. However, what does this mean when it comes to the number of seasons? While we know the general classification of seasons of winter, spring, summer and autumn there are different seasons across the…

Health is a FUNDAMENTAL right but actually is NOT even FUNDAMENTALLY right in India How ironic is this? How the Supreme court has held healthcare to be of utmost importance under Article 21 of the Constitution but it has been proven that “historical public spending” of over a percent of the GDP healthcare has gone ahead and safeguarded that the nation’s healthcare remains under-served and ONLY for the private sector to service! What a indignity to primary healthcare!! Doctors, healthcare companies, private sector players, etc.; are all out at attracting a steady stream of investments; but who is benefiting and…

Have you ever wondered why sometimes, losing and keeping weight off can be so difficult? By no means am I justifying ‘MY OWN REASONS’ but this is just adding a bit of weight humour to our struggle to this painful process that we all have to go through! There are approximately 196 countries in the world today, five oceans by size- Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Artic. However, what does this mean when it comes to the number of seasons? While we know the general classification of seasons of winter, spring, summer and autumn there are different seasons across the…

YES – A glaring YES! Can you remember the last time you were a victim to an unhealthy habit: staying up late, binge eating, biting your fingernails, eating junk food or just being a couch potato (lazy)?  It’s easy to fall victim to a routine paralysis.    While routine is an excellent thing, it also can be very harmful as well. It is important to step out of our routine so that we become more flexible and nimble.  While habits are easy to form and they sound ‘easy’ to stop, the reality is that it’s just not so simple to stop a…

We now take more pills than ever before. Is this doing more harm than good? Have you ever taken a tablet prescribed to you by a family member or friend when you had a migraine, stomachache or because of stress related conditions? We live in a time and age where everyone wants a quick fix for all of their problems. Dealing with the everyday pressures and responsibilities that life carries with it can really overwhelm a person. People deal with life’s problems differently; while some take medicines, there are others who run to illegal (harmful) drugs, others to family and there…

via Tips to Fight Medicine-Induced Weight Gain

One of the main and pressing issues that we all face is weight maintenance.   Whether we want to admit it or not, most – NOT ALL of us are struggling with weight issues. While some people have problems of not being able to “put on weight”, a lot of us battle this problem. Most of the times, this is intentional weight gain, because of poor diet or lack of exercise; but there are others who face unintentional weight gain without increasing consumption (of food or liquid) and without decreasing activity levels. This unintentional weight gain may be periodic, continuous or…

  India has many different languages and with Hindi being the national language, entertainment in this dialect is also large scale. Bollywood as it is metonymously referred to as; forms one of the key components of entertainment in India. Of course, to put this in perspective and understand the magnitude of how big the Indian Film industry is,  some of the other industries include:    Telegu language – Tollywood Punjabi-Punjwood Mollywood-Mlayalam film industry Ollywood-Oriya Film Industry in India Kollywood- Tamil language Sollywood – Sindh language movie industry in India Sandalwood – Kannada language film industry in Karnataka  The prevalence of sexual assault and harassment has been…

Weight Gain, Weight Gain, Weight Gain … how many of us live behind the prison of these words tangled up in our minds? Constantly nagging us wherever we go- the first thing that hits you as you get dressed up, or while you eat; a haunting clouded thought as we wake up in the morning. This negative self talk that we constantly enforce upon ourselves, constantly telling us that we are NOT good enough, fit enough, disciplined enough, and thin enough. A constant comparison to other people in society –all of which cause emotional disturbances, stress, anxiety, depression and…

World Mental Health Day was first started in 1992 by on October 10th, an annual activity of the World Federation for Mental Health. World Mental Health Day was first started in 1992 by on October 10th, an annual activity of the World Federation for Mental Health. There were members and contacts from over 150 countries that were involved.and the main aim was to spread awareness and attention to mental illness and its major effects on peoples’ life worldwide. While the first two years followed no particular theme, it was in 1995 that themes began to be used for this day.…