I confess! I hated spinach as a child. Granny would nag me big time with her “Eat your spinach” and go on like an old gramophone record stuck in a groove. History has a way of repeating itself! In my 40s, I found myself stuck in the same golden words – “Eat your spinach” and […]
Tag: 11 March 2017 Issue
Be Stress-Free Before Exams!
I’m scared, I’m worried, my stomach hurts. These are the typical symptoms children show at the time of exams due to stress – worried about completing the portions and getting good grades. Just before exams, children undergo several stress situations including mind-blocks, numbness, anger, snappiness etc. The stress reaches its pitch just before the exams, […]
Letters To The Editor
Re: Your Previous Editorial Dear Anahita, Inspired by your previous editorial, ‘Disagree, Don’t Disrespect’, I’m sharing my views on the matter. Healthy, balanced and well informed criticism is the essence of democracy. We must always keep an open mind and be ready to accept if we have erred, and if so, oblige to revise our […]
PT TECH By Yazdi Tantra: My Jio
If you have obtained the Reliance Jio SIM Card free, getting the My Jio App is absolutely essential. This app is the gateway to all the services that Jio offers. You can use the app to purchase the Jio Prime Membership and download and install all Jio apps easily from one place. You can also […]
LCB Organizes Women Entrepreneur’s Exhibition
On 4th March, 2017, Lions Club of Bombay (Host) organized an exhibition encouraging women entrepreneurs, under the brand ‘Women Of Wonder’ (WOW), in Mumbai at The Pier, Radio Club, Colaba. WOW hosted by President Lion Fatema Bootwala with her team mates Ratan Advani, Meher Gazdar, Nergish Guzder and Nauka Jhaveri, was a unique episode where […]
Summer Colds
Bombay, Pune, Nagpur and Ahmedabad are some of the cities that hit record temperatures during summer – going above 35˚-36˚C! This season calls for drinking more water, especially with Mumbai’s sultry weather when we tend to sweat excessively. The desire to cool ourselves with cold drinks, faloodas, ice-creams and carbonated water has a disastrous effect […]
Film Review: Kong : Skull Island
‘1944. Somewhere over the South Pacific’ says the film’s opening title card as the viewer is shown a couple of pilots marooned on one of the islands. The original 1933 black-and-white classic ‘King Kong’ had set the template for a number of films on the great ape – the 1976 and Peter Jackson’s 2005 versions […]
Film Review: Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Sequels have their own quirky way of exacting interest from potential viewers, especially if the earlier film has been more than a moderate success. Three years after Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania starring Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan hit the screen, comes the second in the franchise, though not a sequel with the lead pair unchanged. […]
Sports Roundup – 11th March 2017
. CRICKET India’s Gritty Performance Clinches 2nd Test Match: India played like champs and clinched victory by 75 runs to win the Second Test match against Australia. Batting first India were out for 189 in 71.2 overs. KL Rahul top scored with 90. The visitors put up 276 in their 122.4 overs. India’s second innings […]
Life Is A Blend Of Contradictions
Life were insipid, Creator of the material world, if Thou didst give every thing for the asking. Life with no zest to achieve, no zeal to strive, no effort to get, no obstacle to overcome, and no hardship to encounter would be dull indeed. Life of all joy and happiness, with never a shadow of […]
Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
11th March, 2017 – 17th March, 2017
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. If you’re looking to get married, with the grace of Venus you will find your eligible life partner. No financial crisis indicated. You will be helpful to people. Good news awaits you. You may get a chance to travel. You won’t face trouble in […]