A few months back, I wrote this to help motivate, inspire and remind people of our purpose. I hope these words are impactful to you as they were to me. The biggest sport. Where you get knocked down. Where you get told your not good enough. Where doubt, rejection, and fear try to take over…is called life. In this sport, you have only one option. To keep running, to keep […]
Although it’s important to relax after work, we often spend our time unproductively. Instead of watching TV, why not boost your career at home? If you want to get promoted at work or you just want to be a great expert in your field, you should work hard toward your goal. Read on to learn a few things you can do to improve your career at home. Don’t worry, these […]
This may be old news to some, but for many it wont be. A study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science in December of 2013 found that the earliest known (according to the study) iron artifacts that date back to circa 3200 BC, from two burials in northern Egypt were made from meteoritic iron, and shaped by careful hammering of the metal. After hammering pieces into thin sheets before […]
New enclosure for elephants opens at Zurich Zoo in Switzerland Features an underwater viewing area allowing visitors to watch them bathe The 11,000 square metre enclosure is home to six elephants Visitors have been flocking to a new elephant enclosure at a Swiss zoo which features an underwater viewing area. Crowds have been drawn to Zurich Zoo to watch the animals bathe and swim after the elephant park called Kaeng […]
India’s iconic Taj Mahal monument is to be given a mud-pack to remove yellow pollution stains, archaeologists say. The treatment is hoped to restore the natural sheen and colour of the white marble monument. It will be the fourth time the 17th century mausoleum has had the treatment. The last mud-pack was applied in 2008, but pollution levels around the monument to love remain high and officials say it needs […]
MONTE-CARLO, Monaco: The 2014 World Entrepreneur of the Year is a modest banker from India on an audacious mission: to build a people-focused financial-services giant that reaches out to the two-thirds of Indian consumers, or 800 million people, who don’t currently have a bank account. Uday Kotak, the 55-year-old founder and 50% owner of Mumbai-based Kotak Mahindra Bank, is challenging a cozy, state-dominated banking establishment that serves only the most […]
In a country where 270 million people live below the ‘poverty line’, obesity seems to be a distant issue, meant for the rich kids of first world. But India is under siege: junk food, alcohol and sedentary lifestyles are leading us to silent self-destruction, making one in every five Indian men and women either obese or overweight. According to a study published in the noted journal Lancet, India is just […]
Vinita Kinra, author of critically acclaimed book of short stories Pavitra in Paris, was welcomed with loud cheers from students up to the ages of 14 at Allan A. MartinSeniorPublic School in Mississauga, Canada. Kinra was hosted by Passages Canada (with support from Citizenship and Immigration Canada) to deliver a speech to the school’s over 500 students to mark Asian Heritage Month, 2014 on June 2nd, also Kinra’s birthday. Kinra […]
Think twice before savouring the mangoes currently being sold in markets across New Delhi or in India If consumed, these mangoes, many of which are ripened artificially with harmful chemicals, can affect the neurological system and result in headache, dizziness, sleep disorder and other mental problems. For the past few weeks, markets are full of mangoes and one can get the fruit at every nook and corner of residential colonies […]
Babies exposed to household bacteria far less likely to develop allergies, wheezing and asthma Even exposure to cockroach, cat and rodent bacteria helped Children had to be exposed to bacteria by age of one Letting your baby get dirty could keep them healthy, researchers have claimed. Babies who are exposed to household and even rodent bacteria in the first year of their life were found to be far less likely […]
