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Valentine’s Day, a tradition dating back to the 14th century in Western cultures, has evolved into a day of expressing love through flowers, candies, and heartfelt cards known as “valentines.” While it remains a special occasion for new romances and long-married couples, it holds even deeper significance for seniors who have lived rich and full
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-By Sumit Paul ‘Humne dekhi hai un aankhon ki mahakti khushboo/Haath se chhoo ke ise rishton ka ilzaam na do/Sirf ahsaas hai ye rooh se mahsoos karo/Pyaar ko pyaar hi rahne do koi naam na do’ – Don’t defile something as sublime as love by touching it/It’s a gossamer feeling to be experienced by the
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I started painting watercolours in my sixties, almost 47 years after I had given up. I am often asked: why did I start so late? I feel the question is redundant. One can do anything, within his physical and mental capacities, at any age. My response generally is that watercolour paintings always held a fascination
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Around three years ago, I was in a posh hotel in Gurugram where I witnessed an elite woman shouting and creating a ruckus in the hotel lobby over some service/hospitality issue. The lady, quite unladylike, was hurling the choicest abuses at the trembling concierge standing next to her while the lobby manager was going out
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No matter how much I tried to explain to my Delhi University and JNU friends that in the era when our parents were planning to start a family, there was no concept of star-gazing, matching astrological charts, or fixing auspicious dates for childbirth, they remained unconvinced. They jokingly attributed my birth on February 14th to
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Kamadeva is our adored god since the ancient times. He with his sugarcane bow with a string of honeybees, and floral arrow decorated with five kinds of fragrant flowers; anyone struck by his arrows falls in love and is overwhelmed by sexual desire; we have temples dedicated to him; we have Kamasutra a treatise on
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Gather here all you tech-loving and tech-averse people, the Gen A to Z, people of all genders and belief systems. It’s time to celebrate Valentine’s Day. But how? Cupid now prefers a smartphone and Wi-Fi connection to his traditional bow and arrow! From evolution- to caves- to the digital landscape peppered by AI, humans have
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Valentine’s Day is coming. That’s why the preparations are: Rose Day, Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day… and many more. But the definition of love is changing day by day for me. I am always restless to express the feelings in my heart, but who is listening? There is no time for anyone. Nowadays, there
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There are many myths related to protein in our society propagated, knowingly or unknowingly, by many in the food and healthcare industries. These myths include the belief that The human body needs a lot of protein. Protein is hard to find in foodPlant protein is somehow inferior to animal protein and doesn’t contain all amino
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School textbook by textbook, quote by quote, and performance by performance, Shakespeare wended his way to a prominent cultural sofa around which India’s conversations take place. Indian classical forms, for their part, have been winning the world’s devotion one baithak at a time. Women are among the most feted ambassadors of India’s arts. We profile
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