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Silenced by depression!

Life Desk :Some Instagram users are using pictures to help explain the feelings and experiences that are often too painful or complicated to put into words. (Source: Thinkstock Images) Some Instagram users are using...

Simple hacks for a container garden

Life Desk :Not everyone is able to make up with a green lawn or space to bloom in their gardening tactics. One can use fish pots, glass lamps, balls and bowls to create their...

Foods for longevity

Life Desk :The biological age indicates the physical and the functional state of the body. It is different from chronological age, which shows life on Earth. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of...

Bird watching can help beat depression, anxiety

Life Desk :People who live in leafy suburban neighborhoods are less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and stress. Bird watching was associated with reduced stress and depression.Lower levels of depression, anxiety and stress...

The Oscar love curse

Life Desk :The most coveted awards on this planet, Oscars come and go but one thing that refuses to die down is a strange curse attached to the Academy Awards – the Oscar love...

When a child is in depression

Life Desk : “Exams are near and I am scared… not from exam pressure but from your expectations, Mom. I know you really care about my studies and get angry at me for not...

Making a child social

Md. Sazedul Islam :Every parent expects a bright future for their children and wants them to groom up as extrovert and social to adjust with the environment where their kids would lead their future...

The world as a greener space!

Life Desk :Global temperatures have been on a steady rise, and rising sea levels can no longer be ignored.Mumbaibased agriculturist, Dilip Shah, started his annual campaign of distributing one lakh saplings each year for...

Remember the smaller details of past experiences

Life Desk :Memories of recent experiences are rich in incidental detail but, with time, the brain is thought to extract important information that is common across various past experiences.Researchers from the University of Toronto,...

Achaar with every meal : Good or bad?

Life Desk :If you happen to follow Rujuta Diwekar, Kareena Kapoor’s celebrity nutritionist, you already know that ghee, white rice and milk are all good for your weight loss goals. But on a live...

Dress your home ‘happy’

Life Desk :Spring is a time to hit the refresh button. Perk up your space and breathe some new life into your home.Cheer yourself with happy hues – orange, greens, yellows. Nothing sings ‘spring’...

‘Greener’ way to dye clothes with peacock feathers

Life Desk :Inspired by the dazzling multi-coloured peacock feathers, researchers have developed a new and non-polluting method to colour textiles without the use of traditional dyes that enter streams and rivers, causing environmental pollution.“Fast...