Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Beans are as old as civilisation. There is evidence that native Mexicans and Peruvians cultivated beans as early as 7,000 BCE. The use of beans existed in ancient Egypt and Asia, no less. It is, therefore, apparent that beans were an integral part of several cultures throughout the world. Beans are rich
Malaika ARORA on beauty, fitness, health and wellness. Your view of beauty? Beauty, to me, is beauty and wellness from the inside out — as also inner and outer care. Not what people think from the outside. The whole idea is also not what others think of you, but what you think and express about
Dr Subhash DHIWARE responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I grew up in a tiny hamlet. My beginnings were understandably humble. I remember vividly — whenever a doctor was called, they would come by ‘tonga,’ the horse-drawn cart. The doctor would be the only person who
Dr Christine LASCHKOLNIG responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? Medicine connects two important and fascinating parts for me: science and encounters with human beings. Also, accompanying people on their way, or journey, to a healthy life is deeply satisfying for me. What made you think of, study
Words: Dr Sanjeev RASTOGI & Prof Ram Harsh SINGH The SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] pandemic and strategies to containing it and adopted by various nations have invited a great debate vis-à-vis their respective successes, failures and/or underlying reasons. Science was seen as the great rescuer at the onset of the pandemic; it was believed that sooner, or
Niharika SAPRA responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Your view on beauty? A pretty face, stunning figure, and beautiful attire — this is what it takes to be admired, or so we all think. Well, the dizzy idea smacks of materialism at work. When you look at its whole canvas, with a spiritual intent, nothing can match
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 India is the world’s foremost producer of cashew nuts. Cashew trees produce a fruit-like shoot — the cashew apple — well, the name is a misnomer, because they look so much like pear. The cashew nut is attached to the end of the cashew apple. It has a smooth, ash-tinted outer shell.
Lakshmi KRISHNANKUTTY responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Your view on beauty? For me, beauty is being yourself and comfortable in your own skin, as also the ‘skin’ of your own thought. It’s rightly said, that, “Self-confidence is the best make up you can wear.” If you love yourself, it reflects on your face, body language, and
Dr Sridevi REDDY responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I just can’t recall how it happened, or emerged. It’s a fact that we’ve a handful of doctors in our family. My dad too wanted to become a doctor, but he opted for a doctorate in zoology and
Chinmaya NARASIMIAH responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Your view on beauty? I think beauty is one of the most polarising, also blinkered, topics since the beginning of time. It has gained enormous, albeit skewed, traction — for all the wrong reasons — especially in our troubled times. There is, perhaps, a supposed, also cock-eyed, standard set
