Kriti SANON on beauty, fitness, health and wellness. Your view on beauty? Beauty, in my view, is more than skin deep. It’s not just your face; it is your mind too that reflects beauty. Being comfortable with yourself is what beauty is all about. I follow the most basic rules of skin care — cleansing,
Dr Pallavi POOJARI responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I had a strong, zealous interest in health and medicine, ever since I was a kid. I used to pretend to be a doctor, ‘treat’ and ‘serve’ my neighbours, visit clinics and grab the vantage seat beside doctors.
Words: Dr S CHAKRABORTY & Dr R CHAKRABORTY The kaleidoscopic rainbow synthesis is much more than its seven explicit colours; it epitomises a host of wave lengths of diverse coloured light waves stratified into seven distinctive hues. The plotting of the human genome has, in like manner, allowed us to understand numerous possibilities and deviations
Words: Drs Theresa LARKIN & Susan J THOMAS Love dominates our popular culture and is the subject of countless songs, movies, and works of literature and art. But what’s happening in our body when we feel love? Love is difficult to define, but it can be described as an intense feeling of deep affection. At
Dr T VIDYAVATI responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? It was a poignant, heart-breaking moment. I lost my father when I was in 10th Standard, possibly due to doctors’ negligence. This was the latent ‘spark’ in grief that propelled me to helping patients, just like my father
Words: Drs Prasanna BHALERAO, Amolsingh CHAUHAN & Yogendra M KASAT Ayurveda considers srotas as body channels essential for our normal physiology. In pathological conditions, the obstruction of the srotas plays an important role. Nidana [causative factors] leads to vitiation of doshas that get accumulated in the srotas, followed by dosha dushti. This results in the
Pooja HEGDE on beauty, fitness, health and wellness. Your view on beauty? I believe in the adage, ‘less-is-more’ aesthetics. This allows my strong brows to dominate attention over well, that’s what most people say — my dainty features. I believe in simplicity — of a perfectly put together beauty look. From combed-back sleek hair and
Dr VASAVI VARAMBALLY responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? My mother wanted to be a doctor — but, she could not, for whatever reason. She inspired me to be one. I opted for Ayurveda, because I found it best suited for my aspirations, passion, as also vision.
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Broccoli, a form of cabbage, of the mustard family [Brassicaceae], according to Encyclopaedia Britannica, is grown for its edible flower buds and stalk. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor. Sprouting broccoli was cultivated in Italy in ancient Roman times. It was introduced to England and America in the
Words: Drs Mayurkumar M PARATE & Vikas JAIN Optimal health, according to Ayurveda, depends upon proper balance — of the state of body, mind, sense organs and soul. Ayurveda connects our physical and mental status with natural harmony; it also believes that if a person follows good spiritual and moral conduct, they can attain a
