Kids need counselling on networking sites: Experts
NEW DELHI (IANS) Children addicted to social networking sites without understanding their implications are falling victim to grudges which move from cyberspace to the real world, say police, teachers and psychologists. Their views come in the wake of a Class 10 student Wednesday stabbing his classmate in a central Delhi school, apparently miffed at the [...]
People see bold pictures of women as objects’
BRUSSELS (IANS) Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women’s sexualised bodies are on display, which men and women see as objects, says a new study. Sexual objectification has been well-studied, but most of the research is about looking at the effects of this objectification. “What’s unclear is we don’t actually know whether [...]
New Indian novels mirror contemporary man-woman relationships
NEW DELHI (IANS) Contemporary Indian popular fiction that narrates “desi” cosmopolitan stories has been mirroring the changing man-woman relationship in a more open and accepting urban India, a leading literary agent says. Even 10 years ago, romantic novels spun stories about a man and one woman, whose sacrosanct monogamous love twisted and turned its way [...]
Go for cotton this wedding season, says Anita Dongre
MUMBAI Designer Anita Dongre, who loves experimenting with cotton, recommends cotton clothing for this wedding season. She showcased her designs at a fashion show here, but didn’t have a showstopper. “I never use a showstopper. I just let the clothes be the show stopper,” Anita, who presented her collection at an event called Cottonscape Tuesday, [...]
Alcohol more harmful for women
NEW DELHI Alcohol in any amount can be dangerous to anyone but it affects women more than men, with increased health risks like liver and heart diseases and infertility for them, according to experts. According to Monika Jain, a senior hepatologist with Fortis Hospital, “the female physiology is such that it allows for greater toxicity [...]
Camel safari, night viewing, cycle track and boating around Taj Mahal soon
AGRA The Taj Mahal may soon be opened up for night viewing, from a safe distance though. The Uttar Pradesh government is working on a roadmap to allow night viewing and a host of other measures to “pep up tourism at Agra”, one of India’s top tourist destinations. Chief Secretary Jawwed Usmani has asked officials [...]
Pleasure eating may fuel obesity
ROME When pleasure motivates eating, rather than hunger, it activates chemical signals which can cause overeating and fuel obesity, says a new study. “‘Hedonic hunger’ refers to the desire to eat for pleasure, and to enjoy the taste, rather than to restore the body’s energy needs,” said Palmiero Monteleone, University of Naples SUN, Italy, who [...]
New test to certify whether you’re a workaholic
LONDON Psychologists have devised a new test that would let you know once and for all whether you are addicted to work. Researchers from the Nottingham Trent University and the University of Bergen, led by Cecilie Schou Andreassen from the Faculty of Psychology at the Bergen, tested 12,000 workers to isolate key elements of workaholism. [...]