Toys go hi-tech
Fed on a western diet of GI Joes and Barbies, kids today know little about traditional toys like stuffed dolls and wooden cartwheels. Ananda Krishnan on the changing trend and the plight of traditional toy-makers
Remember the toy cart you had in school, which went rat-a-tat across the room? Or the rag doll your grandma so lovingly stitched together for the birthday? Or the many rattles, paper windmills, kitchen sets, cardboard cartwheels…?

Looks and contours
Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta Jones has been voted the celebrity with the perfect female body in a poll conducted by Eve magazine. While Tomb Raider actress Angelina Jolie got the second place, Catwoman star Halle Berry came third in the poll. Others to feature in the top 10 include Elle McPherson, Kate Winslet and Jennfier Lopez.

Your job shapes you
Folks, mind your working habits. For, they may be making you put on those unwanted extra kilos. In a recent study, conducted on working people (7,000 women and 2,000 men), aged between 40 and 60 years, it was found that there is strong relation between one’s working conditions and weight gain.