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Mom’s Today
DIAPER duties, sleepless nights and trips to the pediatrician — raising a baby is quiet a task. “Never mind, I can deal with all that. And I want to have at least one before I touch 28,” says Namita Singh, making no qualms about why she wants to plan a family early. “I want to be a young mother just like Britney Spears. She looks so cool with her babies. And I’m sure the kids would love to flaunt a mom like her,” she adds.
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Monica Walia with Janya
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Draw the talk
Do you love scribbling in class or while talking over the
phone?
You are not alone
 A carelessly drawn flower in the corner of a notebook, a man with a big head gnawing his teeth, lots of initials scribbled equally carelessly, any shape and size beyond one’s imagination. Welcome to the world of doodling. The favorite pastime, the only way to survive through those boring lectures, there are actually many ways to describe doodling apart from the theoretical definition of it being a type of sketch or unfocussed drawing while a person’s attention is occupied otherwise.
 STEP OUT
Wedding atop Everest
The list of Everest records includes one which may not be a superhuman achievement but is still a record for what its worth – a young couple in love chose to get married on the summit. I met Pem Dorjee and Moni Mulepati later in Kathmandu and heard the story in their own words.
Moni putting a tikka on Pem’s forehead during
their wedding.
Forever young
Brisk walks, pranayams and even  hardcore
gymming. Our senior citizens seem to have
taken a cue from Stallone & Schwarzenegger and are pumping iron like never before
WHAT is common between Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger besides their toned-up bodies and action flicks? They both are still pumping iron at an age when most people stay in bed because of arthritis or loss of memory. And following their footsteps is our city’s older generation. At an age, which people usually associate with illness and puja-paath, our seniors are turning health freaks.
What’s playing?
English, filmi & remix numbers to peppy Bollywood music, city gyms play it all
MUSIC, the one thing that makes the world go round. Look around and you are sure to bump into people walking dazed on the road, hooked to there
I-pods. And then of course, you have music being played at every conceivable gathering. No wonder, gyms too consider it as an important part of their entity, like their fitness equipments.
 Little Interview
Work is passion
Like father like son. Bappa Lahiri, son of Disco king Bappi Lahiri, is ready to take his father’s legacy ahead. This young and talented music director, who has been assisting his father for years turned independent music director last year with Sanjay Gupta’s multi-starrer ‘Dus Kahaniyan’. And not many would know that Bappa is a jack-of-all-trades.
Beauty Studio
Flawless skin
Having spotless skin does not come easy. You have to keep your skin happy right from your teenage years. But teenage years always bring along with them acne and pimples, much to every teenager’s horror! Here are some ways to battle with acne.
Gwyneth Paltrow & her heels
If you thought that celebrities are comfortable wearing high heels than here's something that you should know
-Gwyneth Paltrow and Liz Hurley apparently struggled to get about in skyscraper heels at a PR event to launch a perfume. Paltrow donned gladiator-style sky-scraping heels that laced up to the ankle while Hurley opted for a more conservative approach with a pair of classic black peep-toe stilettos, reports the Mirror.
Record what you eat
Want to intensify your weight loss regime? Well, just maintain a food diary, suggests a new study, which found that by keeping food records, people can double their chances of losing that extra flab. The study from Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research was one of the largest and longest running weight loss maintenance trials ever conducted.
Telly Tales
Aditya’s fitness mantra
ADITYA Narayan is no more a kid around the block. The Zee TV Sa re Ga Ma Pa anchor has grown up and is rather taking his career a bit too seriously. He has got into a fitness regimen as Vikram Bhatt has reportedly offered him a movie.
Health Tip
MOST injuries are caused by adopting improper method to lift objects. The way an object is lifted depends on its size and weight. For heavy objects, the right way is to lift from the front. While picking up small objects like a spoon, it’s important to be careful for any back injury.
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