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Spare
the child, hold back the rod
If a new Bill has its way, hitting a child will be a serious offence and may land a parent or a teacher in jail
 Priyanka
Singh
There was a time, not so long
ago, when whacking a child was no big deal. It was an accepted form of
adult behaviour (not really 'violence') to discipline a child at home
and school, with parents even requesting teachers to use force to make
their child, especially boys, conform. There was an implicit
understanding — the cane was the right tool to regiment
"naughty" children. But times changed with the banning of
corporal punishment.
The RTE Act has banned corporal punishment, but does not provide for any penalty.
’Art & Soul
Secret gardens of the mind
B.N.Goswamy
Danielle Porret’s
recently published catalogue of her collection A Secret Garden
gives much inspiration and joy
Victor Hugo, the great
French novelist and thinker, once wrote about the joys of "a
little garden in which to walk about, and an immensity in which to
recall and to dream." Something akin to this must have been in
the mind of Geneva-based Danielle Porret, by profession an interpreter
but at heart an avid collector of Indian paintings, for she titled the
recently published catalogue of her collection as "A Secret
Garden".
Broad brush
fitness
good
health
Foods that boost memory
Dr Anjali Mukerjee
Your memory can effectively be improved and sharpened with the right lifestyle choices and a basic knowledge of
concentration-enhancing techniques
Are you among those who tend
to forget their specs, leave behind their wallets, fail to recall
names or forget to pass on telephone messages? Or you open the
refrigerator and stare blankly inside, just what was it that you
wanted?
Her
heart is more at risk
Dr Amar Singhal
Women experience different and milder symptoms of a heart attack. As
women tend to ignore these, they end up going to the hospital much
later after significant heart damage has occurred
When you think of someone
having a heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI), the most common
image that comes to mind is of a person clutching his chest. While
chest pain or angina is the most common symptom of a heart attack, it
may not be the most common one in young women.
SOCIETY
Adding years
to your life
Aruti Nayar
These senior citizens are as young as they feel and are bubbling with
energy, thanks to the regular vacations that they take. They bust many
a myth about ageing
They are giggling like teenagers as they
exuberantly plan their next international vacation to Australia. The
youngest in the group is 69 and the eldest 76. Despite age-related
ailments, they are determined to add more life to their years. And for
the past decade or so they have planned their vacations, (two domestic
and one international) with a gusto that is as contagious as it is
admirable.
TRAVEL
Bond with
Baden Baden
Beautiful casinos,
museums, theatre, spas, thermal springs and landscaped parks make a
visit to this town in Germany a treat Inder Raj
Ahluwalia
You might say a town
possessing the largest percentage of woodland in Germany has a fair
claim to fame. But fame goes further for this famous town that nestles
on the edge of the Black Forest, and is entirely embedded in parks and
gardens with streams and fountains. But then Baden-Baden has always
been considered to be somewhat special. With spas, casinos, five
museums, several social events, car events, horse racing, and the
Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra — one of Germany’s oldest —
it is one busy town indeed. Stating that the town hoped to get a World
Heritage tag because its 19th century life and antiquities are still
intact.
Globetrotting
ENTERTAINMENT
Back
with a bang
Jasmine Singh
Hrithik Roshan is once again all geared up to set the big screen on
fire as Rajveer in Bang Bang, a role he says he didn’t have
to work too hard for
A smouldering hot personality, a
phenomenal dancer and a fitness freak — that’s how Bollywood and
his fans have known Hrithik Roshan for a long time now. Starting from
his first film, Kaho Na Pyar Hai, followed by subsequent hits
and flops — Yaadein, Koi…Mil Gaya, Agneepath, Krrish (series)
— Hrithik has always tried to deliver something different through
his acting. With the news of a recent turmoil in his personal life
spreading like forest fire, Hrithik is all the over the news again.
A
sprinkle of stardust for Amristar boy
Nonika Singh
Parwinder Singh’s 18-minute debut film The Last Word won much
acclaim at many recent international film festivals
Till the other day he was
like any confused youngster, clueless and purposeless. A chance
encounter with a motivational speaker and this student of engineering
set on a new path. First stop en route the new journey saw him
dropping out of the engineering college and into the school of the
Multimedia Technologies in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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