Don’t Lose Weight Over Obesity!

Don’t lose weight over thoughts that you are a little fatter than others. Here is good news for fat people. A reputed medical journal has published the results of a study which says that ``obese people who are otherwise healthy live just as long as their slim counterparts, and are less likely to die of cardiovascular causes’’. The findings suggest that all obese individuals need not lose weight, says Jennifer Kuk, assistant professor in York's School of Kinesiology & Health Science, Faculty of Health. Remaining at a high body weight and leading a healthy life style ----doing exercises and having healthy ...

Lady Gaga Does What She Does Best; Sends Fans into a Trance (Video)

Aditya Divakaran When it’s Lady Gaga you need to expect something weird. The latest about her isn’t different either. You think I’m too dramatic? Watch the latest promo clip for MTV VMAs and you will agree with what I just said. This time too, she appeared on stage with much in store for fans and detractors alike. The singer teased her X-factor in MTV VMA promo clips released just a while ago with a bra strip. She was singing to the tunes of her latest hit ‘You and I’ in a riveting jazz background, and took off her bra much to ...

May the Treasures Rest In Peace

Opinion/Sree Kumar Bhattathiri ``To be, or not to be, that is the question’’, says Hamlet in a moment of tormenting mental conflict. Here, in Kerala, a similar situation has arisen with regard to the famous treasures of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple. Will Vault B of the temple, where so many invaluable treasures are supposed to be there, be opened and the items therein evaluated by the expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court? Or, will the court be convinced by the findings of the devaprasnam conducted there --- which warns of serious consequences if the vault is opened and the items appraised ...

Go, Soak in Spanish Tomatoes!

Vighnesh Nagathan Till last year, the last Wednesday of August was just another day for many Indians and “La Tomatina” festival at the village of Bunol in the region of Valencia, Spain, was just another weird festival celebrated by mad backpackers and locals who have nothing else to do. But `Zindagi Na Milega Dobara’ has changed it all. ZNMD has vibrantly driven home with a single song” Ik Junoon-Paint It Red” (Featuring Tomatina festival), the virtues of enjoying ‘the moment’ successfully into the psyche of Indian film-goers. Though the turning point of ZNMD is another Spaniard festival, what indeed one would ...