Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, concludes The State of World Population 2009, released Wednesday by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, says a press release.
“Poor women in poor [...]

Folate — also called folic acid also known as vitamin B9 is extremely important and has a profound effect on health and well being. It is needed for cell replication and growth. Folic acid helps form building blocks of DNA, the body’s genetic information, and building blocks of RNA, needed for protein synthesis in all [...]

Fashion a word that is often used to theorize a society’s most talked about generation. Forgotten are the days of socialist revolutionary heat pumping through the veins of the young and the restless or the poetic drive of Rabindranath that used to define this generation. Kids nowadays are more into the whole cell phone/straight-hair poodle [...]

In a world that is being laid siege upon by a blizzard of contact lenses, spectacles are still in reigning order. After all it is so much easier to stick something on top of your eyes rather than inside them! And what with cleanliness, cost and overall hygiene, spectacles are just the easier and better [...]

Patterns of nakshi

The traditional artistry of embroidery is essentially a heritage nurtured by womenfolk. The same is true for the culinary delights of the region. Throughout time, the innate artistry of pastoral women reflected on the intricate thread work on looms and also pithas (cakes). The two distinct forms often present a common thread of [...]

Does being a consumer these days really have to be so complicated? Even fake tanning’s becoming an issue, although not so much of an ethics one, as an Essex one. Actually, that joke doesn’t really work any more now that the Essex aesthetic has gone national. But that’s the point. Fake tans started, as fashions [...]

Teenage girls who dress in their culture’s traditional clothing may fare better mentally and emotionally than their peers who try to assimilate, a study suggests.
The study, which followed Bangladeshi and white students in 28 London schools, found that Bangladeshi girls who dressed in traditional garb scored better on a measure of mental well-being than those [...]

Careful application of concealer can help to disguise imperfections and even out skin tone – especially useful for under eye areas. As with foundation, the best results are achieved by choosing the correct colour of concealer, and effective application of the product. When selecting the right shade for your skin, it is best to use [...]