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I (heart) Delhi in winter
Delhi winter gets a bad rap. Too cold. Too foggy. Too many delayed flights. But if you are a Dilliwala, Delhi winter has its own charm. Kolkata is welcome to throw intellect and art at me, Bangalore its expensive silicon pizzazz, Hyderabad its scrumptious biryani, Mumbai its glamour, but the #Delhi #UrbanPostcard #winter
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The Hunger Games whets appetite for must-watch films of 2012
2012 is going to keep you on your toes and eyes. How? You have the 2012 London Olympics, legislative assembly elections, the 2012 United States presidential elections, rounding it off nicely with the apocalyptic End of the World predictions. But all this real-life drama is set to be countered with enough reel-time drama #2012 Hollywood releases #ListsEtc #Snow White and the Huntsman #The Amazing Spiderman #The Hunger Games
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Health watch: How your Indian kitchen can fight diabetes
India might soon have the dubious honour of being crowned the world's diabetic capital. According to a pan-India survey conducted by Metropolis Healthcare Ltd that screened 28,79,175 people across Mumbai, Pune, Noida, Chennai, and Bangalore it was found that sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy eating choices will soon help tip the scales #Diabetes #EatingGood #Good Health #World Diabetes Day
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Children’s day: Five fun websites for the young kids
Oh we are a long way away from the Chacha Nehru days this Children's Day. It's a fact that today's digital generation is more in sync with technology than you can ever dream of being. Having said that, it's not like the controls have completely slipped from your hands! While #foryourkid #kid friendly sites #Parenting
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Five handy tips to beat that hangover
Frank Sinatra had perhaps hangover-proofed himself when he said, "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." Perhaps 'Ol Blue Eyes should've said, "I feel sorry for people who drink stupidly. When they wake #Alcohol #Cabbage #Good Health #hangover cures #headaches
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Check out the first-ever humanised phone by Nokia
Technology never ceases to challenge the laid back and the unimaginative. With each passing year the lines keep blurring between science fiction and reality. In the late 90s it was almost unimaginable to read or even sift through 20,000 odd books out of a tablet that gives a book-like experience (hello #Gadgets #humanised phone #new launch #Noka HumanForm #Nokia #Nokia Oyj #ProductLaunch
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Keep that off your dog’s menu
When you see good ‘ol Oprah sitting with her pooches posing for a not-so regular family album you feel that’s it—that’s the relationship I want with my dog. It’s only natural that if you are a dog lover you will treat him/her like family, and inevitably pamper and spoil them #dog owners #ListsEtc #Pets
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5 ways to use social media to succeed in school
So you thought social media was just a giant way to waste your time? You can spend hours looking at pictures of other people's vacations, find out what kind of superhero you are, or cyber stalk ex-es. If three years ago I'd told my mum I was getting on Facebook #Dropbox #facebook #GradeGuru #Social Networking #social studying #TechTrends
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There is freedom of choice in school education too
Nobel prize winner William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 to July 6, 1962) was your very ordinary, back-bencher who had little hope of ever graduating. And he is one of many geniuses who failed in the traditional educational set-up and still went on to become the kind of person other #Alternative education #ChangeAgent #Charter school #College #HRD Ministry #youth
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Beware the winter smog, especially if you are a parent
City life doesn't mean a good life. More often than not, it's usually the other way round. You spend more, crib more, and it turns out, fall sick more often. And even as the smoke from the Diwali firecrackers clears, we are heading into winter — smog season. We've always #Air pollution #cognitive disorders #Environment #Environmental Issues #Health #HealthMatters #Smog