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Going Grey: Why does your hair change colour as you age?
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoUS scientists believe they have discovered why hair turns grey as we grow older. Hint: it is the stuck stem cells! Let’s find out why this new study is significant and if it can prevent hair from losing its natural colour
Explained: When women put their hair on the line in the fight for equal rights
• 2 years agoWomen in art tend to be forceful but more subtle when using their hair to vindicate political or identity issues or their most basic rights, such as being able to show it without fear of being killed for it
Remembering James Rado: The flagbearer of 60s sexual revolution, hippie culture and anti-consumerism
Deepansh Duggal • 3 years agoThe Gen-Z or even millennials who consume TikTok, Reels and other short-form content wouldn’t be familiar with James Rado and his politics. However, their ability to express their sexuality and opinions freely, sans fear, comes because Rado dared to stand against the conservatives in the 60s.
James Rado, co-creator of Broadway hit Hair, passes away at 90
• 3 years agoJames Rado died Tuesday night in New York City of cardio respiratory arrest, according to friend and publicist Merle Frimark.
Centre imposes restrictions on export of human hair to curb smuggling
• 3 years agoHair exports were earlier allowed without any restriction but now an exporter would have to seek permission or licence from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Commerce Ministry
What cutting my own hair during a Mohiniyattam performance taught me about gender politics within the form
Sreelekshmi Namboothiri • 4 years agoClassical dances have certain body ideals created for themselves, and one of them is the long hair or a stipulated hair length for the female performer that qualifies her to wear the costume. What does the hair — especially the long hair attached to the body of the woman — imply?
On hair, loss and self-acceptance: A personal account of living with alopecia, no longer hiding from reality
Tanya Maheshwari • 5 years agoAs much as I longed to run my fingers through my own hair, there was a need to accept and embrace my reality. Who knows, soon you may see me in different wigs, types of headgear, or even bald — and happy
Haryana shocker: 28-year-old Bathinda woman dies after her hair gets stuck in go-kart wheel
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA 28-year-old woman was killed after her hair got entangled in the rear wheel of a go-kart at Panchkula in Haryana.
Watch: Why India is the world's biggest exporter of human hair
• 8 years agoThe hair collected at Thiruthani Murugan, is auctioned to processing plants, which sell the finished product as all-human wigs or hair extensions.
Why hair along with most of our body, is constantly policed
Theladiesfinger • 9 years agoAs a woman your hair, along with most of your body, is constantly policed. Your hair is too long. Too short. Too bushy. Too curly. Too shampooed. Too oily.