Old-wives tales would have us believe that we can tailor our babies’ features according to our own preferences, be it aquiline noses, skulls straight at the back, wide foreheads or huge eyes. The fetish for ‘making’ the perfect baby starts as soon as the mother starts expecting. Some profess that drinking dairy and coconut milk in generous quantities… Read More »
This story is not just that of a sister donating a kidney to her brother. It is also the background of a concept called Post Traumatic Growth I have come to understand only recently, after I heard Sheryl Sandberg talk about it at our Lean In Singapore event in November. It was actually quite bizarre that when our… Read More »
Imagine a person having breakfast in eighteenth century France, around, say, 1760. If you’re at all familiar with France, you’ll probably envision them having a continental breakfast – that is, coffee, chocolate or tea with a roll or some bread, joined perhaps by cheese and cold meats. And yet, how accurate is such a picture? Coffee, after all,… Read More »
Several unidentified rotting and decomposing human bodies have been discovered on the roof of Nishtar Hospital in Multan, Punjab. Advisor to the Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Zaman Gujjar found the bodies during a visit to the hospital, after which he ordered cremation of the bodies and issued a notice to the hospital administration to take strict action against… Read More »
After reflecting on the “Gender Identity and Rationality” post, there is something that continues to bug me, a shred of doubt burning through my brain. What is it about gender identity that separates it from fringe subcultures like otherkin, soulbonders, and whatever else? Why is one considered socially acceptable (however grudgingly and however rocky history the recognition has), and the… Read More »
Keema karela Ingredients: Beef or mutton mince – ½ kg Bitter gourd (Karela) – ½ kg lightly fried in 2 tbsp of oil Salt – to taste Oil – ½ cup Onion – 2 thinly sliced Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Red chili powder – 1 ½ tsp Onion seeds – 1 tsp Tomato – 3… Read More »
Sibtul Hasan Shah did have some college education and a Bachelor of Science degree. Originally a school science teacher until 2005, and a resident of a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Wazirabad, he was born in Koloke, a small town of Sambrial Tehsil, in Sialkot District, Punjab. Later on, he was convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. It was reported in the Pakistani newspaper, Daily Jang,… Read More »
A new study shows that anxiety in midlife is associated with factors that increase risk for developing heart disease and diabetes in later life. Among healthy middle-aged men who did not have heart disease or diabetes (cardiometabolic disease), those who had anxiety were more likely to have risk factors that are associated with higher cardiometabolic disease risk as… Read More »
Cleopatra, (Greek: “Famous in Her Father”) in full Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (“Cleopatra the Father-Loving Goddess”), (born 70/69 BCE—died August 30 BCE, Alexandria), Egyptian queen, famous in history and drama as the lover of Julius Caesar and later as the wife of Mark Antony. She became queen on the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, in 51 BCE and ruled successively with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII (51–47) and Ptolemy XIV (47–44) and… Read More »
Studying at a top university is often an expensive choice to make, and if you’re struggling to scrape together the money, not only for fees but for accommodation and other living costs, university expenses can seem very steep and unaffordable. If this is you, don’t worry. This guide will give you the starting point you need for a… Read More »