Vaisakhi is widely-celebrated by the Punjabi community whether it is in their home state or abroad. With the celebrations comes the tradition that has been followed for years. The annual Surrey Vaisakhi Parade is one of the largest such celebration in North America. The festival draws out nearly half a million people out to the streets and about 200 vendors …

Sometimes we see the nature around us and we observe that there are many lessons that we can learn from nature. One of the key lessons is patience. We see it everywhere in nature. Right from the river slowly cutting its way through rocks to the trees patiently growing to their mighty statures, patience can be seen everywhere in nature. …

In the Ajmer district of Rajasthan, there lies a small village by the name of Chhota Narena. If you had visited the village about an year ago, you would have found yourself surrounded by huge mounds of garbage all along the sides of the streets. However, today, the whole village is totally clean and runs right along with the Swachh …

Wedding night test for the virginity of the bride is a well-practiced ritual among the Kanjarbhat ethnic group and other communities as well. White sheets and linen are used to test whether the bride has been ‘pure’ till the wedding night or not while no such test exists to test the virginity of the groom. According to the custom, the …

Fear – is also known as terror, dread, horror, fright, panic, alarm, trepidation and apprehension. There are six basic fears, with some combination of which every human suffers at one tune or another.  Most people are fortunate if they do not suffer from the entire six. They are – fear of poverty, criticism, ill-health, loss of the love of someone, …

When we spend too much time sitting down, whether it is on our desk, in our car, or even in a plane, we tend to feel that our pelvis has locked up in a position and that causes us a discomfort which leads to the building up of stress in our body. Some might say that a little stretching is …

The founder of Virgin Airlines and a serial entrepreneur, Richard Branson believes that dyslexia should no longer be treated as a disability but should be considered just as a different way of thinking. In a column in the Sunday Times, Branson wrote that the stigma against dyslexia needs to be changed as he highlighted that various business leaders and scientists …

A new study conducted just this year claims that interstitium is a human organ that has remained undiscovered until now and can help make advances in medicine and research and perhaps a possible cure for diseases such as cancer. The study was published on Tuesday in the Scientific Reports and says that interstitium is series of interconnected, fluid-filled compartments found throughout …

The mirror is one of the best tool in everyone’s house and without its existence, neither the house is complete nor your dress.  To prove that you are opposite of ‘old’, you have to stand before the mirror to look ‘new’ or ‘young’. Both – new and young are equally legitimate opposites of old but one can realize only if …

Periods can be a very stressful time for almost all women. There is a lot that is happening to the body during those days besides the bleeding. There are cramps and pains that women all over the world have to deal with and pad rashes become just add to the problems. The chemicals that are present in the sanitary pads …